90% Question
Which of these is the largest?
CIRCLE
TRIANGLE
RECTANGLE
SQUARE
Answer
RECTANGLE is nine letters long. All the others are shorter.
80% Question
Here is a photograph and floorplan of Hassan’s bungalow. In which room has he left the light on?
KITCHEN
BATHROOM
BEDROOM
LIVING ROOM
Answer
BEDROOM
70% Question
Which of these structures is made up of a different set of blocks to the other two?
Answer
C has a different orange block and is missing the green bridge.
60% Question
What four-letter word replaces the question mark?
SOFTENING
->
SONG
RADIOACTIVE
->
RAVE
WHITECOAT
->
WHAT
FAVOURITE
->
?
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FATE
Each new word is created by using the first two and last two letters of the original.
SOFTENING
->
SONG
RADIOACTIVE
->
RAVE
WHITECOAT
->
WHAT
FAVOURITE
->
FATE
50% Question
Adding what single letter to CONTACT makes it smaller?
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Adding an R makes it CONTRACT.
45% Question
If you remove a playing card from the first word, a pet from the second word, an insect from the third word and a drink from the fourth word, what number appears?
FACE
COAT
AUNT
TEAR
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FOUR
FACE
COAT
AUNT
TEAR
40% Question
What three-letter word has a similar meaning when read backwards and also if you move the first letter to the end becomes apt?
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TAP
When read backwards, TAP becomes PAT and if you move the first letter to the end, TAP becomes APT.
35% Question
What single word goes in the gaps below to make new words?
QUICK_______
THOU_______
_______STONE
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SAND
30% Question
What common phrase does this picture represent?
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Two peas in a pod
25% Question
Which three different whole numbers – all lower than 10 – give you the same total whether you add them together or multiply them together?
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1, 2 & 3
1 + 2 + 3 = 6 and 1 x 2 x 3 = 6.
20% Question
There is only one number missing from this pattern. What is it?
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4
There’s one 1, two 2s, three 3s, and five 5s but only three 4s.
15% Question
If my old brown woolly jumper contains two holes for every o in this sentence, how many holes are there?
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22
There letter o appears 11 times. 11 x 2 = 22.
10% Question
There are four letters written on the circle. The other letters are all outside the circle. You need to turn the circle clockwise until a colour is spelt out. How many 90 degree turns do you need to make?
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2
After two turns, the p turns to d so the word red appears.
5% Question
Today, the three witches in Macbeth are discussing when the three should meet again. Witch 1 is available every fourth day, Witch 2 is available after every fifth day and Witch 3 is available after every sixth day. How many days from today will they be able to meet again?
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60
60 is the first number that is divisible by four, five and six.
1% Question
Peter has recently found his old diary that he’d written in secret code but he can’t remember how to decipher what he wrote. Can you crack the code to find out what the underlined word is?
WH89 I GR1W UP I WA92 21 B8 A 5L1RI72
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FLORIST
Where he could, he replaced a letter with a digit that starts with that letter.