1. You’re running in a race.  You’re almost at the finish line when you pass the competitor in second place! What place are you in now?

    • A. First
    • B. Second
    • C. Third
    • D. Fourth

2. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain on Earth?

    • A. K2
    • B. Kanchenjunga
    • C. K12
    • D. Everest

3. There are 12 apples in a barrel.  If you take away 5, how many do you have?

    • A. 5
    • B. 12
    • C. 7
    • D. 17
    • E. 3

4. How well do you know the U.S. presidential line of succession?  If the vice president were to die, who is supposed to be president?

    • A. Speaker of the House
    • B. Attorney General
    • C. Secretary of State
    • D. President
    • E. Vice President

5. Imagine you’re in a pitch-black room with no electricity and you only have one match.  In front of you is a candle, a gas lamp, and a fireplace.  What do you light first?

    • A. Candle
    • B. Gas lamp
    • C. Fireplace
    • D. Match

6. You leave home and make one right turn, then three left turns, and then return home.  Waiting for you there are two people in masks.  Who are they?

    • A. Trick-or-treaters
    • B. Burglars
    • C. An umpire and a catcher
    • D. Your roommates
    • E. Your parents
    • F. Lawn decorations

7. It is high noon in the desert and there are two camels sitting still:  one is facing east and the other is facing west.  How do the camels see each other with no reflective surfaces and without turning their heads or bodies around?

    • A. The camels are walking in a circle
    • B. The see each other’s shadows
    • C. They are facing each other
    • D. The camels will never see each other
    • E. There are no camels

8. A guilty prisoner who is sentenced to the death penalty is told that he has one last chance to say something to get out of jail.  If they say something true they’ll be shot and if they say something false they’ll be hanged.  What do they say?

    • A. I’m guilty
    • B. I’m innocent
    • C. You’re going to shoot me
    • D. You’re going to hang me
    • E. I want to die
    • F. They don’t say anything

9. The saying does “30 days have September, April, June and November…” you know the rest.  Or do you?  How many months have 28 days?

    • A. One
    • B. Three
    • C. Four
    • D. Eight
    • E. Nine
    • F. Twelve

10. A man wants to marry his widow’s sister.  Is that legal?

    • A. No, that would be considered incest, which is illegal
    • B. I mean it’s a jerk move, but not technically illegal…
    • C. This is impossible
    • D. They’re already married!
    • E. Null and void, you’re talking about the same woman.

 

Answers:

  1. B
  2. D
  3. A
  4. D
  5. D
  6. C
  7. C
  8. D
  9. F
  10. C