Riddles
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
Candle
What is the nearest planet to the sun?
Mercury
What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
'Short'
Oklahoma City is the capital of?
Oklahoma
Georgia State University says this is the year it was founded. It's even on the university seal (no peeking).
1913
I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
A bank
What’s the boiling point of water?
100 degrees celsius
How many apples grow on trees?
All of them
Capital of Texas?
Austin
At Five Points in downtown, this eponymous sculpture's creator, a Georgia State professor emeritus
George Beasley
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
What is the largest known animal?
Blue Whale
A mother and father have six sons, and each son has one sister. How many people are in the family?
9
Boston is the capital of?
Massachusetts
This 1925 building on the downtown campus, one of Atlanta's first parking garages, was razed in January 2020. This building inspired the title of the Georgia State yearbook, Rampways.
Kell Hall.
(we'll also accept Ivy Street Building)
A little girl goes to the store and buys one dozen eggs and, as she is going home, all but three break. How many eggs are left unbroken?
3
True or false – lightning is hotter than the sun.
True
Which of the given statements is correct?
1. The yolk of the eggs are white
2. The yolk of the egg is white
Neither. They are yellow.
Capital of Hawaii?
Honolulu
In this year, Georgia State first added "university" to its name.
1969
There were 2 people near the river and both of them want to get to the other side. The boat can fit only 1 person, but they both get across. How?
They were on different sides of the river
How many elements are there in the periodic table?
118
Pointing towards Stacey, Mason said,” The father of her brother is the only son of my grandfather.” How is Stacey related to Mason?
He is her brother.
Capital of Nevada?
Carson City
Musician Bob Geldof penned this song in 1979, in the WRAS FM office on campus, after reading a telex report there of a schoolyard shooting. The song charted at #1 in the UK, but only made #73 in the US (the band's only chart appearance there).