PUZZLES
I am something you can write on, but I’m not paper. What am I?
Answer: Whiteboard (or chalkboard)
Explanation: You can write on it with markers or chalk, and what you write can be erased.
What is the deepest point in the world’s oceans?
Answer: The Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench
How many players are on a basketball team on the court at one time?
Answer: Five
Which organ in the human body is responsible for filtering waste from the blood?
Answer: The kidneys
Which animal is the fastest land animal in the world?
Answer: The cheetah
I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but can’t go outside. What am I?
Answer: Keyboard
Explanation: A keyboard has keys, a space bar, and the Enter key—but none of these are literal doors or rooms.
Which two continents are entirely in the Western Hemisphere?
Answer: North America and South America
Which country has won the most Olympic gold medals in history?
Answer: The United States
What is the largest internal organ in the human body?
Answer: The liver
Which bird is known for being able to rotate its head up to 270 degrees?
Answer: The owl
I am a two-digit number. My tens digit is twice my ones digit. The sum of my digits is 6. What number am I?
Answer: 42
Step-by-step:
What is the only country in South America that does not touch the Atlantic Ocean?
Answer: Chile (it borders only the Pacific Ocean)
What sport includes terms like “love,” “deuce,” and “break point”?
Answer: Tennis
What part of the human brain controls balance and coordination?
Answer: The cerebellum
What is the only mammal capable of true flight?
Answer: The bat
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have nobody, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
Answer: Echo
Explanation: An echo is a sound that repeats, but it has no physical form or body.
What is the capital city of Morocco?
Rabat
Which country hosted the first ever modern Olympic Games in 1896?
Answer: Greece
What is the name of the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen?
Answer: Hemoglobin
Which marine animal has three hearts and blue blood?
Answer: The octopus
There are three light switches outside a room, and only one controls the light inside. You can only enter the room once. How can you figure out which switch controls the light?
Use the combination of light on/off and warm/cold to identify the correct switch.
What mountain range separates Europe from Asia?
The Ural Mountains
Which country won the first ever Rugby World Cup in 1987?
Answer: New Zealand
Which body system is responsible for producing hormones that regulate growth, metabolism, and mood?
Answer: The endocrine system
What is the term for animals that maintain a constant internal body temperature regardless of the environment?
Answer: Endothermic (warm-blooded)