Riddles
The one who makes me doesn’t want me. The one who buys me doesn’t need me. The one who uses me doesn’t know it. I’m made only once but used forever. What am I?
What is a coffin?
What 1997 movie features a ship hitting an iceberg?
What is Titanic?
What color are school buses traditionally painted in the United States?
What is yellow?
What is the largest continent on Earth by land area?
What is Asia?
What are the official school colors of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville?
What are orange and white?
I am not alive, but I grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air; I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
What is fire?
Which TV show featured a family living in a Chicago housing project, with the catchphrase “Dy-no-mite!”?
What is Good Times?
What animal is known to kill more humans annually than sharks, lions, and wolves combined?
What is the mosquito?
What continent is the Sahara Desert located on?
What is Africa?
What is the nickname for the University of Tennessee’s athletic teams?
What are the Volunteers?
I have streets but no pavement, cities but no buildings, and forests but no trees. What am I?
What is a map?
What is the highest-grossing animated film of all time (without adjusting for inflation)?
What is The Lion King (2019 remake)?
What is the oldest soft drink brand in America?
What is Dr Pepper?
Which ocean is located on the east coast of the United States?
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Smokey, UT’s beloved mascot, is what specific breed of dog? (Full breed name required.)
What is a Bluetick Coonhound?
I cannot be seen, cannot be felt, cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. I lie behind stars and under hills, and empty holes I fill. What am I?
What is darkness?
Who is the famous boxer known as “The Greatest” and “The People’s Champ”?
Who is Muhammad Ali?
What U.S. President had a pet alligator that he kept in the White House?
Who is John Quincy Adams?
Which U.S. state shares the longest border with Canada?
What is Alaska?
Before it was named the Haslam College of Business in 2014, what was the official name of UTK’s business college?
What is the College of Business Administration?
I have keys but cannot open a single door. What am I?
What is a piano?
In the TV show Martin, what was the name of Martin’s radio talk show?
What is “Word on the Street with Martin Payne”?
What letter is not found in any of the names of the 50 U.S. states?
What is Q?
What U.S. state is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”?
What is Minnesota?
The Torchbearer, UTK’s official symbol of leadership and service, was sculpted by which artist?
Who is Theodore Andre Beck?