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  1. If a hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs do 6 hens lay in 6 days?New
  2. Odometer is to distance as compass is to…?New
  3. There are 6 apples in a bowl and you take away 4. How many apples do you have?New
  4. Which planet takes longer to spin once on its axis than to orbit the Sun?New
  5. Which one doesn't belong: spider, ant, bee, beetle?New
  6. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?New
  7. Ornithologist is to birds as entomologist is to…?New
  8. Two people are born at the exact same moment but have different birthdays. How?New
  9. Two equal candles: one burns out in 4 hours, one in 3. Lit together, when is one exactly twice as long as the other?New
  10. What comes next: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, …?New
  11. Which of these words can be typed using only the top row of letters on a keyboard?New
  12. What's the total of all the interior angles of a hexagon?New
  13. 12 coins; one is fake and could be lighter OR heavier. What's the fewest balance-scale weighings that always finds it?New
  14. Which gold circle is bigger?New
  15. How many squares can you count?New
  16. Which one doesn't belong: dolphin, shark, whale, seal?New
  17. Which US state is the farthest north, the farthest west, AND the farthest east?New
  18. What color is an airplane's "black box"?New
  19. Which is correct: "The yolk of the egg is white" or "The yolk of the egg are white"?New
  20. Botanically, which one doesn't belong: tomato, cucumber, carrot, bell pepper?New
  21. A plane flies 1,000 miles north, 1,000 east, 1,000 south, then 1,000 west from the US. Where does it end up?New
  22. Was Napoleon unusually short for a Frenchman of his time?New
  23. What appears once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?New
  24. What letter comes next: Z, X, V, T, …?New
  25. You're running a race and pass the person in last place. What place are you in now?New
  26. Pen is to poet as needle is to…?New
  27. What gets wetter the more it dries?New
  28. A surgeon looks at a boy and says, "I can't operate on him — he's my son." The surgeon isn't his father. Who is the surgeon?New
  29. What disappears the moment you say its name?New
  30. A butcher's assistant is 5'10" and wears size 13 shoes. What does he weigh?New
  31. What comes next: 1, 4, 27, 256, …?New
  32. Which number doesn't belong: 1, 8, 27, 64, 100, 125New
  33. 100 closed lockers. Student 1 opens all, student 2 toggles every 2nd, student 3 every 3rd… through student 100. How many end up open?New
  34. What letter comes next: S, M, T, W, T, F, …?New
  35. A car's odometer reads 15951, a palindrome. Exactly 2 hours later it shows the next palindrome. What was its average speed?New
  36. Which shape comes next?New
  37. Which one comes next?New
  38. On average, which planet is closest to Earth?New
  39. Which number replaces the question mark?New
  40. A man lives on the 10th floor. On rainy days he takes the elevator to 10; otherwise he rides to 7 and walks up. Why?New
  41. The day before two days after the day before tomorrow is Saturday. What day is today?New
  42. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks?New
  43. In a code, "sky is blue" = "ta na ka" and "blue water" = "ka mo". Which code word means "blue"?New
  44. Which one doesn't belong: square, rectangle, rhombus, triangle?New
  45. Pride is to lion as pod is to…?New
  46. How many triangles can you find?New
  47. Counting every size, how many squares are on a standard 8×8 chessboard?New
  48. What can fill a room but takes up no space?New
  49. Which is more likely: at least one 6 in 4 rolls of a die, or at least one double-6 in 24 rolls of two dice?New
  50. How many more cubes would you need to make a solid 3×3×3 cube? (No cube is floating.)New
  51. 17 is to 289 as 13 is to…?New
  52. Forward I'm heavy, backward I'm not. What am I?New
  53. A man shaves several times a day, yet he still has a full beard. How?New
  54. A drawer has 21 blue, 15 black, and 17 red socks. In the dark, how many must you grab to be sure of 2 black socks?New
  55. No cats are dogs. Some pets are dogs. Can you conclude that some pets are not cats?New
  56. A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays three days, and leaves on Friday. How?New
  57. Five runners finish: A before B, B before D, D before C, and C before E. Who finished 3rd?New
  58. A woman has two sons born at the same hour on the same day of the same year, but they're not twins. How?New
  59. A book costs $10 plus half its price. How much does the book cost?New
  60. If 2 + 3 = 10, 7 + 2 = 63, 6 + 5 = 66, and 8 + 4 = 96, then 9 + 7 = ?New

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