Logical Problems

(41) If a plane crashes on the border of the United States and Canada, where should the survivors be buried?

• (a) In the United States
• (b) In Canada
• (c) In the ocean
• (d) Survivors should not be buried

Answer

Correct Answer: (d) Survivors should not be buried
Survivors of a plane crash should not be buried; they are alive.

(42) What has keys but can’t open locks, and is also known as a musical instrument?

• (a) A computer
• (b) A piano
• (c) A book
• (d) A typewriter

Answer

Correct Answer: (b) A piano
A piano has keys that are used to play music but can’t open locks.

(43) I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?

• (a) A ghost
• (b) An echo
• (c) A shadow
• (d) A dream

Answer

Correct Answer: (b) An echo
An echo is a sound that is reflected off surfaces and heard again, even though it doesn’t have a mouth or ears.

(44) What has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and allows you to enter but not go inside?

• (a) A computer
• (b) A keyboard
• (c) A door
• (d) A book

Answer

Correct Answer: (b) A keyboard
A keyboard has keys that are pressed to input text into a computer but doesn’t open locks, has space between the keys but no physical room, and allows you to enter data but not physically go inside.

(45) What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

• (a) A heartbeat
• (b) The letter “m”
• (c) A leap year
• (d) A second

Answer

Correct Answer: (b) The letter “m”
The letter “m” appears once in the word “minute” and twice in the word “moment,” but it doesn’t appear in the phrase “a thousand years.”