Movies
Macaulay Culkin is famous for his iconic role in the 1990 film Home Alone. Find his character's name?
Kevin McCallister
The more of this there is, the less you see
Darkness
What food comprises 99 percent of a giant panda's diet?
Bamboo
What is the name of the longest river in the world?
The Nile River
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind.
What am I?
Echo
(Explanation: An echo repeats sound (as if it “speaks”) but doesn’t have a physical body or mouth. It “comes alive” when sound waves bounce (like wind or air movement))
You call a huge dog “Tiny”. What kind of irony is this?
Verbal irony
(Explanation: It’s when someone says the opposite of what they mean for humorous effect)
What's the name of the main antagonist in The Lion King?
Scar
What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?
A stamp
(When it’s attached to an envelope or a postcard, it “travels” wherever that mail is sent)
What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Diamond
What is the tallest mountain in Africa?
Mount Kilimanjaro
What comes down but never goes up?
Rain
(Explanation: It falls but doesn’t rise back up in the same form)
A lifeguard drowns while swimming. What kind of irony is this?
Situational irony
(Explanation: When it is unexpected by everyone, it's situational irony)
Which famous actress starred as Hermione Granger in Harry Potter series?
Emma Watson
What belongs to you but used by everyone?
Your name
(Bcs it's used by everyone but belongs to you)
What is the only flying mammal?
A bat
What planet is closest to Earth?
Venus
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold
(Explanation: Wordplay — “catching” a cold isn’t literal)
“My heart feels like shattered glass".
Find the figure of speech?
Simile
(Explanation: The comparison heart – shattered glass expresses deep emotional pain through imagery)
What is the name of the mountain guy with the reindeer in Frozen?
Kristoff
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
Arachnophobia is the fear of what?
Spiders
Which country first used paper money?
China
(The first known use of paper money dates back to 7th century CE, but it became widely established around the 11th century CE)
What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
A teapot
(Explanation: Begins and ends with “T,” and contains “tea”(letter "T" sounds like "tea")
“The classroom was a zoo today.”
What kind of stylistic device?
Metaphor
(Explanation: Compares the noisy, chaotic classroom to a zoo without using like or as)
Which famous actor is known for the saying "see you later,baby" or "Hasta la Vista,baby"?
Arnold Schwarzenegger
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
(When you say "silence", there will be no more quietness)
What is a group of owls called?
A parliament
(Their group is called a “parliament”, and the reason is both literary and symbolic rather than scientific)
Which self-governing territory's flag depicts a sinking ship?
Bermuda
(It's not a country but a self-governing territory located in South America)
I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but can’t go outside.
A keyboard
(Explanation: Logical play on words — keys, space, and enter all relate to a keyboard)
“Opportunity knocked on my door.”
Stylistic device is ... .
Personification
(Explanation: An abstract idea (opportunity) is personified as someone knocking)
Which actor plays the Grinch?
Jim Carrey
The more you take, the more you leave behind
Footprints
What desert is the largest in the world?
Antarctica Desert
(A desert isn’t defined by heat or sand, but by how little precipitation (rain or snow) it gets)
Which country is home to more than half of the tiger population in the world?
India
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
A mushroom
(Explanation: It’s a play on the word “room” — mushroom)
“She cried a river of tears.”
Find the stylistic device.
Hyperbole
(Explanation: Exaggerates to express how much she cried)
Who is the only Disney princess who was inspired by actual person?
Pacahontas
What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?
A deck of cards
(54 playing cards)
What video game has sold over 300 million copies and considered as the highest-grossing game of all time?
Minecraft
What is the largest island in the world?
Greenland (over 2million km2)
The one who makes it doesn’t need it.
The one who buys it doesn’t use it.
The one who uses it doesn’t know it.
A coffin
(Explanation: Logical and grim — the person in it is unaware)
“They had an open secret between them.”
What kind of stylistic device is it?
Oxymoron
(Explanation: Open and secret contradict each other)