Famous Literary Characters
This orphaned boy is known for his adventures in Neverland and his ability to fly.
Who is Peter Pan?
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
What is an echo?
There are three houses: one red, one blue, and one green. The red house is to the left of the blue house. The blue house is to the right of the green house. Where is the red house?
What is to the left of the blue house?
If I am an odd number, take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
What is seven? (Remove the "s" and it becomes "even.")
What has keys but can't open locks and is known to provide cookies
What is a computer?
This young woman disguises herself as a man to join her father's army in Shakespeare's play.
Who is Portia?
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
What are footsteps?
A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die. How many sheep does he have left?
What is 9?
I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is five more than my one’s digit, and my hundred’s digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I?
What is 194?
What gets wetter the more it dries, and sometimes touches your face, too?
What is a towel?
This character, created by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is known for his lavish parties and unrequited love for Daisy Buchanan.
Who is Jay Gatsby?
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
What is a candle?
You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?
What is because all the people were married?
If two's company and three's a crowd, what are four and five?
What is nine?
I have teeth but cannot bite, and I’m often used when folks want to get their hair just right. What am I?
What is a comb?
This clever, hobbit-like creature is known for his "precious" ring and his journey throughout Tolkien's epic saga.
Who is Gollum?
I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
What is a bank?
In a family of six members P, Q, R, S, T, and U, there are two married couples. T is a lawyer and is married to P. Q is the doctor and is the brother of R. S is the sister of U. How is S related to P?
What is sister-in-law?
You have a rectangular garden that is 20 feet long and 15 feet wide. What is the area of the garden in square feet?
What is 300 square feet? (Area = length × width, so 20 ft × 15 ft = 300 ft²)
What can you catch but not throw, and it won't make you a star, even if it glows?
What is a cold?
This brilliant detective resides at 221B Baker Street and is famous for his use of deductive reasoning.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
What has keys but can't open locks?
What is a piano?
You have a 3-gallon jug and a 5-gallon jug, and you need to measure out exactly 4 gallons of water. You start with both jugs empty. What are the steps you need to take to achieve this?
Fill the 5-gallon jug to the top, then pour from the 5-gallon jug into the 3-gallon jug until the 3-gallon jug is full. You’ll have 2 gallons left in the 5-gallon jug. Empty the 3-gallon jug, then pour the 2 gallons from the 5-gallon jug into the 3-gallon jug. Now fill the 5-gallon jug again to the top, and pour from the 5-gallon jug into the 3-gallon jug until the 3-gallon jug is full. Since there were already 2 gallons in the 3-gallon jug, it can only take 1 more gallon, leaving exactly 4 gallons in the 5-gallon jug.
A number is multiplied by 2 and then increased by 10 to give a result of 50. What is the number?
What is 20? (Let the number be x; 2x + 10 = 50, so 2x = 40 and x = 20.)
What runs around the yard without ever moving and gives the best view when it’s finally grooving?
What is a fence?