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Wonderlic Style IQ Test

The Wonderlic is a multiple-choice intelligence test given to NFL prospects. Try to answer these 50 multiple choice questions in just 12 minutes.
Speed is a big factor - don't spend too much time on one question
You can use a scratchpad but NO CALCULATORS
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Last updated: March 1, 2023
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First submittedJuly 26, 2020
Times taken48,907
Average score66.0%
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1. Are these two words similar, contradictory, or unrelated?
AGILE
GENEROSITY
Similar
Contradictory
Unrelated
2. What is the length of the red line in this diagram?
9
10
11
14
21
3. Complete the analogy. Duck is to bird as ...
Banana is to peel
Chair is to furniture
Child is to parent
Dark is to night
Trombone is to music
4. Together Sam and Sarah have $1,000. Sam has $500 more than Sarah. How much does Sarah have?
$100
$250
$500
$750
impossible to say
5. What is 4/5 times 1/4?
1/20
1/5
16/5
4
6. Which word has an opposite meaning to "hazardous"?
Agile
Comfortable
Lazy
Ready
Secure
7. Which of the following dates is the earliest?
March 2, 1961
January 1, 1989
July 17th, 1943
October 11th, 1943
8. What is 42 times 3?
45
126
146
423
9. Which number comes next in this series: 5, 12, 26, 54?
45
80
108
110
10. Which number is the largest?
Eleven billion
Forty two million
Nine hundred ninety thousand
One million
11. Which word best completes this sentence: "Many villages were _______ in the widespread forest fires."
Incinerated
Infernal
Inflated
Innovated
Inundated
12. What is 116.7812 rounded to the nearest tenths place?
116.7
116.78
116.8
117
120
13. If you flip a coin three times, what are the odds it will land on heads at least once?
1/2
2/3
3/4
7/8
14. Which word doesn't belong?
Arrogant
Disdainful
Haughty
Miserly
15. What word means the opposite of delighted?
Displeased
Impoverished
Obtuse
Ugliness
16. New York is three hours ahead of Los Angeles. It is 2:00 AM in New York. What time is it in Los Angeles?
5:00 AM
5:00 PM
11:00 PM
Midnight
17. Every other Friday, Kevin is paid $3,000. About how much does he earn in a year?
$30,000
$60,000
$78,000
$156,000
18. If you fold these squares into a cube, which corner would touch X?
A
B
C
D
E
19. Which of these percentages is closest to 3/7?
14%
33%
40%
50%
75%
20. Which word is most similar to intricate?
Complicated
Expensive
Hollow
Predestined
21. Arrange the following words to make a complete sentence.
allowed
he
win
game
had
Sarah
the
to
Which word comes before "Sarah"?
Allowed
Game
Had
To
Win
22. How many 3x2 tiles are needed to cover a floor that is 12x15?
20
25
30
35
23. Complete the analogy. Guitar is to piano as ...
Camera is to photographer
Home is to family
Milk is to juice
Tree is to forest
24. What letter is halfway between N and V?
O
Q
R
S
W
25. John owns several cars, which have a total value of $100,000. His most expensive car is worth $20,000. Which of the following statements cannot be true?
All of John's cars are worth at least $5,000
John has more than 10 cars
John owns exactly 4 cars
John's most expensive car is yellow
26. The time is currently 4:44. In how many minutes will it be 5:55?
11
45
61
71
27. What is 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4?
7/8
1
13/12
6/5
28. Which of the following proverbs has a meaning that is contradictory to "the pen is mightier than the sword"?
Actions speak louder than words
Better late than never
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Two heads are better than one
29. A tree grows 3 feet per year. Five years from now it will be 21 feet tall. How tall is it now?
6 feet
12 feet
16 feet
18 feet
30. Which of these is equal to 57.4%?
0.00574
0.574
43.6
57.4
31. Are these two words similar, contradictory, or unrelated?
CONSTRUCT
DISMANTLE
Similar
Contradictory
Unrelated
32. What is the 9th month of the year?
August
July
September
November
33. Complete the analogy. 9 is to 81 as 119 is to _____
47
1,345
9,754
14,161
34. What comes next in this series?
35. If the first two statements are true, is the third statement also true?
  1. John is taller than Wayne
  2. John is shorter than Sarah
  3. Wayne is shorter than Sarah
Yes
No
Uncertain
36. Andre and four of his friends went out for breakfast. The total bill was $75. If they split the bill equally, how much did Andre pay?
$10.00
$12.50
$15.00
$18.75
37. Maria drove 100 miles at 50 miles an hour, and then drove 200 miles at 25 miles an hour. What was her average speed?
27.5 mph
30 mph
37.5 mph
40 mph
38. Which word has a similar meaning to "boisterous"?
Criminal
Juicy
Noisy
Simple
Tardy
39. All red-haired people play basketball. None of the basketball players are children. What conclusion can we draw from these statements?
All children have red hair
None of the red-haired people are children
None of the red-haired people play basketball
40. Only 20% of farms have good soil. But these farms produce 80% of the crops. How many times more productive is a farm with good soil than one without?
2 times
4 times
8 times
16 times
41. Which of these words does not belong with the others?
Bicycle
Boat
Car
Fan
Train
42. Organic eggs cost $4 / dozen and regular eggs cost $3 / dozen. Jason spent $11 to buy 36 eggs. How many of the eggs he bought were organic?
6
12
24
36
impossible to say
43. Which of these lists of numbers adds up to 73?
2, 8, 16, 40
9, 18, 17, 24
11, 18, 14, 30
38, 11, 13, 12
44.
10
25
70
100
150
45. What number times itself is equal to 1369?
12
25
37
50
46. Over the last five years, the North American Widget Company has sold 17, 24, 26, 41, and 71 widgets respectively. Which graph best depicts this trend?
47. Jessica can mow 4 lawns every 3 hours and earns $11 for every lawn she mows. If she mows lawns for 12 hours, how much will she earn?
33
44
132
176
48. Which word does not belong?
Abstract
Peaceful
Serene
Tranquil
49. What is -4 times -4?
-16
-8
4
16
50. Sally paid for a coffee with a $10 bill and received $7.29 in change. How much did the coffee cost?
$2.71
$2.89
$3.31
$7.29
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Level 73
Sep 18, 2020
200 miles at 25mph? Sounds like a rough journey, Maria.
+5
Level 88
Jan 26, 2021
Connecticut to Delaware on the Sunday after Thanksgiving.
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Level 66
Sep 18, 2020
17/21. Time went by fast.
+11
Level 60
Sep 18, 2020
I took the IQ test, and my results came back positive.
+14
Level 54
Sep 19, 2020
Luckily you are asymptomatic.
+2
Level 78
Sep 18, 2020
49/50 the only one I got wrong was the miserly one. Tbf it seems a bit weighted towards good mental maths. The clock one was the hardest for me, took me ages to realise the pattern was 7/8 back, 6/8 back, 5/8 back, 4/8 back. Or come to think of it also 1/8 forward, 1/4 forward, 3/8 forward, 4/8 forward.
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Level 67
Sep 18, 2020
And weighted toward knowing mathematical rules. For example, the question "Which number times itself is 1,369?" The options are 12, 25, 37, and 50. The only way to get an odd answer is to multiply odd x odd, so 12 and 50 are out. That leaves 25 and 37. The answer whenever you multiply by a number ending in 5 always ends in 5 or 0, so 25 is out. The answer has to be 37. Another way to come at it is that "1,369" ends in 9, so the square root has to end in 3 or 7, because those are the only digits who squares end in 9. There's no option ending in 3, so it has to be the one ending in 7. There are several math questions on this thing like that: where it looks like you have to do a lot of calculating, but if you understand the rules and relationships, you can do them quickly without calculating. Seems like that's how you get a high score, because given the time crunch, it seems really tough to do all the calculations and finish in time.
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Level 67
Nov 24, 2020
same here, only one I got wrong.
+1
Level 55
Sep 18, 2020
This is the test given to NFL players? LOL That just seems very random.
+1
Level 67
Sep 18, 2020
This isn't the actual test. Quizmaster made it himself, in the style of the the actual test.
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Level 73
Sep 19, 2020
But why do the NFL players have their own style of IQ tests?
+5
Level 70
Sep 19, 2020
@HatemAli They want players who score at about 20, because apparently those people are not stupid while also not being independent thinkers (which could be bad in a team sport I guess)
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Level 73
Sep 21, 2020
Ooooh okay thanks for the info :)
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Level 67
Sep 18, 2020
I got them all except the coin-flip one, which I still cannot compute. I thought with independent probability, each flip has 1/2 chance of being heads, and because each flip is independent of the others, it's 1/2 overall. Seems like you get to the /8 denominator by multiplying the three denominators (/2) from each flip, but where does the 7/ numerator come from? Is this the calculation where you get the opposite conclusion and then subtract from one? So...1/2 odds of getting tails on a given flip...three flips...1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2 = 1/8 chance you'll get tails three times, which means the odds of not getting tails three times (i.e., at least one flip is heads) is 7/8. I think I just answered my own question, but can someone confirm this is right? I don't remember learning this in school.
+5
Level 82
Sep 18, 2020
that's right
+7
Level 47
Sep 18, 2020
It is because it is the odds of a heads on the first flip + the odds of a head on the second flip given a tails on the first + the odds of a heads on the third flip given a tails on the first and second flips. Ie 1/2 + (1/2*1/2) + (1/2*1/2*1/2) = 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 = 4/8 + 2/8 + 1/8 = 7/8.
+3
Level 65
Sep 23, 2020
it's a different way to ask what the odds of getting all tails on 3 flips would be, which is 1/2 3 times.
+2
Level 28
Jun 19, 2021
I think if you draw a probability tree out, with each throw having an outcome of heads or tails (1/2 each), you then have to add up each time you get a head, it should be 7/8. I'm not sure how that would work but I think that's how you get the answer. You would end up with 7 chances of a head but I'm not sure where the 8 comes from
+6
Level 83
Oct 23, 2022
The 8 is the number of possible outcomes of flipping a coin 3 times:

HHH

HTT

THT

TTH

HHT

HTH

THH

TTT

of which 7 contain at least one H, so the chance of getting at least one H is 7/8.

+1
Level 75
Mar 13, 2024
@jmellor: you were very right. Ignore the replies.
+5
Level 68
Sep 18, 2020
I've never commented on JetPunk before, but I'm so happy to have got them all right (with 46 seconds to spare) that I feel a strange compulsion to show off!! Thanks for making me feel happy Quizmaster!
+3
Level 75
Sep 18, 2020
So, apparently I can read defenses pre-snap, determine whether the linebacker will blitz, and quickly ascertain if that safety's going to hold his zone or come down on the crossing route. Now, on to the bench press and the 40...
+1
Level 62
Sep 19, 2020
Top 2% that is definitely a great ego boost
+2
Level 70
Sep 19, 2020
How is the average only 35? Seems absurdly low
+8
Level ∞
Sep 21, 2020
If you think 35 is a bad score, I'd say you really are dim regardless of how many you got correct. :)
+1
Level 24
Mar 17, 2024
This quiz is ridiculously easy if you get time to think. It's all about split decisions and applying both learned and known knowledge to the situation.
+5
Level 62
Sep 19, 2020
Your answer to number 40 is wrong. As a matter of fact, the right answer doesn't appear as one of the choices.

40. Only 20% of farms have good soil. But these farms produce 80% of the crops. How many times more productive is a farm with good soil than one without?

Farms with good soil are 15 times more productive. They are 16 times as productive, but only 15 times more productive.

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Level 65
Sep 23, 2020
think about it like this:

Suppose there are 5 farms in the scenario that make 10 crops. 1 farm (1/5 = 20%) is the most productive, and it makes 8 crops (80%). The other 4 farms collectively make 2 crops, or 0.5 each. So the top farm makes 8 crops to any other farm's 0.5. 8 is 16x 0.5

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Level 62
Sep 29, 2020
If I have one, and you have 16, you have 16 times as much as me, not 16 times more than me. You would need to have 17 to my one in order to have 16 times more. The answer is 16 times as much or 15 times more. 16 times more is wrong.
+2
Level 77
Jan 2, 2021
I suppose this comes down to the way you translate this into understanding. Most people would say "16 times as much as" is the same as "16 times more". If this were a question about percents, it would be different. e.g. 30% more=1.3x as much. But this is asking for the factor. Although I do agree that the wording could be made more clear.
+1
Level 24
Mar 17, 2024
"1 x 6 is 6, so naturally 6 is 5 times as productive as 1". The difference is "more" or "times as"
+1
Level 51
Sep 19, 2020
This is a great quiz, however, the question with the fan, the car, the bike, and the boat confused me a little... since the car and the boat are both vehicles, and they contain fans for the engine (in some of them), just like some bikes contain fans (for the engine/motor). Basically I just feel like a different set of answers would improve it a little, but it's only minor! Thanks!
+4
Level 78
Sep 20, 2020
Your way of reading this is very esoteric but even then, 3 of the options are "contains fan" which leaves fan itself as the odd one.
+1
Level 81
Mar 6, 2023
I thought that was odd too - I read it the first time as "vehicles plus an odd man out" but then I re read and and realized if I looked at the words as *words* there were four one syllable words and one with two syllables.
+2
Level 71
Sep 20, 2020
47/50, I'm happy with that. The three I missed were embarrassingly simple, though...
+2
Level 82
Sep 20, 2020
I made some simple mistakes, too, I think because the timer encourages you to not check your answers.
+1
Level 49
Mar 6, 2024
The only one I missed was the Secure one… which 92% of people got.
+1
Level 85
Sep 21, 2020
Quiz is great, but time is main problem. It's almost impossible to have more than 40-45 from first attempt. 15 minutes would be perfect.
+2
Level 18
Feb 11, 2021
You are not suppose to retake a IQ test... And you need to be quick that what IQ test is...
+2
Level 77
Sep 21, 2020
This makes me think that the people who become football players do so because no other option is left to them... 50/50 in half the time is not a challenge.
+12
Level ∞
Mar 1, 2023
Yeah, that didn't happen.
+2
Level 60
Sep 21, 2020
What's up with #34? I got 44 correct, which I think is good, but I don't get #34 even after seeing the answer.
+1
Level 56
Dec 9, 2020
See above. There's clearly more than one possible answer though (not that I'm bitter)
+2
Level 27
Sep 24, 2020
Crikey - 49/50 and with 1 minute to spare. I only missed out on 50 because I didn't read one of the questions properly. However I'm not sure that makes me 160+ IQ. So far as I know my IQ is 135 - 140 from previous tests I have taken (a long time ago).
+1
Level 49
Mar 6, 2024
Same about the quiz. Got 49/50, missed the secure one. Wasn’t hard, I just was going too fast.
+1
Level 57
Oct 26, 2020
"Arrange the following words to make a complete sentence"

I got it right by luck. It makes absolutely no sense at all to me.

+1
Level 62
Mar 6, 2023
“He had allowed Sarah to win the game.” It’s only a simple sentence!
+1
Level 55
Nov 11, 2020
Ok I got 46/50, so my in would be 135-140, interesting I’ve never taken an IQ test until now
+2
Level 28
Nov 30, 2020
49/50 with plenty of time to spare. I don't think I have 160 IQ though, people on JetPunk are definitely smarter than average.

I don't want to sound rude, but it honestly surprises me that the average would be 35.

+8
Level ∞
Jan 2, 2021
You probably suffer from availability bias. Many smart people overestimate the intelligence of average people since they interact with so few of them.

This leads to the frequent, but very incorrect, opinion that IQ doesn't matter. Spend some time around people with below average intelligence and you'll realize that IQ matters. A lot.

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Level 77
Feb 12, 2021
I think intelligence matters but IQ doesn't. At least where I'm from, anyway. It's not a common test for people to take and IQ tests are not well regarded in the education community. That's mostly because many old IQ tests used questions that were biased towards native English-speakers and people who are culturally European.
+1
Level 50
Mar 12, 2023
Here we go with the cultural ignorance. Stop it.
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Level 77
Jun 5, 2023
Mmmm... no.
+1
Level 79
Feb 18, 2022
Because there wasn't a lot of time allotted and many people probably didn't catch the caveat about making a point to go fast. That's what happened to me. I only missed 2 out of 40 questions, but I didn't get to the rest.
+1
Level 71
Dec 16, 2020
42
+1
Level 71
Dec 16, 2020
most questions i got wrong are about english words that i have never heard in my entire life haha
+1
Level 58
Jan 21, 2021
top 34%
+1
Level 39
Feb 18, 2021
tfw when 5
+3
Level 66
Feb 21, 2021
Urgh read "every Friday" instead of "every other Friday" ^^'
+1
Level 62
Feb 25, 2021
Me too
+6
Level 66
Feb 26, 2021
I'm gonna sound like a huge nerd for saying this, but in question 2, the length of the red line cannot be determined. The side lengths are defined, but they could actually be placed in any angle because that is not defined. This would change the length of the red line.

Indicating right angles or parallel lines would fix this.

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Level 38
Dec 15, 2023
i was thinking the same thing
+2
Level 28
Apr 2, 2021
20/50

“This beats or equals 9.8% of test takers”

._.

+2
Level 45
Apr 10, 2021
got 49 because I answered with 5am for the New York question ;-;

and I'm 13 so waow

+1
Level 49
Mar 6, 2024
Same, but the secure one which is painfully obvious now. And I’m also thirteen.
+1
Level 72
Apr 24, 2021
Oddly, the quiz arbitrarily added wrong answers to the answers that I didn't answer instead of leaving them blank.
+1
Level 28
Jun 19, 2021
34/44 attempted correct 👍🏼
+2
Level 65
Jul 30, 2021
I only missed the miserly question because I didn't know what haughty and miserly met.
+4
Level 77
Sep 29, 2021
I 100% read question 10's first choice as "eleventy billion" and i thought well that's not even a word and chose 42 million thinking it was a trick. I missed what is essentially the easiest question on the whole quiz.
+1
Level 77
Nov 24, 2021
More time.
+1
Level 60
Feb 17, 2022
46/50 :)
+1
Level 60
Feb 17, 2022
les go my iq is 92 percent
+1
Level 66
Apr 9, 2022
Feel pretty good about 43/50, especially since I completely guessed on several of the math ones (and apparently was confident July was the ninth month)
+1
Level 78
Jun 24, 2022
Great quiz, loved doing it.
+1
Level 23
Sep 16, 2022
i got 30/50 but i only answered 37 questions.

time should be 2 minutes longer

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Level 77
Nov 11, 2022
50/50 - The difference between getting a 45 and a 50 (if math is your hangup), is just being able to move on as soon as you've ruled out answers that can't be right. For example the 119 * 119 question: I don't need to figure it out, I just know that 100 * 100 is 10,000, and there's only one answer bigger than 10,000. There are a bunch of problems like that, and if you can do that problem in 2 seconds instead of 45, it lets you spend more time elsewhere if you need it.
+5
Level 48
Dec 16, 2022
for the 119^2 question — any number ending in 9 ,when squared, will end in 1
+2
Level 72
Feb 9, 2023
Yes, or you do 9*9 and there's only one option that ends in one.
+2
Level 58
Mar 6, 2023
Time is definitiv the main factor here. Most of the questions are pretty easy, although as a non native english speaker I struggeled with some of the vocabulary questions.

I also guessed some of the mathematics questions to win some time.

I still ended with about 10 questions unanswered but 36 right.

+1
Level 65
Mar 6, 2023
An IQ test measures the raw processing power of your brain, so of course time is a factor. It measures how quickly your brain can process data and do abstract calculations.

It's similar to a computer benchmark in which you measure how many operations a computer chip can do in a certain time, or how long it takes to do a certain job (both measure how many calculations per second).

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Level 60
Jun 27, 2023
time limits stress some people and it affects their concentration. the time limit needs to be fairer
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Level 49
Mar 6, 2024
The time limit is an important part of an IQ test. It is an assessment that measures a range of cognitive abilities, including solving problems, using logic, and spatial reasoning and how well the test taker can do these things within a time limit. Cognitive abilities by definition includes how fast you can do things and how well you can do them under pressure. Taking it away would make this test not an IQ test.
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Level 65
Mar 6, 2023
47/50 with 2 minutes left, though I got fooled by how numbers are written in english (as opposed to french) : we use a komma to indicate decimals and space out groops of 3 numbers, while in english the point is used for the decimals and a komma for thousands.

Example :

French writing : this house costs 1 000 000,00€

English writing : this house costs $1,000,000.00

So I misinterpreted a number in the thousands as a much smaller number with decimals, whose order of magnitude couldn't be true.

+1
Level 59
Mar 6, 2023
I have got a lot wrong becaue I dont know english
+3
Level 90
Mar 6, 2023
The odds question is incorrect. 7/8 is the probability. Odds are equal to the probability of an event happening divided by the probability of the event not happening. Here, that is 7/8 / 1/8 = 7/1 = 7. The odds are 7, or as odds are most typically expressed, 7:1 or 7 to 1.
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Level 59
Mar 6, 2023
50/50! Wooo. It seems overwhelmingly numerical in nature, though. Easy if you're good with numbers.
+1
Level 60
Mar 7, 2023
Randomly clicked at the end when I was at 16 seconds lol
+1
Level 34
Mar 9, 2023
I'd actually be concerned if I got asked such questions to test if I can shoot in a ball, I'd think people would assume I'm dumb
+1
Level 49
Mar 6, 2024
A lot of NFL players are pretty dumb, but not all of them. It is just a fact and this test is traditionally used on them to test their cognitive abilities. This is an adaptation of the real thing; the record for the real test to be finished is nine minutes at a 48/50 by Ryan Fitzpatrick.
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Level 50
Mar 12, 2023
The coin question is simply incorrect: regardless of when you flip a coin, THAT flip is always 50/50 Done!
+1
Level 38
Dec 15, 2023
no, the chance that all 3 come up tails is 1/8 (1/2*1/2*1/2) all other outcomes will have at least one heads
+1
Level 60
Apr 25, 2023
No where near enough time. Crap!
+1
Level 50
Apr 26, 2023
93.5th percentile- happy with that
+1
Level 45
May 1, 2023
I got a 100% somehow. I must be a genius.
+1
Level 63
May 2, 2023
I got 46 correct.
+1
Level 66
Jul 17, 2023
Got 30/50 and I'm not a native english speaker. I'd say that's alright.
+1
Level 44
Aug 14, 2023
I browsed the questions prior to taking it. I decided not to take it because it is skewed toward mathematical problem- solving. Verbal logic tests are critical and a stromger indicator of IQ . The Miller Analogy Test is a good measure of IQ. Recognizing relational patterns is more important.
+1
Level 56
Sep 15, 2023
got 46/50 because i never read caveats
+1
Level 54
Nov 21, 2023
I can't interpret connections between words like duck and bird very well.
+1
Level 67
Mar 19, 2024
Question 47 sounds like modern day slavery.