Mystery Vocabulary
Fractions
Geography
Riddles 1
Riddles 2
100
A person who has been harmed or wronged in the crime
Who is the victim?
100
The top of the fraction
What is the numerator?
100
The continent we are currently on
What is North America?
100
I’m where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow’s in the middle. What am I?
What is the dictionary?
100
What can’t be used until it’s broken?
What is an egg?
200
The person who works to solve the mystery
Who is the detective?
200
The bottom of the fraction
What is the denominator?
200
Country above the United States
What is Canada?
200
There is one in a minute and two in a moment, but only one in a million years. What is it?
What is the letter M?
200
If you started spelling out numbers (one, two, three, and so on), how far would you have to go until you found the letter A?
What is one thousand?
300
A fact or item that gives a detective information
What is a clue?
300
Simplify this fraction:
7/21
What is 1/3?
300
The continent is Ghana in
What is Africa?
300
What six-letter word can you make with these letters? LIEG
What is giggle?
300
From the beginning of eternity To the end of time and space To the beginning of every end And the end of every place. What am I?
What is the letter E?
400
An excuse for not being somewhere or doing something
What is an alibi?
400
Simplify this fraction:
18/45
What is 2/5?
400
The biggest continent
What is Asia?
400
What belongs to you but others use it far more often than you use it?
What is your name?
400
A certain five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it.
What is short?
500
A misleading clue that distracts the detective
What is a red herring?
500
The bigger fraction:
3/9 or 4/7
What is 4/7?
500
Name the U.S. state
What is New York?
500
A group of spies was served drinks that were secretly poisoned. James, one of the spies, quickly swallowed his poisoned drink and left to complete a mission. The other spies stayed, sipped their drinks, and continued to chat. James survived. The other spies did not. Why was James able to survive?
The poison was in the ice cubes. James drank quickly, so the tainted ice didn’t have time to melt into his drink.
500
What can travel all around the world while staying in the same corner?
What is a stamp?