How Clever Are You Test

Brain power test

Here comes four questions and a bonus question.

You have to answer immediately! You can’t take your time, answer instantly.

Let’s see how clever you are…

First question

You are in a race. You overtake the second person.

What position are you in?

If you answered first place, you are wrong!

If you overtake the second person, you take his place and you are second.

Second question

If you overtake the last person then you are in what position?

You can’t overtake the last person because you can’t be behind them!

Third question

Here comes some arithmetic. You have to do it in your head, no calculators allowed.

Start with 1000.

Now add another 1000.

Now add another 1000.

Now add another 1000.

Add 40.

Now add 30.

Now add 20.

Now add 10

What total have you got?

Did you get 5000?

The correct answer is actually 4 100.

Start with 1000.

Now add another 1000.

Now add another 1000.

Now add 1000.

Total 4 000

Add 40.

Now add 30.

Now add 20

Now add 10.

Total 100

Grand total 4 100

Fourth question

Mary’s father has five daughters.

The first daughter is called Nana.The second daughter is called Nene.The third daughter is called Nini.The fourth daughter is called Nono.

What’s the fifth daughter called?

The fifth daughter is called…

Mary!

Remember the question?

Mary’s father had 5 daughters…

Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono and Mary.

and the Bonus Question…

A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing his teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.

Next, a blind man comes into the shop who wants to buy a pair of sunglasses; how does HE indicate what he wants?

The blind man simply asks for the sunglasses.