Riddle Me This
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
What is a map?
What 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
What is short?
1968: "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that"
What is 2001: A Space Odyssey?
This boat festival in China is said to have begun as a search for the poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in a river.
What is the Dragon Boat Festival?
TRUE OR FALSE - Dihydrogen Monoxide was banned due to health risks after being discovered in 1983 inside swimming pools and drinking water.
FALSE
What has keys, but no locks; space, but no room; you can enter, but not go in?
What is a keyboard?
I am a word of letters three; add two and fewer there will be. What word am I?
What is few?
1961: "No matter where you run, you end up running into yourself."
What is Breakfast at Tiffany's?
This holiday marks the start of the year based on lunar or lunisolar calendars.
What is Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year)?
TRUE OR FALSE - The color orange is named after the fruit.
TRUE
I'm tall when I'm young, and short when I'm old. What am I?
What is a candle?
What seven-letter word is a dizzying condition where a person feels the false sensation of movement, and is also the title of a 1958 Alfred Hitchcock thriller starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak?
What is Vertigo?
1950: "We all go a little mad sometimes."
What is Psycho?
On this holiday people joyfully throw colored powders (gulal) and water at each other, celebrating with music and dance.
What is Holi?
TRUE OR FALSE - A pasodoble is a type of Italian pasta sauce.
FALSE (Pasodoble is a Spanish military march)
I have a head and a tail that will never meet. Having too many of me is always a treat. What am I?
What is a coin?
The phrase "dirty room" can be anagrammed into what 9-letter word for a college residence that might contain many a dirty room?
What is dormitory?
1968: "You know what they say, 'Human see, human do'"
What is Planet of the Apes?
This festival of lights, lasting five days, is one of the traditional celebrations of the Hindu, Jain, Sikh and some Buddhist people.
What is Diwali?
TRUE OR FALSE - The sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666.
TRUE
I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
What is fire?
I am a word. If you take away the first letter, I am a form of energy. If you take away the first two letters, I am needed to live. Scramble the last 3 and you can drink me. What word am I?
What is wheat?
1964: "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room!"
What is Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
What is Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos)?
Q: TRUE OR FALSE - An eggplant is a vegetable.
FALSE (While commonly used as a vegetable in culinary contexts, eggplant is botanically classified as a fruit. It develops from the flower of the plant and contains seeds)