Logical ReasoningTrivia Questions & Answers
12 logical reasoning trivia questions, each with the correct answer and a short explanation.
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1. In a race, you overtake the person in third place. What position are you in now?
Answer: 3rd. 3rd: overtaking the runner in 3rd means you take their place, becoming 3rd.
2. Tom is taller than Sara but shorter than Lily. Sara is taller than Max. Who is the shortest?
Answer: Max. Max: the chain Lily > Tom > Sara > Max makes Max the shortest.
3. If the day before yesterday was Thursday, what day will it be the day after tomorrow?
Answer: Monday. Monday: today is Saturday, so two days later is Monday.
4. How many times does the digit 7 appear in the numbers from 1 to 50?
Answer: 5. 5: the 7 appears in 7, 17, 27, 37, and 47.
5. A clock shows 3:00. Through how many degrees does the minute hand move by 3:45?
Answer: 270. 270: the minute hand moves 6 degrees per minute, and 45 minutes equals 270 degrees.
6. All roses in the garden are red. Some red things are flowers. Which statement must be true?
Answer: Every rose in the garden is red. Every rose in the garden is red follows directly from the first premise.
7. If you are 8th from the front and 5th from the back in a line, how many people are in the line?
Answer: 12. 12: add 8 and 5 then subtract 1 for the double-counted person.
8. January 1st is a Monday. What day of the week is January 29th of the same year?
Answer: Monday. Monday: Jan 29 is 28 days after Jan 1, exactly 4 weeks later.
9. A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 run away. How many sheep does he have left?
Answer: 9. 9: 'all but 9 run away' means 9 sheep remain.
10. Pat is older than Quinn. Rosa is younger than Quinn. Sam is older than Pat. Who is the oldest?
Answer: Sam. Sam: Sam > Pat > Quinn > Rosa, so Sam is the oldest.
11. If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, how long do 100 machines take to make 100 widgets?
Answer: 5 minutes. 5 minutes: each machine makes 1 widget in 5 minutes, so the rate is unchanged.
12. Three boxes are labeled A, B, C. The prize is not in A. It is not in the last box. Which box has the prize?
Answer: B. B: it cannot be in A and not in C (the last box), leaving only B.
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