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New Years Riddles
100

What record did Papa hold for 8 years after her graduated from BTHS West?

What is pole vaulting.

100

Which is true?

All congruent shapes are similar.

All similar shapes are congruent.

What is "all congruent shapes are similar."

100

Christmas tree lights are often connected in series.  This is not a good idea because...

What is "if one light breaks, they all go out.

100

What goes up but never comes back down?

What is your age.

100

One lady ordered a fast delivery pizza and her order came the next year. How is this possible?

She ordered the pizza on New Year's Eve.

200

How old was Mimi when she graduated with her BA degree?

What is 20.

200

The interior angles of a triangle always add up to...?

What is 180 degrees.

200

What are the basic types of rocks found on Earth?

What are igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

200

I go all around the world but never leave the corner.

What is a stamp.

200

In what year did Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall in the same year?

Every year.

300

Name the members of our immediate family who hold a BA/BS or higher and what is the highest degree they have earned.

Double points if you can name the college/university from which the highest degree was earned.

Who is Papa/Bachelors, Mimi/Masters, Kristin/Masters, Todd/Law, Rachel/Bachelors, Katie/Bachelors, Steven/Bachelors, Logan/Bachelors, Jenn/PhD


300

What is the length of the hypothenuse if the two sides of a triangle are 15" and 20"?

What is 25"

300

If a moon is bigger than a quarter, we call it a ____ moon.

What is gibbous.

300

If you drop me, I'm sure to crack, but smile at me and I'll smile back.  What am I?

What is a mirror.

300

Two girls have the same parents and were born at the same hour of the same day of the same month, but they are not twins. How can this be possible?

They were not born in the same year.

400

Name Mimi's 9 grandchildren, their ages, and month of birth.

Double points if you can also state the middle names of all 9 grandchildren.

Refer to judge.

400

If a shopping cart contains one apple, two bananas, three oranges, and four hot dogs, what percent of the cart's total contents is fruit?

What is 60%

400

The measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object is called

temperature

conduction

convection

radiation

What is temperature.

400

You'll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune.  What am I?

What is the letter "r"

400

I am a holiday, of course, celebrated in December, I am celebrated until New Year, People who celebrate me are considered Evil by many Religions, what am I?

I am Yule

500

What year did Mimi and Papa first meet?

What is 1957.  They were 3 years old when the Connors visited the Middletons in KY.

500

Solve the following expression:

-1 X ( (3 - 4 x 7) / 5) - 2 x 24 / 6

What is -3

500

This theory aims to explain how Pangea became separate continents, suggesting that the movement of tectonic plates caused the mass to break off and drift into different places.

What is the Continental Drift Theory

500

I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest person can't hold me for five minutes.  What am I?

What is your breath.

500

The day before yesterday, Chris was 7 years old. Next year, she'll turn 10. How is this possible?

Today is January 1.