Before & After

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Instructions: What comes before or after? Test your sequential memory and knowledge!

1.
In the alphabet, what letter comes immediately after 'M'?
A
O
B
N
C
K
D
L
2.
What month comes immediately after June?
A
September
B
August
C
May
D
July
3.
What day of the week comes immediately before Thursday?
A
Wednesday
B
Tuesday
C
Monday
D
Friday
4.
What season comes immediately after winter?
A
Spring
B
Fall
C
Autumn
D
Summer
5.
In the rainbow color sequence (ROYGBIV), what color comes immediately after orange?
A
Green
B
Yellow
C
Blue
D
Red
6.
In our solar system, which planet comes immediately after Earth when moving away from the Sun?
A
Mars
B
Venus
C
Jupiter
D
Mercury
7.
In the musical scale 'Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti,' what comes immediately after 'Fa'?
A
Sol
B
La
C
Mi
D
Ti
8.
Going clockwise on a compass, what cardinal direction comes immediately after North?
A
South
B
Northwest
C
East
D
West
9.
What decade came immediately before the 1980s?
A
The 1950s
B
The 1990s
C
The 1960s
D
The 1970s
10.
In Roman numerals, what number comes immediately after IX (9)?
A
XII (12)
B
X (10)
C
VIII (8)
D
XI (11)
11.
In the zodiac, what sign comes immediately after Aries?
A
Pisces
B
Taurus
C
Gemini
D
Leo
12.
What month comes immediately before October?
A
July
B
August
C
November
D
September
13.
Which U.S. President served immediately before Abraham Lincoln?
A
Andrew Johnson
B
James Buchanan
C
Millard Fillmore
D
Franklin Pierce
14.
In the standard order of the five Olympic ring colors from left to right, what color comes immediately after yellow?
A
Black
B
Red
C
Green
D
Blue
15.
In the alphabet, what letter comes immediately before 'Q'?
A
N
B
P
C
O
D
R

Answer Key

Question 1

B. N

The sequence goes L, M, N, O — so N comes right after M in the English alphabet.

Question 2

D. July

July follows June in the calendar. July is the seventh month of the year.

Question 3

A. Wednesday

Wednesday comes just before Thursday in the days of the week.

Question 4

A. Spring

Spring follows winter in the seasonal cycle: spring, summer, autumn (fall), winter.

Question 5

B. Yellow

The rainbow sequence is Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet — so yellow follows orange.

Question 6

A. Mars

The order from the Sun is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars — so Mars is the next planet after Earth.

Question 7

A. Sol

The solfege scale goes Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti — so Sol comes right after Fa.

Question 8

C. East

Moving clockwise from North, the order is North, East, South, West — so East comes after North.

Question 9

D. The 1970s

The 1970s came immediately before the 1980s in chronological order.

Question 10

B. X (10)

IX is 9 in Roman numerals, and the next number is X, which represents 10.

Question 11

B. Taurus

The zodiac order begins Aries, Taurus, Gemini — so Taurus follows Aries.

Question 12

D. September

September is the ninth month and comes right before October, the tenth month.

Question 13

B. James Buchanan

James Buchanan was the 15th President, serving from 1857 to 1861, immediately before Abraham Lincoln became the 16th President.

Question 14

C. Green

The Olympic rings from left to right on the top row are blue, black, red, and on the bottom row yellow, green — so green comes after yellow.

Question 15

B. P

The sequence goes O, P, Q, R — so P comes immediately before Q in the English alphabet.

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