Riddles
2, 3, 5, 9, 17, _ What is the next number in the sequence?
33. The pattern: Double the previous number and subtract 1.
Record number of points scored by a player in an NBA game
100 - Wilt Chamberlain
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday
The Beatles - Yesterday
Which building has its own zip code?
The Empire State Building
What U.S. president had the shortest life?
John F. Kennedy.
A Boy And A Doctor Went Fishing. The Boy Was The Doctor's Son But The Doctor Wasn't The Boy's Father. Who Is The Doctor?
The boy's mother
NHL career shutouts leader?
Martin Brodeur - 125
Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby, I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace
Beyoncé - Halo
What’s the only Brooklyn neighborhood that shares its name with a Disney movie?
Dumbo
Who was the only unanimously elected President by the Electoral College?
George Washington
If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?
11 o'clock plus 2 hours = 1 o'clock
9 o'clock plus 5 hours = 2 o'clock
Football (soccer) player with most career Red Cards?
Gerardo Bedoya - 46
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone
Billy Joel - Piano Man
Some New Yorkers keep the females as pets, but it’s illegal to keep the males.
Chickens/roosters
How many US presidents have we had?
44; Trump is 45th, but Grover Cleveland served in office from 1885 to 1889 and then again from 1893 to 1897, is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president.
I Have Keys But No Locks. I Have A Space But No Room. You Can Enter, But Can’t Go Outside. What Am I?
Keyboard
Who holds MLB stolen base record?
Rickey Henderson - 1,406 bases. Nicknamed the "Man of Steal", he is widely regarded as baseball's greatest leadoff hitter and baserunner. Also holds a single-season SB record with 130.
Dream the same thing every night
I see our freedom in my sight
No locked doors, no windows barred
No things to make my brain seem scarred
Metallica - Welcome Home (sanitarium)
What is Times Square named after?
The New York Times
Who was the only U. S. President to also serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
William Howard Taft
Only one color, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.
What is it?
Shadow
NFL career interception record
Paul Krause
Entertainment is changing, intertwining' with gangsters
In the land of the killers, a sinner's mind is a sanctum
Holy or unholy, only have one homie
Only this gun, lonely, 'cause don't anyone know me
Eminem - Sing For The Moment
Name a famous military action that took place in NYC
The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights is the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War, was fought in August 1776.
What does the “S” in Harry S. Truman’s name stand for?
Nothing.. The S in President Truman’s name is actually a compromise his parents made between both of his grandfather’s names, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young