Riddle Me This
Which is heavier: A pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weight a pound
What are the 5 basic senses?
Touch, sight, smell,hearing, taste
Many of the animal noises in Avatar (2009) are recycled from what movie?
Jurassic Park
What is the name of the process where a substance goes directly from a solid to a gas without becoming a liquid?
Sublimation
Crustaceans
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps
What does an antibiotic do?
treat bacterial infection. They are not effective against infections(viruses)
This economic crisis, beginning with the stock market crash of 1929, caused worldwide unemployment and hardship.
Great Depression
What’s the name of the protein in blood that carries oxygen?
Hemoglobin
Costa Rica borders which two countries?
Panama and Nicaragua
What can be broken without ever being touched or picked up?
Silence (also accepting trust)
According to the national fire protection association (NFPA) your smoke detector batteries should be replaced how often?
Once a year
This explorer is credited with the first recorded European landing on the east coast of Australia in 1770.
Captain James Cook
What is the most electronegative element on the periodic table?
Fluorine
What is a word that reads the same backwards and forwards called?
A palindrome
A boat filled with people floats across a lake. When you look at it you do not see a single person on it. How?
They were all married couples.
How much of our brain do we use?
100% of it, all of the time. The idea that we only use 10% is a myth!
What do the stripes on the American flag represent?
13 colonies
What is the term for the measure of disorder or randomness in a system?
Entropy
What landmass on Earth is known as the "Island Continent?"
Australia
A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
Four sisters and three brothers
What's the biggest difference between alligator and crocodiles?
Their snout shape: alligators have a wide, U shape snout while crocodiles have a skinny, V-shaped snout
Who invited the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
A, C, and T, are three of the letters used to represent parts of DNA. What's the fourth one?
G
What is the smallest fish in the world?
A dwarf minnow