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Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

My thickness is no more than a few centimeters, yet my depth can span to infinity. Although mundane, I intimidate most animals. When in my presence, you will inevitably follow me. What am I?

a)

human

b)

animal imitator

c)

a mirror

d)

glass

2.

A girl has no sight. She lost her favorite book and her pencil, her wallet(with all of her money), some of her clothes, some cosmetics, and her purse. What did she loose first?

a)

her wallet

b)

her favorite book

c)

her pencil

d)

her sight

3.

What tastes better than it smells?

a)

face

b)

tongue

c)

mouth

d)

nose

4.

What two things can you never eat for breakfast?

a)

steak and a smoothie

b)

eggs and bacon

c)

lunch and diner

d)

something you hate for breakfast

5.

what looses its head in the morning and gets it back at night?

a)

pillow

b)

bed

c)

you

d)

praying mantis

6.

A man parks his car in an opposite hotel and already knows hes bankrupt. How?

a)

he knows that he has bad luck

b)

he is playng monopoly

c)

He doesn't care and parks in the wrong spot

d)

He has no money already

7.

What can you catch but not throw

a)

a cold

b)

a baseball when your not good

c)

anything

d)

nothing

8.

What has a face and two hands

a)

mothing

b)

a human

c)

a watch

d)

a clock

9.

What kind of room has no doors or windows

a)

a hotel room

b)

a mushroom

c)

a doorles bathroom

d)

a plain room

10.

What month do people sleep the least

a)

December

b)

they are all the same

c)

January

d)

February

11.

Some months have thirty days and some have thirty-one. How many have twenty-eight days?

a)

March

b)

all of the above

c)

all of them

d)

none of them

12.

What flies when it is born, lies when its alive, and runs when its dead

a)

a machine

b)

sleet

c)

a snowflake

d)

rain

13.

Why was the baby strawberry crying?

a)

because he was sad

b)

because that was his hobby/passion

c)

because his parents were in a jam

d)

he didn't know why

14.

When it is alive we sing, and when it is dead we clap our hands. What is t?

a)

nothing

b)

something that you wish to break down

c)

a candle

d)

a birthday

15.

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

a)

Coin

b)

Penny

c)

None

d)

Both

16.
Your a bus driver and you pick up and drop kids off after school you drop off Sally, Ted, Alan, and Nate what is the bus drivers name 
a)
Ted
b)
STAN
c)
your name
d)
Alan
17.
How many letters are in the alphabet 
a)
11
b)
22
c)
67
d)
3
18.

Where do you find an ocean with no water ?

a)

Mop

b)

Basen

c)

Map

d)

Basin

19.

What is white when dirty and black when clean

a)

Cardbord

b)

Cardboard

c)

Chalkboard

d)

Chalkbord

20.
What goes up but never goes down?
a)
Ruler
b)
Stairs
c)
Your height
d)
Your age
21.

Can you name two consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

a)

Sunday

b)

Today

c)

Tomorrow

d)

Nothing

22.
What stands on four legs but can't walk
a)
A paralyzed dog
b)
A truck on its wheels
c)
A chair
d)
A sculpture
23.
What question can you never answer "yes" to?
a)
Do you like me?
b)
Are you  Asleep?
c)
Do you like the show?
d)
Do you know who I am?
24.
What has hands but can not clap?
a)
a clock
b)
bob
c)
people
d)
cat
25.

What is as fast as a cheetah as slow as a turtle and can transform into any shape or object?

a)

cheetah

b)

shadow

c)

lifetime

d)

turtle

26.

What belongs to you but others use it more than you?

a)

towel

b)

sink

c)

yourself

d)

name

27.

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a lifetime?

a)

the letter m

b)

life

c)

time

d)

a second

28.

What has 4 eyes but can't see?

a)

spider

b)

Mississippi

c)

a needle

d)

a storm

29.
What walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon and three at night? 
a)
Human
b)
Dog
c)
........
d)
A building
30.
What is it that you can keep after giving it to someone else?
a)
Your Word
b)
Your Love
c)
Your thoughts
d)
Your opinion 
31.
What am I?  When you know what I am, then I am nothing.  When you do not know what I am, then I am something?
a)
A riddle
b)
A story
c)
Hope
d)
I don't know this riddle
32.
What has a neck but no head?
a)
A dog
b)
A bike
c)
A car
d)
A bottle
33.

Pick one

a)

fifty-seven

b)

1

c)

one

d)

57

34.

Timmy's dad has 3 daughters: the first one is Jimmy, the second is Jonny, what is the third?

a)

Slonny

b)

Monni

c)

Clonni

d)

Timmy

35.

A woman is sitting in her hotel room when there is a knock at the door. She opened the door to see a man whom she had never seen before. He said "oh I'm sorry, I have made a mistake, I thought this was my room." He then went down the corridor and in the elevator. The woman went back into her room and phoned security. What made the woman so suspicious of the man?

a)

She has seen the man before

b)

The man was her ex- husband

c)

The man didn't have a key

d)

You don't knock on your own hotel door and the man did.

36.

A man is trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits: two doors. Through the first door there is a room constructed from magnifying glass. The blazing hot sun instantly fries anything or anyone that enters. Through the second door there is a fire-breathing dragon. How does the man escape?

a)

He waits until night time and then goes through the first door.

b)

He goes through the third door

c)

He goes for the second door and kills the dragon

d)

He goes through the first door and closes his eyes

37.

You are my brother, but I am not your brother. Who am I?

a)

You are my dad

b)

I'm your sister

c)

I'm Jimmy

d)

I'm your cousin

38.

In a one-story pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower everything was pink! What color were the stairs?

a)

They were obviously PINK!!

b)

There were too many stairs to count!

c)

Blue

d)

There weren’t any stairs, it was a one story house!

39.

What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it?

a)

Teapot

b)

Postcard

c)

The letter T!

d)

Tiger

40.

Tuesday, Sam and Peter went to a restaurant to eat lunch. After eating lunch, they paid the bill. But Sam and Peter did not pay the bill, so who did?

a)

Their MOM

b)

Taco Tuesday's are free

c)

Their friend, Tuesday

d)

They ran without paying

41.

Mr. Mark went to the market with his dog. He rode on a horse to the market, Yet walked. The horse's name was Victory and the dog was from South Africa. What is the name of the dog that went to the market?

a)

Yet

b)

Mr.Mark

c)

South Africa

d)

Horse

42.

Do you say, "Nine and five is thirteen," or "Nine and five are thirteen" ?

a)

Both of them, the grammar is correct of both

b)

"Nine and five is thirteen"

c)

Neither. Nine and five is fourteen.

d)

"Nine and five are thirteen"

43.

An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons, but he didn't know which one he should give it to. He gave each of them a few coins and told them to buy something that would be able to fill their living room. The first man bought straw, but there was not enough to fill the room. The second bought some sticks, but they still did not fill the room. The third man bought two things that filled the room, so he obtained his father's fortune. What were the two things that the man bought?

a)

The wise son bought a dog that filled the entire room with joy.

b)

The wise son bought a candle and a box of matches.

c)

The wise son bought a house to put inside the room

d)

The wise son bought a loud bird, which filled the room with noise and the father decided to give it to him.

44.

What makes my left hand, my right hand?

a)

A mirror

b)

Me turning around

c)

My face

d)

The way I name my hands

45.

A man shaves several times a day, yet he still has a beard. Who is this man?

a)

Gandalf

b)

A barber

c)

A person who grows hair really fast

d)

Bob the builder. He builds his beard back with legos