Nature
Living creatures
the English language
Parts of Speech
Brain teasers
100

How many colors are there in the rainbow?

7

100

What continent are panda bears native to?

Asia

100

How many letters has the English language got?

26

100

The ADVERTISEMENT was rather strange.


noun

100

What has hands and a face, but can’t hold anything or smile?


A clock.

200

What is the boiling point of water?

100 Degrees Celsius

200

How many teeth does an adult human have?

32

200

According to Oxford Dictionaries, “...” is the most commonly used English letter, and “Q” is the letter used the least.

letter "E"

200

Her MYSTERIOUS disappearance puzzled me.

adjective

200

What is full of holes but still holds water?


A sponge

300

What is the name of our galaxy?

Milky Way

300

Which mammal can't jump?

Elephant

300

How many words does the English language include?

It has been estimated that the vocabulary of English includes about 1 million words, but the average English speaker only knows between 20,000 and 30,000 words.

300

The balloon SHOOK violently from side to side.

verb

300

What  always comes down but never goes up?


Rain

400

How many oceans are there on our planet?

5 - The Pacific Ocean, The Atlantic Ocean, The Indian Ocean, The Arctic Ocean, The Southern Ocean.

400

How many hearts does an octopus have?

3

400

How many new words did William Shakespeare, the famous English poet and playwright of the 16th century, invent and add to the English language?

1) 100    2) 500    3) 1000

1000

400

When she noticed us, she shouted CHEERFULLY.

adverb

400

What has to be broken before you can eat it?


An egg

500

How many countries does Russia border?

Russia (including the region of Kaliningrad) borders 14 countries Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, North Korea, Norway, Poland and the Ukraine.

500

Are zebras black with white stripes or white with black stripes?

black with white stripes

500

Lucky chance! Read this PANGRAM.

A pangram is a sentence that contains every letter from the alphabet.

“The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.”

500

Ted was walking ALONG the almost-deserted beach.

preposition

500

A man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat. How?


The river is frozen.

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