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Just for Fun

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What has a face and two hands, but no arms or legs?

a)

A spider

b)

A clock

c)

A tree

d)

A bear

2.

What runs but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps has a mouth but never eats?

a)

A whisper

b)

A sleepwalker

c)

A fox

d)

A river

3.

What gets more wet the more it dries?

a)

A towel

b)

The rain

c)

The pavement

d)

A shower

4.

I'm full of keys, but I can't open any doors. What am I?

a)

A notebook

b)

A piano

c)

A book

d)

A box

5.

I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for more than 5 minutes. What am I?

a)

A ton of bricks

b)

A paperweight

c)

A promise

d)

A breath

6.

What kind of coat can only be put on when wet?

a)

A raincoat

b)

A wintercoat

c)

A coat of paint

d)

A fur coat

7.

I am what I am, but if you know what I am, then I'm no longer what I am. What am I?

a)

A secret

b)

A promise

c)

A gift

d)

A present

8.

What can be broken even without a touch?

a)

Glass

b)

A promise

c)

Paper

d)

A mirror

9.

What occurs twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a day?

a)

The sunrise

b)

A fortnight

c)

The letter E

d)

A birthday

10.

There are 5 apples and you take 3. How many apples do you have?

a)

5

b)

3

c)

2

d)

0

11.

There are 10 lit candles on a cake, you blow out 3. How many candles are on the cake?

a)

10

b)

3

c)

7

d)

13

12.

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

a)

8

b)

7

c)

9

d)

17

13.

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

14.
The more you take, the more you leave behind
a)
money
b)
wisdom
c)
footprints
d)
shadows
15.

How many squares are there?

a)

9

b)

10

c)

14

d)

18

16.

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

17.
Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
a)
K2
b)
Mt. Everest
c)
Popocatepetl
d)
The Rocky Mountains
18.

Which metal is heavier – silver or gold?

a)

silver

b)

gold

19.

Which country is home to the kangaroo?

a)

Australia

b)

Antarctica

c)

Africa

d)

South America

20.
What is light as a feather, but even the strongest person can't hold for a long time?
a)
air
b)
water
c)
a feather
d)
their breath
21.
What's always coming yet never arrives?
a)
yesterday
b)
today
c)
tomorrow
22.
If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
5
23.

What can you break without touching it?

a)

a vase

b)

a window

c)

a bone

d)

a promise

24.
Who is this famous dog?
a)
Snoopy
b)
Fido
c)
Pluto
d)
Scooby
25.

You are in a 1- story house. Your bed is pink. Your bathroom is pink. Your kitchen is pink. What color is your stairs?

a)

Blue

b)

Red

c)

There is no stairs

d)

Pink

26.

An escape happened last night. Suspect A said " I was brushing my teeth." Suspect B said "I was playing candy crush on my phone." Suspect C said "I was sleeping." which is wrong?

a)

Suspect A

b)

Suspect B

c)

Suspect C

d)

None

27.

What is the different letter?

a)

E

b)

L

c)

F

d)

I

28.

Look :^

a)

1

b)

None of these

c)

3

d)

0

29.

^:^

(a)  

30.

A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells the owner he’s bankrupt. Why?

(a)  

31.

You are in a room that has three switches and a closed door. The switches control three light bulbs on the other side of the door. Once you open the door, you may never touch the switches again. How can you definitively tell which switch is connected to each of the light bulbs?

a)

Turn on the first two switches. Leave them on for five minutes. Once five minutes has passed, turn off the second switch, leaving one switch on. Now go through the door. The light that is still on is connected to the first switch. Whichever of the other two is warm to the touch is connected to the second switch. The bulb that is cold is connected to the switch that was never turned on.

b)

Turn on the first light on. Leave them on for five minutes. Once five minutes has passed turn the other two on. Now go through the door. The lights that is still on is connected to the first switch. Whichever of the other two is warm to the touch is connected to the second switch.

c)

This is impossible.

d)

Call your parents

32.

I left my campsite and hiked south for 3 miles. Then I turned east and hiked for 3 miles. I then turned north and hiked for 3 miles, at which time I came upon a bear inside my tent eating my food! What color was the bear?

a)

White

b)

Black

c)

Brown

d)

None of these

33.

A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?

(a)  

34.

A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most?

a)

A big clock

b)

An hourglass

c)

A compass

d)

None of these

35.

What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it

a)

glass

b)

clock

c)

short

d)

shorter

36.

Your parents have six sons including you and each son has one sister. How many people are in the family?

a)

eight

b)

nine

c)

twelve

d)

twenty-one

37.

I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.

a)

letter M

b)

letter N

c)

letter S

d)

letter C

38.

A man was walking in the rain. He was in the middle of nowhere. He had nothing and nowhere to hide. He came home all wet, but not a single hair on his head was wet. Why is that?

a)

He had an umbrela

b)

He had dry hair

c)

He was bald

d)

None of these

39.

Fourteen of the kids in the class are girls. Eight of the kids wear blue shirts. Two of the kids are neither girls or wear a blue shirt. If five of the kids are girls who wear blue shirts, how many kids are in the class?

a)

18

b)

20

c)

19

d)

None of these

40.

You’re escaping a maze, and there are three doors in front of you. The door on the left leads to a pit of lava. The door in the center leads to a room filled with deadly gas. The door on the right leads to a lion that hasn’t eaten in three months. Which door do you choose?

a)

The left

b)

The right

c)

the middle