Disney Dilemmas
Food Fight
Musical Instruments with a Twist
Famous Failures
Paradoxical Puzzles
200

This 1994 animated Disney movie features a young lion named Simba

Lion King

200

______ is not a berry

Strawberry
200

This string instrument is played with a bow and is commonly used in classical music.

Violin

200

This giant passenger liner sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg.

Titanic
200

This paradox involves a cat in a box that is simultaneously alive and dead until observed.

Schrödinger's cat

400

In this movie, a girl disguises herself as a man to fight in her father’s place

Mulan

400

This fruit is technically a berry but is commonly mistaken for a vegetable.

Tomato

400

This wind instrument uses reeds and is often found in jazz bands.

Saxophone

400

This city was buried under volcanic ash after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D

Pompeii

400

What is the irresistible force paradox?

Whether an unstoppable force can collide with an immovable object

600

This character trades her voice for legs to explore life on land

Ariel

600

This common snack food was invented by accident when a chef tried to make fried potatoes thinner.

Potato Chip

600

This percussion instrument consists of a set of tuned metal bars that are struck with mallets.

Xylophone

600

This structure, intended to keep out northern invaders, failed to stop the Mongols

Great Wall of China

600

A situation where something cannot be resolved, such as when someone needs a job to get a car, but needs a car to get a job.

Catch-22

801

In this movie, Belle trades places with her father and becomes a prisoner in a castle

Beauty and the Beast

801

This fruit is known for having the most seeds, often numbering in the hundreds.

Pomegranate

801

This ancient wind instrument was played by shepherds and is still used in parts of Europe. Also associated with Centaurs.

Pan Flute

801

This failed NASA mission in 1970 had astronauts famously declare, “Houston, we’ve had a problem.

Apollo 13

801

This paradox is famously described as a statement that contradicts itself.

Liar Paradox

1000

This Disney film tells the story of a Polynesian girl on a mission to restore balance to nature

Moana

1000

This fish delicacy from Japan is potentially deadly if not prepared correctly.

Fugu (Pufferfish)

1000

This instrument, sometimes called a "finger piano," is played by plucking metal

Kalimba

1000

This 1812 military campaign failed when this French leader invaded Russia

Napoleon Bonaparte

1000

A time traveler prevents their own birth by killing their grandfather before he meets their grandmother.

The grandfather paradox

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