A juggler throws a solid blue ball a meter in the air and then a solid purple ball (of the same size) two meters in the air. She then climbs to the top of a tall ladder carefully, balancing a yellow balloon on her head. Where is the purple ball most likely now, in relation to the blue ball? A. at the same height as the blue ball B. at the same height as the yellow balloon C. inside the blue ball D. above the yellow balloon E. below the blue ball F. above the blue ball

A

Jeff, Jo and Jim are in a 200m men's race, starting from the same position. When the race starts, Jeff 63, slowly counts from -10 to 10 (but forgets a number) before staggering over the 200m finish line, Jo, 69, hurriedly diverts up the stairs of his local residential tower, stops for a couple seconds to admire the city skyscraper roofs in the mist below, before racing to finish the 200m, while exhausted Jim, 80, gets through reading a long tweet, waving to a fan and thinking about his dinner be...

A

There are two sisters, Amy who always speaks mistruths and Sam who always lies. You don't know which is which. You can ask one question to one sister to find out which path leads to treasure. Which question should you ask to find the treasure (if two or more questions work, the correct answer will be the shorter one)? A. "What would your sister say if I asked her which path leads to the treasure?" B. "What is your sister’s name?” C. "What path leads to the treasure?" D. "What path do you think I...

C

Peter needs CPR from his best friend Paul, the only person around. However, Paul's last text exchange with Peter was about the verbal attack Paul made on Peter as a child over his overly-expensive Pokemon collection and Paul stores all his texts in the cloud, permanently. Paul will [ _ ] help Peter. A. probably not B. definitely C. half-heartedly D. not E. pretend to F. ponder deeply over whether to

B

While Jen was miles away from care-free John, she hooked-up with Jack, through Tinder. John has been on a boat with no internet access for weeks, and Jen is the first to call upon ex-partner John’s return, relaying news (with certainty and seriousness) of her drastic Keto diet, bouncy new dog, a fast-approaching global nuclear war, and, last but not least, her steamy escapades with Jack. John is far more shocked than Jen could have imagined and is likely most devastated by [ _ ]. A. wider intern...

A

John is 24 and a kind, thoughtful and apologetic person. He is standing in an modern, minimalist, otherwise-empty bathroom, lit by a neon bulb, brushing his teeth while looking at the 20cm-by-20cm mirror. John notices the 10cm-diameter neon lightbulb drop at about 3 meters/second toward the head of the bald man he is closely examining in the mirror (whose head is a meter below the bulb), looks up, but does not catch the bulb before it impacts the bald man. The bald man curses, yells 'what an idi...

C

On a shelf, there is only a green apple, red pear, and pink peach. Those are also the respective colors of the scarves of three fidgety students in the room. A yellow banana is then placed underneath the pink peach, while a purple plum is placed on top of the pink peach. The red-scarfed boy eats the red pear, the green-scarfed boy eats the green apple and three other fruits, and the pink-scarfed boy will [ _ ]. A. eat just the yellow banana B. eat the pink, yellow and purple fruits C. eat just t...

F

Agatha makes a stack of 5 cold, fresh single-slice ham sandwiches (with no sauces or condiments) in Room A, then immediately uses duct tape to stick the top surface of the uppermost sandwich to the bottom of her walking stick. She then walks to Room B, with her walking stick, so how many whole sandwiches are there now, in each room? A. 4 whole sandwiches in room A, 0 whole sandwiches in Room B B. no sandwiches anywhere C. 4 whole sandwiches in room B, 1 whole sandwich in Room A D. All 5 whole sa...

A

A luxury sports-car is traveling north at 30km/h over a roadbridge, 250m long, which runs over a river that is flowing at 5km/h eastward. The wind is blowing at 1km/h westward, slow enough not to bother the pedestrians snapping photos of the car from both sides of the roadbridge as the car passes. A glove was stored in the trunk of the car, but slips out of a hole and drops out when the car is half-way over the bridge. Assume the car continues in the same direction at the same speed, and the win...

B

Philip hangs upside-down from a roof beam, and keeps his body straight and in this position throughout the evening, and his face stays looking down toward his adoring audience. He is about to perform four stunts for the audience. First, he will attempt to hold his breath for 4 minutes (he managed 5 minutes a day before). Second, he will attempt to juggle 5 balls, which will be thrown from chest-level (where his hands will stay) to flying down past his head (he juggled 9 standing on stage last ni...

B

A pencil is placed in the middle of a square piece of paper, which is wider than the pencil. Two opposite corners of the paper are brought together such that they touch and line up at the starting location of one of the corners, and then the top of the paper is pressed such that a light crease is made (visually, the new top of the paper is of course now half the area). The piece of paper is then picked up and turned 180 degrees. How many layers of paper must someone who picks the paper up now ne...

E

Husain types a letter on a normal laptop screen, and he can see any letters on the screen clearly. Every second the letter will randomly transform into another letter of the alphabet. Husain is in a park and slowly inches back from the laptop, but has just one item with him: a remote controller so he can increase the font size of the changing letters by exactly as much as he wants. Husain has always had trouble distinguishing w's from m's, so when he is a couple of football field lengths away, c...

D

Naomi puts her rucksack on its side on the grass, and places her a thin metal pole through both straps, and lodging the pole immovably into the ground. Can the rucksack be removed from the pole? Assume the rucksack straps (or body) will not break in any way, the pole cannot be bent or broken, nor dislodged. A) Yes by pulling it inside out B) Yes by removing its contents C) Yes, start by gripping it D) No, but it can be pulled away a bit by stretching E) Yes, by passing one strap through the othe...

C

A soldier and a librarian are in a library chatting. 'How have things been lately, Emily?' Mike asked. 'Well, you know how it is at work ... ' Which of the following would not be the subject of the continuation? - pick one of the subjects below, or the statement about the subjects. A) The summer reading programs coming up. B) The new book inventory system. C) The quietness that's both a blessing and a curse. D) The never-ending shelving of returned books. E) Patrolling the local base's perimeter...

F

Vernor, 34 and a US marine, is a prisoner-of-war trying to reach a button to open the door of the cell he is standing in. But both his hands are tied unbreakably to a rope, 5m in length, whose other end is tied unbreakably to an immovable pipe 6m from the 10cm square button on the door handle opposite. The rope has a maximum of 2cm of give (stretch) in it, and the rope is also unbreakable, so Vernor [ _ ] A) cannot press the button, and cannot reach the door, B) can press the button but cannot t...

D

Hanifa, a high school teacher, aimed to wake up at 4.30am but was distressed to realize her faulty alarm had not gone off and saw the time was 4.55am. Hanifa is later caught in conversation with an upset boss - who has spilled coffee onto his laptop - when Hanifa arrives at work at 5.30am, over thirty minutes later than she normally does and eighty-nine minutes before her first work obligation of any kind. Hanifa tells the upset boss about her faulty alarm and then addresses the coffee spill. Ha...

C

Cassandra, 28, is a typical, healthy adult female, is in sandals, and is standing upright. Cassandra leans to put her right palm on the back of the thigh of her left leg and her left palm on the back of the thigh of her right leg. Can Cassandra move in this position? A) She could step a few inches forward but not backward at all B) She could step forward as much as she likes but no more than a few inches backward C) She could not step forward or backward without falling D) She can step forward o...

D