Skip the difficult questions and
return to them later.
(1) Which letter does not belong in this series?
H D R Y L
(2) Which alpha-numeric is the odd
one out?
9D 8F 3E 6C
(3) If 52 C
in a D means 52 cards in a deck,
what do the following mean?
(a)
8S on a SS
(b)
2S to ES
(c)
1F over the CN
(d)
1 and 2 BMS
(e)
1 P of PP that PPP
(f )
8B and all is W
(g) 2M for SS
(4) How can an egg be boiled for 9 minutes using only a 4
minute hourglass timer and
a 7 minute hourglass timer? (Pencil and paper may be used.)
(5) Wendy likes these numbers except one --- Which one?
1431 6581 7243
8656
(6) What word can be made by rearranging these letters?
SHMEYTAT
(7) The head of a fish is 9 inches long. The body length of
the fish between the head and the tail is equal to the head plus the
tail. The tail length is equal to the head plus one half of the body
length between the head and the tail. This is enough information to work
out that the total length of the fish is what? (Pencil and paper may
be used.)
(8) An intrepid Eskimo leaves his igloo and travels 12
kilometers north, 12 kilometers east and 12 kilometers north again to
reach the North Pole. How many kilometers does he have to travel to return to his igloo
in a straight line?
(9) This is not a code. When you recognize the logic of this line you will
be able to read its contents. What are they?
HHTTRUOONS
(10) Three Eskimos who had returned after a long and
dangerous trek to another Inuit
settlement were relating details of
their arduous journey to their welcoming friends.
Anuke said "We were harassed by wolves and chased by polar bears".
Binuke said "Our meals consisted mainly of penguin eggs and
salmon".
Kanyuke said "We saw numerous walruses and seals".
One of them was lying --- Who?
(11) How many Polar bear cubs are swimming
in the ice-hole?
(12) Two spaceships are approaching
the planet Gizmo from exactly opposite directions. Spaceship Alpha
receives a message from spaceship Beta giving its speed of
approach and indicating that it is 1/10th of a
light-year distant from Gizmo.
Alpha replies that it is only half as far from Gizmo but is approaching
the planet at half of Beta's speed. Which spaceship will reach Gizmo
first?
(a) Alpha.
(b) Beta.
(c) Both spaceships will arrive at the same time.
(d) Can not be determined.
(13) Which of the three designs
a, b or c comes next in this series?
figs. (a)
(b)
(c)
(14) Cerise, Scarlet, Ruby, Jade and
Carmine renewed acquaintances when they attended a college
re-union. After a short conversation all but one of the girls decided
to form an exclusive group.
Which girl did not join the group?
(15) The numbers 16, 25, 4 and 9 enjoy each
others company.
The numbers 13, 7 and 11 would enjoy the company of
which
of these numbers? --- 10, 15, 17, 12
(16) At exactly 5 minutes and 27.34 seconds after 1pm the
hour hand and the minute
hand of a clock exactly coincide (i.e. the minute hand is over the hour
hand).
What time is it when the two hands next coincide?
(The answer can be found by logic alone --- pencil and paper may be
used, but fancy math is not necessary).
(17) COU TVX
HYK EFW
(18) "THIS STATEMENT IS FALSE"
Which of the following applies to the above
statement?
(a) True
(b) False
(c) Can not be resolved
(19) You have three boxes, one containing only red marbles, one containing only blue marbles and one containing only green marbles. The boxes have small openings and you cannot see what colour marbles each box contains. The boxes are ALL incorrectly labeled as to the colour of their contents, red, blue, or green. How can you determine the correct labeling of the boxes by taking one marble out of one box only. (Pencil and paper may be used.)
(20) Penny bought a puppy and a
dog-house for $300. The puppy cost $250 more
than the dog-house. How much did the dog-house cost? (It
obviously didn't cost $50).
(21) In a tug of war, four Tongans can pull as hard as five
Samoans.
But two Samoans and a Tongan can pull as hard as one
Fijian.
If the Fijian and two Samoans tugged against the four Tongans,
which side would win?
(Pencil and
paper may be used.)
(22)
Horace the clockmaker set these five clocks to the correct time before
retiring for the night. When he checked them the next morning he noticed
that three of the clocks had
run erratically during the night. The other two clocks had run
correctly on time but one of them had stopped sometime after midnight.
Which clock is showing the correct time?
(23) Which of the five designs is least like
the other four?
24) Sloppy Joe is aptly named. He has a T-shirt that has a
label attached to the inside of the front part of his right sleeve.
The brand name on the label reads "AHOY".
He turned the T-shirt inside out and put it on back to front.
Where now is the label and what does it read?
(25) A traveler came to a crossing of six
roads. There was a sign post pointing to the hamlets in the six
directions, but a recent storm had turned the signpost so that all the
arrows now pointed the wrong way. How did the traveler find his
required direction.
(26) The three Caballeros made a bet amongst themselves as to who
owned the slowest horse. They decided to race against each other,
the bet money going to the owner of the horse that finished last. But each
Caballero would be pulling up his horse to almost a stop. So how
did they run a fair race?
(27) There are five children in the Pentax family. Alvin's sister
Becky is younger than Conrad, who is older than Debbie. Debbie has one
older brother and a younger sister but her youngest brother Eddy is not
the "baby" of the family. In what order are the children from eldest to
youngest. (Pencil and paper may be used).
(28) E H
C A D E ?
What letter comes next in this sequence?
(29) When red is X, green is Y. When green is not
Y, blue is Z. But blue is never Z as long as red is
X. Therefore which one of these statements is correct?
(a) While blue is Z, green is Y.
(b) While red is not X, blue is not Z.
(c) While green is not Y, red is not X.
(30) Captain Kelp sailed his ship into port on Sunday, stayed
three days, and sailed out on Friday.
How did he perform this seemingly impossible feat?
(This is not really an IQ question, but I thought I would throw it in
anyway.
The time limit does not apply to this teaser).