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RIDDLES
100
When you use computer systems to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages, you are using what?
Artificial intelligence
100
If you multiply this number by any other number, the answer will always be the same. What number is this?
Zero
100
What is the most commonly used letter of the alphabet?
e
200
True or false: according to the video we watched about dinosaurs, all of the species of dinosaurs have probably been discovered.
FALSE
200
Which activist, who fought for basic civil rights in Canada, has her face on the $10 bill?
Viola Desmond
200
There are only 4 words that have a "uu" in them, give me one!
vacuum, continuum, residuum (residue) , and muumuu (loose fitting dress).
300
Which part of the human body has the most sweat glands?
Feet (bottom of them, to be particular).
300
Who is the King of Rock?
Elvis Presley
300
What is the study and interpretation of often sacred tales or fables of a culture which deal with various aspects of the human condition? These stories are often ancient.
Mythology
300
If you spell out every number from 0 to 999, you will find every vowel except for one, which one is it?
"a" you won't find it until you spell "a thousand"
300
What has a neck but no head?
A bottle.
400
Often using AI you can create pictures, videos, and audio files that look or sound like someone you know (a celebrity, a political figure, or even a family member). What is this called?
Deepfake
400
Who is the King of Pop?
Michael Jackson
400
What is the most famous alien site in New Mexico? You need to give the city name.
Roswell
400
What is the name of the public bus system in Charlottetown (it does take people out of the city, as well, it is just based in Ch'town)?
T3 Transit (I'll take T3)
400
What does it mean to be PUNCTUAL?
That you are on time.
400
What has a head but no brain?
Lettuce (cabbage, cauliflower, artichoke will work, too)
500
What are baby sharks called?
Pups (this one is a baby white tip reef shark)
500
What singer is known as the Man in Black?
Johnny Cash
500
Which letter appears most often at the beginning of english words?
S
500
What comes down but never goes up?
Rain
600
In our second library lesson we learned about animals and other creatures whose existence is unrecognized or disputed by science are called what? The word starts with C
Cryptid (cryptozoology is the science, so I will award points if this is said instead).
600
When was the last time the leafs won the cup?
1967
600
Which company hires the most young people in Cavendish and some other parts of PEI?
Maritime Fun Group
600
What does the PTER mean in words like pterodactyl and helicopter?
Having wings or feathers.
600
What goes up, but never comes down?
Age
700
What is Thomas Edison's most famous invention?
The light bulb - incandescent ones that lasted a lot longer than any of the ones made before.
700
What is the shortest, oldest, and most commonly used word?
I
700
Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly ;)
800
Who discovered gravity?
Isaac Newton
800
Give an example of a PALINDROME.
A word, phrase, sentence that is spelled the same forwards and backwards.
- Madam, eve, noon, etc.
- no lemon, no melon
- Was it a cat or a car I saw?
900
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in the field of science. The man behind the award – Alfred Nobel – invented what?
Dynamite
900
Which country shares the largest border with France?
Brazil!
900
We did a library lesson on Indigenous culture and we looked at a term that meant: cultural, psychological, and economic freedom. What was that word? Hint: has something to do with changing our way of doing things.
Decolonization or decolonize
900
What is the only word that begins and end with "und"?
Underground
1000
What type of scientist was Albert Einstein?
Physicist (physics will do). Most famous for developing the laws of relativity. His theories explain how space, time, matter, energy, and gravity interact.
1100
Where is the largest seed vault?
Svalbard, Norway (Norway will do) - The vault hold the seeds of many tens of thousands of varieties of essential food crops such as beans, wheat and rice. These seed samples are duplicates of seed sample stores from all around the world.
1100
What is the longest running sci-fi show?
Doctor Who - it started in 1963 and may have more episodes produced in the future
1100
What 3 species of dinosaurs was the original Godzilla’s appearance based on?
Tyrannosaurus Rex, Stegosaurus, and Iguanodon.
1100
This famous playwright (play writer) was famous for making up words like these: bedazzled, assassination, critic, bandit, and swagger?
William Shakespeare (last name is enough)
1200
Which lobe (section) of the brain deals with hearing and language?
Temporal Lobe
1200
Who wrote Knockin’ on Heaven's Door?
Bob Dylan
1300
Why is the sky blue?
Your answer must be close to this:
Blue light (electromagnetic radiation) is scattered more because of its short, choppy wavelength, making it the color we see the most.
(Every colour of the rainbow is actually coming at us)
1300
What is the last digit of pie?
Trick Question - Pie is an irrational number so it doesn't end!
1300
When was the last person a executed by guillotine in the Western World (countries in Western Europe, Northern America, and Australasia)?
1977
1300
Which word, in the English dictionary, has 430 different meanings? Hint: it only has 3 letters
set