B: You can tell B is altered because the hot air balloon doesn’t match its reflection.
A
Little Red Riding Hood
B
Little Mermaid
C
Little Wayne
A: If you double or triple some of the letters, you get Little Red Riding Hood.
A
A
B
B
C
C
C
A
Tijuana
B
Tampa
B: Tampa. The first two letters of each vehicle match the city they are traveling to, so logically they should take a taxi to Tampa.
A
PURPLE
B
RED
C
BLANK
D
BROWN
BLANK. The colors are all correct, but the one that is black actually says BLANK, which it is not.
A
Crocodile
B
Woman
C
Mechanic
B: Each word in the sentence has one more letter than the previous one so the next word must have 5 letters.
A
B
C
A. Since the black hat is the widest hat, the red hat would not be seen from above.
A
Bacon
B
Wilbur
C
Porkie
B: WILBUR
A
Ryan
B
Craig
A: Ryan. Ryan’s weights total 230 pounds, while Craig’s only total 200
A
A
B
B
C
C
B. There is a bow on a bow, a bat on a bat, but the sock on a basketball doesn’t match up
A
Will
B
Wanda
C
No one..it was free
D
Wednesday
Wednesday. In the paragraph above, Wednesday is the name of a person, not a day of the week.
A
LO MEIN
B
WON TON
C
DIM SUM
B: WON TON. The sign with WON TON, when flipped over reads NOT NOW, signaling the restaurant is closed.
HARD
HARD
A
Top Row
B
Middle Row
C
Bottom Row
C: Bottom row. The bottom row contains an orange, an olive, and an onion. Three O’s
A
Almonds
B
Beef
C
Chips
A: Almonds. The letter N comes before O, and both of those letters come before D
Mouth
Mouth. The mouth is upside down when the photo is right side up
A
Utah
B
Kansas
C
Alaska
D
Virginia
B: Kansas. If you add A and R to Kansas, you get Arkansas
A
A
B
B
C
C
C. “To be or not to be”… that is the answer.
A
Drew Barrymore
B
George Stephanopoulous
C
Arnold Schwarzenegger
C: Arnold Schwarzenegger. They all have long names, but we asked whose FIRST name has the most syllables. Drew and George both have one syllable, but Arnold has two.
A
6
B
4
C
2
D
1
D. One. On a standard die, the opposite sides always add up to 7, so opposite the 6 is a 1
A
One with 5 petals
B
One with 50 petals
C
One with 555 petals
“He loves me not” is said when plucking even-numbered petals, and the only even-numbered flower has 50 petals.
(50% question)
PASSION
The words PASS and ION can be combined to make the word PASSION
A
Brazil
B
France
C
Zimbabwe
A: Brazil. Each of their names appears backward in the name of their country
7
A
10 bicycles, 50 tricycles
B
30 bicycles, 20 tricycles
C
50 bicycles, 10 tricycles
B. When you divide 100 pedals by 2 pedals per bike or trike, you get 50 total so the only viable answer is 30 bicycles and 20 tricycles.
A
8
B
3
C
0
D
5
C- ZERO. If the same letter can’t appear next to itself, it is impossible to spell the word TREE which has consecutive E’s.
A
Twelve plus one
B
Ten plus three
C
Eight plus five
A: Twelve plus one. If you unscramble ELEVEN PLUS TWO, you will be able to spell TWELVE PLUS ONE.
A
B
C
A- Box A is the only one that has a smiley face on a pink square and a heart on a turquoise square.
A
B
C
B. Put the lines together and they spell RIGHT.
A
Phil Adelphia
B
Al Aska
C
Louis Ville
B: Al Aska. Al Aska, like Flo Rida, is derived from a U.S. state. The other two come from U.S. cities.
A
B
C
D
B: Whale. A is for apple, B is for ball, and since there are 26 letters of the alphabet, #23 is W for whale.
A
F_O_R_A_I_S
B
A_T_R_A_I_G
C
S_E_P_W_I_G
B: A_T_R_A_I_G. Adding an A, T, R, A, I, and G to the alternating blanks spells ALTERNATING.
A
B
C
D
B: 10 of hearts. The 10 of hearts should be a red card, not a black card.
A
842
B
482
C
824
D
428
C- 8-2-4. In Rue’s text, the words “ate” “too” and “for” sound like the numbers 8, 2, 4
A
Tortillas
B
Rye Bread
C
Mayonnaise
D
Energy Bars
B: Rye Bread. Each item starts with the last two letters of the previous item
A
Happy
B
Dear
C
You
D
Birthday
B- Dear. Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, DEAR Zendaya, happy birthday to you.
The Alphabet
The Alphabet
A
100 legs
B
30 heads
C
12 tusks
D
50 ears
C. The elephants are the only animals with tusks so, since 6×2=12, you can ignore the other options.
A
North
B
South
C
East
D
West
D: WEST. This forms the word AWESTRUCK
A
7
B
3
C
5
D
2
C- 5. Each number represents the number of other countries the area borders. The country with a question mark borders 5 other countries.
A
3
B
5
C
4
D
1
B- 5. The value represents the number of closed circles in the numbers
A
APPLE
B
LIMES
C
LEMON
D
PEARS
B- LIMES
A
June
B
July
C
March
D
January
D- January. These are the months in alphabetical order, so January would fill in the blank
WIN
A
45
B
00
C
96
D
89
C- 96
A
U
B
Z
C
S
D
A
C- S. The sequence is the first letters of each word in the sentence. The next word, sequence, begins with an S.
A
10:34
B
11:45
C
9:59
D
12:00
C- 9:59. On the hour side, the highest possible sum is 9 and on the minute side, the highest possible sum is 14 (5+9).
Senses
SENSES. Take the first letter of each direction word to create SENSES
A
1 ft
B
3 ft
C
2 ft
D
5 ft
3 feet. The boat rises with the tide, and so does the ladder
Rotator
Inconvenienced
These letters can spell many words, but the longest is 14 letters, INCONVENIENCED.
Pump, Page, Here
PUMP, PAGE, HERE. The 3 common four-letter words hidden within these five words are PUMP, PAGE, and HERE.
I AM A WINNER
I AM A WINNER. If you remove the letters T-W-O-L-E-T-T-E-R-S, in order, from that sequence, you’re left with I-A-M-A-W-I-N-N-E-R.
A
A
B
F
C
J
D
V
D- V. If you listen to the sounds of those letters, they all rhyme with each other. The only missing letter that also rhymes is V.