History
Novel
Literature
Riddles 1
Riddles 2
100
Explain why the Suez Canal was built.
To allow ships a shortcut to Asia.
100
Who was the actual Lightning Thief?
Luke
100
In "The Amigo Brothers", who won the fight?
We didn't find out
100
Without me Thanksgiving and Christmas are incomplete, when I’m on the table everyone tends to overeat. What am I?
Turkey
100
When I’m ripe, I’m green, when you eat me, I’m red, and when you spit me out, I’m black. What am I?
A watermelon
200
Who was this person?
Shaka Zulu
200
Who did Doctor Korczak help?
orphans
200
In "The War of the Wall", it took place during what war?
The Vietnam War
200
I sometimes run, but I cannot walk. What am I?
Your nose
200
Cats have four, bugs have four, but school has six. What are they?
Letters
300
The "Czar" was the leader of what country?
Russia
300
Who is Kronos?
The leader of the Titans / Father of Zeus
300
In "The War of the Wall", who was the painter woman?
A cousin of Jimmy Lyons (the guy who died in the Vietnam War)
300
I have cities, but no houses. I have forests, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A map
300
What’s really easy to get into, and hard to get out of?
Trouble
400
The addictive drug that the British sold to the Chinese
opium
400
Where was Misha shot?
In the ear/earlobe
400
In "What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything?", what did the man say was the cure for unhappiness?
What a person needs is always more than they say / generosity
400
Which question can you never answer "yes" to?
"Are you sleeping?"
400
What has a thousand needles but cannot sew?
A porcupine
500
When Japan ended the rule of shoguns and put an emperor back on the throne, this was called the __________________.
Meiji Restoration
500
Who is Greta?
A horse
500
Explain the ending of "What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything?"
Willie's mother forced the homeless man to leave and Willie became angry that she is not kind and always depressed
500
I jump when I walk and sit when I stand. What am I?
A kangaroo
500
I can be bigger than you but weigh nothing at all. What am I?
Your shadow