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Save me a seat.

A few seating plans, minus the awkward small talk.

Ten questions, with the answers explained. Try them in your head, then open each answer when you're ready.

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QUESTION 1 / 10

Three seats run left to right. Ana is not in the middle. Bo is on the left. Cy takes the remaining seat. Where is Ana?

  • Cannot be determined
  • Left
  • Middle
  • Right
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Right

Bo takes left. Ana cannot take middle, so Ana takes right and Cy takes middle.

QUESTION 2 / 10

Four chairs are numbered 1 to 4. Dan sits in 2. Eva sits immediately right of Dan. Which chair is Eva's?

  • 4
  • 2
  • 1
  • 3
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3

One step right from chair 2 is chair 3.

QUESTION 3 / 10

Flo sits immediately left of Gia. Gia sits immediately left of Hal. Who sits between the other two?

  • Hal
  • Cannot be determined
  • Flo
  • Gia
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Gia

The order is Flo, Gia, Hal.

QUESTION 4 / 10

In a row of five, Ian sits in the center. How many seats are on either side of him?

  • Four
  • One
  • Three
  • Two
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Two

The center is seat 3, leaving two seats on the left and two on the right.

QUESTION 5 / 10

Jo and Kim occupy the ends of a row of three. Lou takes the only seat left. Where is Lou?

  • Middle
  • Left end
  • Right end
  • Outside the row
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Middle

With both ends taken, the middle is the only available seat.

QUESTION 6 / 10

Four people sit around a circular table. May is opposite Ned. Of the other two, how many sit next to May?

  • Two
  • One
  • Zero
  • Three
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Two

At a four-person round table, the two people who are not opposite May are her neighbors.

QUESTION 7 / 10

Oli is in seat 1 of a row of six. Pat is three seats to Oli's right. Which seat is Pat in?

  • 6
  • 5
  • 4
  • 3
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4

Move from 1 to 2, 3, and then 4: three positions to the right.

QUESTION 8 / 10

Quin sits to Rae's left, and Sol sits to Quin's left. Who is leftmost?

  • Rae
  • Cannot be determined
  • Quin
  • Sol
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Sol

Sol is left of Quin, who is left of Rae.

QUESTION 9 / 10

Tess is immediately right of Uma in a row. They exchange seats. Where is Tess relative to Uma now?

  • Immediately right
  • Two seats away
  • Immediately left
  • Opposite
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Immediately left

Swapping neighboring positions reverses their left-right relationship.

QUESTION 10 / 10

Five empty chairs form a straight row. You choose the one with exactly one chair to its left. Which is it?

  • First from the left
  • Fourth from the left
  • Second from the left
  • Middle
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Second from the left

Chair 2 has only chair 1 to its left.

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