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Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
There are three houses. One is red, one is blue, and one is white. If the red house is to the left of the house in the middle, and the blue house is to the right to the house in the middle, where is the white house? (2 minutes)
In the middle
On the left
On the right
Other
You are in a cabin and it is pitch black. You have one match on you. Which do you light first, the newspaper, the lamp, the candle, or the fire? (1 minute)
Match
Newspaper
Lamp
Candle
Fire
Who is bigger: Mr. Bigger, Mrs. Bigger, or their baby? (30 seconds)
Little Bigger (Baby)
Mr.Bigger
Mrs.Bigger
Mike is a butcher. He is 5’10” tall. What does he weigh? (30 seconds)
180
200
Meat
150
A farmer has 17 sheep and all but nine die. How many are left? (10 seconds)
8
7
9
17
How far can a rabbit run into the woods? (30 seconds)
Half Way
All the Way
A quarter of the way
None
In a year, there are 12 months. Seven months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days? (20 seconds)
1
8
12
6
What are the next three letters in the following sequence?J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, __, __, __ (2 minutes) Clue, Months
J, A, M
N, O, D
S, O, N
O, N, D
Jimmy’s mother had four children. She named the first Monday. She named the second Tuesday, and she named the third Wednesday. What is the name of the fourth child?
(10 seconds)
Thursday
Friday
Jimmy
Jim
Bob
Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world? (10 seconds)
Baby Mt. Everest
Mt. Everest
Mr. Everest
Mrs. Everest
Which is heavier? A pound of feathers or a pound of rocks? (10 seconds)
Feathers
Rocks
None Of The Above
What is full of holes but can still hold water? (10 seconds)
Bowl
A sponge
A family lives in a large tower apartment building, 10 floors high. Every day their son takes the elevator from the family’s apartment on the 10th floor to the ground floor and goes to school. When he returns in the afternoon, he uses the elevator to get to the fifth floor, and then uses the stairs for the remaining five floors. Why? (1 minute)
Because it broke
Because it is his favorite number
Because he wanted a workout
Because he could only reach 5
A plane crashes on the border of the U.S. and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors? (10 seconds)
Yes
No
You are driving a bus. At the first stop, two women get on. The second stop, three men get on and one woman gets off. At the third stop, three kids and their mom get on, and a man gets off. The bus is grey, and it is raining outside. What color is the bus driver’s hair? (20 seconds)
Blond
Brown
Black
Green
Imagine that you are in a boat, in the middle of the sea. Suddenly, you are surrounded by hungry sharks, just waiting to feed on you. How can you put an end to this? (30 seconds)
Do Nothing
Float Away
Kick Them
None of the above
Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I? (20 seconds)
Sponge
Fire
You
Someone who is allergic to water
Which travels faster? Hot or Cold? (10 seconds)
Hot
Cold
When you have me, you immediately feel like sharing me. But, if you do share me, you do not have me. (20 seconds)
Candy
Secret
Food
Money
What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands? (10 seconds)
A secret
Your Breath
How Did You Do? (10 seconds)
Really Good
Good
Ok
Bad
Really Bad
