90% Question
Which of these does not make a word when the letters are placed in reverse order?
STUN
DUST
SNUB
Answer
B
STUN
NUTS
DUST
TSUD
SNUB
BUNS
80% Question
Shanti is bored and removes her sunglasses, keys, pen, train ticket and lipstick from her handbag, puts them in alphabetical order and takes a photo from above. Which of these is the correct photo?
Answer
B
70% Question
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?
Caroline Genteel
Scarlett Moseley
Nicola Colette
Phil Gobolton
Lexi Plot
Answer
Scarlett Moseley
It’s the only name with any Ss (or a Y).
60% Question
Amlan is very particular about how he lays out the apps on his home screen. Which of these completes Amlan’s layout?
Show Answer
C
The logos on the apps spell out DON’T CRY OVER SPILT… and so MILK completes the sequence.
50% Question
If even numbers are blue and odd numbers are red, what colour is red + red?
Blue
Red
Show Answer
Blue
Two odd numbers always make an even number so two reds make a blue.
45% Question
Without reordering any letters, what fruit appears in the sentence below?
I’D MAKE MY OWN JUICE WHILE MONEY ROLLS IN
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I’D MAKE MY OWN JUICE WHILE MONEY ROLLS IN
40% Question
What one letter replaces the asterisks to complete this sentence?
*I**A’S *AM*ERED *U**IES *OO* ON *UR*LE *A*ER.
Show Answer
PIPPA’S PAMPERED PUPPIES POOP ON PURPLE PAPER.
35% Question
Which of the options link the following?
PET
GO
NATION
🥁
🦆
🧻
🚗
Show Answer
The word CAR goes in front of each of the words to make new words.
CARPET
CARGO
CARNATION
30% Question
If you begin at one of the corners of this square and move clockwise around the outer edge to finish in the centre, what nine-letter word can you spell?
C
H
I
R
G
N
A
E
S
Show Answer
SEARCHING
Begin in the bottom-right corner and move clockwise.
25% Question
Jim is 6 ft 3 inches tall and when his friend Erica stands on a stool which is one foot tall, she becomes 2 inches taller than him. How tall is Erica?
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5 ft 5 inches
6 ft 3 inches plus 2 inches = 6 ft 5 inches, then take away one foot for the stool = 5 ft 5 inches.
20% Question
What is the minimum number of arrows you need to turn for all the arrows to be pointing in the same direction?
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10
There are more arrows pointing up than any other direction so you need to turn the others to match.
15% Question
Sam’s brother was his best man and Lucy’s sister was her maid of honour. In the seating plan from their wedding, how many people are sitting next to a blood relative?
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4
10% Question
I saw this newspaper headline on a ski trip. Which word is the odd one out?
Show Answer
REQUIRE
It’s the only word that doesn’t contain double letters.
5% Question
What replaces the question marks in this sequence?
JF3128
MA3130
MJ3130
??????
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JF3128
MA3130
MJ3130
JA3131
The sequence consists of the initial letters of the months of the year followed by the number of days in those months. The next in the sequence is July August 31 31.
1% Question
If you remove all the underlined letters from the sentence below, what word can be spelt if you rearrange all of the remaining letters?
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ELEPHANT