Some sample questions from this category:
* Out of the numbers given below, what would follow this sequence? 10, 4, 3, 11, 15
* If you are in a room that is 100% filled with methane gas and strike a match, what will happen?
* Which of these would you see most clearly in total darkness?
* Which of the following is a '$1.00' word?
* How many zeros follow the 1 in a Novemdecillion?
* A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it?
* *Do not compare prices such as regular movie time and matinee where the costs would differ. Consider them both the same price.* Would it be cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice, or two friends to the movies at the same time?
* If 3 men can eat 3 steaks in 3 days, how many steaks can 6 men eat in 6 days?
* Which is the better bargain: A shirt that is marked down 10 percent from its original price and then reduced an additional 40 percent or the same shirt reduced 50 percent from its original price?
* A library contains 3 varieties of books: mystery, romance, and periodicals. There are a total of 150 books. There are 3 times as many mysteries as romance and twice as many periodicals as romance. How many of each variety are there?
* A mother is 9 times as old as her son. In 5 years she will be 5 times as old as her son. How old is she now?
* Add together the number of days in August, September, and October. Divide by the number of quarters it takes to make {$1.} Multiply by the number of zeros in 1 million. Subtract 2 dozen. Add together the digits in your answer. What is the final answer?
* Which of the following words would best fit in with this sequence: 1) Chime, 2) Cherish, 3) Wits 4)...?
* David is half his father Duncan's age. In 10 years, David will be three-fifths Duncan's age. Ten years ago, David was one-third Duncan's age. How old are David and Duncan now?
* What set of numbers would come next in the following series? 30 20 29 21 28 22 27 23 26 24?
* If a clock takes 6 seconds to strike 7 o'clock, how many seconds will it take to strike 11 o'clock?
* Which of these words has something in common with UNDECEIVABLE - SIMULTANEOUS - ALIMENTATION?
* Which of these words does not belong with the other three (doesn't have anything to do with one particular letter or rhyming....)?
* Some years ago I was introduced to someone I hadn't met before. The host showed me a photo of a young man. He said: 'He's the only son of the only brother of the only aunt of my father's only niece'. Who was that young man?
* If no head injury is too trivial to be neglected, then:
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