Are you genius???

Question 1

What is the word coiled inside this circle?

Question 2

If it were two hours later, it would be half as long until midnight as it would be if it were an hour later. What time is it now?

Question 3

Which vowel comes midway between J and T?

Question 4

Following the pattern shown in the number sequence below, what is the missing number?

Question 5

Which of the designs best completes the following sequence?

Question 6

Which word of four letters can be added to the front of the following words to create other English words?

DATE AGE CARD SCRIPT MARK

Question 7

One of the following sentences given below means approximately the same as the proverb: "Don't count your chickens until they are hatched." Choose the one:

Question 8

If two typists can type two pages in two minutes, how many typists will it take to type 18 pages in six minutes?

Question 9

Look at the drawing. The numbers alongside each column and row are the total of the values of the symbols within each column and row. What should replace the question mark?

Question 10

Pear is to apple as potato is to?

Question 11

What is the number that is one half of one quarter of one tenth of 400?

Question 12

Fill in the missing number:

0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,-,34,55

Question 13

Which number comes next in this series of numbers?

2 3 5 7 11 13 ?

Question 14

Two men, starting at the same point, walk in opposite directions for 4 meters, turn left and walk another 3 meters. What is the distance between them?

Question 15

The same word can be added to the end of GRASS and the beginning of SCAPE to form two other English words.  What is the word?

Question 16

Which of the figures below the line of drawings best completes the series?

Question 17

If you count from 1 to 100, how many 7's will you pass on the way?

Question 18

Which of the figures below the line of drawings best completes the series?

Question 19

One of the following proverbs is closest in meaning to the saying, "Birds of a feather, flock together." Choose one:

A"One swallow doesn"t make a summer."

B"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

C"A man is known by the company he keeps."

D"Fine feathers make fine birds."

E"Don"t judge a book by its cover."

Question 20

Continue the following number series with the group of numbers below which best continues the series?

1 10 3 9 5 8 7 7 9 6 ? ?

Question 21

Sally likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144 but not 145. Which does she like - 1600 or 1700?

Question 22

How many four sided figures are in this diagram?

Question 23

Which letter comes next in this series of letters?

B A C B D C E D F ?

Question 24

What is the following word when it is unscrambled?

H C P R A A T E U

Question 25

Only one other word can be made from all the letters of INSATIABLE. Can you find it?

Question 26

Four years ago, Jane was twice as old as Sam. Four years on from now, Sam will be 3/4 of Jane's age. How old is Jane now?

Question 27

Which of the following objects is least like the others?

Question 28

Which same three-letter word can be placed in front of the following words to make a new word?

SIGN, DONE, DUCT, FOUND, FIRM, TRACT, DENSE

Question 29

There are 1200 elephants in a herd. Some have pink and green stripes, some are all pink and some are all blue. One third are pure pink. Is it true that 400 elephants are definitely blue?

Question 30

If a circle is one, how many is an octagon?

ANSWER

1.STRONGER.

2.2 hours later (23:00 - 1 hour before midnight) is half the time until midnight as 1 hour later (22:00 - 2 hours before midnight).

3.O

4.64

5.

6.POST

7.It is not really sensible to rely on something that has not yet happened and may not ever happen.

8.One typist types one page in two minutes.

9.Apples are worth 7, bananas are worth 8, strawberries are worth 3 and cherries are worth 2.

10.Radish. Both grow underground.

11.1/10 of 400 is 40, 1/4 of 40 is 10, 1/2 of 10 is 5.

12.Each number is the sum of the 2 preceding numbers.

13.Prime numbers.

14.sqrt(3*3 + 4*4) * 2. They make two right triangles.

15.grassLAND, LANDscape.

16.The number of lines on the side with the stick goes increases by one, while the side opposite the stick decreases by one. The stick alternates sides.

17.If you found 10, you forgot about 70, 71, etc. If you got 11, you forgot about the 70 series, but remembered 77 had 2; if you got 19, you forgot about the extra 7 in 77; if you got 21 you created a 7 out of thin air.

18.The first column has 6 'petals', while the second has 5. The first row is solid. The second row has lines going from the 'petals' into the center.

19."A man is known by the company he keeps."

20.Alternating numbers go up by 2, and down by 1.

21.Sally likes perfect squares.

22.25.

23.Alternate letters increase by one.

24.PARACHUTE.

25.BANALITIES.

26.12. 4 years ago Jane was 8, Sam was 4.  In 4 years from now, Jane will be 16 and Sam will be 12.

27.Flower. The only one not made by man.

28.CONsign, CONdone, CONduct, CONfound, CONfirm, CONtract, CONdense.

29.The other 800 elephants can be any mix of all blue and pink and green stripes.

30.Circle has one line, octagon has eight.