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Question number 1
The opposite of hate
Question number 2
How many pens?
Question number 3
What doesn't a bird always have?
Question number 4
Opposite of honor
Question number 5
The fox and the wolf
Question number 6
Darkness and light
Question number 7
Was it tricky?
Question number 8
The tree and its roots
Question number 9
Cheap and expensive
Question number 10
Silver vs. Iron
Question number 11
Amicus omnibus, amicus nemini
Question number 12
Beginning is the hardest
Question number 13
Looking out for no. 1
Question number 14
The car came after the...
Question number 15
Fast horses
Question number 16
How about a picnic?
Question number 17
The answer
Question number 18
Always and forever
Question number 19
Thermometers measure...
Question number 20
Are men often shorter than their female partners?
Question number 21
This is the correct answer
Question number 22
True or false?
Question number 23
Picking a fight
Question number 24
And the answer is...
Question number 25
The correct answer
Question number 26
More cautious
Question number 27
The opposite of clumsy
Question number 28
Mother and daughter
Question number 29
Selflessness
Question number 30
Reply
Question number 31
A characteristic of a person
Question number 32
Reply
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Here's a challenge for you!

This intelligence test is inspired by the Otis Method. Some companies use it to test the knowledge of potential employees.

Do you have 15 minutes to spare?

There are 32 questions of varying degrees of difficulty that you need to answer in under 15 minutes. So get paper and a pencil, check the time, and start!

 

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Question number 1

The opposite of 'hate' is ...

Enemy

Fear

Love

Friend

 

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The opposite of hate

Answer: love

 

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Question number 2

If three pens cost $5, how many pens can I buy for $50?

30

20

15

 

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How many pens?

30 pens

 

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Question number 3

A bird doesn't always have ...

Eyes

Legs

Beak

Nest

 

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What doesn't a bird always have?

Answer: a nest

 

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Question number 4

The opposite of 'honor' is ...

Defeat

Ignominy

Humiliation

Cowardice

Fear

 

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Opposite of honor

Answer: Ignominia

 

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Question number 5

The fox is most like a...

Wolf

Cat

Goat

Pig

Tiger

 

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The fox and the wolf

Answer: Wolf

 

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Question number 6

Silence has the same relationship to sound that darkness has to...

Light

Noise

Tranquillity

The night

The basement

 

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Darkness and light

Answer: light

 

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Question number 7

A group consists of two married couples, two brothers, and two sisters: what is the minimum number of people who could form this group?

8

6

4

2

 

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Was it tricky?

Answer: 4

 

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Question number 8

A tree always has...

Leaves

Fruits

Gems

Roots

Shadow

 

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The tree and its roots

Answer: Roots

 

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Question number 9

The opposite of cheap is...

Desirable

Greedy

Expensive

Worth

Rich

 

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Cheap and expensive

Answer: Expensive

 

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Question number 10

Silver is more expensive than iron because it is...

Heavier

More scarce

More beautiful

Harder

 

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Silver vs. Iron

Answer: It's more scarce

 

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Question number 11

Which of the five sentences below captures the meaning of the proverb: 'Amicus omnibus, amicus nemini' ('A friend to all, a friend to none')?

Do not part with friends and you will be friends with everyone.

Be friends with everyone and you will have no enemies.

Those who are friends with many are not friends with anyone.

Everyone has to look after himself before others.

 

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Amicus omnibus, amicus nemini

Answer: Those who are friends with many are not friends with anyone.

 

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Question number 12

What is the meaning of this proverb: 'Whoever begins well is half done'?

The biggest difficulty in anything is getting started.

Everyone has to look after himself before others.

There is no point in prolonging a relationship for too long.

 

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Beginning is the hardest

Answer: The biggest difficulty in anything is getting started.

 

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Question number 13

What does this proverb mean? 'First my teeth and then my relatives.'

We must not forget the benefit received and turn away from the one from whom it was received.

Don't part with friends after eating.

There is no point in prolonging a relationship for too long.

Everyone has to look after himself before others.

 

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Looking out for no. 1

Answer: Everyone has to look after himself before others.

 

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Question number 14

What electric light is to the candle, a car is to...

Electricity

Carriage

Speed

 

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The car came after the...

Answer: Carriage

 

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Question number 15

If a horse can run as fast as 6 meters in a quarter of a second, how many meters does it travel in a second?

120

240

360

180

136

 

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Fast horses

Answer: 240

 

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Question number 16

A meal always needs...

A table

Dish

Waterfall

Food

Hunger

 

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How about a picnic?

Answer: Food

 

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Question number 17

Among the following five words, four are similar. Which one is not similar to the other four?

Dessert

Lime

Paper

Duck

Clear

 

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Question number 18

The opposite of never is...

Perhaps

Always

Maybe

 

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Always and forever

Answer: Always

 

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Question number 19

A watch has the same relationship to time as a thermometer to...

Hot

Temperature

Mercury

 

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Thermometers measure...

Answer: Temperature

 

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Question number 20

The phrase "men are shorter than their wives" is missing an expression of frequency. Which of these should be entered into the sentence to make it true?

Always

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

 

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Are men often shorter than their female partners?

Answer: Sometimes

 

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Question number 21

In the next series, there is one wrong number. Which one should replace it?
1 - 4 - 2 - 5 - 3 - 6 - 4 - 7 - 5 - 9 - 6 - 9

Possible answers:

0

5

4

8

 

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This is the correct answer

Answer: 8

 

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Question number 22

"All the members of this club are Argentine;"
"González is not Argentine;"
"Gonzalez is a member of this club."
If the first two statements are true, then the third is ...

True

False

No one knows

 

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True or false?

Answer: False

 

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Question number 23

A fight always has...

Victory

Contenders

Spectators

Referee

 

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Picking a fight

Answer: Contenders

 

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Question number 24

Which is the first of the numbers in this series to appear for a second time?
6 - 4 - 5 - 3 - 7 - 0 - 9 - 8 - 8 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 7 - 3 - 0 - 8 - 9

Possible answers:

6

4

5

3

 

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And the answer is...

Answer: 5

 

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Question number 25

The Moon is to the Earth as the Earth is to...

Mars

Sun

The stars

The Universe

 

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The correct answer

Answer: The sun

 

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Question number 26

What word is missing in this sentence to make it true? "Parents are ...... more cautious than children."

Always

Much

Rather

 

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More cautious

Answer: Always

 

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Question number 27

The opposite of 'clumsy' is...

Loud

Agile

Rapid

 

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The opposite of clumsy

Answer: Agile

 

Question number 28

A mother is always ...... than her daughter

Smarter

Older

Highest

 

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Mother and daughter

Answer: Older

 

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Question number 29

Which of the following five statements indicates the meaning of "Do good and forget about it"?

Good must be done selflessly.

Good is never done without profit.

You have to do well and not brag about it.

You must do good to the enemy.

The ungrateful do not remember the good that is done to them.

 

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Selflessness

Answer: Good must be done selflessly

 

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Question number 30

Which of these statements explains the proverb "Do harm and think about it"?

You must do good to the enemy.

Bad deeds serve as a lesson to you.

Evil never profits.

 

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Reply

Answer: Bad deeds serve as a teaching to you

 

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Question number 31

Which of the following words indicates a character trait?

Personality

Esteem

Love

Generosity

Health

A characteristic of a person

Answer: Health

 

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Question number 32

If all the odd letters were crossed, what would be the tenth uncrossed letter?

S.

R.

 

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Reply

Answer: the S.

 

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How many did you answer correctly?

And, importantly, did you manage to answer all within 15 minutes? Any question you answered after the first quarter of an hour doesn't count for your final score.

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