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Only 2% Can Score 25/40 on This Tricky IQ Quiz — Can You?

Think you’re smart? This quiz is designed to challenge your logic, reasoning, and attention to detail. Packed with clever brain teasers, tricky wordplay, and classic logic puzzles, these questions will test how well you think outside the box. Some may look easy at first glance—but don’t be fooled. Only sharp minds can spot the hidden twists and avoid common traps. If you can answer more than 25 questions correctly, you might just have an IQ above 135. Take your time, trust your instincts, and see how high your score can go.
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A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells the owner he’s bankrupt. Where is he?

2 /40

What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

3 /40

Which is heavier: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?

4 /40

If you only have one match and enter a dark room with a lamp, a candle, and a fireplace, what do you light first?

5 /40

What has one eye but can’t see?

6 /40

A train leaves at 3:00 PM and arrives at 5:00 PM. How long is the trip?

7 /40

If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?

8 /40

What gets wetter the more it dries?

9 /40

If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, how much money do you have?

10 /40

Fork is to eating as pencil is to:

11 /40

How many letters are in the “English alphabet”?

12 /40

If today is Friday, what day will it be in 10 days?

13 /40

A farmer has 17 cows. All but 9 run away. How many are left?

14 /40

What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?

15 /40

If you spell “silk” backwards, what do you get?

16 /40

Which number doesn’t belong: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 40?

17 /40

If a rooster lays an egg on the roof, which way does it roll?

18 /40

What has a neck but no head?

19 /40

A girl has as many brothers as sisters. Each brother has twice as many sisters as brothers. How many brothers and sisters are there?

20 /40

Which word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?

21 /40

What goes up but never comes down?

22 /40

If you take 2 apples from a pile of 5, how many apples do you have?

23 /40

A man builds a house with all four sides facing south. A bear walks by. What color is the bear?

24 /40

What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?

25 /40

A bat and a ball cost $1.10 total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much is the ball?

26 /40

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you don’t have me. What am I?

27 /40

How many sides does a circle have?

28 /40

What can you catch but not throw?

29 /40

Tom is 18. His sister is half his age. How old will his sister be when Tom is 40?

30 /40

Shoe is to foot as hat is to:

31 /40

How many letters are in the word “alphabet”?

32 /40

Tuesday was two days ago. What day is today?

33 /40

Which number doesn’t belong: 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25?

34 /40

If tall is shorter than small, what does that suggest about big and tiny?

35 /40

A woman has 12 eggs. She gives away 5 and breaks 3. How many are left unbroken?

36 /40

Are the words “happy” and “joyful” synonyms, antonyms, or neither?

37 /40

If there are 10 birds on a fence and 3 fly away, how many are left?

38 /40

If you drop a red stone into the blue sea, what does it become?

39 /40

How many weeks are in a year?

40 /40

What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?