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  1. What was King George VI's actual first name?New
  2. How many differences are there between the two pictures?New
  3. In which month do Russians commemorate the October Revolution?New
  4. A man builds a house where all four walls face south. A bear walks by. What color is the bear?New
  5. Which horizontal line is the longest?New
  6. How many edges does a cube have?New
  7. What comes next: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, …?New
  8. What letter comes next: W, A, J, M, M, …?New
  9. How long did the Hundred Years' War actually last?New
  10. What comes next: 4, 6, 9, 13.5, …?New
  11. You have 8 identical-looking balls; one is heavier. Using a balance scale, what's the fewest weighings that always finds it?New
  12. A drawer has 10 black and 10 white socks. In the dark, how many must you grab to guarantee a pair of BLACK socks?New
  13. What comes next: 120, 60, 20, 5, …?New
  14. How many seconds are there in one day?New
  15. Opposite sides of a die add up to 7. What's the total of the 5 faces you can't see where the dice touch and on the bottom?New
  16. What is the capital of Brazil?New
  17. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?New
  18. The belt is crossed. If gear A turns clockwise, which way does the blue gear turn?New
  19. If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don't have it. What is it?New
  20. Botanically, which of these is a true berry?New
  21. Which word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?New
  22. 100 teams enter a single-elimination tournament. How many games are played to crown a champion?New
  23. Which word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?New
  24. A grandfather clock takes 5 seconds to strike 6 o'clock. How long does it take to strike 12 o'clock?New
  25. Which of these words is NOT an anagram of LISTEN?New
  26. How many zeros are at the end of 10! (10 × 9 × 8 × … × 1)?New
  27. Do old church windows get thicker at the bottom because glass slowly flows?New
  28. A rope ladder hangs off a boat with rungs 1 ft apart; 3 rungs are underwater. The tide rises 2 ft. How many rungs are underwater now?New
  29. Which is bigger: 3⁴ or 4³?New
  30. If FRIEND is coded as HUMJTK, how is CANDLE coded?New
  31. What is 111,111,111 × 111,111,111?New
  32. If CAT is written in code as DBU, how is DOG written?New
  33. A 1-mile-long train enters a 1-mile tunnel at 60 mph. How long until the entire train is out of the tunnel?New
  34. Four scales: how many blue squares make the last one balance?New
  35. What comes next: 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, …?New
  36. You walk 1 mile south, 1 mile east, then 1 mile north and end up exactly where you started. Where could you be?New
  37. On a real die, opposite sides add up to 7. Which of these dice is impossible?New
  38. 3 friends pay $30 for a room. It's $25, so a bellhop returns $5, keeps $2, gives each $1. 3×$9 + $2 = $29. Where's the missing $1?New
  39. A rooster lays an egg on the peak of a barn roof. Which way does the egg roll?New
  40. You draw 2 cards from a standard deck. What's the chance both are aces?New
  41. How many letters are in "the alphabet"?New
  42. Which shape has the most sides?New
  43. Two fathers and two sons go fishing. Each catches exactly one fish, but only 3 fish are caught. How?New
  44. What is the next prime number after 89?New
  45. Calendar is to date as map is to…?New
  46. 3 people can paint a fence in 6 hours. How long would it take 2 people working at the same pace?New
  47. Which weighs more: a gallon of water or a gallon of milk?New
  48. Train A leaves at 60 mph. Train B leaves the same station 1 hour later at 90 mph, same direction. How long until B catches A?New
  49. I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?New
  50. You flip 2 fair coins. What's the chance of getting exactly one heads?New
  51. Which is farther north: London or Calgary?New
  52. A red house is made of red bricks. A blue house is made of blue bricks. What is a greenhouse made of?New
  53. Which is colder on average: the North Pole or the South Pole?New
  54. You're 7th from the front of a line and 7th from the back. How many people are in line?New
  55. Which one doesn't belong: bat, penguin, ostrich, emu?New
  56. You bike 1 mile into the wind at 10 mph and 1 mile back with the wind at 20 mph. What's your average speed?New
  57. How many triangles are hiding in this shape?New
  58. Pound is to weight as fathom is to…?New
  59. What is the closest star to Earth?New
  60. What is the smallest number that divides evenly by every number from 1 to 10?New

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