What Am I?
Vocab
Brain Teaser
Name the flaw
Riddles
100
I am hot. I live in the sky. I disappear in the night. What am I?
What is The Sun
100
a reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an idea or an actions is either right or wrong?
What is Argument
100
is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister? Why?
What is No, he is dead
100
drawing a general conclusion from specific evidence
What is Generalization
100
What goes up and down the stairs without moving?
What is, The rug
200
I run but never walk, I have a mouth but never talk. I have a bed but never sleep. What Am I/
What is A River
200
An explanation that supports a conclusions
What is Reason
200
3 men went on a boat. It started to rain. 2 got their hair wet and 1 did not. How?
What is, The last one was bald.
200
To justify an an action on the basis that someone else is doing it too.
What is Tu Quoque
200
What can you catch but not throw?
What is, A cold
300
I have an eye but cannot see. I am stronger and faster than any man alive but have no limbs. Who Am I?
What is A Hurricane
300
facts; beliefs or observations
What is Reason
300
Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
What is Mt. Everest. it just wasn't discovered
300
Reasons from 1 possibility through a series of events that are not connected
What is Slippery Slope
300
No sooner spoken than broken, what is it?
What is, Silence
400
All about, but cannot be seen, Can be captured, cannot be held, No throat, but can be heard. Who Am I?
What is Wind
400
an argument that opposes another arguement
What is Counter Argument
400
A girl is sitting in a house at night that has no lights on at all. There is no lamp, no candle, nothing. Yet she is reading. How?
What is, The woman is blind and is reading braille.
400
Presents a limited picture of choices available in a situation order to support one particular option
What is restricting the options
400
Give me food and I will live, give me water and I will die?
What is, A fire
500
Until I am measured I am not known, Yet how you miss me When I have flown. Who Am I?
What is Time
500
deciding whether or not an argument is good or weak.
What is Evaluation
500
There is a man on an island prison, he cannot swim. One day he escapes using nothing but himself. There is no bridge. How does he do it?
What is, He escapes in the winter when the body of water surrounding the island is frozen. He simply walks away.
500
distorts an opposing view in order to dismiss it
What is Straw person
500
What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
What is, A stamp
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