Brainteaser
Jimmy’s mother had 2 children. She named the first Monday. What is the name of the second child?
Jimmy
What is the largest US state?
ALASKA. It is 429 times the size of the smallest state, Rhode Island, in terms of area.
Name the four seasons.
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
The opposite directions of North and East.
South and West
These candies melt in your mouth, not in your hand
M&M
In a year, there are 12 months. Seven months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
12
Which U.S. state has the most active volcanoes?
ALASKA There are about 169 volcanoes in the United States that scientists consider active. Most of these (about 130) are located in Alaska.
What is the flattest continent?
Australia
What do you call a round model of the earth?
A globe.
Rumor has it this candy is from the tears of laughing dragons.
Starburst
You are in a cabin and it is pitch black. You have one match on you. Which do you light first, the newspaper, the lamp, the candle, or the fire?
The match
What is the smallest U.S. state?
Rhode Island a.k.a. "The Ocean State"
The largest ocean of the ocean biomes is the ...
Pacific
About 71% of Earth’s surface is covered with ...
Water
Fruit of the rainbow
Skittles
A farmer has 17 sheep and all but nine die. How many are left?
9
How many US states border the Gulf of Mexico?
5
The desert biome can be found on every continent except ...
Europe
The Solar System has four terrestrial planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Which is the largest?
Earth
This candy bar is split into two pieces because the candy factory couldn't get along. One makes the right side, one makes the left.
Twix
There are three houses. One is red, one is blue, and one is white. If the red house is to the left of the house in the middle, and the blue house is to the right to the house in the middle, where is the White House?
In Washington, D.C.
What US state has the most impressive coastline, which is longer than the coastlines of all 49 other states combined.
ALASKA
What is the driest place on Earth?
The driest place on Earth: the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antactica. It hasn't rained there for more than 2 million years!
Earth is the _________ planet from the sun.
Earth is the third planet from the sun (some 93 million miles away).
True or false: the inventor of cotton candy was a dentist.
True