RIDDLES
Student riddles
Vocab
Geography
random
100

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

a map

100

I steal sleep, create stress, and appear at the end of every semester. What am I?

finals week

100

To take someone somewhere by bus 

bus 

100

I border the most countries in the world, yet I am not Russia.

China

100

I am an infinite number hidden inside every circle.

π

200

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?

The letter “M” 

200

I grow larger the closer the deadline gets, even though the work stays the same. What am I?

Panic

200

a statement of your befilefs 

credo 

200

I am the world’s largest desert, but I am freezing cold.

Antarctica

200

I am the famous movie about a sinking ship.

Titanic

300

I am not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

a fire

300

What place is full of people but completely silent during finals?

The library

300

adjective extreme,excessive or unreasonable 

extravagant 

300

There is constant debate over whether I am the world’s longest river.

Nile river 

300

“Why so serious?” made me legendary.

Joker

400

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?

4 sisters and 3 brothers

400

The less prepared you are for me, the more important I become. What am I?

An exam

400

someone who is very good at something 

wizard

400

I am the only city located on two continents.

Istanbul


400

I was the first human to step onto the Moon.

Nile Armstrong 

500

The more you know me, the harder I am to find. What am I?

A mistake

500

I am bought for learning but mostly used for copying. What am I?

A notebook 


500

a state of excitement or uncontrolled activity.

turmoil

500

I am the largest ocean on Earth, yet my name means “peaceful.”

Pacific Ocean

500

I was known as the “King of Pop.”

Michael Jackson

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