Living Room Quickfire

Number Nibbles

1. 100 Three cousins each bring 4 apples. How many apples arrive? Response: 12 Worked out from the clue itself.
2. 200 A bowl holds 18 crackers and 7 are eaten. How many remain? Response: 11 Worked out from the clue itself.
3. 300 Split 36 cards equally among 4 players. How many does each receive? Response: 9 Worked out from the clue itself.
4. 400 Double 13, then subtract 5. Response: 21 Worked out from the clue itself.

Letter Shuffles

1. 100 In CARE, move R to the front and keep the other letters in A, C, E order. Response: RACE Worked out from the clue itself.
2. 200 Reorder BELOW by taking letters 2, 3, 1, 4, then 5. Response: ELBOW Worked out from the clue itself.
3. 300 Take NIGHT in position order 5, 4, 2, 1, then 3. Response: THING Worked out from the clue itself.
4. 400 Rebuild STATE with letters 2, 3, 1, 4, then 5. Response: TASTE Worked out from the clue itself.
5. 500 Swap only the last two letters of ANGEL. Response: ANGLE Worked out from the clue itself.
6. 600 What kind of word reads identically from left to right and right to left? Response: A palindrome A palindrome is a word, sentence, or number that reads the same from left to right as from right to left. Source: Simple English Wikipedia, “Palindrome”
7. 700 What term describes a word made by rearranging every letter of another word? Response: An anagram An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once. Source: Wikipedia, “Anagram”

Pattern Spotting

1. 100 Continue 3, 6, 9, 12 with one more number. Response: 15 Worked out from the clue itself.
2. 200 After 1, 4, 9, 16, which number comes next under the same rule? Response: 25 Worked out from the clue itself.
3. 300 Extend the letter run A, C, E, G by one step. Response: I Worked out from the clue itself.
4. 400 Red, blue, blue repeats in that order. What follows red, blue, blue, red, blue, blue? Response: Red Worked out from the clue itself.
5. 500 The jumps in 2, 3, 5, 8, 12 grow by one each time. Find the next number. Response: 17 Worked out from the clue itself.
6. 600 AB, BC, CD, DE continues with which pair? Response: EF Worked out from the clue itself.
7. 700 What is a pronounceable shortened form built from a phrase's initial letters? Response: An acronym In the narrow sense, an acronym is a sequence of letters (representing the initial letters of words in a phrase) when pronounced together as a single word, like NASA, NATO, or laser. Source: Wikipedia, “Acronym”

Tiny Logic

1. 100 Maya sits left of Leo, and Leo sits left of Noor. Who sits in the middle? Response: Leo Worked out from the clue itself.
2. 200 Keys are in the red or blue box. The red box is empty. Which box holds the keys? Response: The blue box Worked out from the clue itself.
3. 300 Sam has either the circle card or the square card, but not the square card. Which card is Sam's? Response: The circle card Worked out from the clue itself.
4. 400 Choose cat, dog, or rabbit. The answer is neither cat nor dog. What remains? Response: Rabbit Worked out from the clue itself.
5. 500 A token is under an even-numbered cup greater than 2, among cups 1 through 4. Which cup? Response: Cup 4 Worked out from the clue itself.
6. 600 The secret word is SUN or MOON. It has four letters. Which word is it? Response: MOON Worked out from the clue itself.
7. 700 Ava finishes before Ben, and Ben finishes before Cora. Who finishes last? Response: Cora Worked out from the clue itself.

Final round: One More Step

Cards are numbered 1 through 8. Remove every odd card and every card below 5. Which cards remain? Response: 6 and 8 Worked out from the clue itself.