Capital Cities
Natural Disasters
British vs American English
Homophones
Riddles
100

Italy

Rome

100

This one is a scorcher! These are formed when magma from the earth's upper mantle works its way to the surface.

Volcano

100

British people refer to the most popular sport in the world as 'football'. What do Americans call it?

Soccer

100

A naked mammal that lives in the forest and likes eating honey.

Bare Bear

100

A murderer is condemned to death. He must choose between 3 rooms.

The first is full of raging fires. The second is full of assassins with loaded guns. The third is full of lions who haven't eaten in years.

Which room is the safest?

The third one. The lions would have died of starvation long ago.

200

Canada

Ottawa

200

Also called 'twisters', these form when warm, moist air collides with air which is cool and dry.

Tornadoes 

200

Americans call this part of a car the 'trunk'.

Boot

200

Past participle of 'to be' and a type of legume.

Been Bean

200

What was the largest island in the world before Australia was discovered?

Australia! It was still there, just not discovered.

300

Mexico

Mexico City

300

Translating from Japanese to 'harbor wave', this water-based natural disaster can wipe out everything in its path.

Tsunami

300

British people call this a 'lift'.

Elevator

300

A group of musicians, and something that is not allowed.

Band Banned

300

A window cleaner is cleaning a window on the 25th floor of a build when, suddenly, he slips and falls. He has no safety equipment and nothing soft to fall on, and yet he is not hurt.

How is this possible?

He was inside cleaning the windows.

400

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

400

Its impact being measured on something called the 'Richter' scale, this trembling natural disaster destroyed much of Christchurch, New Zealand in 2011.

Earthquake

400

In America it is called an apartment, but in British countries it is called a ___________.

Flat

400

A tiny six-legged insect and your parent's sister.

Ant Aunt

400

A man calls his dog from the opposite side of a river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat.

How did he do it?

The river was frozen.

500

Egypt

Cairo

500

This natural disaster, snow which slides down a mountain at impressive speeds, is devastating to skiers.

Avalanche

500

Want some potato chips? That's fine if you're in America, but if you're in England you should really call them _________.

Crisps

500

A boy or man, and something sent to your house.

Male Mail

500

A father and son have a car accident and are both badly hurt. They are both taken to separate hospitals. When the boy is taken in for an operation, the surgeon (doctor) says 'I can not do the surgery because this is my son'. How is this possible?

The surgeon is a woman. The boy's mother!

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