The 1% Club
50% question
If even numbers are blue and odd numbers are red, what color is red + red?
Answer to 50% Question – A: Blue. Two odd numbers always make an even number so two red make a blue.
Find the next number in the pattern:
1, 4, 9, 16, ___
Answer: 25
Explanation: This sequence lists squares of natural numbers 12,22,32,42,…12,22,32,42,….
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
What is an echo
There are three doors in a haunted house: one hides a ghost, one hides a vampire, and one hides nothing but cobwebs. Each door has a sign: one says "Ghost", one says "Vampire", and one says "Nothing". The signs are poorly placed. You can ask only one yes/no question to one door to determine what is behind each door. What do you ask?
Ask one door, "If I asked you if this door hides a ghost, would you say yes?" This helps determine if the sign matches the actual creature behind.
This classis type of logic puzzle involves determining who owns which pet among several people, famously posed as "Who owns the zebra"
What is the Einstein's Riddle.
It involves using a set of clues about house, colors nationalities, pets, drinks and more to determine ownership
40% qeustion
What single word goes in the gaps below to make new words?
QUICK_____
THOU_____
_____STONE
SAND. [This makes QUICKSAND, THOUSAND, and SANDSTONE.
Identify the next number:
2, 5, 10, 17, ___
Answer: 26
Explanation: The pattern adds consecutive odd numbers: +3, +5, +7, so next is +9.
I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
What is a candle?
You have four pumpkins, but one is fake. The fake pumpkin looks lighter than the others. You have a scale that can compare two pumpkins at a time. How many weighings are needed to find the fake pumpkin?
Two weighings are enough. First, weigh two pumpkins against two others; the lighter set contains the fake. Then, weigh two pumpkins from the lighter set against each other to find the fake.
In a room, there are three light switches outside and three bulbs inside. How do you determine which switch controls which bulb using only one trip inside.
What is by turning on the first switch for a few minutes, of it, then turn on the second switch and enter?
The warm bulb matches the first switch, the lit to second and the cold on to the third
35% Question
Which of the following words is still a recognized word if you substitute the first letter for the next letter in the alphabet and the last letter for the previous letter in the alphabet?
Answer to 35% Question – (C) CREST. [The instructions would turn this word into DRESS.]
What is the next letter in this sequence?
L, K, J, H, ___
G
The letters go backward on the QWERTY keyboard row: L, K, J, H, G.
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
What is a stamp?
A group of children are sharing Halloween candy. The candies are of three types: chocolates, candies, and lollipops. They have a total of 100 pieces. The number of chocolates is twice the number of candies, and the total number of candies and lollipops combined is 45. How many candies are there?
Let C = chocolates, D = candies, L= lollipops.
From the info:
C = 2D
C + D + L = 100
D + L = 45
Substitute C: 2D + D + L = 100; since D + L = 45, D + L = 45
So: 3D + (45 - D) = 100; 3D + 45 - D = 100; 2D = 55
D = 27.5
Since we can't have half a candy, adjust assumptions or conclude an approximate answer:
Number of candies: 28 (assuming the slight discrepancy)
You have a 3 liter jug and a 5 liter jug, and need to measure exactly 4 liters of water. How?
Fill the 5 liter jug, pour into the 3 liter jug, leaving 2 liters. Empty the three liter jug and pour the remaining 2 liters into the three liter jug. fill the 5 liter jug and then use it to fill the 3 liter jug leaving 4 liters
25% questions
How many pairs of anagrams are there in the following sentence?
Alice, Dan, Celia and Enid hoped to dine well on the plane from Nepal.
Answer to 25% Question – 4. [Alice & Celia, Dan & and, Enid & dine, plane & Nepal.]
A, C, F, J, O, ___
Answer: U
Explanation: The pattern adds increasing intervals: +2, +3, +4, +5, so next letter is O + 6 = U.
What has roots that nobody sees, is taller than trees, up, up it goes, and yet never grows?
What is a mountain?
At a costume contest, three students are dressed as witches, vampires, and zombies, but their labels are mixed up. Each student claims a different costume: Student A says "I'm a vampire," Student B says "I'm a zombie," and Student C says "I'm a witch." Only one of these claims is true. Who is which?
Student A is a zombie. Student B is a witch. Student C is a vampire.
Explanation: Since only one claim is true, check possibilities systematically.
A prisoner must choose between two doors. Behind one is freedom, behind the other, doom. Two guards, one always lies, the other always tell the truth. The prisoner can ask on question. What question guarantees escape?
If i ask the other guard which door leads to freedom, what would he say? then choose the opposite door. this logic works because the answer from both guards invert the others truth value
5% question
You have a pack of 52 playing cards in your hand and decide to sort them into alphabetical order. The ACE of CLUBS, ACE of DIAMONDS, ACE of HEARTS and ACE of SPADES are the first four cards you place on the table. If you carried on this sequence, what would be the LAST card you would place down?
The TWO of SPADES
AM, KL, GI, ___
Answer: EC
Explanation: The first letters decline by incremental steps: A(-2)K(-2)G(-2)E; second letters descend similarly.
What has a head, a tail, but no body?
A coine
There are five ingredients to make a witch’s brew: bat wings, spider legs, newt eyes, frog toes, and snake scales. Each ingredient can be used only once, and you must arrange them in a specific order. The frog toes must come before the spider legs, newt eyes cannot be next to snake scales, and bat wings must be the first ingredient. What is a possible correct order of ingredients?
Bat wings, frog toes, spider legs, newt eyes, snake scales.
In a family of four, each makes on true and one false statement:
A. "B did it. D didn't
B. C did it. A lied
C. I didn't do it. B did
D C Lied. I didn't do it..... WHo is guilty
B
Analyzing contradictions, A statements can only be true if B is guilty. Making all others statements consistent with one truth and one line