Parts of Speech
Percentages or Area
Endangered Primates or
Climate Change
Coat of Arms or Titanic
Riddles
100

Provide a seven letter noun with two syllables, beginning with t

teacher, treetop, toddler, toaster, toddler...

100

What is the cost of a $100 sweater reduced by 10% off

What is $90

100

Madagascar, the home of the lemurs, is part of this continent.

What is Africa

100

Give two examples of animals and what they symbolize on a coat of arms.

Boar = Bravery, Ant = Great worker, wisdom, etc...

100

I go all around the world, but never leave the corner. What am I?

A stamp.

200

This part of speech shows relationships between words such as location

preposition

200

What is the difference between a radius and diameter of a circle?

radius is half of diameter or diameter is double the radius.

200

Cutting down forests destroys these, leaving monkeys with nowhere to live.

What are habitats?


200

What is Heraldry?

Heraldry is defined as the systematic hereditary use of an arrangement of charges or devices on a shield.

The decorations helped to identify the knights in tournaments and battles.

200

The alphabet goes from A to Z, but I go Z to A. What am I?

A zebra. 

300

He, I, his, she, her, they, their, them are all examples of what part of speech?

pronouns

300

What is 3% of 300?

What is 9.

300

This term describes when a species disappears from one area but still exists elsewhere.

What is local extinction?

300

Name one special terminology used to describe the various areas of a coat of arms

escutcheon (shield), field (background), charges (symbols on the shield), crest, mantling, helmet, and motto.

300

What can you catch but not throw?

A cold

400

Golden coins. 

What part of speech is "golden"?

adjective

400

Find the area of a circle with a diameter of 8cm. Since we have no calculators, pi=3. Include units.

48cm

400

Why should we limit or reduce global warming? 

half of all species will go extinct by 2100

400

The more you have of it, the less you see

darkness

500

In the phrase: He drove quickly... Quickly is an example of ...

an adverb

500

What is the cost of $20.00 sweater that is on sale for 20% off with an additional 10% taken off at the register?

What is $14.40 Complement method 20% off means you pay 80% (0.8) 10% off means you pay 90% (0.9). 0.9 X 0.8 = 0.72. or 72%, the percent you pay is 72% 0.72 X $20 = $14.40 Or 20% off $20 is $16 & 10% off $16 is $14.40

500

What three ways can animals adapt to climate change? 

 move, adapt or die

500

I'm tall when I'm young, but short when I'm old. What am I?

a candle
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