Short Riddles
Gen Z Acronyms/ Expressions
Mathematics
Food
ELA
100

An electric train is going south at 200 mph. Which way is the smoke blowing?

There's no smoke - it's an electric train

100

What is the acronym for 'laugh out loud'?

LOL

100

What is 1/4 in Percent?

25

100

It's color is it's name.

What is a ORANGE?

100

What is a noun?

What is a person, place, thing, or idea.

200

If your uncle’s sister is not your aunt, what relation is she to you?

Your MOM

200

What is the acronym for 'hit me up'?

HMU
200

What operation do you do first? 

46 + 90 + 61 - 28 + (5 x 9)

( 5 x 9)

200

Iconic movie food at movie theaters?

What is POPCORN?

200

When writing a constructed response, what format do you use?

Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain

300

I sleep during the day and hide away.
I open at dawn’s light.
I only shine for the briefest time,
Then hide away and sleep through the day.
What am I?

I am SUNRISE

300

What is the acronym for 'to be honest'?

TBH

300

Solve. 5x5x5-1

124

300

You hold this vegetable by both ends when eating it.

What is CORN ON THE COB?

300

"His heart was a broken arrow." is an example of what?

What is a METAPHOR?

400

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

A MAP

400

An expression used to describe how great a person has put themselves together (specifically eyebrows or hair)

FLEEK/ FLEEKY

400

Solve the problem.    

3 x 3 + 6 x 12 + 53 - 26

108

400

Medium sized with a rough brown exterior, kind of fuzzy.

What is a COCONUT ?

400

Christmas is a lovely time of year.  Trees are trimmed with exquisite ornaments, and houses are illuminated with bright strings of lights.
Which phrase means the same as exquisite?

Many         Beautiful         Extra          Large  

What is Beautiful?

500

What five-letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?

SWIMS

500

'Friend' or be used to show disgust or excitement.

BRUH

500

Solve. 53 - (- 28)

81

500

Green on the outside, Red/Pink on the inside.

What is a WATERMELON?

500

This is the term used to describe a perspective from which a story is told

Theme                 Or                 Point of View 

What is Point of VIEW?

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