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The majority of participants in this logic challenge appear to be one step away from the finish line due to their own hasty conclusions. See if you can navigate the cunning traps and solve 20 tricky brain teasers

Testing one’s intellect and logical reasoning is always an exciting challenge for those who enjoy difficult tasks.

Think you have what it takes to join the ranks of the most intelligent? Now is the time to prove it and give your brain a real workout.

This quiz features 20 logic puzzles from the popular TV show “1% Club.” While the initial questions are relatively straightforward and manageable for most, don’t get too comfortable. Each subsequent puzzle increases in difficulty, demanding greater ingenuity and flexible thinking. Success in this game hinges not on your knowledge base or erudition, but on your ability to construct logical chains.

You’ll need to spot hidden details, think outside the box, avoid cleverly laid traps, and question your initial assumptions.

Most contestants give up or make mistakes just steps from the finish. Can you conquer all the difficulty levels and confirm your place among the elite one percent?

Take your time, consider each move carefully, and discover what your brain is capable of. Good luck!

1. Which fireplace in the living room is the warmest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

2. Which children’s item do you get when you combine these two images?

• Sandpit

• Sandcastle

• Treasure chest

• Toy box

3. Although some of these were reversed, three of these paint splodges have identical shapes. Which one is different?

• A

• B

• C

• D

4. You can see your friend through an office window, standing by an exit sign. They can’t find the way out, so they’re calling you for help. Which way do you tell them to turn to get out?

• Left

• Right

5. If all of these shapes were turned 180 degrees, which one would look different?

• A

• B

• C

• D

6. If this is the poster for the film “Legion 2,” which of the following is the poster for “Legion 5”?

Choose the answer you believe to be correct:

• Image 1

• Image 2

• Image 3

• Image 4

7. The first group of images here spells the word PENDANT. Which letter should go in the empty box in the second group to complete another seven-letter word? (hint, the words must be in English)

• E

• O

• A

• I

8. If the last question we asked on this show was statistically twice as hard, what should the new name of the show be?

• The 2% Club

• The 0.5% Club

• The 0.01% Club

• The 4% Club

9. Which product logically follows in the sequence?

• Rhubarb

• Strawberry

• Blueberry

• Lemon

10. A secret agent has left you a cryptic message, pictured below. What time are they asking you to meet them?

• 4:45

• 5:00

• 7:30

• 6:45

11. Jessie is turning 5 years old. If you add up all the candles from her cakes, including today’s cake, how many candles has she had in total?

• 10

• 20

• 15

• 14

12. Three of the items mentioned here have something in common. Which of these other items shares that commonality with them?

• Eagle

• Razor

• Bulb

• Eraser

13. Which numerical column contains only symbols that are not shared with another column?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

14. There are 9 rectangles of the same size shown here. How many smaller rectangles are there in the image?

9

10

2

5

15. If you write down the names of all seven days of the week in English, which vowel appears exactly four times?

• A

• E

• U

• O

16. If you remove the three-letter horned animal from this word, what common six-letter word do you get? (the answer will be an English word)

• GAMING

• GARDEN

• GENIUS

• MUSING

17. In the poem below, the final line was accidentally cut short. Based on the pattern in the poem, how many words are missing from the final line?

Translation: Can you believe we’ve been married eight years? Two children Three different flats And at least a dozen different decorative cushions on the bed Maybe we can give eight of them away? Otherwise, the marriage is a ‘ten out of ten’ for us, and…

• 2

• 1

• 4

• 3

18. How many miles from where you started are you?

Translation: you walk 5 miles north, turn east and walk 7 miles. Then you turn south and walk 13 miles. You turn west and walk another 13 miles. Turning north, you walk 8 miles, before turning east and walking 6 miles.

• 25

• 0

• 15

• 30

19. If you get the person at the top to descend the letter mountain via the correct path (the word CORRECT), what word will be next to them on this path?

• BOTTOM

• SUMMIT

• HEIGHT

• VALLEY

20. What common word can be made from the three letters of the English alphabet that are not used in the sentence below?

Translation: Zeke’s super-quick jambalaya recipe nobody watched

• VIEW

• WED

• FOX

• SUN

Answers — Check yourself

Question 1: the only real fireplace is the one in option B. The first is on a TV, the second is via a phone’s photo display, and the last is an electric fireplace display.

Question 2: Sandpit.

Question 3: In D, the blue splodge has been moved, and the yellow and green are different too.

Question 4: From our perspective, the arrow on the sign points left, but the man needs to turn right to exit.

Question 5: If option C is rotated 180 degrees, the purple circle is not in the same position.

Question 6: They all spell LEGION and add the Roman numeral for the sequel. After removing the word LEGION, only V remains, which is 5 in Roman numerals.

Question 7: The first group is pen, the letter ‘D’, and ant: PEN-D-ANT. The second group has cat on one side and log on the other. Put the letter A in the middle of CAT and LOG and it spells catalogue.

Question 8: If the last question was twice as hard statistically, then half as many people would have got it right. Half of 1% is 0.5%.

Question 9: The first letter of each food name refers to the food pictured first in the line. The top line reads CORN, and the second reads PEAR, so the last image should be a food beginning with ‘R’.

Question 10: The secret agent wants you to meet them quarter to $2 — $5, or quarter to five (4:45).

Question 11: She has eaten five cakes, so the number of candles on them will be: 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 15.

Question 12: TOMATO, ONION and SALSA start and end with the same two letters, as does ERASER.

Question 13: Columns 1 and 5 share an ampersand (&), and columns 2 and 3 share a forward slash (/). But all the symbols in column 4 are unique to that column.

Question 14: There are nine larger rectangles and nine smaller inner rectangles formed by the larger ones overlapping.

Question 15: There are eight ‘a’s, three ‘e’s, one ‘o’, and exactly four ‘u’s — one in Tuesday, one in Thursday, and one each in Saturday and Sunday.

Question 16: The horned animal is RAM. Remove R, A, M — and you are left with GENIUS.

Question 17: The number of words in each line corresponds to the number mentioned in that line. The final line refers to the number ten, but there are only seven words – so three words are missing.

Question 18: 0 — you have returned to where you started.

Question 19: If you guide the climber down the letters of CORRECT, the letters to the left of this path spell BOTTOM.

Question 20: The letters not used in this sentence are F, O, and X.