STANDARD Word
Given the word STANDARD, take away two letters and then add three digits to make a logical sequence.
SOLUTION
Remove the two letters A to get ST-ND-RD and then add the digits 1, 2, 3 to get 1ST-2ND-3RD.
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Do Not Add E
Add a single letter at the end to create a meaningful word. You CANNOT add the letter E.
S E Q U E N C _
SOLUTION
You should add the letter F above the underscore to create the letter E and get the word SEQEUNCE.
1 2 3 4 5 ?
Can you guess what the question mark should be replaced with? The answer is not 6.
| 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 4 | ? |
SOLUTION
The missing symbol is R, as in a car’s gears.
Mammals in Cages
You walk into a room where there are three mammals held in cages:
- a trained dog doing tricks
- a monkey playing with blocks
- a lab rat traversing a maze
Which is the most intelligent mammal in the room?
SOLUTION
The answer is… YOU.
Rabbits, Owls, and Bears
If:
- RABBIT → FROG
- OWL → WOLF
- BEAR → SHEEP
- MOOSE → COW
then BUCK → ?
SOLUTION
The answer is CHICKEN.
RABBIT sounds like the noise a FROG makes, OWL sounds like the noise a WOLF makes, BEAR sounds like the noise a SHEEP makes, and MOOSE sounds like the noise a COW makes. Since BUCK sounds like the noise a CHICKEN makes, that’s the answer.
Discs, Planets, and Time
Which of the following is the odd one out and why?
- CD
- Venus
- Clock
- DVD
- Mars
- Watch
SOLUTION
The answer is Mars, since it spins counter-clockwise. All the other objects spin (or contain elements that spin) clockwise.
Peculiar Sequence of Words
What is the peculiar property of this sequence of words?
WHAT, HOLE, ALES, TEST
SOLUTION
If you take the first letter from each word, you will spell the first word in the sequence.
If you take the second letter from each word, you will spell the second word in the sequence.
If you take the third letter from each word, you will spell the third word in the sequence.
If you take the fourth letter from each word, you will spell the fourth word in the sequence.
| W | H | A | T |
| H | O | L | E |
| A | L | E | S |
| T | E | S | T |
Ten Matchsticks
You have these fifteen matchsticks. Remove six of them and leave ten.
SOLUTION
Remove 6 matchsticks and leave 9 that spell the word TEN.
Color Venn
What does this Venn diagram depict?
SOLUTION
Each of the numbers corresponds to a letter from the alphabet:
1 – A, 4 – D, 5 – E, 7 – G, 14 – N, 15 – O, 18 – R
The three colors in the Venn diagram are GREEN, RED, YELLOW, and what is depicted is the letters they share.
Frustrating Question
John was asking Bob the same question again and again throughout the day and kept getting different answers. What was John’s question?
SOLUTION
John’s question was “What time is it?”.