? Quiz
These questions sound easy, but many people get them wrong on the first try.
1. What is the only number that has the same number of letters as its value?
Answer: Four
2. Which month has 28 days?
Answer: All 12 months
3. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter M
4. What is the largest desert on Earth?
Answer: Antarctica
5. Which weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?
Answer: A pound of gold (traditional gold is measured using the Troy system, where a pound is heavier than a standard pound of feathers).
6. How many birthdays does the average person have?
Answer: One (the day they were born)
7. Which letter appears most often in the English language?
Answer: E
8. What is the only continent with land in all four hemispheres?
Answer: Africa
9. If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you no longer have me. What am I?
Answer: A secret
10. What can travel around the world while staying in the same corner?
Answer: A stamp
11. Which country has the most time zones?
Answer: France
12. What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel
13. What is the only letter that doesn’t appear in the periodic table?
Answer: J
14. How many sides does a circle have?
Answer: Two—an inside and an outside.
15. What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano
🏆 Bonus “Impossible” Question
A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed three days and left on Friday. How?
Answer: His horse was named Friday.
Scoring
- 13–15 correct: Quiz Master 🏆
- 10–12 correct: Very Sharp 🧠
- 7–9 correct: Above Average 👍
- 4–6 correct: Google’s still winning 😄
- 0–3 correct: Time for a rematch!