The word, "mineral," can be spelled using only the letters found in the word, "parliament." True 2.
False This sequence of four words, "triangle, glove, clock, bicycle," corresponds to this sequence of numbers "3, 5, 12, 2." True
3.
27 minutes before 7 o'clock is 33 minutes past 5 o'clock. True
4.
False
The word, "slackers," is spelled by using the first letters of the words in the following sentence: "Silent large anteaters calmly kiss each roasted snack." True
5.
False
False
If written backwards, the number, "one thousand, one hundred twenty-five," would be written "five
thousand, two hundred eleven." True 6.
Gary has only forty-eight dollars, but he can buy a bicycle that costs one hundred twenty dollars, (disregarding tax) if he borrows fiftyseven dollars from Jane and fifteen dollars from Jill. True
7.
False
A round wall clock that has been rotated until it is hanging upside down will have a minute hand that points to the right when it is two fortyfive. True
8.
False
False
If the word, "quane," is understood to mean the same as the word, "den," then the following sentence is grammatically correct: "Looking out
from my quane, I could see a wolf enter quane." True 9.
If Richard looks into a mirror and touches his left ear with his right hand, Richard's image seems to touch its right ear with its left hand. True
10.
False
The words, "auctioned, education, and cautioned," all use the exact same letters. True
12.
False
If you leave the letters in the same order, but rearrange the spaces in the phrase, "Them eats on," it can be read as, "Theme at son." True
11.
False
False
John weighs 85 pounds. Jeff weighs 105 pounds. Jake weighs 115 pounds. Two of them standing
together on the same scale could weigh 200 pounds. True 13.
The seventh vowel appearing in this sentence is the letter "a." True
14.
False
In the English alphabet, there are exactly four letters between the letter "M" and the letter "G." True
17.
False
Sixteen hours are to one day as twenty days are to June's length. True
16.
False
Nine chickens, two dogs, and three cats have a total of forty legs. True
15.
False
False
If the word, "TAN," is written under the word, "SLY," and the word, "TOT," is written under "TAN," then the
word, "SAT," is formed diagonally. True 18.
By removing seven letters from the word, "motherhood," the word, "home," can be formed. True
19.
False
The words, "every, how, hand, ever," can form common compound words using, respectively, "one, ever, finger, more." True
21.
False
If a thumb is a finger, then three gloves and three shoes normally hold thirty-five fingers and toes. True
20.
False
False
If Monday is the first day of the month, the very next Saturday is the fifth day of the month. True
False
22.
Three of the following numbers add up to the number 31: 17, 3, 2, 19, 5. True
23.
Fred will be four blocks from his starting place if he travels two blocks north, then three blocks east, and then two blocks south. True
24.
False
The following, disregarding punctuation, is spelled the same forwards as it is backwards: "Drat Saddam, a mad dastard!" True
26.
False
The following words are the opposites of words that begin with the letter R: unreal, street, grasp, unwind, wrong. True
25.
False
False
The letters of the word,
"sponged," appear in reverse alphabetical order. True 27.
The numbers, 3-7-2-4-8-1-5, are read backwards as 5-1-8-4-2-7-3. True
28.
False
This sentence has thirty-five letters. True
31.
False
Without breaking or bending a toothpick, you can spell the word, "FIN," with exactly seven toothpicks, with no letter sharing a toothpick used by another letter. True
30.
False
The odd numbers in this group add up to an even number: 15, 32, 5, 13, 82, 7, 1. True
29.
False
False
A square
whose sides each measure ten centimeters can completely fit inside of a regular hexagon whose sides each measure ten centimeters. True 32.
Six identical triangles can be formed by drawing two straight lines through an octagon's center point. True
33.
False
Frank is taller than John. Ralph is taller than Frank. Therefore, John is the shortest boy. True
35.
False
The number 64 is the next logical number in the following sequence of numbers: 2, 6, 14, 30... True
34.
False
False
The sum of all the odd numbers from zero to 16 is an
even number. True 36.
If each of seven persons in a group shakes hands with each of the other six persons, then a total of fortytwo handshakes occurs. True
37.
False
Three congruent regular hexagons can be drawn in such a way that all of them overlap each other and create exactly ten distinct areas or compartments. True
38.
False
False
If a doughnut shaped house has two doors to the outside and three doors to the inner courtyard, then it's possible to end up back at your starting place by walking through all five doors of the
house without ever walking through the same door twice. True
False