Vocabulary Detective
World Explorer
Riddle Me This
Twisted Fairy Tales
Weird but True!
100

What is the opposite of "polite"?

Rude

100

What is the capital of Hungary? 

Budapest.

100

What has hands but can’t clap?

A clock

100

Who had a red hood and visited her grandma?

Little Red Riding Hood

100

True or False: An octopus has three hearts.

True

200

What’s a more formal word for "buy"?

Purchase

200

Name a country where people speak Spanish. (You can't say Spain!)

Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, etc

200

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?

An echo

200

What did Cinderella leave at the ball?

A glass slipper

200

What’s the only mammal that can fly?

A bat

300

What adjective describes someone who never gives up?

Persistent

300

What’s the name of the longest river in the world?

The Nile (or Amazon)

300

What gets wetter the more it dries?

A towel

300

If the Big Bad Wolf wrote a book called How to Blow Things Down, what would it be about?

Blowing down the pigs’ houses

300

Which planet is known for its beautiful rings?

Saturn

400

What’s the meaning of "ponder"?

To think deeply about something

400

What country has Mount Fuji?

Japan

400

You see me once in June, twice in November, and not at all in May. What am I?

The letter "e"

400

Imagine Goldilocks wrote a review of the three bears' home. Why might she give it only 2 stars?

Too many problems – too hot porridge, too hard bed, scary bears!

400

Which animal can sleep for up to three years?

A snail

500

What is the meaning of "abundance"?

To have a lot of something

500

In which country would you celebrate “Diwali”?

India

500

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

Footsteps

500

Rewrite this title with a twist: Snow White and the Seven ______ (make it funny but logical)

Snow White and the Seven Homework Assignments (or anything creative!)

500

This fruit has more genes than a human. What is it?

A banana