History
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Riddles 1
Riddles 2
100

Explain why the Suez Canal was built.


To allow ships a shortcut to Asia.

100

Who was the actual Lightning Thief?

Luke

100

In "The Amigo Brothers", who won the fight?

We didn't find out

100

Without me Thanksgiving and Christmas are incomplete, when I’m on the table everyone tends to overeat. What am I?

Turkey

100

When I’m ripe, I’m green, when you eat me, I’m red, and when you spit me out, I’m black. What am I?

A watermelon

200

Who was this person?


Shaka Zulu

200

Who did Doctor Korczak help?

orphans

200

In "The War of the Wall", it took place during what war?

The Vietnam War

200

I sometimes run, but I cannot walk. What am I?

 Your nose

200

Cats have four, bugs have four, but school has six. What are they?

Letters

300

The "Czar" was the leader of what country?

Russia

300

Who is Kronos?

The leader of the Titans / Father of Zeus

300

In "The War of the Wall", who was the painter woman?

A cousin of Jimmy Lyons (the guy who died in the Vietnam War)

300

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

A map

300

What’s really easy to get into, and hard to get out of?

Trouble

400

The addictive drug that the British sold to the Chinese

opium

400

Where was Misha shot?

In the ear/earlobe

400

In "What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything?", what did the man say was the cure for unhappiness?

What a person needs is always more than they say / generosity

400

Which question can you never answer "yes" to?

"Are you sleeping?"

400

What has a thousand needles but cannot sew?

A porcupine

500

When Japan ended the rule of shoguns and put an emperor back on the throne, this was called the __________________.

Meiji Restoration

500

Who is Greta?

A horse

500

Explain the ending of "What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything?"

Willie's mother forced the homeless man to leave and Willie became angry that she is not kind and always depressed

500

I jump when I walk and sit when I stand. What am I?

A kangaroo

500

I can be bigger than you but weigh nothing at all. What am I?

Your shadow

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