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100
Which of these does not make a word when the letters are placed in reverse order?
(A) STUN, (B) DUST, (C) SNUB
B: DUST. [DUST reversed is TSUD, which isn’t a word.]
100
In a town, each day for five days, the population doubles. If the town starts with one person, how many people are there at the end of the fifth day?
A) 32
B) 64
C) 128
A) 32
100
Which of these shapes has the most sides?
- A) Triangle
B) Square
C) Hexagon
Answer: Hexagon
100
If Jane is taller than Alice, and Alice is taller than Sue, who is the shortest?
A) Jane
B) Alice
C) Sue
C. Sue
100
A father and mother have three sons. Each son has one sister. How many children do the father and mother have in total?
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
Answer: 4
200
Serena is about to cast a vote for her local council. She picks the candidate with a name that is an anagram of ‘electoral system’. Who does she vote for?
(A) Caroline Genteel
(B) Scarlett Moseley
(C) Nicola Gollete
(D) Phil Gobolton
(E) Lexi Plot
B: Scarlett Moseley. It’s the only name that has any Ss.
200
You’re running a race and you pass the person in second place. What place are you in now?
A) First
B) Second
C) Third
Answer: Second
200
January 1st is Day 1. June 30th is Day 181. December 31st is Day 365. What month is day 150?
A) April
B) May
C) July
Answer: May
200
In sport, if FT gets you GD and SD gets you SR, what does TD get you?
BE (FirsT gets you GolD, SeconD gets you SilveR, ThirD gets you BronzE.)
200
Which of these is NOT an anagram of a creature?
A) SNEAK
B) LOIN
C) BULB
D) LUGS
BULB
SNEAK = SNAKE
LOIN = LION
LUGS = SLUGS
300
Without reordering any letters, what fruit appears in the sentence below?
I’D MAKE MY OWN JUICE WHILE MONEY ROLLS IN
LEMON. [It’s found between WHILE and MONEY.]
300
Alistair’s dream celebrity dinner party would be Cameron Diaz, Ella Fitzgerald and Glenn Hoddle. What is Alistair’s surname?
(A) Green
(B) White
(C) Coral
(D) Brown
D. The initials of all the guests are consecutive letters, so his surname must begin with B
300
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
B
300
If a young cat is a KTTN, what is a young dog?
PPP
300
Which of these is the word ABRACADABRA backwards?
(A) ARBRACADRBA
(B) ARBACADABRA
(C) ARBADACARBA
Answer: C
400
Below is the recipe for a Big Mack burger. If I have nine whole buns, nine cheese slices, eight tomato slices, and ten patties, what is the maximum number of Big Mack burgers I can make?
Each burger has two patties so ten patties limit the number of burgers to five. [It is assumed that the buns are cut in half.]
400
Which of the words that follow this sentence don’t follow the word “follow” in this questions?
(A) this
(B) in
(C) the
(D) of
D. [The sentence has “follow this”, “follow the”, and “‘follow’ in”.]
400
17071 reads the same forwards as it does backward. What is the next number that reads the same forward as it does backward?
17171
400
What is the first number in English that when spelled out has its letters in alphabetical order?
Forty (40)
400
BINGO
500
In the puzzle below, what four words replace the question mark?
Shatter the frozen water = Break the ice
You can’t access a novel by its dust jacket = You can’t judge a book by its cover
Illustrious intellects imagine identically = ?
Great minds think alike
500
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?
TWO of SPADES.
500
Which of these is the odd one out?
Thorium, Uranium, Plutonium, Aluminium
A) Thorium
B) Uranium
C) Plutonium
D) Aluminium
D) Aluminium (the others are radioactive)
500
How many different words are there in the tongue twister below?
SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS BY THE SEASHORE. THE SHELLS SHE SELLS ARE SURELY SEA SHELLS. SO IF SHE SELLS SHELLS ON THE SEASHORE, I AM SURE SHE SELLS SEASHORE SHELLS.
[The words are SHE, SELLS, SEA, SHELLS, BY, THE, SEASHORE, ARE, SURELY, SO, IF, ON, I, AM, and SURE.]
500
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