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Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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)

a)

In the middle

b)

On the left

c)

On the right

d)

Other

2.

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)

a)

Match

b)

Newspaper

c)

Lamp

d)

Candle

e)

Fire

3.

Who is bigger: Mr. Bigger, Mrs. Bigger, or their baby? (30 seconds)

a)

Little Bigger (Baby)

b)

Mr.Bigger

c)

Mrs.Bigger

4.

Mike is a butcher. He is 5’10” tall. What does he weigh? (30 seconds)

a)

180

b)

200

c)

Meat

d)

150

5.

A farmer has 17 sheep and all but nine die. How many are left? (10 seconds)

a)

8

b)

7

c)

9

d)

17

6.

How far can a rabbit run into the woods? (30 seconds)

a)

Half Way

b)

All the Way

c)

A quarter of the way

d)

None

7.

In a year, there are 12 months. Seven months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days? (20 seconds)

a)

1

b)

8

c)

12

d)

6

8.

What are the next three letters in the following sequence?J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, __, __, __ (2 minutes) Clue, Months

a)

J, A, M

b)

N, O, D

c)

S, O, N

d)

O, N, D

9.

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)

a)

Thursday

b)

Friday

c)

Jimmy

d)

Jim

e)

Bob

10.

Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world? (10 seconds)

a)

Baby Mt. Everest

b)

Mt. Everest

c)

Mr. Everest

d)

Mrs. Everest

11.

Which is heavier? A pound of feathers or a pound of rocks? (10 seconds)

a)

Feathers

b)

Rocks

c)

None Of The Above

12.

What is full of holes but can still hold water? (10 seconds)

a)

Bowl

b)

A sponge

13.

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)

a)

Because it broke

b)

Because it is his favorite number

c)

Because he wanted a workout

d)

Because he could only reach 5

14.

A plane crashes on the border of the U.S. and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors? (10 seconds)

a)

Yes

b)

No

15.

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)

a)

Blond

b)

Brown

c)

Black

d)

Green

16.

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)

a)

Do Nothing

b)

Float Away

c)

Kick Them

d)

None of the above

17.

Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I? (20 seconds)

a)

Sponge

b)

Fire

c)

You

d)

Someone who is allergic to water

18.

Which travels faster? Hot or Cold? (10 seconds)

a)

Hot

b)

Cold

19.

When you have me, you immediately feel like sharing me. But, if you do share me, you do not have me. (20 seconds)

a)

Candy

b)

Secret

c)

Food

d)

Money

20.

What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands? (10 seconds)

a)

A secret

b)

Your Breath

21.

How Did You Do? (10 seconds)

a)

Really Good

b)

Good

c)

Ok

d)

Bad

e)

Really Bad