11/12/22, 4:25 PM TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE: Thinking Skills Practice [LT: 1 hr.

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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE: Thinking Skills Practice [LT: 1 hr.]

Due
Nov 12 at 11:59pm
Points
20
Questions
20
Available
Oct 31 at 12am - Nov 12 at 11:59pm
Time Limit
45 Minutes
Allowed Attempts
2

Instructions
Test your critical thinking skills by answering the following items. Take time to read each item and analyze the choices to get the correct answer. 

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Question 1 1
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If you have six fish and half of them die from drowning, how many do you have?

 
2

 
3

 
6

This one catches out many, many people. Why? Well, it's because three would immediately jump into your mind. But if you read the question carefully ... fish can't drown,
can they? So, you would still have six left!

 
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Question 2 1
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Take three houses. One is red, the other blue and the final one is white. The red house is to the left of the one in the middle. The blue house is right of the one in the
middle. Where is the White House?

 
On the left

 
In the middle

 
On the right

 
In Washington, D.C.

K, so that's not too tough. Notice we never say the red house is left of the white house but left of the house in the middle. On a side note, did you know that the White House
is well over 200 years old? It was completed on October 13, 1792.​

Question 3 1
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You're sitting in a cabin in the dark and cold and you are hungry. You have only one match. What do you light first?

 
A fire to warm you up

 
The stove

 
The match

Although you need to light all the other things to get warm and fill your belly, you won't light them if the match is not lit first. But you knew that, right?

 
None of the above

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Question 4 1
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Clive's dad had five sons. He named them 1, 2, 3, 4 and _______.

 
5

 
6

 
9

 
Clive

Well, you are probably kicking yourself if you got this one wrong. But don't feel bad. People just skim over the question and think it is an easy one. But the answer is in the
question. Did you miss it? Yes, it is Clive!

Incorrect Question 5 0
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If 10 pigeons sat on a wire and someone shot one, how many would be left?

 
10, maybe they missed

 
Nine

 
Poor pigeons

 
0

Question 6 1
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A house takes eight hours to be built by four men. How much time would it take one man to build it?

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32 hours

 
Zero hours

You got this one, right? Read the question carefully. We didn't say how long it would take one man to build another house. And for that reason, there is nothing to build. The
eight men already finished the job, so therefore, zero hours.

 
18 hours

 
20 hours

Question 7 1
/ 1 pts

What did the eye say to the other eye?

 
Are you looking at me?

 
You are an eyesore

 
Between us, something smells

This is an old brain teaser but certainly a good one. And, of course, between your two eyes, you would find your nose. Did you know lungs do not like air that is dry? That is
why you should breathe through your nose. ​It will help to add moisture and humidity to the air before it enters your lungs.

 
Aye, Aye!

Question 8 1
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Can a man marry his widow's sister?

 
Yes!

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No!

OK, let's think about that for a second. His widow's sister? Why not? Well, there is the small problem that he is actually gone. Gone where? He slipped the mortal coil; he is
dead! Read it again, his widow's sister. The word widow is the dead giveaway (so to speak)!

 
No answer text provided.

 
No answer text provided.

Question 9 1
/ 1 pts

When you dig a hole 4 feet deep, 5 feet wide and 6 feet long, how much dirt is in it?

 
100 pounds

 
1 ton

 
300 pounds

 
None

Yes, none. When digging the whole, you would have placed the earth or dirt you removed from it on the side. If you put it back in the hole, you wouldn't have gotten very far.
I can't be a hole if still has dirt in it.

Question 10 1
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While the wind is blowing from east to west, an orange falls from a tree. Where will it land?

 
At the bottom of the hill

 
On the ground

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Wind speed is going to do little to affect where an orange will fall when it drops from the tree. And there is no mention of a downslope or hill. So the orange will fall on the
ground!

 
East of the tree

 
West of the tree

Question 11 1
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Find the answer to this brain teaser. Heavy it is but reverse it's not?

 
Ton

This is a classic word brain teaser. Did you get it right? It's always the best policy with brain teasers not to jump to the first answer that looks correct. So, the answer is ton.
Sure, that's heavy. Now reverse it? And there you have the "not." Clever, hey?

 
Metal

 
Piles of wood

 
A car

Question 12 1
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In a year, how many seconds are there?

 
35

 
Six

 
19

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12

Twelve seconds? Yes, that is correct. "But how can that be?" you ask. Well, it is simple really. The 2nd of January, 2nd of February, 2nd of March, and so on until we get to
December. Twelve seconds!

Question 13 1
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A doctor gives you three pills with the strict instruction to take one every half hour. How long will it take to finish them?

 
One hour

I bet you math whizzes got this answer correct. And yes, it is one hour, not one and a half hours. Why? If you take the first pill at 10, the second at 10.30 and the third at 11,
then only one hour has elapsed.

 
Two hours

 
One and a half hours

 
Half an hour

Question 14 1
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Answer this brain teaser, please. My hands move but I can’t clap. What am I?

 
An infant

 
A clock

Yes, a clock has hands, but they certainly can't clap. They can do something else a human hand and finger can do ... and that is the point but only at the time! Clapping, or
applause was thought to have started with the Romans.

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A dinosaur

 
Unhappy fans at a music concert

Question 15 1
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If you want to throw a ball, have it reverse direction and come back to where it started, what do you do?

 
Throw it as far as you could

 
Use a boomerang

 
all of these

 
Throw it up in the air and catch it

Throwing a ball in the air and catching it is the simple way to have it reverse its direction and come back to where it started. And it's all thanks to gravity because without it,
the ball would keep​on traveling. We would also float. Wait, how cool is that. Damn you, gravity!

Question 16 1
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The salesperson at a butcher shop is 7 feet tall and has size of 18 feet. What does he weigh?

 
300 pounds

 
150 pounds

 
80 pounds

 
Meat

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Well, we would need a scale to see how much the clerk clocks in terms of pounds but you can rest assured that every day, he weighs meat! Another classic brain teaser
that kids will love!

Question 17 1
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At the end of every rainbow you will find what?

 
Unicorns

 
A pot of gold

 
W

If Irish mythology is to be believed, its a pot of gold and a possessive leprechaun that you would find at the end of every rainbow. But in the world of the brain teaser, it is
simply the letter "w."

 
A lake of water

Question 18 1
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If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don’t have it anymore. What is it?

 
Food

 
A secret

Isn't this so true? How many times have you been told a secret that you just want to tell someone? Every single time, right? And when you do, it's no longer your secret.
Plus, the person who told you is probably going to get mad that you shared it. A secret is only a secret if you keep it!

 
Happiness

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None of the above

Question 19 1
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Name the month that has 28 days?

 
February

 
March

 
April

 
All of them

Although February is a month with just 28 days, or 29 when it'​s a leap year, if you think about it, all the months of the year have 28 days. Did we catch you with that one or
not? You would be surprised how many people get it wrong.

Question 20 1
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How is it possible to go five days without sleeping?

 
Don't stop dancing

 
Sleep at night

Imagine not sleeping for five days and nights! Yawn! It makes you tired just thinking about it. But back to the brain teaser. If you're not sleeping during the day, you certainly
will be sleeping at night. So, no problems there.

 
Red Bull

 
Strong black coffee

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Quiz Score:
19 out of 20

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