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Riddles
100

What makes a square a square?

Four Equal Sides

100

Enslaved Africans first reached ____________ (U.S. State) in 1619?

Virgina

100

is an expression, idea, or element of work, which has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning, even to the point of being irritating

Cliche

100

What is H2O also known as?

Water

100

What is the tallest mountain in the world?

Mt. Everest

100

How many months of the year have 28 days?

All of them!

200

On a class field trip there are 4 buses taking 36 students to the zoo.  Each bus has the same number of each student.  How many students are on each bus?

9 students on each bus

200

Which ancient people created geometric algebra?

The Greeks

200

Dad went outside and (sweep, swoop, sweeped, swept) the deck.

Swept

200

Which gas is Earth's atmosphere mostly made up of?

Nitrogen (78%) 

Oxygen (21%) CO2 ().4%)

200

What is the world’s wealthiest city?

Tokyo Japan

200

What goes up but never down?

Your Age

300

The perimeter of a rectangle is 52 cm. If its width is 2 cm more than one-third of its length, find the dimensions of the rectangle.

18cm X 8cm

300

The first fireworks were invented in what country during the seventh century?

China

300

Suggested though not directly expressed?

Implicit/implied

300

An object with more than four solar masses squeezed into a ball only 10 km across whose gravity is so strong that even light can not escape

Black Hole

300

The capital of Canada?

Ottawa

300

What can run but never walk?

A River 

400

A line which intersects two or more lines at a distinct points is called a ____________

Concurrent 

400

Military uniforms wear the flag in which direction?

Backwards

400

Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers. What literary device is used in this tongue twister?

Alliteration-the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. 

400

A unit of length equal to the distance that light travels through space in one year

Light Year

400

Mexico was conquered and colonised by the Spanish from the __________century.


16th 

400

Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?

She lives in the Southern Hemisphere

500

decimal number that neither repeats nor terminates. A number that can not be expressed as an integer divided by an integer?

Irrational number

500

The Declaration of Independence FINAL draft was signed on August ___________(day)?

Second (2)

500

a fictitious name used by a character or author.

Pseudonym 

500

A map showing changes in the elevation of Earth's surface

Topographic 

500

Longest River of North America?

Missouri 

500

What is always in front of you?

The Future

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