Think Outside The Box. 8Questions to test your Critical Thinking

Imagine you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place. What place would you be in?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

Answer explanation

You'd think you'd be in 1st, but there's still the 1st place person you have to pass!

A father has seven sons, and each son has one sister. How many children does the father have?

• 7

• 8

• 14

• 15

Answer explanation

All of the seven sons have the same sister!

There are three sorts of apples in a basket. How many apples have to be taken from the basket, without looking, to be sure that there are at least 2 apples of the same sort?

• 10

• 8

• 4

• 3

Answer explanation

You could pick each of the three different kinds on your first three picks, but with the fourth you know there will be a pair somewhere.

A farmer had 12 sheep and 3 cows. All of the animals except 9 sheep died. How many animals did he have left in his farm?

• 2 cows

• 5 cows and 1 sheep

• None

• 9 Sheep

Answer explanation

All the animals except 9 sheep died. It says so right in the question!

A tree is 20 meters tall. An ant is climbing it. Every day the ant climbs 5 meters, and each night it descends 4 meters. In how many days will the ant reach the top of the tree?

• 16

• 13

• 20

• 10

Answer explanation

Each day he's only netting 1 meter, but after 15 days he's 15 meters high and then on the 16th day he reaches the top without sliding back down.

Take two apples from three apples and what do you have?

• No apple

• 1 Apple

• 2 Apples

• Three Apples

10% of all the people living in a certain town in Georgia have unlisted phone numbers. If you selected 100 names at random from the town's phone book, on average, how many of these people would have unlisted phone numbers?

• 15%

• 10%

• 35%

• 0%

Answer explanation

If they're in the phone book, then they wouldn't have unlisted numbers!

What could be an original/entertaining program to organize on Campus?

Think outside the box!!!