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Riddles
100

9 x 7

63

100

What planet is closest to the sun?

Mercury

100

What do we call the original 13 American colonies that became the United States?

The Thirteen Colonies

100

What type of word is “quickly”?

Adverb

100

What has to be broken before you can use it?

An egg

200

What is 144/12

12

200

What part of the plant makes food?

Leaves

200

What document declared America’s independence from Great Britain?

The Declaration of Independence

200

Which is correct: “Me and my friend went to the store” or “My friend and I went to the store”?

My friend and I went to the store.

200

I’m tall when I’m young, and short when I’m old. What am I?

A candle

300

A triangle has angles that add up to what total?

180 degrees

300

What type of energy is stored in food and released when your body uses it?

Chemical energy

300

Who was president during the Civil War?

Abraham Lincoln

300

What is the subject in this sentence: “The tall boy with the red hat ran home.”

The tall boy

300

What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?

A clock

400

What is the perimeter of a square with sides of 6 cm?

24 cm

400

What system in the human body controls your thoughts and movements?

Nervous system

400

What continent is Egypt in?

Africa

400

What is the correct form: affect or effect in this sentence—
“The weather can ___ your mood.”

Affect

400

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

Footsteps

500

What is 3/4 + 2/8?

1 or 8/8

500

What is the name of the force that keeps planets in orbit around the sun?

Gravity

500

What war was fought between the North and South regions of the United States? 

The Civil War

500

What literary device is used in this sentence:
“The wind whispered through the trees.”

Personification

500

A boy and his father get into a car crash. The father dies, and the boy is taken to the hospital. The surgeon says, “I can’t operate on him—he’s my son.” How is this possible?

The surgeon is his mother

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