Fun Riddles
Thanksgiving
Space
Purely Russian
Yiddisha
100
Is there a 4th of July in England?
Yes! After the 3rd!
100
What year was the first Thanksgiving?
1621
100
What were all the TV viewers watching closely when Yuri Gagarin was marching in Red Square to report to the head of the Soviet Government Nikita Khrushchev?
His untied shoelaces
100
Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970?
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
100
A foolish or crazy person
Meshuggener
200
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A Map!
200
How many turkeys are consumed each year on Thanksgiving?
Closest answer wins!
46 million
200
What was Gagarin's spaceship called?
Daily Double: When was it launched? (Month, date, and year)
Vostok 1
12 April, 1961
200
Which is the highest mountain in Russia?
Elbrus
It is a dormant volcano in the Caucasus Mountains in Southern Russia, near the border with Georgia.
200
To Complain
Kvetch
300
Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family?
There are nine Mustards in the family. Since each daughter shares the same brother, there are six girls, one boy and Mr. and Mrs. Mustard.
300
Which turkey brand hosts a Thanksgiving hotline every year?
Daily Double: How many calls per year does the hotline receive? (closest number wins)
Butterball
100,000 calls
300
What animal, other than the two famous dogs, was sent to space?
Daily Double: What was the animal's name?
Monkey
Albert II
300
A famous reptile that shares his name with one of our guests today.
Crocodile Gena
300
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"It means you're grand" OR "to me you're beautiful"
400
What starts with the letter P ands with the letter E and has a 1000 letters in it?
Post Office :)
400
What type of meat was served at the first Thanksgiving?
Venison
400
what rocket delivered manned flight to the moon?
Saturn
400
What is the name of the prince in Swan Lake?
Siegfried
400
Who was the first Jew?
Abraham
500
Two fathers and their two sons went fishing. Everyone caught one fish, but when they got home, there were only 3 fish? They didn't lose or eat any. How did this happen?
The two fathers were a grandfather and father, with the father's son
500
Which U.S. President set the date that we currently celebrate Thanksgiving?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
500
what year was the flight to the moon?
july 20 1969
500
How many husbands has Alla Pugachova had (including her present one)?
Daily Double: Who are they?
5
Mykolas Orbakas
Alexander Stefanovich
Evgeniy Boldin
Phillip Kirkorov
Maxim Galkin