Science
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Math
December Holiday Facts
Riddles
100

Wind blowing sand from one location to another is an example of ____.

Erosion

100

The Assyrians created the first modern day what?

Library

100

Solve:
32 + 4

3+ 4
9 + 4 = 13

100

Poinsettias are known by the Aztecs as cuetlaxochitl.

True

100

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

A coin

200

Sand is dropped when the wind stops blowing and forms sand dunes is an example of ____.

Deposition

200

The Assyrians created the first modern day what?

Library

200

Solve:
4-4

4-4
1 / 4 x 4 x 4 x 4
1 / 256 = 0.00390625

200

Elves originated from Germanic folklore and were meant to terrify children into obeying their parents.

False - that's just awful.

200
What building has the most stories?

A library

300

Flood water pounds against a wall and wears it down is an example of ____.

Weathering

300

Kings of Persia, what made Cyrus the Great, King Cambyses, and King Darius so different from other rulers?

Their kindness and respect to others.  They did not kill or enslave the people of the areas they invaded and were respectful to their cultures and religion.

300

Solve:
-7-2 + 4

-7-2 + 4
1 / -7 x -7 = 1 / 49 = 0.02040816
0.02040816 + 4 = 4.02040816

300

"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" was created by masters to their servants as a form of a gift of well wishes, rather than offering presents and food.

False - "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" was originally sung as a threat from lower-class individuals to their masters, demanding certain items.

300

A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, “Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the painting?

The man's son.

400

A mudslide flowing down a steep hill is an example of _____.

Erosion

400

Prior to becoming King, what profession did King Darius have?

Bodyguard to King Cambyses

400

Solve:
5 (80 - 9)

5 (80 - 9)
5 (1 - 9
5 (-8) = -40

400

If you were to gifts someone "The 12 Days of Christmas," it would cost you roughly $770,000.

False, more like $1.3 million!

400

Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?

They are a grandfather, father, and son.

500

The Grand Canyon was created over millions of years by erosion of this river.

The Colorado River 

500

The Assyrians were overtaken by two groups of people.  Name one of them.

The Medes and the Chaldeans.

500
Solve:

3 + (2)-3 + (70 x 62)

3 + (2)-3 + (70 x 62)
3 + ( 1 /  2 x 2 x 2) + (70 x 62)
3 + 0.125 + (1 x (6 x 6))
3 + 0.125 + (1 x 36)
3 + 0.125 + 36
39.125

500

Christmas was not always a family holiday.  It was originally a "trick or treat" holiday where people treated people with alcohol or tricked people with bodily harm.

True...yikes!

500

I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?

Seven