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Brain Challenge

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is She Hulk's real name?

a)

Diana Prince

b)

Carol Danvers

c)

Jennifer Walters

d)

Peter Parker

2.

The day before two days after the day before is SATURDAY. What day is it today?

a)

Monday

b)

Wednesday

c)

Sunday

d)

Friday

3.

Which of the sentences given below means approximately the same as the proverb: "Don't count your chickens until they are hatched?"

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

4.

A man fell in a 30 meter deep well, in one day he climbs 4 meters up and slips 3 meters down. How many days would it take for him to come out of the well?

a)

22

b)

27

c)

29

d)

31

5.

What are the next 3 letters in the following sequence?

J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, __, __, __

a)

J, F, A

b)

S, O, N

c)

M, T, W

d)

M, J, J

6.

What is the largest number of pieces you can slice a doughnut into using only 3 cuts? You are not allowed to rearrange the pieces between the cuts.

a)

6

b)

13

c)

27

d)

54

7.

Each of the teeth in the human mouth has a specific function in processing food. The name of which teeth come from the Latin "incidere", meaning "to cut"?

a)

Molar

b)

Incisor

c)

Canine

d)

Wisdom

8.

What metric unit of distance is, by definition, exactly how far light travels in a vacuum over 1/299,792,458 of a second?

a)

One Foot

b)

One Yard

c)

One Meter

d)

One Inch

9.

What element, with an atomic weight of 74, has the highest melting point of all the non-alloyed metals?

a)

tungsten

b)

nickel

c)

mercury

d)

iron

10.

At 4,132 miles, the Nile is the longest river not just in Africa but in the whole world. But which river, draining from the highlands and mountains of the East African Rift and splashing down spectacular Livingstone Falls before it meets the sea in the small town of Muanda, is Africa's second longest?

a)

Congo

b)

Niger

c)

Zambezi

d)

Okavango

11.

Which Country singer likes to go by the name of 'Bocephus"?

a)

Don Williams

b)

Jerry Jeff Walker

c)

Tex Williams

d)

Hank Williams, Jr.

12.

Which of the following is a turkey track?

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.

What type of tree is this?

a)

Maple

b)

Holly

c)

Poplar

d)

Birch

14.

What type of fish is this?

a)

Brown Trout

b)

Brook Trout

c)

Rainbow Trout

d)

Spotted Trout

15.

What is the value of each salamander across the bottom row from left to right?

a)

4, 8, 9, 6

b)

7, 4, 9, 6

c)

6, 9, 4, 7

d)

5, 4, 9, 8

16.

Find the figure continuing the series.

a)
b)
c)
d)
17.

The 4 prisoners are standing in line on some steps. They are all looking the same way, in front of them. There is a wall that separates the fourth man from the rest.


Man 1 can only see man 2 and man 3;

Man 2 can only see man 3;

Man 3 can only see a wall;

Man 4 cannot see anyone.


They are all wearing hats. They are told that there are 2 black and 2 white hats. They don’t know the color of their hats. The first one to shout the right color of his hat gets freedom.


They can’t move.

They can’t talk with each other.

They can’t take their hats off.


Which prisoner is going to get free?

a)

Prisoner 1

b)

Prisoner 2

c)

Prisoner 3

d)

Prisoner 4

18.

There are 25 mechanical horses and a single racetrack. Each horse completes the track in a pre-programmed time, and the horses all have different finishing times, unknown to you. You can race 5 horses at a time. After a race is over, you get a printout with the order the horses finished, but not the finishing times of the horses. What is the minimum number of races you need to identify the fastest 3 horses?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

19.

How many differences between the picture on the left and the one on the right?

a)

7

b)

5

c)

3

d)

1

20.

How many animals are in this picture?

a)

12

b)

8

c)

7

d)

4