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How can twenty sticks of dry spaghetti, a yard of tape, a yard of string and one marshmallow help _____ a stronger team?

• build

• building

• built

• builds

A popular team-building exercise, _______ the Marshmallow Challenge, promises to do just that.

• such as

• created by

• known as

• due to

In this challenge, using only the materials mentioned above, teams compete to build the tallest free-standing structure ______ the weight of one marshmallow at the top.

• able to supporting

• that able to support

• capable to support

• capable of supporting

_______ only 18 minutes to complete the task, the teams must learn to collaborate quickly.

• Under

• With

• Through

• On

The Marshmallow Challenge, promoted by Canadian technology expert Tom Wujec, _______ around the world with architects and engineers, CEOs, lawyers, business graduates, and even kindergarteners.

• conducted

• have conduted

• have been conducted

• has been conducted

Over the years the challenge ______ some surprising results.

• has produced

• are producing

• will produce

• was produced

In Wujec's study, the average height of the structures ______ was 20 inches.

• construct

• constructed

• constructing

• which constructed

The group that built the highest structure was, _____, architects and engineers.

• as usual

• as expected

• as such

• as well

CEOs performed slightly better than the average, _______ third.

• coming in

• come in

• to come in

• came

Lawyers, on the other hand, performed ________ average, ranking second to last.

• under

• underneath

• beneath

• below