Odd One Out Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which energy source is the odd one out because it is nonrenewable?
Solar energy
Wind energy
Hydroelectric energy
Natural gas
2. Which instrument belongs to a different family from the other three?
Violin
Cello
Flute
Harp
3. Which element is the odd one out because its English name and chemical symbol do not begin with the same letter?
Carbon (C)
Hydrogen (H)
Oxygen (O)
Sodium (Na)
4. Which instrument is the odd one out because it does not measure a weather variable?
Thermometer
Compass
Anemometer
Barometer
5. A builder wants three beams to form a triangle. Which set of lengths cannot form one?
2, 3, and 6 units
3, 4, and 5 units
5, 5, and 8 units
6, 7, and 10 units
6. Which sentence is the odd one out because it does not use standard adjective or adverb form correctly?
The child ran quickly.
She sings beautiful.
The soup smells delicious.
They arrived yesterday.
7. Which animal is the odd one out because it is not a mammal?
Dolphin
Shark
Bat
Whale
8. Compared with the other three planets, which is the odd one out because it rotates in the opposite direction?
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
9. Which country is the odd one out because it is not in South America?
Mexico
Brazil
Peru
Chile
10. Which file extension is the odd one out because it normally represents audio rather than an image?
.jpg
.png
.mp3
.gif
11. Which number is the odd one out because it is not a perfect square?
21
16
25
36
12. Which ocean is the odd one out because it does not border any part of Europe?
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Indian Ocean
13. Which regular shape is the odd one out because copies of it cannot tessellate a flat surface by themselves without gaps?
Equilateral triangle
Square
Regular pentagon
Regular hexagon
14. Which gas is the odd one out because its molecules contain more than one chemical element?
Oxygen (O₂)
Nitrogen (N₂)
Ozone (O₃)
Carbon dioxide (CO₂)
15. A cook groups tomato, cucumber, and bell pepper as botanical fruits because they develop from flowers and contain seeds. Which item does not belong in that group?
Bell pepper
Tomato
Cucumber
Carrot
16. Which work is the odd one out because it is a play rather than a novel?
Pride and Prejudice
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Macbeth
Frankenstein