Brain Teasers
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch or catch me. What am I?
Your shadow.
Which colorful breakfast cereal, introduced in 1971, featured the Flintstones characters as mascots?
Fruity Pebbles
You're just too good to be true
________________________
Can't take my eyes off of you
You'd be like Heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Frankie Valli
In which game do players take turns carefully removing wooden blocks from a tower and placing them on top?
Jenga
On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant designated _________as the first national park in the United States and the world.
Yellowstone National Park
What is Starbucks’ logo?
A siren
I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
Fire.
In 1966, these toasted corn chips became the first tortilla chip available nationally in the United States.
Doritos
All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)
And the sky is gray (and the sky is gray)
I've been________________
____________________________
I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk)
On a winter's day (on a winter's day)
I'd be safe and warm (I'd be safe and warm)
If I was in L.A. (if I was in L.A.)
California Dreamin' by The Mamas & the Papas
In the board game Clue, which 3 things do you need to find out in order to win the game?
the killer, weapon, and location of the crime
How many continents are there?
There are seven continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia (listed from largest to smallest in size).
This protein makes the blood red in color.
Hemoglobin
What kind of coat is best put on wet?
A coat of paint.
What is the name of the white bread known for its soft texture and square shape, often referred to as "the bread of childhood"?
Wonder Bread
I'm every woman
It's all ____________
It's all in me
Anything you want done baby
I do it naturally
( by Chaka Khan)
During which game might you hear phrases like “Left foot on red” or “Right hand on yellow”?
Twister
Which country produces the most tea?
China
China: 2.2 million tons. The birthplace of tea, China leads the world in tea production. From green and white to oolong and pu-erh, the diversity of Chinese tea is astounding.
What is the name of the tallest grass on earth?
Bamboo. A type of bamboo was measured as 137.9 feet tall, making it the tallest grass in the world.
It cannot be seen, it weighs nothing, but when put into a barrel, it makes it lighter. What is it?
A Hole
Which American ice cream brand, founded by two friends in Vermont in 1978, is known for its quirky flavor names?
Ben & Jerry's
Caribbean queen
Now we're _________________
sharing the same dream
And our hearts they beat as one
No more love on the run
Caribbean queen (by Billy Ocean)
What game of chance was originally called 'Beano'?
Bingo.
In the U.S., bingo was originally called "beano". It was a country fair game where a dealer would select numbered discs from a cigar box and players would mark their cards with beans. They yelled "beano" if they won.
Guess the US State
Kool-Aid was invented here, as was the Reuben sandwich, but the state's most beloved native food is the runza -- a ground-beef-and-cabbage stuffed pastry.
Nebraska
Idaho
Kentucky
South Dakota
Nebraska.
One origin story holds that Reuben Kulakofsky, a Lithuanian-born Jewish grocer residing in Omaha, Nebraska, asked for a sandwich made of corned beef and sauerkraut at his weekly poker game held in the Blackstone Hotel from around 1920
How many bones does an octopus have?
Zero. The only hard structure it has is a beak, but that doesn’t count as a bone.
A bus driver goes the wrong way down a one-way street. He passes the police, but they don’t stop him. Why?
He was walking.
A&W, Barqs, and Mug are all brands of what drink?
Root Beer
And if you don't love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
________________________
You would never break the chain
(Chain by Fleetwood Mac)
In this classic game, believed to be about 500 years old, two players race to move their pieces from end to end across a board consisting of tall, narrow triangles.
Backgammon
Name the biggest Island in the world
Greenland (836,330 sq miles)
Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Rafael belong to which artistic period?
Renaissance