Riddles
Reading
Not Soaring
Texas Rivers
Ho Hum De Dum
100

What type of music do rabbits listen to?

Hip hop

100

Song used to teach the alphabet to children using the same melody as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"

The ABC Song

100

The largest flightless bird

Ostrich

100

Known as the Rio Bravo (del Norte) in Mexico / 1,896 miles long / 4th longest river in North America / originates in Colorado and flows thru Albuquerque, NM & El Paso, TX, along Big Bend National Park and into the Gulf of Mexico / only 20% of the river's water reaches the Gulf of Mexico

Rio Grande

100

Rocky island nation known for 40 shades of green

Ireland

200

What has hands but can't clap?

A clock

200
Third largest technology company in the world / the parent company of Google

Alphabet Inc.

200

Aquatic flightless bird with flippers for swimming - located in the Southern Hemisphere

Penguin

200

The 14th longest river in the USA, at 1,280 miles.  The Spanish name means River of the Arms of God.  Enters the Gulf of Mexico at Freeport, Texas.

Brazos River

200
Traditional dance form, featured in Riverdance

Irish Dancing

300

What has 13 hearts but no other organs?

A deck of cards

300

This comes in a can that contains Pasta in the shape of letters - in a broth

Alphabet Soup

300

Flightless bird of New Zealand with a long beak

Kiwi

300

Longest river with both its source and mouth in Texas.  862 miles long.  The river flows through Austin, Columbus, and Wharton, and its mouth is at Matagorda Bay.

Colorado River

300

The missionary who used the 3-leaf clover to explain the Holy Trinity.

Saint Patrick

400

What building has the most stories?

A library

400

Library classification system which allows books to be located by subject

Dewey Decimal System

400

Emus are the 3rd largest bird, flightless, and from Australia.  True or False - Is the Emu in the Liberty Mutual commercial a real Emu?

True -  2 Emus - Doug and David - star in the role
400

Originating in the Texas panhandle.  Flows eastward, bordering Oklahoma and for a short time Arkansas.  Flows into Arkansas and Louisiana, ending in the Atchafalaya River.  1,360 miles long.

The Red River of the South

400

The Potato Famine occurred during

A)  1820 to 1827

B)  1845 to 1852

C)  1891 to 1898

B)  1845 to 1852

500

What kind of running means walking?

Running out of gas

500

What do the following have in common?

Romeo, Juliett, Tango, Foxtrot, Lima, Quebec

NATO Phonetic Alphabet

500

4th largest bird, flightless, from South America

Rhea

500

360 mile river. /  The name comes from the Spanish word for cypress. / This river discharges the largest volume of water of any river in Texas. / Originates in Northeastern Texas and flows southeast and south. /  Shares a boundary with Louisiana

Sabine River

500

According to Irish folklore, a diminutive supernatural being / sometimes depicted as a bearded fairy

Leprechaun

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