School Rules

1.

The word, "mineral," can be spelled using only the letters found in the word, "parliament."

True False

2.

This sequence of four words, "triangle, glove, clock, bicycle," corresponds to this sequence of numbers "3, 5, 12, 2."

True False

3.

27 minutes before 7 o'clock is 33 minutes past 5 o'clock.

True False

4.

The word, "slackers," is spelled by using the first letters of the words in the following sentence: "Silent large anteaters calmly kiss each roasted snack."

True False

5.

If written backwards, the number, "one thousand, one hundred twenty-five," would be written "five thousand, two hundred eleven."

True False

6.

Gary has only forty-eight dollars, but he can buy a bicycle that costs one hundred twenty dollars, (disregarding tax) if he borrows fifty-seven dollars from Jane and fifteen dollars from Jill.

True False

7.

A round wall clock that has been rotated until it is hanging upside down will have a minute hand that points to your right when it is two forty-five.

True False

8.

If the word, "quane," is understood to mean the same as the word, "den," then the following sentence is grammatically correct: "Looking out from my quane, I could see a wolf enter quane."

True False

9.

If Richard looks into a mirror and touches his left ear with his right hand, Richard's image seems to touch its right ear with its left hand.

True False

10.

If you leave the letters in the same order, but rearrange the spaces in the phrase, "Them eats on," it can be read as, "Theme at son."

True False

11.

The words, "auctioned, education, and cautioned," all use the exact same letters.

True False

12.

John weighs 85 pounds. Jeff weighs 105 pounds. Jake weighs 115 pounds. Two of them standing together on the same scale could weigh 200 pounds.

True False

13.

The seventh vowel appearing in this sentence is the letter "a."

True False

14.

Nine chickens, two dogs, and three cats have a total of forty legs.

True False

15.

Sixteen hours are to one day as twenty days are to June's length.

True False

16.

In the English alphabet, there are exactly four letters between the letter "M" and the letter "G."

True False

17.

If the word, "TAN," is written under the word, "SLY," and the word, "TOT," is written under "TAN," then the word, "SAT," is formed diagonally.

True False

18.

By removing seven letters from the word, "motherhood," the word, "home," can be formed.

True False

19.

If a thumb is a finger, then three gloves and three shoes normally hold thirty-five fingers and toes.

True False

20.

The words, "every, how, hand, ever," can form common compound words using, respectively, "one, ever, finger, more."

True False

21.

If Monday is the first day of the month, the very next Saturday is the fifth day of the month.

True False

22.

Three of the following numbers add up to the number 31: 17, 3, 2, 19, 5.

True False

23.

Fred will be four blocks from his starting place if he travels two blocks north, then three blocks east, and then two blocks south.

True False

24.

The following words are the opposites of words that begin with the letter R: unreal, street, grasp, unwind, wrong.

True False

25.

The following, disregarding punctuation, is spelled the same forwards as it is backwards: "Drat Saddam, a mad dastard!"

True False

26.

The letters of the word, "sponged," appear in reverse alphabetical order.

True False

27.

The numbers, 3-7-2-4-8-1-5, are read backwards as 5-1-8-4-2-7-3.

True False

28.

The odd numbers in this group add up to an even number: 15, 32, 5, 13, 82, 7, 1.

True False

29.

Without breaking or bending a toothpick, you can spell the word, "FIN," with exactly seven toothpicks, with no letter sharing a toothpick used by another letter.

True False

30.

This sentence has thirty-five letters.

True False

31.

A square whose sides each measure ten centimeters can completely fit inside of a regular hexagon whose sides each measure ten centimeters.

True False

32.

Six identical triangles can be formed by drawing two straight lines through an octagon's center point.

True False

33.

The number 64 is the next logical number in the following sequence of numbers: 2, 6, 14, 30...

True False

34.

Frank is taller than John. Ralph is taller than Frank. Therefore, John is the shortest boy.

True False

35.

The sum of all the odd numbers from zero to 16 is an even number.

True False

36.

If each of seven persons in a group shakes hands with each of the other six persons, then a total of forty-two handshakes occurs.

True False

37.

Three congruent regular hexagons can be drawn in such a way that all of them overlap each other and create exactly ten distinct areas or compartments.

True False

38.

If a doughnut shaped house has two doors to the outside and three doors to the inner courtyard, then it's possible to end up back at your starting place by walking through all five doors of the house without ever walking through the same door twice.

True False