Ancient History & Myths
I am a massive stone monument built in ancient Egypt with a square base and four triangular sides that meet at a point. What am I?
A pyramid
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and... what is the name of the third son?
David
I am an object that can push or pull certain metals without ever touching them. I have a North pole and a South pole. What am I?
A magnet
I am a punctuation mark. I look like a little dot with a tail, and my main job is to tell you to take a brief pause in a sentence. What am I?
A comma
I have a mouse but no cheese. I have a desktop but no drawers. I have windows but no glass. What am I?
A computer
I am a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. I am famous for guarding ancient tombs and asking tricky riddles. What am I?
A sphinx
What is so incredibly fragile that simply speaking its name aloud will instantly break it?
Silence
I am an echo. I cannot be seen, but I can be heard. I can only speak when you speak to me first. What am I?
A sound wave/sound
What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly, no matter which dictionary you look it up in?
The word "Incorrectly"
I am a secret code made of letters, numbers, or symbols that you type in to unlock your tablet or computer profile. What am I?
A password
In Greek mythology, I am a creature that is half-man and half-bull, trapped inside a giant, confusing maze. What am I?
The Minotaur
What belongs completely to you, but everyone else you know uses it way more than you do?
Your name
I travel at the fastest speed in the universe, but I can be completely stopped by a simple piece of cardboard, which creates a shadow. What am I?
Light
I am a special type of word. Whether you read me from left to right, or backward from right to left, I am spelled exactly the same way (like racecar or kayak). What am I called?
A palindrome
I am an invisible network that floats through the air in your house and school, connecting your devices to the internet without any wires. What am I?
Wi-Fi
I am an ancient, wrapped mummy. If you look closely at the walls around me, you won't see letters, but a language made entirely of pictures. What is it called?
Hieroglyphics
A man pushes his car up to a hotel, steps inside, and instantly realizes he is completely broke and ruined. Why?
He is playing a game of Monopoly
I am the force that happens when two surfaces rub against each other, creating heat and slowing things down. What am I?
Friction
I am a single word that contains the letters "uu" right next to each other. I describe a space that is completely empty of all matter. What word am I?
Vacuum
I am a tiny electronic brain found inside computers, phones, and video game consoles that processes millions of instructions every second. What am I?
A microchip/CPU
I am a legendary wooden creature built by soldiers to sneak inside a heavily guarded city. My name is now used to describe a sneaky trick. What am I?
Trojan Horse
A man is looking at a photograph. A friend asks, "Who is that?" The man replies: "Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who is in the photograph?
The man's son
I am as light as a feather, yet the strongest athlete on Earth cannot hold me for much longer than five minutes. What am I?
Your breath
We are two words that sound exactly the same when spoken, but we have completely different spellings and meanings (like flower and flour). What are we called?
Homophones
I am a specific type of computer program designed to sneak into your device, copy your files, and make your system crash. What am I?
A computer virus