Riddles
Chess
Disney & Pixar
Translating
Situations
100
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 in the family?
Four sisters and three brothers.
100
Who's the best chess player?
Magnus Carlsen
100
Who voices Edna Mode in The Incredibles?
Brad Bird
100
Я люблю апельсины!
I love oranges!
100
There is an object in a backpack in front of you that looks like a bomb. Reporting it will mean the whole school has to evacuate. You are not sure if it is a bomb and if you do report it, it may seem like a prank to the cops. What are you going to do?
It was a bomb.
200
How can the number four be half of five?
When it is in roman numerals. IV, the Roman numeral for four, which is “half” (two letters) of the word five.
200
How many squares are there on a chess board?
64
200
How tall is Mirabel from Encanto?
5'2"
200
Paryžius - Prancūzijos sostinė
Paris - the capital of France
200
You have time travelled back in time and there are three buttons in front of you. A red button, a yellow button and a blue button. You will only remain there for 5 minutes. One of the buttons will cause a nuclear bomb to drop on Germany, but once you arrive back in your time, all the after-effects would be gone. One of the buttons will prevent World War I and II from ever happening and the third will do nothing. Pressing no button will mean everything goes as it would normally.
Pressing No Button - Half Points
Pressing Red (World War I and II never happened) - Full Points
Pressing Yellow (Nothing Happens) - Half Points
Pressing Blue (Bomb Dropped on Germany) - No Points
300
A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?
A is D’s uncle.
300
How many pieces (in total) are there on a chess board?
32
300
What is the name of Merida’s horse in Brave?
Angus
300
La oss dra på ferie sammen!
Let's go on vacation together!
300
You travel back in time to the day prior to 9/11. You have the opportunity to tell Air Traffic Control which flights are going to be hijacked. How are you going to convince them without making yourself look crazy? You can not show any video feed since you have travelled before it happened.
Points given based on response.
400
How is seven different from the rest of the numbers between one and ten?
Seven has two syllables and the other numbers only have one syllable.
400
How many moves are required for the quickest checkmate?
2 (The Fool's Mate)
400
In the movie Cars, what color is Sally Carrera?
Blue
400
Jeg har lyst til at spise pizza lige nu
I want to eat pizza right now
400
There is a new virus going around called "Amalucel" which kills people who have it if they are over 20. Kids who have it will survive. There is a new vaccine that scientists think may work as a cure. The only way to know is to test it on someone who has the virus but isn't dying from it (a kid). The vaccine could potentially kill the kid, but if it works, humanity will be saved. Are you going to inject the kid?
The virus will NOT work and will end up killing the kid.
Full Points for not injecting.
No points for injecting.
500
What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
Your left hand.
500
What's the best move?
Qc7+, followed by Qxa5, forks the white king and rook.
500
In Ratatouille, what is the name of the restaurant Colette, Linguine, and Remy open at the end of the movie?
La Ratatouille
500
Stambuł znajduje się w Turcji
Istanbul is located in Turkey
500
A new robot manufacture company has designed new police robots to monitor the streets. The robots are extremely effective at doing their job but must be linked to someones consciousness at all times. The company wants to link the robots consciousness to you, but if the robots go rogue, they would have to kill you to stop the robots. They are willing to pay you up to 100 million dollars to do this, are you doing it?
Points given based on response.