Riddles
What has many rings but no fingers?
A phone
There is only one country in the world that is also a continent. What is it?
Australia
What was the invention of Alexander Fleming?
Penicillin
How many official languages does the United Nations have?
Answer: Six (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish).
What has four fingers and a thumb, but is not living?
A: A glove
Which two countries share the longest international border?
Answer: Canada and the United States (about 8,891 km).
The world famous writer who was born and died on the same day?
Shakespeare
What is the smallest country in the world by land area?
Answer: Vatican City (only about 0.49 km²).
What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
A: A palm!
Which country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined?
Answer: Canada (it has about 60% of the world’s natural lakes
Which famous scientist’s brain was stolen after his death and studied for decades?
Albert Einstein (His brain was taken without permission and studied for its unique structure.)
Which country was the first to grant women the right to vote?
Answer: New Zealand (in 1893).
Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, two letters there are, and two only in me. I’m double, I’m single, I’m black blue and gray, I’m read from both ends, and the same either way. What am I?
Eye
Which country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined?
Answer: Canada (it has about 60% of the world’s natural lakes).
Which famous musician was nearly deaf but still composed some of the greatest symphonies of all time?
Ludwig van Beethoven (He continued composing even after losing most of his hearing.)
Which European country has had the most different forms of government since 1900?
Answer: France (it has gone through multiple republics, a monarchy, and occupation during World War II).
What can go through glass without breaking it?
A: Light
Which is the only country that has a flag that is not rectangular or square?
Answer: Nepal (its flag is made of two stacked triangles).
Who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes in different scientific fields?
Marie Curie (She won in Physics for radioactivity research and in Chemistry for discovering radium and polonium.) Entertainment & Music
Which country has the oldest still-functioning parliament in the world?
Answer: Iceland (its parliament, Althing, was established in 930 AD).