Ungoogleable Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Why do the Northern and Southern Hemispheres generally experience opposite seasons?
Earth’s tilted axis makes each hemisphere receive more direct sunlight at opposite times
Earth is much closer to the Sun during one hemisphere’s summer
Earth rotates in opposite directions above and below the equator
Ocean currents reverse direction every six months
2. A clock is correct at noon but loses 10 minutes during every real hour. What will it display at real 6:00 p.m.?
5:00 p.m.
5:10 p.m.
5:50 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
3. A fair coin is flipped twice. What is the probability of getting exactly one head?
1/2
1/4
1/3
3/4
4. Five identical machines take five minutes to make five identical widgets. At the same rate, how long would 100 machines take to make 100 widgets?
1 minute
20 minutes
5 minutes
100 minutes
5. An ice cube floats in a glass filled with water exactly to the rim. What happens to the water level when the ice melts, assuming none spills beforehand?
It rises and overflows
It falls because liquid water occupies less space than ice
It rises briefly and then falls below the rim
It remains approximately at the same level
6. Two astronauts are outside a spacecraft in a vacuum. One taps a tool against the hull, and the other is holding the same connected hull. How could the second astronaut detect the tapping?
Sound waves could travel normally through the surrounding vacuum
Reflected sunlight would reproduce the sound inside the helmet
The vacuum would amplify the tap through pressure changes
Vibrations could travel through the solid hull and into the suit
7. Mira says, “The woman in this photograph is the daughter of my mother’s only sibling.” What is the woman’s relationship to Mira?
Her sister
Her cousin
Her aunt
Her niece
8. Four runners finish a race with no ties. Chen finishes ahead of Lena, Lena finishes ahead of Omar, and Priya finishes behind Omar. Who finishes first?
Lena
Chen
Omar
Priya
9. Which fraction is the largest?
7/12
11/18
5/8
13/21
10. A tightly closed glass jar has a metal lid. Why can running hot water over the lid make it easier to open?
The glass contracts rapidly while the lid stays unchanged
The metal lid expands, loosening its grip on the jar
The water permanently softens the metal
The heat removes the friction between the lid and glass
11. An observer sees a full moon rising near the eastern horizon. Where is the Sun approximately?
High overhead
Rising beside the Moon
Directly beneath the observer
Setting near the western horizon
12. Three boxes are labeled “Apples,” “Oranges,” and “Mixed,” but every label is wrong. You may draw one fruit from one box. Which box should you draw from to determine all three correct labels?
The box labeled “Mixed”
The box labeled “Apples”
The box labeled “Oranges”
Any box; they provide equal information
13. A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs exactly $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
$0.10
$0.15
$0.01
$0.05
14. A cube is painted on every outer face and then cut into 27 equal smaller cubes. How many small cubes have exactly two painted faces?
8
6
12
24
15. Suppose all Nors are Vels, and no Vels are Tams. Which conclusion must be true?
Some Nors are Vels
All Tams are Nors
No Nors are Tams
Some Vels are not Nors
16. A bacterial population becomes mostly antibiotic-resistant after treatment. Which explanation best fits natural selection?
The bacteria recognized the threat and deliberately adapted
Some bacteria were already resistant, survived treatment, and reproduced
The patient’s immune system transferred resistance to the bacteria
The antibiotic made every bacterium acquire the same useful mutation