20%
15%
10%
5%
1%
100

20% Question: Which letter of the alphabet is used most often in this question? 

a

e

s

t

T

100

15% Question: Which of these is the odd one out? 

H&S

C&Y

P&A

T&E

T&E

100

10% Question: How many pets does Stella have in total if all except two are dogs, all except two are cats, and all except two are rabbits?

2

3

4

5

3

100

5% Question: Which two letters are missing from the following tongue twister? _H___LL___A _H_LL_ONTH___A_HOR_

S&I

E&M

S&E

F&I

 

S&E

100

1% Question: What is the first number that when spelled out has its letters in alphabetical order? 

4

5

40

52

40


200
  1. On a digital clock with seven-segment displays, each digit has a maximum of seven lines that can be used to display numbers. How many lines are used to create the time 12:00?
    A) 12
    B) 19
    C) 25
  1. B) 19
200
  1. one = three, three = five, five = four, six = ?
    A) one
    B) twelve
    C) three
  1. C) three
200
  1. What is the next group in the sequence: AB, FG, KL, __?
    A) PQ
    B) MO
    C) RS
  1. A) PQ (each group moves 5 positions forward in the alphabet)
200
  1. The following words all have a hidden pattern in common. What is it?
    DEAR
    SHIP
    SLIP
  1. They all become body parts when the first letters are removed – ear, hip, lip
200
  1. What letter can replace the question mark in this sequence?
    f, e, ?, r, h
  1. i (f is the first letter in FIRST, e is the second letter in SECOND, i is the third letter in THIRD, r is the fourth letter in FOURTH, and h is the fifth letter in FIFTH.
300
  1. What is the next number in the sequence: 2, 4, 12, 48, __?
    A) 60
    B) 120
    C) 240
  1. C) 240 (each number is the product of the previous number and its position in the sequence – 48×5 = 240)
300
  1. Which of these is the odd one out?
    Thorium, Uranium, Plutonium, Aluminium
    A) Thorium
    B) Uranium
    C) Plutonium
    D) Aluminium
  1. D) Aluminium (the others are radioactive)
300
  1. The first letter of the alphabet that doesn’t rhyme with another letter of the alphabet is F. What is the next one?
    A) G
    B) H
    C) L
  1. B) H
300
  1. What two letters replace the question marks in this sequence?
    JFMA??JASOND
    A) TW
    B) MJ
    C) EF
  1. B) MJ (They are the first letters of the 12 months of the year.)
300

  1. In sport, if FT gets you GD and SD gets you SR, what does TD get you?
  1. BE (FirsT gets you GolD, SeconD gets you SilveR, ThirD gets you BronzE.)
400
  1. Rearrange all the letters in the following two words to form another two words, the sum of which gives the same answer: Eleven + two
    A) Twelve + one
    B) One + Eleven
    C) Two + Three
  1. A) Twelve + one
400
  1. 17071 reads the same forwards as it does backward. What is the next number that reads the same forward as it does backward?
  1. 17171
400
  1. If you shuffle a regular 52-card deck for 30 seconds, what is the probability of drawing 15 cards of the same suit consecutively from the top of the deck?
  1. 0 (there are only a maximum of 13 cards of the same suit, so it is impossible to get 15 cards of the same suit next to each other.)
400
  1. What pattern do all these words have in common?
    CHIN
    GHOST
    BIOPSY
    ALMOST
  1. Each word has its letters in alphabetical order.
400

2. A box contains red, blue, and green marbles. If the probability of picking a red marble is 1/5 and the probability of picking a blue marble is 1/3, what is the probability of picking a green marble?
a) 3/5
b) 1/2
c) 1/15

c) 1/15

500

2. Who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation?
a) Isaac Newton
b) Albert Einstein
c) Galileo Galilei

a) Isaac Newton

500

3. What is the term for the bending of light as it passes through different mediums, such as air and water?
a) Reflection
b) Refraction
c) Diffraction

b) Refraction

500

1. In classical music, who composed “The Four Seasons”?
a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Antonio Vivaldi

c) Antonio Vivaldi

500

2. What is the result of the following mathematical expression: (4^3 )/(2^2)?
a) 16
b) 32
c) 64

16

500

1. How many times do a clock’s hands overlap in a day?
a) 11
b) 22
c) 24

22