Two-Letter Responses
This is a short and simple way of saying hello.
What is hi?
This river is the longest in the world?
What is the Nile River?
This country was the first to grant women the right to vote in national elections.
What is New Zealand?
The world’s first cloned sheep was named for this singer.
Who is Dolly Parton?
The three types of rocks are igneous, sedimentary, and this one.
What is metamorphic?
This is a number that represents the ratio of circumference to diameter of a circle.
What is pi?
This country has the longest unbroken coastline.
What is Canada?
This country is the only one in the world that has a flag that is neither square nor rectangular.
What is Nepal?
This unusual feature of sheep and goats gives them a wide field of vision.
What is rectangular pupils?
This mineral is the main material for microchips, processors, and memory chips.
What is silicon?
This instrument was carried by the tin man.
What is an ax?
This desert is the world’s largest.
What is the Antarctic Desert?
This substance is the hardest natural substance on earth.
What is the diamond?
It is illegal in Switzerland to own just one of these animals as they are prone to loneliness.
What are Guinea pigs?
This gem changes color depending on the light source, appearing greenish-blue in daylight and pink to red in incandescent light.
What is an alexandrite?
This word is an archaic form of the word “you.”
What is ye.
This river flows through the Grand Canyon.
What is the Colorado River?
This planet is the largest in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
Newborn Guinea pigs are called this.
What are pups?
This national park is home to the rock formation El Capitan.
What is Yosemite National Park?
This is the symbol for the element mercury.
What is Hg?
This continent is the second largest in the world.
What is Africa?
This person was the first to win Nobel Prizes in two different fields.
Who is Marie Curie?
This animal pulls one leg close to its body to conserve heat.
What is a flamingo?
Ancient Greeks wore this gem believing it would protect them from intoxication. (It did not.)
What is an amethys?