Word scramble
Logical Puzzles
Riddles
Science and nature
What category
100

TAC

What is a CAT?

100

You have two ropes. Each rope takes exactly one hour to burn, but they don't burn at a uniform rate. If you light one at both ends and the other at one end, how long will it take for the two ropes to burn completely?"

 What is 30 minutes? The rope lit at both ends will burn in half the time, and the second rope will burn out once the first is finished

100

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?

What is an echo?

100

This planet is known as the 'Red Planet' and is the fourth from the Sun

What is Mars?

100

Fish

Manatees 

Sharks

Whales

What are sea animals?

200

ELPAP

What is an APPLE?

200

A man is pushing his car along a road when he comes to a hotel. He shouts, 'I'm bankrupt!' What game is he playing?

What is monopoly?

200

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

What is darkness?

200

This element, symbolized by 'O', is essential for respiration in most living organisms.

What is oxygen?

200
  • Ice cream
  • Brownie
  • Cake
  • Pie
  • Cookies

What are desserts?

300

MOTE

What is a TOME?

300

You have three boxes. One contains only apples, one contains only oranges, and one contains both apples and oranges. Each box is incorrectly labeled. You are allowed to pick just one fruit from one box to determine the contents of all three boxes. Which box do you choose and what do you pick?

What is box labeled 'both'? Since it's incorrectly labeled, it will only contain either apples or oranges. This will immediately tell you the correct contents of the other two boxes 

300

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

What is a candle?

300

This natural disaster occurs when tectonic plates suddenly move along a fault line.

What is an earthquake?

300
  • The Catcher in the Rye
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
  • The Great Gatsby
  • 1984
  • Pride and Prejudice

What are classic novels?

400

CRATE

What is a CATER?

400

You are in a room with three light switches. Each switch controls one of three light bulbs in the next room, but you cannot see the bulbs from the room with the switches. How can you determine which switch controls which bulb if you are only allowed to enter the room with the bulbs once?

Turn on the first switch and leave it on for a few minutes. Turn it off, then turn on the second switch. Go into the other room. The bulb that's on is controlled by the second switch. The bulb that's off but warm is controlled by the first switch. The bulb that's off and cold is controlled by the third switch.

400

What has keys but can't open locks?

What is a piano?

400

This process in plants involves converting sunlight into energy

What is photosynthesis?

400
  • Sardinia
  • Corsica
  • Sicily
  • Crete
  • Cyprus

What are Mediterranean Islands?

500

LAPSE

What is PEALS?

500

You are in a dark room with a match, a candle, and a gas stove. You have to light one of them. Which do you light first?

What is the match?

500

I’m taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?

What is pencil lead?

500

Avogadro's number?

6.02 x 1023

500
  • Hamlet
  • Othello
  • Macbeth
  • King Lear
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream

What are Shakespeare's plays?

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