Riddles
Friday, Jason and Jeff went to the store to buy some bread. The total of $12 was divided equally among the friends. Jason paid $4 and Jeff paid $4 as well. Who paid the other $4?
Who is: their friend Friday?
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
a) Rembrandt
b) Michelangelo
c) Leonardo da Vinci
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This American president is in the Wrestling Hall of Fame:
a) Ulysses S. Grant
b) Lyndon B Johnson
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) Abraham Lincoln
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
As of 2019, the most popular car color in the US is:
a) Red
b) Silver
c) Blue
d) White
What is White?
The average woman is ___ inches shorter than the average man:
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6
e) 7
What is 5?
In a one story house at the corner of the road, the bedrooms were yellow, the kitchen was blue, the living room was orange, the garage was green, the entry hall was red and the sitting room was purple. What color were the stairs?
What is: there are no stairs in a one-story house?
The color of a giraffe's tongue is:
a) Brown
b) Red
c) Black
d) Pink
e) White
What is Black?
Pope Gregory IV tried to exterminate these animals from Europe:
a) Rats
b) Bats
c) Cats
d) Flies
What is Cats?
(he said they were instruments of evil)
The team that scored the most points ever in a single Super Bowl:
a) Washington Redskins
b) New England Patriots
c) San Francisco 49ers
d) Buffalo Bills
Who is the San Francisco 49ers?
(55 points in 1990)
The most common first language in the world is:
a) Spanish
b) Mandarin Chinese
c) Pig Latin
d)English
e) Hindi
What is Mandarin Chinese?
People make me, keep me, change me, raise me, even though I can be very dirty. What am I?
What is Money?
In Disney's Cinderella, her two stepsisters are named:
a) Edna
b) Anastasia
c) Priscilla
d) Drizella
What is: Anastasia and Drizella?
In 79 AD, this volcano caused the destruction of Pompeii:
a) Mount Etna
b) Mount Vesuvius
c) Mount Ranier
What is Mt. Vesuvius?
The name for three consecutive strikes in bowling is:
a) Perfect Game
b) Flush
c) Turkey
d) Chop
What is a Turkey?
This country sees the most international tourists annually:
a) United States
b) Italy
c) China
d) France
e) Spain
What is France?
Which is not actually white:
a) Egg whites
b) The White House
c) polar bears
d) golf balls
e) milk
f) marshmallows
g) white onions
What is: Polar bears?
(their fur is colorless, each fur strand is actually transparent and pigment-free with a hollow core that reflects light)
How many eyes do bees have?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 6
d) 8
e) 12
What is 5?
(two large compound eyes and three smaller eyes in the center of its head)
Thomas Edison's most famous invention:
a) Phonograph
b) Film
c) Lightbulb
d) Movie Camera
What is the Lightbulb?
This country consumes the most chocolate:
a) United States
b) Mexico
c) Belgium
d) France
e) Switzerland
What is Switzerland?
The word "robot" comes from this language...
a) Czech
b) Italian
c) Spanish
d) German
What is Czech?
("robota" means forced labor/work)
What was the longest river in the world before the Amazon River was discovered?
What is the Amazon?
(because it was still the longest even before anyone discovered it)
The hardest substance in the human body is:
a) Tooth enamel
b) Bone spur
c) Kidney stone
What is Tooth enamel?
This is the year the first iPhone was released:
a) 2000
b) 2002
c) 2005
d) 2007
What is 2007?
According to the UN's 2020 World Happiness Report, this country has the happiest inhabitants:
a) Mexico
b) Iceland
c) Japan
d) Finland
e) Canada
What is Finland?
This planet is the lightest in weight:
a) Mercury
b) Saturn
c) Neptune
What is Saturn?
(It's so light that it would float in water, if there was an ocean big enough)