Science & Nature
History
Literature
Pop Culture
Brain Busters
(Riddles & Logic)
100

This is the type of energy produced by moving water.

What is hydroelectric energy?

100

This person wrote the Declaration of Independence.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

100

This literary device is used when an inanimate object or abstract concept is given human traits.

What is personification?

100

This actor plays Spiderman in the Marvel Cinematic Universe starting in Captain America: Civil War.

Who is Tom Holland?
100

A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 run away. This many sheep are left.

What is 9?

200

This is the planet that has the most moons.

What is Saturn?

200

This Cold War crisis brought the world close to nuclear war in 1962.

What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?

200

This novel features Piggy, Ralph, and Jack stranded on an island.

What is Lord of the Flies?

200

This K-pop group became the first to be nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance in 2021?

What is BTS?

200

You see me once in June, twice in November, and not at all in May.

What is the letter "e"?

300

This is the process by which plants release water vapor.

What is transpiration?

300

This ancient city was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD.

What is Pompeii?

300

This person wrote "The Raven".

Who is Edgar Allen Poe?

300

This film holds the record highest-grossing movie of all time.

What is "Avatar"?

300

This 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it.

What is short?

400

This part of the brain controls balance and coordination.

What is the cerebellum?

400

This empire was ruled by Genghis Khan.

What is the Mongol Empire?

400

This dystopian novel features a society where books are outlawed and burned by "firemen".

What is Fahrenheit 451?

400

This won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2024.

What is Midnights (Taylor Swift)?

400

I can be cracked, made, told, and played.

What is a joke?

500

This is the name for organisms that thrive in extreme environments, like hot springs.

What are extremophiles?

500

This African kingdom was ruled by Mansa Musa, one of the richest people in history.

What is the Mali Empire?

500

In Greek mythology, this person solved the riddle of the Sphinx.

Who is Oedipus?

500

This person is the most followed individual on Instagram.

Who is Christiano Ronaldo?

500

I am a word. If you remove one letter, I still sound the same. Remove another, and I still sound the same. Keep going, and I'm still the same. 

What is "empty"?

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