QUIZ BEE 2021 - PRELIMINARY

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

• Darkness

• Hair

• Sky

Where does today come before yesterday?

• Stories

• Calendar

• Dictionary

I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?

• Three

• Seven

• Seventeen

Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have?

• TEN

• EIGHT

• FIVE

If there are three apples and you take away two, how many apples do you have?

• 0

• 5

• 2

What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?

• MOON

• NOON

• COOK

What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?

• GOA

• CHINA

• CHICAGO

I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?

• TAP

• MAP

• DESERT

 

If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?

• FIRST

• SECOND

• THIRD

I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?

• NURSERY

• CLIMPERS

• BANK