Trivia Quiz: Can You Answer These Tricky Questions?

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Trivia Quiz: Can You Answer These Tricky Questions? - Quiz

This Trivia Quiz tests your ability to think critically and solve puzzles. Featuring tricky questions like choosing safe rooms, interpreting unusual scenarios, and solving numerical problems, it's perfect... see morefor enhancing logical reasoning and problem-solving skills. see less

2. (in your head!) Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?

The question asks to perform a series of additions. Starting with 1000, we add 40 to get 1040. Then we add another 1000 to get 2040. Next, we add 30 to get 2070. Continuing, we add 1000 to get 3070. Then we add 20 to get 3090. Adding another 1000 gives us 4090. Finally, we add 10 to get the total of 4100.

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4. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and grey when you throw it away?

Charcoal is black when you buy it, as it is a dark, carbonaceous material. It turns red when you use it because when it is burned, it produces a red glow. Finally, when you throw it away, it becomes grey because it loses its original black color and turns into ash.

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5. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms: The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

The third room is the safest for the murderer because the lions haven't eaten in 3 years. Since they haven't eaten for such a long time, they would most likely be weak, malnourished, and possibly even dead. Therefore, the murderer would have a higher chance of surviving in the third room compared to the first room with raging fires or the second room with assassins and loaded guns.

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6. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

The answer provides three consecutive days without using the names of the days of the week. "Yesterday" refers to the day before the current day, "Today" refers to the current day, and "Tomorrow" refers to the day after the current day. These three words represent a sequence of three consecutive days, regardless of the specific days of the week they correspond to.

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