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This test has been used for over 50 years and has has pretty much done it with great accuracy. If you don't score high, remember, you can always improve. It has been said Bill Gates once took this test and scored a 3 on it.
1. Do they have a 4th of July in England? Yes No
2. How many birthdays does the average man have? 1 to 20 21 to 40 41 to 60 61 to 80
3. How many months have 28 days? 1 5 6 12
4. How many outs are there in an inning? 2 3 6 27
5. Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister? Yes No
6. Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer? 10 25 50 70
7. If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have? 0 1 2 3
8. A doctor gives you three pills telling you to take one every hour. How long would the pills last? 60 minutes 120 minutes 180 minutes 240 minutes
9. A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die. How many are left? 0 8 9 17
10. How many animals of each sex did Moses take on the ark? 0 1 2 3
11. How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen? 2 6 12 24
12. A snail is at the bottom of a 30 foot well. It crawls up 3 feet each day, but slips down 2 feet at night. How long does it take for the snail to reach the top? 10 days 28 days 30 days 31 days
13. 2 boys, 40 km apart, began riding toward each other at 20 kph. One of the boys has a trained pigeon that flys back and forth between the two at 30kph until they meet. How far did the pigeon travel? 20 km 30 km 40 km 60 km
14. You must cross a bridge with the 3 Stooges. The bridge can't support more than 2 people at once. A pair must walk together at the slower man's pace. It's night but there's only one flashlight which must be walked back and forth. What's the minimum time to get all 4 across? You: - 1 minute to cross Moe: - 2 minutes to cross Larry: - 5 minutes to cross Curly: - 10 minutes to cross 12 minutes 17 minutes 20 minutes 22 minutes
15. You have 10 baskets, each with 10 balls. All the balls identical in appearance. One basket has 9kg balls, and all the rest are 10kg. What is the minimum number of measurements that are needed to determine which basket has the 9kg balls? (You may remove balls from the baskets) 1 2 3 4 9
16. How many years did the Hundred Years War last? 96 99 100 108 116
17. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? May September October November December
18. The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? Bird Cat Dog Rat Hog
19. What was King George VI's first name? Albert Edward George Henry Winston
20. What color is a purple finch? Red Blue Purple Black Green
Bonus: 21. Hank is 33 years old today. This is three time as old as his brother Harvey was when Hank was the age that Harvey is today. How old is Harvey? 4 7 11 22 33