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Riddles
100

What makes a square a square?

Four Equal sides and 4 right angles

100

Where is the deepest location on earth?

Mariana Trench

100

What is the term for a word that is opposite in meaning to another word?

Antonym

100

What causes tides?

The moon

100

How many states make up the United States of America?

50

100

What question can you never honestly answer YES to

Are you sleeping, because if you are asleep, you wouldn't hear the question.  
200

Name one property of a kite

1 pair of equal adjacent sides

1 pair of equal angles

200

Which war was fought between the north and south regions in the United States?

The Civil War

200

Dad went outside and (sweep, swoop, sweeped, swept) the deck.

Swept

200

What is CO2 also known as?

Carbon Dioxide

200

Latitude and longitude are examples of... 

Absolute Location 

or

Relative Location

Absolute Location
200

My spine is stiff, my body pale, I am always ready to tell a tale.  What am I?

A book

300

If it’s 5:30am Monday when you leave for the holidays and 6:15pm Tuesday when you get there, how long did it take?

36 hours and 45 minutes

300

What is Rosa Parks most famous for?

Refusing to give her seat up in the front of the bus.

300

What term means to deliberately exaggerate?

Hyperbolic/hyperbole

300

 What phenomenon is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water?

Tsunami

300

In which region can plant and animal life be found?

Lithosphere

Hydrosphere

Biosphere

Atmosphere

Biosphere

Bio means life

300

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

An Echo

400

Out of the fractions below, which is greatest?

3/20

3/9

3/5

3/5

400

Which language is the most widely spoken in South America?

Spanish

400

Which is an example of alliterative language?

 The ocean glistened as the as day turned to night.

 OR 

The sea shimmered with the sinking sun.

The sea shimmered with the sinking sun.

400

How long does it take the moon to orbit Earth? 

24 hours, 

365 days, 

1 month, 

Earth orbits the moon

1 Month

400

What continent is Egypt part of?

Africa

400

I have keys, a lock and a space, but no rooms. You  can enter, but you can't go outside.  What am I?

A Keyboard

500

If a football field is 1235cm long, how many km long is the football field?

0.01235

500

The first fireworks were invented in what country during the seventh century?

China

500

What does it mean to radiate? 

Spin

Kill

Glow

Glow

500

How many hearts do earthworms have?

5

500

Who Gave America the Statue of Liberty?

France

500

A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?

A is D’s aunt. 

Using letters as placeholders for names like “Uncle Bob” or “Aunt Linda” makes straightforward relationships seem difficult.