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Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?

a)

Wind

b)

Air

c)

Echo

d)

Trust

e)

Ears

2.

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

a)

Land Design

b)

Picture

c)

Game

d)

Map

3.

What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?

a)

Black Widow

b)

Heroine

c)

Wonder Woman

d)

Me

4.

What English word has three consecutive double letters?

a)

Bookkeeper

b)

Orthography

c)

Psychology

d)

Bookshop

5.

I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I?

a)

Shovel

b)

Wooden Pole

c)

Pencil Lead

d)

Spade

6.

I am big, I like to eat a lot, I hibernate and hates vegetables.

a)

Polar Bear

b)

Forest Bear

c)

Grizzly Bear

7.

I am round, a size of a fist, sweet but has so many seeds

a)

Papaya

b)

Mango

c)

Pomegranate

d)

Jack Fruit

8.

A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?

a)

One sister and two brother

b)

Three sisters and three brothers

c)

Four sisters and three brothers.

9.

you see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?

a)

They jump off the boat.

b)

All the people were married.

c)

Hiding inside the boat.

10.

I have keys, but no locks and space, and no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?

a)

A keyboard

b)

A Modulekey

c)

A Masterkey

11.

How many letters are in the alphabets?

a)

26

b)

15

c)

11

d)

25

12.

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

a)

cheetah

b)

lifetime

c)

shadow

d)

turtle

13.

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

a)

towel

b)

yourself

c)

sink

d)

name

14.

What is brown and sticky?

a)

a brownie

b)

soil

c)

a stick

d)

a baseball glove

15.

What two things can you never eat for breakfast?

a)

blanket

b)

lunch

c)

snow

d)

dinner

16.

What can taste better than it can smell?

a)

vegetables

b)

a nose

c)

a hamburger

d)

a tongue

17.

How can a pants pocket be empty but still have something in it?

a)

it has a hole in it

b)

there is no pocket

c)

it has a crumb

d)

it has a rock in it

18.

What word becomes sorter when you add two letters?

a)

for

b)

bee

c)

short

d)

and

19.

What has hands but cannot clap?

a)

time

b)

clock

c)

person

d)

monkey

20.

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

a)

the letter m

b)

life

c)

a second

d)

time

21.

What has 4 eyes but can't see?

a)

spider

b)

a needle

c)

Mississippi

d)

a storm

22.

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

a)

Coin

b)

None

c)

Penny

d)

Both

23.

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)

your name

c)

STAN

d)

Alan

24.

Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you´ll die. What is it?

a)

Nothing

b)

a life

c)

friends

d)

money

25.

Where do you find an ocean with no water ?

a)

Mop

b)

Map

c)

Basen

d)

Basin

26.

What is white when dirty and black when clean

a)

Cardbord

b)

Cardboard

c)

Chalkboard

d)

Chalkbord

27.

What can you catch but cannot throw

a)

ball

b)

Cold

c)

Shovel

d)

Hot

28.

What goes up but never goes down?

a)

Ruler

b)

Your height

c)

Stairs

d)

Your age

29.

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

30.

When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?

a)

Dictionary

b)

Book

31.

What has to be broken before you can use it?

a)

Head

b)

An egg

c)

cake

d)

chocolate

32.

What month has 28 days?

a)

All 12 months

b)

February

33.

Beth’s mother has three daughters. One is called Lara, the other one is Sara. What is the name of the third daughter?

a)

mother

b)

Beth

c)

Lara

d)

Sara

e)

Mara

34.

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

a)

my Body

b)

brain

c)

candle

d)

age

35.

What question can you never answer "yes" to honestly?

a)

Are you asleep?

b)

are you awake?

c)

want to eat?

d)

To a question when the answer is no

36.

I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?

a)

shadow

b)

you

c)

me

d)

hand

37.

What gets bigger when more is taken away?

a)

hole

b)

black hole

38.

What goes up and down but doesn’t move?

a)

curtains

b)

A staircase

c)

books

39.

What has hands, but can’t clap?

a)

table

b)

clack

c)

chair

d)

clock

40.

This thing can sit two or three while you all watch TV

a)

sofa

b)

bed

c)

table