Question of the day thread

[Philosopher]

I thought I'd create this thread and update it daily(ideally) with the help of others. If like me you're interested in challenging quizes, puzzles, IQ etc type of questions, then please post them in this thread. Hopefully this thread can help keep people entertained (especially during this pandemic) and get those grey cells working hard

Let me starts this thread with a relatively straight forward puzzle from our friends in Hong Kong.


Can you work out what spot this car is parked in?

And please no cheating, try your hardest answering these question before peeking the internet for answers.

 

[ArabianEmpires&Caliphates]

I thought I'd create this thread and update it daily(ideally) with the help of others. If like me you're interested in challenging quizes, puzzles, IQ etc type of questions, then please post them in this thread. Hopefully this thread can help keep people entertained (especially during this pandemic) and get thos grey cells working hard

Let me starts this thread with a relatively straight forward puzzle from our friends in Hong Kong.


Can you work out what spot this car is parked in?

And please no cheating, try your hardest answering these question before peeking the internet for answers.

87. The parking spot numbers must be read "upside down". It shows the numbers 86-91 from right to left.

I recently took a few IQ tests (just for the fun of it as I already know in which range my score is - there are different IQ tests that test different types of intelligence) and one of the early questions was this one. It was an IQ test where you had to guess mathematical patterns solely. Took me a bit of time to figure it out as I was trying to establish a non-existent mathematical pattern between those 6 numbers of which only 5 are shown.

The problem with many such "tests" is that people often tend to overcomplicate the answers. The more such tests you do the easier it gets like almost everything else in life.

A random question for those interested (I don't know the correct answer as I have not looked at the question yet)

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The test I took lasts 40 minutes and you have some 39 questions to answer. All are similar to this one and the one that you posted.

Mostly patterns.

Here is another one similar/comparable question:

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[MastanKhan]

87 I guess

 

[Philosopher]

87. The parking spot numbers must be read "upside down". It shows the numbers from 86-91 from right to left.

I recently took a few IQ tests (just to further test myself) and one of the early questions was this one. Took me a bit of time to figure it out as I was trying to establish a non-existent mathematical pattern between those 6 numbers of which only 5 are shown.

Well done!! What I like about this question is how even though the solution is so simple, it can take many of us so long to figure out because we're just not thinking outside of the box! We tend to think quite linearly.

87 I guess

Correct. Well done.

 

[Philosopher]

This next question is more tricky and was quite famous for a while. Can you solve it?

When is Cheryl's birthday?

If you think you got the answer or left frustrated that you cannot solve it, then visit below link for answer and explanation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl's_Birthday

 

[Philosopher]

Mary cut off 2/5 of a piece of string. Later, she cut off another 14 m. The ratio of the length of string remaining to the total length cut off is 1 : 3. What is the length of the remaining string?

• A. 5 m
  
• B. 7 m
  
• C. 10 m
  
• D. 14 m

Answer is here (just highlight to see): C