Riddles
What gets wet while drying?
A towel
Which war was fought between the North and South regions in the United States?
The Civil War
What is the term for a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?
Antonym
What causes ocean tides?
The moon
The interior angles of a triangle always add up to ____.
180 degrees
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
What was the ancient Egyptian writing system called?
Hieroglyphics
The person in a novel who tells the story from a third-person perspective is called a what?
The narrator
What is the force that causes objects to fall to the ground?
Gravity
Solve the following equation: 5 + 3 * 4 / 2 - 1 = ____?
Where does today come before yesterday?
The dictionary
From whom did the United State buy territory in the Louisiana Purchase?
Napoleon/France
Other than water, the most-consumed beverage in the world is ____.
Tea
What phenomenon might be felt on the Earth's surface when two tectonic plates rub against each other?
An earthquake
You peer through a window into a classroom and count 20 eyes. If each person has a normal number of eyes, how many people are in the room?
10
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
What is the capital of New York?
Albany
What is the minimum age for a U.S. president?
35
The Earth has four layers, the thickest of which is the mantle. What is the thinnest layer called?
The crust
On a class field trip, there are 4 buses taking 36 students to the zoo. Each bus carries the same number of students. How many students are on each bus?
9
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
Which country is the largest in size?
Russia
Mary has to walk 1 mile north to school and 1 mile south back from school. One day, instead of walking home after school, Mary walks 2 miles east and 1 mile south to the store. In which direction does Mary have to walk to get home from the store?
West
What are the three states of matter?
Solid, liquid, and gas
How many grams are in a thousand kilograms?
One million