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Teasers
Jeopardy
100

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? 

Footsteps

100

Jilly’s mother has five daughters. They’re called Diana, Ariana, Fiona and Tiana. What’s the fifth daughter called? 

Jilly

100

Which five-letter word is shorter when two letters are added to it? 

The word shorter

100

How is Europe like a frying pan? 

They both have Greece at the bottom

100

What is as light as a feather, but even the world’s strongest man couldn’t hold it for more than a minute? 

His/her Breath

200

I know a word. It has six letters, if you remove one letter, you’ll be left with 12. What is it? 

Dozens

200

You will buy me to eat but never eat me. Who am I? 

A fork

200

Sam turned left, right, whirled around 360°, stood on his head, and then walked backwards before taking a photograph of the sunset. What direction was he pointing? 

West

200

There was a pink one-story house in a sheltered neighborhood. Everything in it was pink – the carpets, the walls, the furniture and the cat too. What color were the stairs? 

There were no stairs at all. It’s a one-story house!

200

What is Rupert the Bear’s middle name? 

The!

300

How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

18

 3 in ‘the’, 7 in ‘English,’ and 8 in ‘alphabet.’

300

Phil went out in the rain without a raincoat or an umbrella. However, not a single hair on his head got wet. How is it? 

Phil is bald!!

300

I am filled with keys but have no locks. I have space, but there are no extra rooms. Sure, you can enter, but there is no exit. Who am I? 

A key board

300

If the red house is on the right side and the blue house is on the backside side, where’s the white house?

Washington DC

300

Do you know the name of the invention that lets you look directly right through any wall you want? 

A window!

400

Nero is very tall, over 6 ft actually and very broad. He works in a butcher shop and wears size 10 shoes. What does he weigh?

Meat! He works at a butchers shop!

400

You’re stuck in an escape room with three doors. You’ll need to go through one of these doors to escape. The first door is filled with poisonous snakes. The second door has no floor and the third door has a tiger that hasn’t eaten in 2 months. Which door would you choose?

The third one! The tiger is DEAD!

400

A brother and sister were standing on opposite sides of a river. When the brother called her, the sister crossed the river to meet him. But she didn’t get wet. How is this possible?

The river was frozen!

400

I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.

The letter S

400

The person who makes it has no need for it. The person who purchases it does not use it. The person who does use it does not know he or she is. What is it?

A coffin 

500

A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?

The water was frozen

500

A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells the owner he’s bankrupt. Why?

He’s playing Monopoly

500

A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is. The man replies, “Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who was in the photograph?

His son

500

Arnold Schwarzenegger has a long one. Michael J. Fox has a short one. Madonna does not use hers. Bill Clinton always uses his. The Pope never uses his. What is it?

Their last name

500

In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995, that same person is 10 years old. How can this be?

The person was born in 2005 BC.

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