Brain teaser to exercise your cognitive skills : Where do words go?

Here is a brain teaser whose aim is to stim­u­late the con­nec­tions or asso­ci­a­tions between words in your tem­po­ral lobe. You will see pairs of words, and your goal is to find a third word that is connected or asso­ci­ated with both of these two words.

For example, the first pair is PIANO and LOCK. The answer is KEY. The word key is con­nected with both the word piano and the word lock: there are KEYS on a piano and you use a KEY to lock doors. Key is what is called a homo­graph: a word that has more than one mean­ing but is always spelled the same.

Ready to stim­u­late con­nec­tions in your tem­po­ral lobe(s)? Enjoy! 

1. LOCK — PIANO --- KEY

2. SHIP — CARD  ---  ?

3. TREE — CAR  ---  ?

4. SCHOOL — EYE  ---  ?

5. PILLOW — COURT  ---  ?

6. RIVER — MONEY  ---  ?

7. BED — PAPER  ---  ?

8. ARMY — WATER  ---  ?

9. TENNIS — NOISE  ---  ?

10. EGYPTIAN — MOTHER  ---  ?

11. SMOKER — PLUMBER  ---  ?

Solu­tions are given below...

1. LOCK – PIANO > KEY

2. SHIP — CARD > Deck

3. TREE — CAR > Trunk

4. SCHOOL – EYE > Pupil (Exam and Pri­vate are also possible)

5. PILLOW – COURT > Case

6. RIVER — MONEY > Bank (Flow is also possible)

7. BED — PAPER > Sheet

8. ARMY — WATER > Tank

9. TENNIS — NOISE > Racket

10. EGYPTIAN — MOTHER > Mummy

11. SMOKER — PLUMBER > Pipe