Convinced your common sense is pretty sound? You might want to put it to the test with a new quiz.

你对常识了解的够多吗？可以通过下面这个测验测一测。

Quiz master Tom Dunbar, from Plymouth, has devised a seven question test with trick answers that's designed to find out whether you're easily persuaded or whether your logic¹ is spot on.

来自普利茅斯的测验达人汤姆·丹巴出了7个脑筋急转弯，可以测出你是否容易被误导、逻辑思维是否严密。

'To pass the test, you must answer with simplicity² and prevent yourself from overthinking the questions,' he says.

他表示：“回答问题时，你想到什么就答什么，无需多加思考。”

So can you answer all seven correctly?

现在就来看看你是否都能答对吧！

QUESTION 1: A man went outside in the pouring rain with no protection, but not a hair on his head got wet. How come?

问题1：一个男人站在倾盆大雨中，没有任何遮挡的工具，但他的头发一点都没湿，这是为什么？

QUESTION 2: John's father has five sons named Alan, Blan, Clan³ and Dlan. What did he call his fifth son?

问题2：小明的爸爸有五个儿子，他们的名字叫一毛，二毛，三毛，四毛。那第五个儿子叫什么名字？

QUESTION 3: A taxi driver is going down a one way street the wrong way, he passes twelve cops. Why does he not get arrested?

问题3：一位出租车司机在一条单行道上逆行。途中他碰到了12个警察，可是都没有抓他，为什么？

QUESTION 4: What is directly in the middle of Australia?

问题4：澳大利亚的正中间是什么？

QUESTION 5: A soccer player kicks a ball. It goes ten feet and comes back to him. How is this possible?

问题5：足球运动员踢向一个球，这个球足足飞了10英尺，又飞了回来。这是为什么？

QUESTION 6: On average, how many books can you put in an empty backpack?

问题6：一般你可以在一个空背包里面放多少本书？

QUESTION 7: A cowboy rode to an inn on Friday. He stayed two nights and left on Friday. How can this be?

问题7：一个牛仔赶着星期五来到一家客栈，住了两晚后，又乘着星期五离开了。怎么做到的？

AND THE ANSWERS...

答案：

ANSWER 1: The man is bald

答案1：那男人是个秃子。

ANSWER 2: John

答案2：小明。

ANSWER 3: He was walking on foot

答案3：他是在走路。

ANSWER 4: The letter R

答案4：字母R。

ANSWER 5: He kicked the ball upwards⁴

答案5：他把球往上踢。

ANSWER 6: One. After that, it isn't empty.

答案6：一本。因为放了一本，包就不空了啊。

ANSWER 7: His horse was called Friday.

答案7：他的马叫“星期五”。