Riddle Me This
The more of them you take, the more you leave behind.
What are footsteps?
If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one every half hour, this is how long the pills will last.
What is 1 hour? (You take the first one immediately, the second at 30 minutes, and the third at 60 minutes).
Fact or Fiction: Goldfish only have a memory span of three seconds.
What is Fiction? (Scientists have proven goldfish can remember things for months and can even be trained to do tricks).
This island country is famous for its unique wildlife like kangaroos, koalas, and the Tasmanian devil.
What is Australia?
If you rearrange the letters of the word "EARTH," you get this vital organ that pumps blood through your body.
What is the HEART?
It has hands but cannot clap, and a face but no eyes.
What is a clock?
A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 of them run away. This is how many sheep the farmer has left.
What is 9? ("All but 9" means 9 stayed).
Fact or Fiction: Humans use only 10% of their brains.
What is Fiction? (We use virtually every part of our brain, and most of it is active all the time).
Despite its name, over 80% of this massive island country is actually covered in ice and glaciers, not greenery.
What is Greenland?
It starts with a yellow dairy product you spread on toast, and ends with an annoying flying bug.
What is a BUTTERFLY?
David’s father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and this boy.
Who is David?
In a race, if you overtake and pass the person who is currently in 2nd place, you are now in this place.
What is 2nd place? (You took their spot, not 1st).
Fact or Fiction: Bananas grow on trees.
What is Fiction? (The banana plant is actually a giant herbaceous plant, or a mega-herb, not a tree, because it doesn't have a woody stem).
You can stand in four US states at the exact same time at the "Four Corners" monument. Name two of those four states.
What are Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico? (Accept any two).
Decode the pattern: If A = 2, B = 4, and C = 6, this is the numerical value of the word "BED."
What is 22? (B=4, E=10, D=8 -> $4 + 10 + 8 = 22$).
I am full of holes, but I can still hold a ton of water.
What is a sponge?
Johnny’s mother has four children. Three are named April, May, and June. This is the name of the fourth child.
Who is Johnny?
Fact or Fiction: Sound travels faster through water than it does through the air.
What is Fact? (Water particles are closer together than air particles, allowing sound waves to travel about 4 times faster underwater).
This European country is shaped like a giant boot kicking a football (the island of Sicily).
What is Italy?
This 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to the end of it.
What is the word "SHORT"? (Adding "ER" makes it "SHORTER").
This is light as a feather, but even the strongest person on Earth can’t hold it for more than a few minutes.
What is their breath?
A red house is made of red bricks, and a blue house is made of blue bricks. This is what a green house is made of.
What is glass? (It's a greenhouse for plants!).
Fact or Fiction: Lightning never strikes the same place twice.
What is Fiction? (The Empire State Building gets struck by lightning about 25 times every single year).
This is the only continent on Earth that does not have a single native species of ants.
What is Antarctica?
If you look closely at a standard, unopened deck of playing cards, this is the total number of Queens inside the deck.
What is 4? (Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs, and Spades).