Tricky but Fair
I come out at night without being called, and disappear by day without being stolen. I follow you around but leave no footprints. What am I?
What is the moon?
You can carry it everywhere you go, and it doesn’t get heavier — but if you lose it, you may never find your way again. What is it?
What is a map?
I’m a primary color that you get when you mix nothing — I stand alone and strong. But mix me with yellow, and you get a grassy tone. What color am I?
What is blue?
A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells the owner he’s bankrupt. Why?
He’s playing Monopoly.
This organ is about the size of your fist.
Heart
I can be cracked, made, told, and played. I can bring people together or cause them to groan. What am I?
What is a joke?
I can fill a room but take up no space. I can be bright or dim, but I make no sound. What am I?
What is light?
I was a painter, but I cut off part of my ear. My swirls and stars made the night seem near. I sold only one work while I was alive — now my paintings make museums thrive. Who am I?
Who is Vincent van Gogh?
Forrest left home running. He ran for a while and turned left, ran the same distance and turned left again, and then ran the same distance and turned left again. When he got home, there were two masked men. Who were they?
The catcher and the umpire.
This is the hardest substance in the human body.
What is enamel
The more you have of me, the less you see. I can be deep, full, or fall, but I’m never solid. What am I?
What is darkness?
The more you take from me, the bigger I get. I’m not an object, but I can be found anywhere there's ground. What am I?
What is a hole?
I dry slower than tempera, glossier than watercolor, and often need turpentine to clean. I’ve captured masters’ visions for centuries. What kind of paint am I?
What is oil paint?
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short
his part of the eye controls the amount of light entering.
What is the iris?
I don’t have lungs, but I need air. I don’t have a mouth, but I roar. I don’t have a shape, but I can grow and spread fast. What am I?
What is fire?
You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. I’m not a thing you can touch — I live in letters. What am I?
What is the letter “e”?
An artist sketches a cube on paper with perfect perspective. But he never uses a ruler, never measures anything, and makes no mistakes. How is this possible?
What is he’s drawing from imagination or freehand?
Your parents have six sons including you, and each son has one sister. How many people are in the family?
Nine—two parents, six sons and one daughter.
his is the number of bones in the adult human body.
What is 206?
I have no voice, yet I’m always speaking. I never move, yet I travel the world. I may be opened, closed, borrowed, or banned. What am I?
What is a book?
I am always in front of you, but can’t be seen. I hold everything that hasn’t happened yet. I am constantly changing but never stop. What am I?
What is the future?
A famous painting shows a woman with no eyebrows, a soft smile, and eyes that seem to follow you. Yet, she’s been stolen, vandalized, and guarded like treasure. Who is she — and what is the mystery behind her missing eyebrows?
Who is the Mona Lisa? (Her eyebrows may have faded over time or were never painted fully.)
You are in a place called Wally’s World and there is only one law. There is a mirror, but no reflection. There is pizza with cheese, but not sausage. There is pepper, but no salt. There is a door, yet no entrance or exit. What is the law?
Each word in Wally’s World must contain double letters
This is the number of muscles it takes to smile.
17