Brain Teaser

Which number should come next: 

37, 34, 31, 28

Answer explanation

The numbers are decreasing by 3

Find the answer that best completes the analogy:

Book is to Reading as Fork is to:

• drawing

• writing

• stirring

• eating

Answer explanation

You read a book, you eat with a fork

Find two words, one from each group, that are the closest in meaning:

Group A: talkative, job, ecstatic

Group B: angry, wind, loquacious

• talkative & wind

• job & angry

• talkative & loquacious

• ecstatic & angry

Answer explanation

Loquacious: tending to talk a great deal; talkative

Which of the following can be arranged into a 5-letter English word?

A. HRGST

B. RILSA

C. TOOMT

D. WQRGS

• A

• B

• C

• D

Answer explanation

B. rails

C. motto

What number best completes the analogy

8:4 as 10:

A. 3

B. 7

C. 24

D. 5

• 3

• 7

• 24

• 5

Answer explanation

4 is half of 8, 5 is half of 10

A, B, D, G, K. Which letter comes next in the sequence?

• N

• P

• M

• O

Answer explanation

The sequence increments by one with each letter. The 5th letter after K is P.

"Stets" is a palindrome.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

A palindrome is a word or phrase that is spelled the same written forward or backward, STETS can be written forward or backward.

3, 7, 13, 21, 31. What number comes next in the sequence?

• 37

• 45

• 43

• 39

Answer explanation

The number to add advances by 2 with each number, i.e., 3+4 = 7; 7 + 6 = 13; 13 + 8 = 21... 31 + 12 = 43.

Which of the five is least like the other four?

Eel, shark, dolphin, swordfish, turtle

• Eel

• Shark

• Dolphin

• Swordfish

• Turtle

Answer explanation

A turtle breathes air and has four legs.

If you rearrange the letters of "ahret," you would have the name of a:

• Ventricle

• Fish

• River

• Planet

• Country

Answer explanation

Earth - a planet. A ventricle is not a heart, but a part of a heart.