2012 Olympics
State Capitals
Puzzles
Celebrity Math
US Presidents
100
"Name." Nicknamed "Blade Runner" he is the first double leg amputee to compete in the Olympics.
Who is Oscar Pistorius?
100
"Name." State capital did not hold witch trials but shares its name with an infamous place that did.
What is Salem, Orgeon?
100
"Analyze." For each puzzle, complete the next part of the sequence and identify the pattern. Example: Z, Y, X, W...Answer: What is V, and letters of the alphabet backwards? Answer: 1,2,4,8,16...
What is 32 and doubling?
100
"Recall." Elizabeth Taylor has been married ______ times but only to _______ different men.
What is 8 and 7?
100
"Name." The oldest man to be elected to office.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
200
"Name." The fastest man alive and his home country
Who is Usain Bolt, Jamaica?
200
"Identify." State captal shares its name with a mythical firebird and an actor that died too soon.
What is Phoenix?
200
"Analyze." For each puzzle, complete the next part of the sequence and identify the pattern. Answer: S, M, T, W, T...
What is F for Friday and days of the week?
200
"Deduce." The number of kids Brangelina has times the number of Kardashian sisters used to be the drinking age.
What is 6 x 3= 18?
200
"Identify." The tallest President
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
300
"Compare." The bigger number between the total number of career medals won by Michael Phelps or the total number of gold medals won by the host country in 2012.
What is the total number of medals won by Michael Phelps?
300
"Interpret."This state capital is the French equivalent of Peter.
What is Pierre, South Dakota?
300
"Analyze." For each puzzle, complete the next part of the sequence and identify the pattern. Answer: 11,22,33,44,55...
What is 66 and multiples of 11?
300
"Infer." The number of Harry Potter books plus the number of Harry Potter movies, equals the age Justin Bieber was when he scored his first hit record.
What is 15?
300
"Classify." There were 2 sets of father son Presidents. Name one.
Who are George H.W. Bush and George W Bush? Or who are John Adams and John Quincy Adams?
400
"Distinguish." The city that did NOT host a Summer Olympics: Sydney, Beijing, Los Angeles, Chicago
What is Chicago, it was supposed in 1904 to but the Olympics were moved to St. Louis to accomodate the World's Fair.
400
"Deduce." The only state capital to feature the name of a chemical compund.
What is Salt Lake City Utah?
400
"Analyze." For each puzzle, complete the next part of the sequence and identify the pattern. Answer: A, C, E, G...
What is "I" and list of every other letter of alphabet?
400
"Calculate." This number is a perfect cube, it is also the name of a dubious club many musicians "die" to belong to, including most recently Amy Winehouse.
What is 27? Other famous musicians dead at 27, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain....
400
"Classify." These Presidents by the order they served in office: William Howard Taft, Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman, and James Polk
What is Polk, Taft, Coolidge and Truman
500
"Differentiate." The event that does NOT belong: Dressage, Eventing, Steeplechase, Jumping
What is Steeplechase?
500
"Connect." These two male names "Vince" & "Pedro" to come up with an anagram for this state capital.
What is Providence, Rhode Island?
500
"Analyze." For each puzzle, complete the next part of the sequence and identify the pattern. Answer: 2,3,5,7,11
What is 13, and list of prime numbers?
500
"Calculate." The number of times Elizabeth Taylor has been married plus the number of times Kate Winlset had been married minus the number of times George Clooney has been married.
What is 10? (8 + 3 - 1)
500
"Categorize" what these Presidents have in common. Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy.
What is all were assasinated in office?
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