Riddles
Riddle: What has hands but can never clap?
Answer: A clock.
What does AI stand for?
Artificial Intelligence.
Approximately what percentage of the world's population stutters?
About 1% (around 70–80 million people).
"I am inevitable." ... "And I... am..."
Who is Iron Man / Tony Stark (Avengers: Endgame)?
"Don't stop believin', hold on to that..."
Answer: What is "feelin'"?
Riddle: The more you take away from me, the bigger I become. What am I?
Answer: A hole.
What is the purpose of the Electoral College?
To formally elect the U.S. president.
Name two factors that can increase the severity of stuttering in a given moment.
Stress, excitement, fatigue, time pressure, talking on the phone, speaking to authority figures, etc.
"Honey? Where is my super suit?!"
Who is Frozone / Lucius Best (The Incredibles)?
"We've got to hold on to what we've got, 'cause it doesn't make a difference if we make it or not, we've got each other and that's a lot for love..."
Answer: What is "we'll give it a shot"?
Riddle: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive when someone talks. What am I?
Answer: An echo.
What is the most commonly used search engine in the world?
Why is telling someone who stutters to "slow down" usually unhelpful?
It oversimplifies stuttering and often increases pressure or self-consciousness rather than improving fluency.
"That's my secret, Cap. I'm always angry."
Answer: Who is Bruce Banner / The Hulk (The Avengers)?
"And I... will always..."
Answer: What is "love you"?
Riddle: A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed for three days and left on Friday. How is that possible?
Answer: His horse's name was Friday.
What does the acronym STEM stand for?
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Name three evidence-based fluency strategies
Initial prolongations, easy onset, light articulatory contacts, pausing, cancellations, pull-outs, preparatory sets, voluntary stuttering, etc.
"Fish are friends, not food."
Answer: Who is Bruce the Shark (Finding Nemo)?
"Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play / And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate / Baby, I'm just gonna..."
Answer: What is "shake, shake, shake, shake, shake"
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter M.
What is the name of the process in which rising global temperatures are largely caused by increased greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere?
Climate change (or global warming)
Name three examples of overt stuttering behaviors.
repetitions, prolongations, blocks, eye blinking, head movements, facial tension, foot tapping, looking away, etc.
"Why so serious?"
Who is The Joker (The Dark Knight)?
"Sweet Caroline / Good times never seemed..."
What is "so good"? (Bonus points if they shout "BA BA BA!")