Quiz Game #1

Sally likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144 but not 145. Which does she like - 1600 or 1700?

If two typists can type two pages in two minutes, how many typists will it take to type 18 pages in six minutes?

• 12

• 3

• 4

• 6

What is the number that is one half of one quarter of one tenth of 400?

• 10

• 5

• 2

• 8

If you count from 1 to 100, how many 7's will you pass on the way?

• 17

• 18

• 19

• 20

One of the following proverbs is closest in meaning to the saying, "Birds of a feather, flock together." Choose one:

• "One swallow doesn't make a summer."

• "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

• "A man is known by the company he keeps."

• "Fine feathers make fine birds."

One of the following sentences given below means approximately the same as the proverb: "Don't count your chickens until they are hatched." Choose the one:

• Since eggs break so easily, you may not be accurate in your count of future chickens.

• Some eggs have double yolks, so you can't really count eggs and chickens.

• You can't walk around the henhouse to count the eggs because it will disturb the hens and they won't lay eggs.

• It is not really sensible to rely on something that has not yet happened and may not ever happen.

Which vowel comes midway between J and T?

• E

• O

• U

• I

Which number comes next in this series of numbers?

2 3 5 7 11 13 ?

• 17

• 15

• 16

• 18

Following the pattern shown in the number sequence below, what is the missing number?

1 8 27 ? 125 216

• 48

• 64

• 72

• 60

Fill in the missing number:

0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,-,34,55

• 27

• 29

• 21

• 32