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Tricky Q's
100

This punctuation mark is used at the end of a question.

Question mark (?)

100

If you have 3 apples and your friend gives you 2 more, this is how many apples you have in total.

5

100

Humans breathe in this gas to survive.

Oxygen

100

The capital city of New Zealand.

Wellington

100

You see me once in June, twice in November, and not at all in May.

The letter "E"

200

This word means the opposite of “begin.”

End

200

A movie starts at 6:30 pm and lasts 2.5 hours. This is the time the movie ends.

9:00pm

200

This force keeps us on the ground and pulls objects toward Earth.

Gravity

200

This famous bird is flightless and nocturnal (sleeps during the day).

Kiwi

200

This thing gets wetter the more it dries.

Towel

300

This is the term for words that have the same meaning, like “big” and “large.”

Synonyms

300

A farmer has 16 cows. Half run away, never to be seen again, but two return. How many cows does the farmer have now?

10

300

The chemical symbol H₂O represents this substance.

Water

300

This mountain is the highest in New Zealand.

Aoraki/Mount Cook

300

A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 run away. How many sheep remain? 

9

400

This is the Māori word for “place of learning” or “school.”

Kura

400

A train travels 60 km in one hour and 60 km in the next hour. What is its average speed over the two hours?

60km/h

400

The sixth planet in our solar system from the sun. 

Saturn

400

This was signed in the mid-1800's between Māori chiefs and the British Crown.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

400

If you pass the person in second place during a race, what position are you in now?

Second place

500

The English word “alphabet” comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: Alpha and this letter.

Beta

500

A bat and a ball cost $1.10. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. This is how much the ball costs.

5 cents ($0.05)

500

This part of the cell contains DNA and controls the cell’s activities.

Nucleus

500

This New Zealand director created the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

Peter Jackson

500

The more you take, the more you leave behind.

Footsteps

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