Riddles
What 5-letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?
SWIMS
Name the five sensory devices with the proper terminology
Gustatory, Auditory, Olfactory, Tactile, Visual
In classical music, what instruments usually comprise a string quartet?
Two violins, viola and a cello.
What has a neck but no head?
A bottle
What integer is the closest to the square root of 65?
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps
What does the technique “Round Character” mean?
Complex character with multiple layers to personality
What gas do humans need in order to live?
Oxygen
What is full of holes but still holds water?
Sponge
How many nouns are in the following sentence: "The rabbit ran to the cafeteria and ate a big salad"?
Three. The nouns are rabbit, cafeteria, and salad.
I am easy to lift, but hard to throw. What am I?
A feather
How many different types of ‘repetition’ literary devices are there? (+/-1)
18
What is the hardest mineral?
Diamond
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald
Which continent is the least populated?
Antarctica
Which fish costs the most?
A goldfish
How many different types of rhyme are there? (+/-1)
22
The Tropic of Capricorn is in which hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath
What type of animal can live on both water and land?
Amphibians
What is more useful when it is broken?
An egg
What is the difference between a film technique and a visual technique?
Film for moving images, visual for still images
The ancient Egyptian empire was based on what continent?
Africa
What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
Your left hand
In the sentence, “Sally is a very good person,” what part of speech is the word “very”?