Riddle me this
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
Bookkeeper
O holy night, the stars are brightly shining,
It is the night of the dear______________
Saviour’s birth
Suartia
Austria
1
Eiffel Tower
What is the only mammal that can fly?
You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy.
Candle
Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
____ __ ___ tails ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A sleighing song tonight
Bells on bob
Uecoadr
Ecuador
2
What goes up must come down
Can you name 1 mammal that can lay eggs?
Platypus, the Short-beaked Echidna, Eastern long-beaked Echidna, Western and Sir David's long-beaked echidnas
What are the next three letters in this combination? OTTFFSS
E, N, T
He sees you when you're ________
He knows when you're awake _____
He knows if you've been bad or good ___ __ ____
sleeping
awake
bad or good
Galoprtu
Portugal
3
Try to understand
What is the only continent without native reptile species?
Antarctica
What is able to go up a chimney when down but unable to go down a chimney when up?
Umbrella
Good tidings we bring
To you and your ___
____ ______ for Christmas
And a happy new year
kin
Good tidings
Khzaaktsan
Kazakhstan
4
Metaphor
what is the longest river in the world?
Nile
What starts with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
A Teapot
Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
had a very _____ ____.
And if you ever saw him,
you would even say it glows.
All of the other reindeer
used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph
join in any ________ _____.
shiny nose
reindeer games
Eilhcnteintse
Liechtenstein
5
Up for grabs
What marine animal has three hearts and blue blood?
The Octopus