You have 15 minutes to pass this intelligence test
- Do you have 15 minutes to spare?
- Question number 1
- The opposite of hate
- Question number 2
- How many pens?
- Question number 3
- What doesn't a bird always have?
- Question number 4
- Opposite of honor
- Question number 5
- The fox and the wolf
- Question number 6
- Darkness and light
- Question number 7
- Was it tricky?
- Question number 8
- The tree and its roots
- Question number 9
- Cheap and expensive
- Question number 10
- Silver vs. Iron
- Question number 11
- Amicus omnibus, amicus nemini
- Question number 12
- Beginning is the hardest
- Question number 13
- Looking out for no. 1
- Question number 14
- The car came after the...
- Question number 15
- Fast horses
- Question number 16
- How about a picnic?
- Question number 17
- Question number 18
- Always and forever
- Question number 19
- Thermometers measure...
- Question number 20
- Are men often shorter than their female partners?
- Question number 21
- This is the correct answer
- Question number 22
- True or false?
- Question number 23
- Picking a fight
- Question number 24
- And the answer is...
- Question number 25
- The correct answer
- Question number 26
- More cautious
- Question number 27
- The opposite of clumsy
- Question number 28
- Mother and daughter
- Question number 29
- Selflessness
- Question number 30
- Question number 31
- A characteristic of a person
- Question number 32
Do you have 15 minutes to spare?

This intelligence test is inspired by the Otis Method. Some companies use it to test the knowledge of potential employees.
There are 32 questions of varying degrees of difficulty that you need to answer in under 15 minutes. So get paper and a pencil, check the time, and start!
Question number 1

The opposite of 'hate' is ...
Enemy
Fear
Love
Friend
(Photo: Andre Hunter / Unsplash)
The opposite of hate

Answer: love
(Photo: Michaela / Pixabay)
Question number 2

If three pens cost $5, how many pens can I buy for $50?
30
20
15
(Photo: Kenny Eliason / Unsplash)
How many pens?

30 pens
(Photo: Sharon McCutcheon / Unsplash)
Question number 3

A bird doesn't always have ...
Eyes
Legs
Beak
Nest
(Photo: Unsplash - Vincent Van Zalinge)
What doesn't a bird always have?

Answer: a nest
(Photo: Jill Wellington / Pixabay)
Question number 4

The opposite of 'honor' is ...
Defeat
Ignominy
Humiliation
Cowardice
Fear
(Photo: Aubrey Odom Mabey / Unsplash)
Opposite of honor

Answer: Ignominia
(Photo: tswedensky / Pixabay)
Question number 5

The fox is most like a...
Wolf
Cat
Goat
Pig
Tiger
(Photo: Amanda Frank / Unsplash)
The fox and the wolf

Answer: Wolf
(Photo: Milo Weiler / Unsplash)
Question number 6

Silence has the same relationship to sound that darkness has to...
Light
Noise
Tranquillity
The night
The basement
(Photo: Andre Benz / Unsplash)
Darkness and light

Answer: light
(Photo: Diego PH / Unsplash)
Question number 7

A group consists of two married couples, two brothers, and two sisters: what is the minimum number of people who could form this group?
8
6
4
2
(Photo: Freestocks / Unsplash)
Was it tricky?

Answer: 4
(Photo: Mabel Amber / Pixabay)
Question number 8

A tree always has...
Leaves
Fruits
Gems
Roots
Shadow
(Photo: Veeterzy / Unsplash)
The tree and its roots

Answer: Roots
(Photo: Monique Stokman / Pixabay)
Question number 9

The opposite of cheap is...
Desirable
Greedy
Expensive
Worth
Rich
(Photo: Kerry Rawlinson / Unsplash)
Cheap and expensive

Answer: Expensive
(Photo: Lance Asper / Unsplash)
Question number 10

Silver is more expensive than iron because it is...
Heavier
More scarce
More beautiful
Harder
(Photo: Scottsdale Mint / Unsplash)
Silver vs. Iron

Answer: It's more scarce
(Photo: Scottsdale Mint / Unsplash)
Question number 11

Which of the five sentences below captures the meaning of the proverb: 'Amicus omnibus, amicus nemini' ('A friend to all, a friend to none')?
Do not part with friends and you will be friends with everyone.
Be friends with everyone and you will have no enemies.
Those who are friends with many are not friends with anyone.
Everyone has to look after himself before others.
(Photo: Ella Olsson / Unsplash)
Amicus omnibus, amicus nemini

Answer: Those who are friends with many are not friends with anyone.
(Photo: Jess Foami / Pixabay)
Question number 12

What is the meaning of this proverb: 'Whoever begins well is half done'?
The biggest difficulty in anything is getting started.
Everyone has to look after himself before others.
There is no point in prolonging a relationship for too long.
(Photo: Mathieu Stern / Unsplash)
Beginning is the hardest

Answer: The biggest difficulty in anything is getting started.
(Photo: Dayne Topkin / Unsplash)
Question number 13

What does this proverb mean? 'First my teeth and then my relatives.'
We must not forget the benefit received and turn away from the one from whom it was received.
Don't part with friends after eating.
There is no point in prolonging a relationship for too long.
Everyone has to look after himself before others.
(Photo: Lesly Juarez / Unsplash)
Looking out for no. 1

Answer: Everyone has to look after himself before others.
(Photo: Chela B. / Unsplash)
Question number 14

What electric light is to the candle, a car is to...
Electricity
Carriage
Speed
(Photo: Jessica Delp / Unsplash)
The car came after the...

Answer: Carriage
(Photo: Tania Dimas / Pixabay)
Question number 15

If a horse can run as fast as 6 meters in a quarter of a second, how many meters does it travel in a second?
120
240
360
180
136
(Photo: Annika Treial / Unsplash)
Fast horses

Answer: 240
(Photo: Gene Devine / Unsplash)
Question number 16

A meal always needs...
A table
Dish
Waterfall
Food
Hunger
(Photo: Luisa Brimble / Unsplash)
How about a picnic?

Answer: Food
(Photo: Samantha Fernandes / Unsplash)
Question number 17

Among the following five words, four are similar. Which one is not similar to the other four?
Dessert
Lime
Paper
Duck
Clear
(Photo: Isai Ramos / Unsplash)
Question number 18

The opposite of never is...
Perhaps
Always
Maybe
(Photo: DS Stories / Pexels)
Always and forever

Answer: Always
(Photo: Beccalee / Pixabay)
Question number 19

A watch has the same relationship to time as a thermometer to...
Hot
Temperature
Mercury
(Photo: Alexey Savchenko / Unsplash)
Thermometers measure...

Answer: Temperature
(Photo: Ilse Orsel / Unsplash)
Question number 20

The phrase "men are shorter than their wives" is missing an expression of frequency. Which of these should be entered into the sentence to make it true?
Always
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
(Photo: Bruno Aguirre Unsplash)
Are men often shorter than their female partners?

Answer: Sometimes
(Image: Veton Ethemi / Pixabay)
Question number 21

In the next series, there is one wrong number. Which one should replace it?
1 - 4 - 2 - 5 - 3 - 6 - 4 - 7 - 5 - 9 - 6 - 9
Possible answers:
0
5
4
8
(Photo: Elena Mozhvilo / Unsplash)
This is the correct answer

Answer: 8
(Photo: Andre Hunter / Unsplash)
Question number 22

"All the members of this club are Argentine;"
"González is not Argentine;"
"Gonzalez is a member of this club."
If the first two statements are true, then the third is ...
True
False
No one knows
(Photo: Anna Tarazevich / Pexels)
True or false?

Answer: False
(Photo: Michal Matlon / Unsplash)
Question number 23

A fight always has...
Victory
Contenders
Spectators
Referee
(Photo: GR shares / Unsplash)
Picking a fight

Answer: Contenders
(Image: Tabea / Pixabay)
Question number 24

Which is the first of the numbers in this series to appear for a second time?
6 - 4 - 5 - 3 - 7 - 0 - 9 - 8 - 8 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 7 - 3 - 0 - 8 - 9
Possible answers:
6
4
5
3
(Photo: Nick Hillier / Unsplash)
And the answer is...

Answer: 5
(Photo: Siora Photography / Unsplash)
Question number 25

The Moon is to the Earth as the Earth is to...
Mars
Sun
The stars
The Universe
(Photo: NASA / Unsplash)
The correct answer

Answer: The sun
(Photo: Neora Aylon / Unsplash)
Question number 26

What word is missing in this sentence to make it true? "Parents are ...... more cautious than children."
Always
Much
Rather
(Photo: Juliane Liebermann / Unsplash)
More cautious

Answer: Always
(Image: Pexels / Pixabay)
Question number 27

The opposite of 'clumsy' is...
Loud
Agile
Rapid
(Photo: Alexas Fotos / Unsplash)
The opposite of clumsy

Answer: Agile
Question number 28

A mother is always ...... than her daughter
Smarter
Older
Highest
(Photo: Anton Luzhkovsky / Unsplash)
Mother and daughter

Answer: Older
(Photo: Jametlene Reskp / Unsplash)
Question number 29

Which of the following five statements indicates the meaning of "Do good and forget about it"?
Good must be done selflessly.
Good is never done without profit.
You have to do well and not brag about it.
You must do good to the enemy.
The ungrateful do not remember the good that is done to them.
(Photo: Cytonn Photography / Unsplash
Selflessness

Answer: Good must be done selflessly
(Photo: Elissa Garcia / Unsplash)
Question number 30

Which of these statements explains the proverb "Do harm and think about it"?
You must do good to the enemy.
Bad deeds serve as a lesson to you.
Evil never profits.
(Image: Fathromi Ramdlon / Pixabay)
Reply

Answer: Bad deeds serve as a teaching to you
(Photo: Lucie Hošová / Unsplash)
Question number 31

Which of the following words indicates a character trait?
Personality
Esteem
Love
Generosity
Health
A characteristic of a person

Answer: Health
(Image: Andreas160578 / Pixabay)
Question number 32

If all the odd letters were crossed, what would be the tenth uncrossed letter?
S.
R.
(Photo: Brett Jordan / Unsplash)

Answer: the S.
(Image: Kati / Pixabay)