Also great for brain training! A flash of intuition is the key to solving these insight quizzes.

three

There are three diamonds in total: one in the center of the card and one each at the top and bottom. It’s a trick question that makes you want to answer “two” if you only count the diamonds at the top and bottom of a playing card. If you’re given paper and a pen, it’s a good idea to actually draw a playing card.

wagashi (traditional Japanese confectionery)

Since when you eat wagashi (traditional Japanese sweets), the “wa” becomes “shi,” it turns into “washi,” and then “shishi.” Because “shishi” can mean “lion,” the key is whether you can infer the answer from that. It’s a question that tests your reasoning and creativity.

Truck drivers cannot drive on the highway.

It’s not the driver but the truck that runs on the highway. Since there’s no phrase like “a driver riding on a truck,” the key is to read the question carefully and arrive at the correct answer.

horse

The tube used when spraying water is called a hose. Since 'horse' in English sounds like 'hose,' they are the same word, so the correct answer is 'horse.'

I

These romanized letters are arranged in the order of the Chinese zodiac. If you think about the initial letters of the zodiac animals, the 12th one is the I of INOSHISHI (boar). The trick is to read the hint from the number of letters in the alphabet.

summer vacation

This isn’t asking “What’s the term after the first term?”—it’s a riddle that expects the realization that after the first term comes summer vacation. If you picture the end of the first term in school life, you’ll notice that the second term doesn’t start immediately; summer break comes in between.

polar bear

If you remove both ends of the word for “polar bear,” it becomes “island,” and the two letters in between mean “six.” Using the keywords “island” and “animal,” the trick to solving the puzzle is to think of animals whose names contain the syllable “shima.”