Riddles
This goes up but never comes down.
Your age
A girl fell off a 20-foot ladder. She wasn’t hurt. How?
She fell off the bottom step
In a football game which position is responsible for throwing the ball?
The quarterback
This genre has made up characters and plot
Fiction
Where is the capital of VA?
Richmond
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.
Name three consecutive days without naming any of the seven days of the week.
Yesterday, today, tomorrow
In baseball what is a double?
The batter gets a hit and advances to second base.
This book has stories about real people wrote by themselves.
Auto Biography
In which capital city of Europe would you find the Eiffel Tower?
Paris
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
A staircase
What are the next three letters in this sequence: O, T, T, F, F, S, S—what comes next?
E, N, T. The letters are the first letters of the written numbers: one, two, three, four, five, etc. “Eight, nine, ten” are next.
In a conventional game of football, how many players are fielded at a time?
22
"Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to _____ ______! You're off and away!" Where are you headed?
-Dr. Seuss
Great Places
Who was the first American president?
George Washington
What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?
A stamp
An electric train is headed east. Where does the smoke go?
Electric trains don’t produce any smoke!
Batter hits a screaming line drive that strikes the pitcher’s rubber and bounces back behind home plate; fair or foul?
Foul. The ball never passed a base in fair territory.
In the story about the boy who cried wolf, what is the lesson?
Always tell the truth
What was the first animal to go into orbit?
A dog
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A map
What tastes better than it smells?
your tongue
Who Has Won The Most SuperBowls?
The Pittsburgh Steelers
Dr. Seuss's real name is?
Theodor Seuss Geisel
Which is the largest U.S state?
Alaska