Riddles
History or Social Studies
Fractions
Percy Jackson
100

What is full of holes but still holds water?

A sponge

100

Who was the first French explorer to reach Canada?

Jacques Cartier

100

Simplify 17/34

1/2

100

Who are known as 'the big three'?

Zeus, Poseidon, Hades

200

If we are in a race. I'm in second place, then you pass me. What place are you in now?

second

200

Name three acts that the English imposed on the 13 colonies.

Tea act, Stamp act, Sugar Act, Intolerable Acts, etc

200

Name any equivalent fraction to 1/4

2/8,  4/16, 6/24 etc

200

Who is married to Aphrodite?

Hephestus

300

How can a net hold water?

When the water is frozen

300

Which two countries fought in the war of 1812?

(remember who they were at the time of the war)

America and England (BNA)

300

Convert 14/3 to a mixed number

4 2/3

300

What is the second book in the Percy Jackson series called?

Sea of Monsters

400

Many have heard me, but no one has seen me.

I will not speak back until spoken to.

What am I?

An Echo

400

What was the name of the French king who sent Cartier on his exploration?

King Francis I

400

Convert  1 2/5 to an improper fraction

7/5

400

What job is Grover given at the end of The Lightening Thief?

Searcher

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