US Rivers
The largest river system in North America, this river is more than 2,300 miles long. It runs through, or borders, ten states in the United States before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. Major cities along the river include Minneapolis, St. Louis and Memphis.
Mississippi River
Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?
egg
Q: Which city is home to the world's largest natural habitat zoo
Ashboro
Q: What is the largest and strongest bone in the human body?
the femur
Q: What is a baby rabbit called?
kit
This river once used to flow into the Lake Michigan, but in 1900 its flow was reversed using a series of locks, and the river now flows into the Sanitary and Ship Canal. This river is dyed green every year on St. Patrick's Day
Chicago River
Riddle: What has legs, but doesn't walk?
Table
Which North Carolina town is the oldest, incorporated in 1705?
Bath
Q: What is the most commonly broken bone in the body?
The clavicle (collarbone).
Q: How many toes does a rabbit have on its front paws?
5
The largest river in volume flowing into the Pacific Ocean from North America. This river starts from the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia and also flows through Washington. Portland in Oregon is one of the major cities on this river.
Columbia River
Riddle: What has one head, one foot and four legs?
a bed
Q: In which town was the popular soft drink Pepsi-Cola invented in 1893?
New bern
Q: How many bones are in the average adult human body
206
Q: What is the name of the rabbit in Bambi?
thumper
This river is 981 miles long and carries the largest volume of water of any upper tributary of the Mississippi. It forms part of the border between quite a few states, including Ohio and West Virginia and between Illinois and Kentucky.
Ohio River
Riddle: I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
a map
Q: Which coastal city is home to the WWII battleship U.S.S. North Carolina?
Q: How many bones are in a human hand (including the wrist)?
54
Q: What is a female rabbit called
doe
From where does the Rio Grande river originate?
Colorado
Riddle: What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and white when you throw it away?
Answer: Charcoal.
Q: Which city is known as "Bull City"?
Durham (derived from Bull Durham Tobacco).
Q: What connects bones to other bones?
Ligaments.
Q: What is the famous catchphrase of Bugs Bunny?
"What's up, Doc?"