Riddles
Forward I’m heavy, but backward I’m not.
The word ton.
How much time does a light year represent?
Trick question; it represents distance, not time.
What is the only even prime number?
2.
The Nile River
What is the adverb in the following sentence? She ran quickly to the store.
Quickly.
The more you take away from me, the bigger I get. What am I?
A hole.
What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
A diamond.
What roman numeral stands for 50?
L.
What is the country with the most people?
China.
What is wrong with this statement?
It is a question, not a statement.
I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I?
A map
What planet spins on its side and has seasons lasting over 20 years?
Uranus
What is the only mammal capable of true flight?
A bat.
What is the U.S state that has the most active volcanos?
Alaska.
Receive.
I’m a three-digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit, and my hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I (get paper or something if needed)?
194
What is the chemical symbol for gold? (What is the symbol for gold on the periodic table?)
Au.
What is the color of a black hole?
Trick question; it absorbs all colors; therefore, it doesn't have a color.
What country is in both Europe and Asia?
Turkey.
What is a word that is spelled same both forward and backward?
A palindrome.
I'm never ending and shared by all, I have no start, but I am counted, strongest when compounded (put together), I raise mountains and turn stone to dust. What am I?
Time.
How many years until our sun turns into a supernova and explodes?
Trick question; never, our sun doesn't have enough mass to become a supernova.
(This is a special round. I will count down and everyone can guess!) Name a color starting with Q
Quartz
What is the smallest country in the world?
Correct the following sentence. Me and him went to the park.
He and I went to the park.