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Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What word is always spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?

(a)  

2.

The planet Mars was named after the Roman God of what?

a)

Sea

b)

Thunder & Lightning

c)

War

d)

Love & Beauty

3.

Peter's father has five sons. The names of four sons are Fefe, Fifi, Fafa and Fufu respectively. What is the name of the fifth son?

(a)  

4.

What is special about these words: job, polish, herb?

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5.

What am I?

(a)  

6.

What Can You Catch but Not Throw?

(a)  

7.

It's 3:35. If the clock is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise, what time will? ⏰

a)

3:35 PM

b)

12:20 PM

c)

1:30 PM

8.

Two people played five hands of chess. Both of them won the same number of games and there was no draw. How is this possible? ♟

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9.

How many moves are required to transport the balls from the tube I to tube III if all the balls must remain in the same order? Describe each move. 🎱

a)

3

b)

6

c)

5

d)

8

10.

You will watch a brief video clip, and your challenge is to count how many times that the players wearing white pass the basketball. 

a)

13

b)

12

c)

15

d)

17

11.

How many blocks?

a)

7

b)

8

c)

9

d)

19

12.

What is the value of the circle?

a)

3

b)

7

c)

10

d)

14

13.
a)

A. 24

b)

B. 124

c)

C. 152

d)

D. 19

14.

If 2 hens lay 2 eggs in 2 days, how many eggs will 10 hens lay in 10 days?

a)

2

b)

10

c)

50

d)

12

15.

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

16.

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

a)

8

b)

7

c)

9

d)

17

17.

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

18.

How much dirt is there in a hole 3 feet deep, 6 feet long and 4 feet wide?

a)

one grain of dirt

b)

5kg

c)

roughly 10 kg

d)

none. How is there dirt in a hole?

19.
What is strong enough to smash ships but still fears the sun?
a)
A polar bear
b)
The Titanic
c)
Global Warming
d)
An icerberg
20.

Let’s guess how many blocks in this tower?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

9

21.

Three people live in these three flats.

Flat 53 has a yellow door.

Ali lives at Flat 51.

Ali lives next door to Hassan.

Omar lives next door to the flat with the green door.

The doctor lives at the flat with blue door.

The student lives next door to the flat with the yellow door.


Who is the teacher?

a)

Ali

b)

Hassan

c)

Omar

d)

teacher

22.

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

a)

A candle

b)

A child

c)

A tree

23.

What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands?

a)

feather

b)

your breath

c)

water

24.

YOU FEED ME I LIVE, GIVE ME A DRINK I DIE. WHO AM I?

(a)  

25.

WHAT STARTS WITH LETTER 'T', IS FILLED WITH 'T' & ENDS WITH 'T'.

(a)  

26.

HOW MANY MONTHS HAVE 28 DAYS?

(a)