Riddles
Month of December
Random Facts
Art/Paintings
The Body
100

A man was driving his truck. His lights weren’t on. The moon was not out. There were no streetlights. Up ahead, a woman was crossing the street. Luckily, the truck driver stopped in time—how did he see her?

It was daytime

100

Name two holidays that some people celebrate in December.

Hannukah       Kwanzaa

Christmas       New Years

100

Name the only continent on which spiders and snakes don't live.

Antarctica

100

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Leonardo da Vinci

100

What do red blood cells do?

Carry Oxygen

200

What thrives when you feed it but dies when you water it?

A Fire

200

This sweet food has a special shape, and is usually red and white

A candy cane

200

What's the smallest planet in our solar system?

Mercury

200

This artist made artwork using large cutouts of painted paper and arranging them to his satisfaction.  

Matisse

200

Carbohydrates start digestion where?

In the mouth

300

What has branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves?

A Bank

300

This is the traditional object that is used to hold Hanukkah candles.

a menorah

300

What is the name of the longest river in South America?

The Amazon River

300

A mark with greater length than width. It can be straight, curved, horizontal, vertical, thick & thin.

a line

300

Give an example of a Short bone

Tarsals, Carpals

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

On December 23, 1888, this artist cut off his ear

Vincent Van Gogh

400

What fruit has the most vitamin C

Kiwi

400

The color you get when you mix a primary color with an adjacent secondary color

tertiary color

400

What is the difference between tendons and ligaments

Tendons connect muscle to bone

Ligaments connect bone to bone

500

There are three apples, and you take two, how many do you have?

2

500

The Christmas tree, a traditional symbol of the Holiday, originated from what country

Germany

500

Hematology is the study of what?

Blood

500

This is what you call adding white to a color.

Whats a tint

500

What type of muscle is voluntary

skeletal

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