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Riddles
100

What is the correct way to punctuate this sentence? 

The Authors favorite book is the hobbit

The author's favorite book is 'The Hobbit'.

100

What is the value of the 8 in the number 3,856?

800

100

Who are the traditional owners of the land on which we learn today? 

The Wodi Wodi people of the Dharawal Nation

100

What is the process by which plants convert sunlight into energy called?

Photosynthesis

100

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?

Echo

200

What the comparative adjective for the adjective good?

Better

200

3x2+4x2-2x3

8

200

In which country would you find the Amazon Rainforest?

Brazil

200

What is the chemical symbol for gold?

AU 

200

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

Footsteps

300

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:

The wind whispered through the trees.

Personification

300

A rectangle has a length of 10 cm and a width of 6cm. What is its perimeter?

32cm

300

Name the largest ocean in the world.

Pacific

300

What is the largest organ in the human body?

Skin

300

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

Seven

400

Which of the following is an adverb?

quickly, beautiful, tall, friendly

quickly

400

3 x ? + 5 = 17

? =

4

400

What is the longest river in Africa?

The Nile

400

Name the three states of matter.

Liquid, Solid, Gas

400

I am taken from a mine, and shut in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?

Lead/Graphite pencil

500

What is the correct way to complete this analogy?

Happy is to joy as sad is to_______

sorrow

500

A box contains 24 marbles. 8 are red, 10 are blue and the rest are yellow. What is the probability of randomly selecting a yellow marble?

6/24 or 1/4

500

Who was the Indigenous activist and leader who played a significant role in the Australian Land Rights Movement?

Eddie Mabo

500

What type of energy is stored in food?

Chemical Energy
500

I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch will soon turn red. What am I?

Fire