The five questions everyone played that day, in the order they were asked, with the correct answers and why they are right.
In a queue, Uma is ahead of Vic and Wes is behind Vic. Xan is ahead of Uma. Who is second in the queue?
Chain the clues into one line: Xan, Uma, Vic, Wes. Uma is second. With order clues, build the whole line first instead of answering from a single clue.
59% of players got this right
What comes next? 100, 50, 25, 12.5, …
Each term is half the one before, and halving 12.5 gives 6.25. Halving keeps working below whole numbers — the sequence never reaches zero.
87% of players got this right
Put these in the order they were built, oldest first.
Correct order
The Great Pyramid is about 4,500 years old (c. 2560 BC); the Colosseum opened in AD 80; Machu Picchu dates from the mid-1400s; the Eiffel Tower from 1889.
18% of players got this rightSource: en.wikipedia.org
A patch of lily pads doubles in size every day. It covers the whole lake on day 48. On which day did it cover half the lake?
It doubles daily, so the day before it covered the whole lake, it covered half.
50% of players got this right
Two fair dice are rolled. What is the chance at least one shows a 6?
The chance of no six on either die is (5/6)² = 25/36, so at least one six is 11/36. Adding 1/6 + 1/6 counts the double six twice.
14% of players got this right
