HUMAN BODY
ANIMALS
Riddles
Globe Trotting
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100

How many pints of blood does the human body contain?

8-12 pints

100

How many legs does a lobster have?

10

100

What invention lets you look right through a wall?

The window

100

What animal is the Canary Islands named after?

Dogs ( Canariae Insulae, meaning "Islands of the Dogs")

100

 What is the tallest mountain on Earth?

Mount Everest isn't the tallest mountain on Earth.

Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa in Hawaii, the twin volcanoes, are taller than Mount Everest as 4.2km of their height is submerged underwater.

200

What is the largest organ in the human body?

The skin (15% of body weight)

200

Name 2 of the four animals that cannot jump.

 Elephant, Hippo, Rhinoceros, or Sloth

200

What has 13 hearts but no other organs?

Deck of cards

200

Name the only country that is also a continent

Australia

200

Can you die laughing?

Why?

Yes. This could happen due to intense laughter causing a heart attack or suffocation.

300

How many chambers are in the human heart?

4

300

How do butterflies taste stuff?

With their feet

300

If you drop me I am sure to crack but give me a smile and I'll always smile back. What am I?

A mirror

300

What difference is there between the Irish flag and the Italian flag?

Ireland uses green-white-orange, while Italy uses green-white-red.

300
What is the happiest country on Earth?

Finland. They have a robust social-support system.

400

How many bones are in the adult human body?


206

400

What type of rodent has successfully 'used' a World War II parachute 

A beaver

400

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

The letter M

400

In what two countries can you not 'legally' buy Coca-Cola?

North Korea and Cuba

400

What are the most deadly animals in the UK? (name 3)

Dogs,bees and cows.

500

This organ is the only one in the human body capable of regenerating lost tissue to its original size, even after surgical removal of up to 70% of it.

The liver


500

This marine mammal can recognize itself in a mirror, a sign of self-awareness once thought to be unique to humans and great apes. 

Dolphin

500

Ask this question all day long and always get completely different answers, yet all of them will be correct. What is the question?

What time is it?

500

This country is home to the most islands in the world, with over 221,000. 

Sweden

500

True or false: If you're drunk or violent in Japan, police will take a plastic sheet and roll you up like a burrito.