Mind Quiz
Boost your Brain Fitness

This mind quiz is meant to give your brain a workout. Depending on your mental ability, you can choose between:

- the "Piece of Cake" level, which is relatively easy,
- the "I can do it" level, which is a bit more complicated, and
- the "Say what?" level, which is rather challenging.

The questions for all levels appear below. There is no time limit. Once you are done, click on the "Mind Quiz Answers" link at the bottom of this page.

The answer page provides the answers for all three levels. If you intend to do all three levels, wait until you are done to check the answers, or you may be influenced by the words you will see on the other page!

Mind Quiz 1: The “Piece of cake” Level

Question 1. Which word doesn’t fit with the rest?
Italy
France
Spain
Paris
Switzerland

Question 2. How many hours are there in a week?

Question 3. Live is to evil, as dog is to what?

Question 4. Which number is next?
2
4
8
16
?

Question 5. If I am 6 years older than my friend, then my friend must be 6 years younger than me. True or false?

Question 6. Which of these numbers would look the same if viewed in a mirror?
457
656
609
808

Question 7. Which letter comes next?
A
C
B
C
C
C
D
C
?

Question 8. Complete:
5+5+5=?
9x3=?
17-16=?

Question 9. Which of these words is misspelled?
Mother
Son
Cousen
Aunt
Sister

Question 10. I buy 2 bags of chips and give one away. I buy 2 more bags and eat one. How many bags am I left with?

Question 11. It is now 2:45 PM. What time will it be in two and a half hour?

Question 12. Which ones of these words only have one vowel?
pie
ape
trip
donkey
queue
march

Mind Quiz 2: The “I think I can” Level

Question 1. Which word doesn’t fit with the rest?
Tulip
Daisy
Iris
Crocus
Daffodil

Question 2. How many seconds are there in one and a half hour?

Question 3. Which number is next?
2
3
5
7
11
?

Question 4. The Sea of Tranquillity is on the Moon; the Black Sea is on Earth. Where is the Red Sea?

Question 5. Which of these pairs are not synonyms (words of same meaning)?
Happy and sad
Far and distant
Evident and obvious
Rich and wealthy

Question 6. Which letter comes next?
I
V
X
L
?

Question 7. If politicians only tell the truth on Fridays but they never work in Parliament on Fridays, how much truth is told in Parliament?

Question 8. Complete:
99x9=?
123-89=?
72+71=?

Question 9. I weigh 80 kg and pick up 1 kg of heavy potatoes. My friend weighs 81 kg and picks up 1 kg of light flowers. Which one of us weighs the most with his extra load?

Question 10. If I throw 3 coins up in the air, what is the likelihood they all land showing heads?

Question 11. Jeff turned off the light of his bedroom and managed to get to his bed 15 feet away before the room was dark. How did he do it?

Question 12. Which two words do not sound the same?
Steak and stake
Flower and flour
Lie and lay

Mind Quiz 3. The “Say what?” Level

Question 1. Which word doesn’t fit with the rest?
Trumpet
Trombone
Clarinet
Tuba
French horn

Question 2. How many seconds are there in half a week?

Question 3. If today is three days after Tuesday, and tomorrow will be 5 days before my birthday, what day is my birthday on?

Question 4. Complete:
0.5x25=?
50x35=?
80x700=?

Question 5. If the hottest country is Egypt, which is twice as hot as Japan, which in turn is 3 times hotter than Greenland, how hot (in degrees Celsius) is it in Iceland if it is 3 degrees Celsius cooler than a fifth of Greenland and it is 30 Celsius in Egypt?

Question 6. Which letter comes next?
T
W
T
F
S
?

Question 7. If an elephant never forgets and learns 4 facts per day, how many facts does it learn in a 4-year period, assuming a leap year once every 4 years?

Question 8. If I am happy only 90% of the time, but when I sleep, I’m always happy, what percentage of the time am I both awake and not happy?

Question 9. My sister’s uncle’s wife’s daughter’s brother is my cousin. True or false?

Question 10. How can you throw a ball so it goes a short distance, comes to a dead stop, reverses its motion, then goes the opposite way? You are not allowed to bounce it off anything, hit it with anything, or tie anything to it.

Question 11. We were born on the same day of the same year. We have the same mother and father, but we are not twins. Can you explain?

Question 12. If I drive at 30mph for 6 minutes, then 60 mph for 10 minutes, followed by 30 mph for 4 minutes, what is my average speed over those 20 minutes?

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