Question 1

Three of these words are palindromes. Which one isn't?

Answer: River

A palindrome reads the same forward and backward. "Level," "radar," and "civic" qualify, but "river" doesn't.

Question 2

Three of these words can be spelled using only letters from the top row of a QWERTY keyboard. Which one cannot?

Answer: Powerless

"Powerless" contains letters from other keyboard rows, while the other three use only top-row letters.

Question 3

Three of these words are heteronyms. Which one isn't?

Answer: Lantern

"Wound," "minute," and "present" can each have different pronunciations and meanings depending on context. "Lantern" has only one standard pronunciation.