Riddle Me This
Are you smarter than a 5th grader
Fun with Food
Mathematics
World knowledge
FINAL TRIVIA
Famous Americans
100

What is greater than God,
more evil than the devil,
the poor have it,
the rich need it,
and if you eat it, you'll die?

NOTHING

100

Name the American president on the half dollar coin who was assassinated in 1963

John F. Kennedy

100

What food is the leading source of salmonella poisoning?

Chicken

100

Solve the following equation: 3 + 2 / 1 =

REMEMBER PEMDAS

5

100

Which country consumes the most chocolate per capita?

switzerland

100

Author, politician, diplomat, scientist and statesman. ?? urged the colonies to join together and one of the strongest supporters for the idea of a United States. one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

Who is Benjamin Franklin

200

What gets wet while it’s drying?

A towel

200

**DAILY DOUBLE**

From whom did the United State buy territory in the Louisiana Purchase?

Napoleon - France

200

What's the only fish that produces real caviar, according to the FDA?

 The Sturgeon

200

The interior angles of a triangle always sum to

180 degrees

200

This music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States. It originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, 

What is Jazz

200

was a Scottish-American industrialist, and philanthropist. Led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history

Andrew Carnegie

300

 I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

A Candle

300

The region known as the “Fertile Crescent” is located in present day

Middle East 

spanning modern-day Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, the northeast and Nile valley regions of Egypt, together with the southeastern region of Turkey and the western fringes of Iran.

300

Guinness beer was first brewed in which city and country?

Guinness Brewery was founded in 1759 in Dublin, Ireland, by Arthur Guinness.

300

**DAILY DOUBLE**

What's a polygon with four sides called

quadrilateral

300

This river runs along the border between Jordan, the Palestinian West Bank, Israel and southwestern Syria 

What is the Jordan River

300

HOW OLD:

How old were Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Jim Morrison when they died?

They were all 27 years old

300

Born as Norma Mortenson,  she spent much of her childhood in foster homes. She started her career as a model but was offered a film contract from twentieth century-fox in 1946.  She starred in a number of successful motion pictures during the 1950’s

Marilyn Monroe

400

What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?

Chalkboard

400

The United States and Mexico are separated by which river

The Rio Grande

400

Which nut is used to make dynamite?

Peanut –

 peanut oil can be processed to produce glycerol, which can then be used to make nitroglycerine – an explosive liquid used in dynamite.

400

What word describes a number system with a base of two?

Binary

400

 described in the Bible as the seven-lamp ancient Hebrew lampstand made of pure gold and used in the portable sanctuary set up by Moses in the wilderness and later in the Temple in Jerusalem. On each night of Hanukkah, a new branch is lit

what is a menorah

400

former World No.1 American professional tennis player. She has won thirty-nine Grand Slam titles in her time. At 29 years old she won the battle of the sexes match against Bobby Riggs in 1973 as part of her stand up for sexual equality.

Billie Jean King

500

I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?

Your Breathe

500

What is the part of the eye that controls how much light enters

Pupil

500

The French call it Pomplamoose, what do we call it?

Grapefruit

500

What T-word is defined in geometry as "a straight line that touches a curve but continues on with crossing it"?

Tangent

500

Which country is continuously using the same flag design since 1625 and holds the record for the oldest continuously used national flag in the world.

DENMARK

500

Born as Robert Zimmerman 

 In 1959  enrolled at the University of Minnesota where he discovered his passion for American folk music 

He has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades.

Bob Dylan

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