Hisham Darwish

1. If "X" represents 24, "Y" represents 25, and "Z" represents 26, what is the value of "J"?

2. A father is three times as old as his son. In 15 years, he will be twice as old as his son. How old are they now?

3. Which word does not belong with the others?

4. If a restaurant bill, including a 15% tip, totals $115.50, what was the total bill before the tip?

5. A farmer has to take a fox, a chicken, and a sack of grain across a river. The boat is tiny and can only carry the farmer and one of the three items at a time. If left unattended together, the fox will eat the chicken, and the chicken will eat the grain. How does the farmer get all three across the river safely?

6. Imagine folding a 2D flat paper that has a square, a triangle, and a circle drawn on it such that the square is at the bottom, the circle in the middle, and the triangle at the top. If the paper is folded in half three times, with the bottom moving up first, then the top moving down, and finally folding it from left to right, which shape ends up on top?

7. If all Bloops are Razzies and all Razzies are Lazzies, which of the following must be true?

8. You have two ropes that each take exactly 60 minutes to burn. These ropes are of irregular widths, so the rate at which they burn is non-uniform. How can you measure exactly 45 minutes using these ropes?

9. A clock strikes once at 1 o'clock, twice at 2 o'clock, thrice at 3 o'clock, and so on. How many times will it strike in 24 hours?

10. If a printer can print one letter every second and it takes a total of 20 seconds to print the words "NEW YORK," how long will it take to print "LOS ANGELES"?

11. In a group of 120 people, 90 can speak Spanish, 75 can speak French, and 50 can speak both Spanish and French. How many people in the group can speak neither Spanish nor French?

12. You're leading a team of 5 in a competition where you can choose between two tasks: One is highly complex with a high reward, and the other is simpler with a guaranteed but lower reward. Your team has diverse skills but limited time to prepare. Which strategy maximizes your chances of winning?

13. A man walks 5 kilometers south, then turns left and walks 3 kilometers. After that, he turns right and walks 10 kilometers. Finally, he turns left and walks 3 kilometers. In which direction is he facing now?

14. A train travels from Station A to Station B in 3 hours and returns on the same route from B to A in 4 hours. If the speed from A to B is 60 km/h, what is the speed from B to A?

15. If two hours ago it was as long after one o'clock in the afternoon as it was before one o'clock in the morning, what time would it be now?

16. If it takes 5 minutes for 5 machines to make 5 widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?

17. You are trapped in a room with two doors. One leads to certain death and the other to freedom. You do not know which is which. There are two individuals in the room with you. One always tells the truth, and the other always lies. You can ask one question to one of them to determine the door to freedom. What do you ask?

18. In a unique chess tournament where losses become wins and wins become losses, how many games do you need to lose to win the tournament?

19. What comes next in the series?

J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, ?

20. A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die. How many are left?

21. If you unfold a cube painted on all sides, how many individual squares will have paint on only one side?

22. In a room, there are four people who can either always tell the truth or always lie. Alex says, "Chase is a liar." Brooke says, "Alex is telling the truth." Chase says, "I am the only liar here." Dylan says nothing. If we know at least one of them is telling the truth, who is the liar?

24. A man is twice as old as his son. If the sum of their ages is 36, how old is the son?

25. A new coffee shop sells three types of coffee: espresso, latte, and cappuccino. Each type can be ordered with one of three syrups: vanilla, caramel, or hazelnut. If a customer dislikes caramel and only likes espresso with hazelnut, which option would they definitely not order?

26. Which word is closest in meaning to 'tenacious'?

27. How many times does the letter 'E' appear in the following sequence: 'BEEKEEPER'

28. A clock loses 15 minutes every hour. If the clock is set correctly at noon, what time will it show when the correct time is 6 pm on the same day?

29. You are in a race and you overtake the second person. What position are you in now?

30. If two pencils cost 8 cents, then how much do five pencils cost?