Paper Riddles
One of the four words does not belong with the other three. Which word does not belong? What is it that the others have in common?
Each category will be worth 500 each. Each team will have 10 minutes to figure out the answer. NO, you cannot go if you're done but someone else is not. IF YOU ONLY GET PART OF THE ANSWER, YOU GET 0. I DONT CARE DONT ARGUE WITH ME!!
1. Green. Yellow, red and blue are primary colors, green is not.
2. December. The other months have only 30 days.
3. Cabbage. The others are vegetables that grow underground.
What's the least number of chairs you would need around a table to sit four fathers, two grandfathers, and four sons?
Four. The four fathers could be grandfathers and are definitely sons already.
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He is bald.
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee. Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda. Using logic, is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?
Coffee, because her name has the letter E two times just like the others drinking Coffee.
How high would you have to count before you would use the letter A in the English language spelling of a whole number?
One thousand
What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?
A deck of cards.
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you sleeping?
Name as many palindrome names (Names that can be spelled forwards & backwards the same) as you can before the 5 minute timer runs out.
The team with the most names will win the points!
What animal has no wings, but yet will fly?
A caterpillar has no wings, but will fly when it matures and becomes a butterfly.
An electric train is going 60 km/h north, the wind is blowing 40 km/h from the south. Which way is the train's smoke blowing?
What smoke?
It is an electric train.
I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
A battery
Each team will be assigned a room. There will be 21 papers scattered around your assigned room. You will have to find those 21 papers, and when you do, you press your buzzer. I will come to you and hand you the necessary key required for the next step. The next step will require you to solve the puzzle. When you do, you will tell me the answer to the puzzle. If the whole team does not work towards the puzzle, your team will be disqualified. The fastest team to solve the puzzle will win 2000 POINTS!!
Home - Kitchen
Time - Living Room
Days - Office
I go up and down the stairs without moving.
What am I?
A carpet
You knock a chair over in the library, and suddenly 20 eyes are looking at you.
How many people in the library?
11. 10 pairs of eyes and myself + 1
What is as big as an elephant but weighs nothing?
An elephant’s shadow
Katrina died in Mississippi. Tracy died at sea. Nobody mourned, In fact, everyone was absolutely delighted.
Why?
Katrina and Tracy are hurricanes.
People have stepped on me, but not many. I never stay full for long. I have a dark side. What am I?
The moon
You have two coins that add up to 30 cents. One of them is not a nickel. What are the coins?
A quarter and a nickel. The trick is that only one coin isn’t a nickel.