Mind Trap 1

If you were to step into a sealed room filled with 100% methane gas and strike a match, what would happen?

• Blow up

• Die

• Nothing

• Suffocate

What five letter word does every Oxford graduate pronounce wrong?

(a)  

How would you rearrange the letters in the words 'new door' to make one word? There is only one correct answer!

(a)  

Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on earth?

(a)  

If an Airplane carrying the U.S swimming team crashed directly on the border between the United States and Canada, in which country would the survivors be buried?

• Canada

• U.S.A

• Middle of countries

• None

• The sea

If a wheel has 64 spokes, how many spaces are there between the spokes?

• 65

• 128

• 64

• 63

Professor Hawkins has a box of socks in the closet containing 24 red socks and 24 green socks. He wants to be certain that his socks match , but he can't see the colours since his closet is completely dark. What is the smallest number of socks he needs to take from the box in order to get two socks of the same colour?

• 2 socks

• 3 socks

• 4 socks

• 5 socks

How long will it take to cut a wooden log into ten equal pieces if it takes one minute to make each cut?

• 11 minutes

• 10 minutes

• 9 minutes

• 8 minutes

How many cubic metres of dirt are in a hole that is 6 metres long, 2 metres wide, and 1 metre deep?

• 12 cubic metres

• 8 cubic metres

• 9 cubic metres

• 0 cubic metres

Spongebob was cleaning out his pineapple house. He was dragging things out onto his porch and filling containers with useless items that he had collected over the years. At one point, he rolled an old barrel out of his house which weighed 20 kilograms. Spongebob put something in the barrel and when he was finished, the barrel weighed less. What did Spongebob put in the barrel?

(a)