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Riddles
100

What U.S. state is home to no documented poisonous snakes?

Alaska

100

How old was King Tutankhamun when he died?

19

100

Glycogen is the main way the body stores glucose—better known by what sweet common name?

Sugar

100

What app has a green owl as the mascot?

Duolingo

100

You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?

The match

200

What is the name of the river that flows through the Brazilian rainforest?

The Amazon

200

Which famous battle is widely considered a turning point in the wars between Persia and Greece?

The Battle of Marathon in 490 BC

200

What is the medical term for a sideways curvature of the spine which most commonly occurs in young adults during a growth spurt?

Scoliosis

200

Life's Good' is the slogan of which tech company?

LG

200

What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?

A chalkboard

300

What country does the Rhine River run through?

Germany

300

What was the name of the Category 5 hurricane that hit New Orleans and its surrounding areas in 2005?

Hurricane Katrina

300

Fill in the blank. "______ is the best medicine."

Laughter

300
What does SMS stand for?

Short Messaging Service

300

What has one head, one foot and four legs?

A bed

400

How many stars are on the Australian flag?

6

400

The Klondike Gold Rush took place in which part of Canada?

Yukon

400

How many times a day must you take medication if your prescription reads "q.i.d."?

Four

400

What does OS stand for?

Operating system

400

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?

The word “not”

500

What country has pyramids older than Egypt?

Sudan

500

In which decade was the Canadian Pacific Railway completed?

1880s

500

What friar in the Austrian Empire is widely credited as the founder of genetics?

Gregor Mendel

500

What Harvard dropout co-founded Microsoft?

Bill Gates

500

With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?

A stapler

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