Someone last week suggested that we post bar exam questions during our scheduled Wednesday morning radio silence during the weekly 9 to 11 a.m. editorial meeting. Since you’re already well on your way to being lawyers, why not?

Then we looked at some sample bar exam questions.

Yeah, no.

Instead—logic questions courtesy of brainscramble.com. But there's a twist! This time, you don't get the solutions. We can’t have you going soft. (Also we couldn't find the solutions. Sue us.)

1. (Warm up) Aviva was planning to take a trip around the world. She liked names that were similar to hers, so she made a list of places she would like to visit. However, one of these places doesn’t belong. Which one is it and why?
Arrawarra, Australia; Caraparac, Peru; Daba Qabad, Somalia; Krape Park, United States; Nagubugan, Philippines; Oktahatko, Florida; Ilokano, Polynesia

2. There are ten people at a party. In order to win a large prize, everybody wants to make a handshake only with people shorter than themselves. They are penalized for shaking hands with someone taller. Assume everybody is different in height, and assume everybody wants to win. How many handshakes are made?

3. What sort of story begins with a limb and ends with a finish?

More questions after the jump!

4. 2 x 10 = 2 x 11. Explain how this can be true.

5. California starts with “c” and ends with “e.” Explain how this can be true.

6. You are on your way to visit your grandma, who lives at the end of the valley. It’s her birthday, and you want to give her the cakes you’ve made. Between your house and her house, you have to cross 7 bridges, and as it goes in the land of make believe, there is a troll under every bridge! Each troll, quite rightly, insists that you pay a troll toll. Before you can cross their bridge, you have to give them half of the cakes you are carrying, but as they are kind trolls, they each give you back a single cake. How many cakes do you have to leave home with to make sure that you arrive at Grandma’s with exactly 2 cakes?

7. Starting with an empty barrel, put in order.
2/3 full
1/4 empty
1/2 full
3/4 empty

8. Tommy began peeling a pile of 44 potatoes at the rate of 3 per minute. Four minutes later, Sam joined him, and peeled at the rate of 5 potatoes per minute. When they were finished, how many potatoes had each peeled?

9. Merle patched all the holes in his boat using the proper materials, and tested his repair by filling his boat with water. It didn’t leak. Yet, his friend knew immediately it would sink anyway, when he saw Merle’s repair job. Why?

10. A firefighter stood on the middle rung of a ladder, spraying water on a burning house. He then climbed up 6 rungs before the heat of the flames caused him to come down 10 rungs. After some minutes he was able to climb 18 rungs to the very top of the ladder. How many rungs did the ladder have?