Riddles
ELA so far
ANIMALS AND PLANTS
Geography
Movies
General
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100
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light
100
An idea or conclusion that is drawn from evidence?
Inference
100
Botany is the scientific study of what?
Plants
100
The Statue of Liberty was given to the US by which country?
France
100
In Tim Burton's Movie, The Corpse Bride, who does Victor marry at the end of the movie?
Victoria
100
What basketball team did Michael Jordan his 6 championships with?
The Chicago Bulls
100
This country invented tea and paper money.
China
200
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
200
A difference between two or more things that is clear when you compare them. Synonym: Difference
Contrast
200
Which animal is said to have nine lives?
Cat
200
What US city is the golden gate bridge located? 
San Francisco
200
Who 'don't we talk about' in a 2021 Disney movie?
Bruno
200
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo Da Vinci
200
What is the only fruit that has its seeds on the outside?
Strawberry
300
What belongs to you but everyone else uses it?
Your name
300
Synonym: opposite. The opposite of what was expected to happen
Contradiction
300
What is the main food source for pandas?
Bamboo
300
Which country produces the most coffee in the world? In South America.
Brazil
300
A televised competition in which teenagers from each of the twelve Districts are chosen at random to fight to the death.
The Hunger Games.
300
What months of the year have 28 days?
ALL OF THEM
300
What were the four main characters' names in the movie Wizard of Oz?
Dorothy, Scarecrow, Lion, and the Tin-man
400
What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has a T in it?
Teapot
400
What is the anchor question for an AHA moment?
How might this change things for the character?
400
What is the largest animal in the world?
A blue whale
400
What mountain is depicted in this painting, The Great Wave?
Mt.Fuji
400
What British spy is known as 007?
James Bond
400
What does “www” stand for in a website browser?
World Wide Web
400
What is the longest-running TV series?
The Simpsons
500
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold
500
_______ in reading are moments when we need to stop and analyze
Signposts
500
What organ does an octopus have three of?
Heart
500
The worlds longest river?
The Nile
500
Legendary pirate of the Seven Seas, and trickster of the Caribbean. A captain of equally dubious morality and sobriety
Jack Sparrow.
500
What is the plural of sheep?
Sheep
500
Who was the president during the civil war?
Lincoln
600
You see me once in June, twice in november, and not at all in may, what am I?
The letter E
600
A name, word, or phrase used to classify or categorize a person or thing (often incorrectly)
Label
600
What is hibernation an example of?
A behavioral adaptation
600
Which country do cities of Perth, Adelade & Brisbane belong to?
Australia
600
What is the name of the evil clown from Steven King's movie It?
Pennywise
600
In which country did the Olympic games originate?
Greece
600
What is the hardest known natural material?
Diamonds
700
poor people have it. if you eat it you die, what is it?
nothing
700
An often incorrect assumption made about all of the members of a particular group
Stereotype
700
What continent has the most venomous spider in the world? (Double points if you can name the spider)
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Australia. The Sydney funnel-web spider
700
What is the capital of India?
New Dehli
700
What name is written under Woody's shoe in Toy Story?
Andy
700
What was the first feature-length animated movie ever released? (Hint: It was a Disney Movie)
Snow White
700
What year did the Titanic sink? (Be within five years to get the points)
1912
800
Jack and Jill are lying on the floor inside the house, dead. They died from lack of water. There is shattered glass next to them. How did they die?
They are goldfish.
800
Definition: Uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning.
We should revise ______ words in our writing to make it more vivid.
Vague
800
Trivia Question: How many eyes does a bee have? 2,4,5,or 6
5
800
What layer of the Earth is right below the crust?
Mantle
800
What is the first and last name of the little teacup in Beauty and the Beast?
Chip Potts
800
Who wrote a famous diary while hiding from Nazis in Amsterdam?
Anne Frank
800
Who is this Greek God? 
Poseidon
1000
What goes around the world and stays in a corner?
a stamp
1000
Two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings
Homonym
1000
What mammal cannot jump?
Elephant
1000
Where is the world's largest desert?
Antartica
1000
There are 7 books but...how many Harry Potter movies have been made?
8
1000
Arigato! What asian country has the most vending machines per capita?
Japan
1000
Who was the Teddy Bear named after?
Teddy Roosevelt
1100
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
1100
Use Their, There, and They're properly in a sentence.
Ex: They're over there with their new bikes.
1100
What is a group of crows called?
A murder
1100
How many boroughs are in NYC?
Five
1100
What movie is this?
Rush Hour
1100
What famous playwright was born in 1564?
William Shakespeare
1100
What is the worlds largest ocean?
The Pacific