Riddles
I rise steadily every year of your life, yet once I increase, I can never go back down again.
Your Age
What is the rarest blood type in humans?
AB negative
“Billie Jean is not my lover” — which song is this?
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson (1982)
Which 1975 movie is famous for the line “You’re gonna need a bigger boat”?
Jaws
Who was the first tennis player to win all four Grand Slam tournaments in a single calendar year?
Don Budge
I help you talk to people far away, I run out of energy at the worst possible moment, and everyone panics when I disappear.
Phone
Who wrote the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude?
Gabriel García Márquez
What Canadian music awards are often called “Canada’s Grammys”?
The Juno Awards
What 1985 movie is about a teenager who travels through time in a DeLorean?
Back to the Future
In which city were the first modern Olympic Games held in 1896?
Athens, Greece
I shave every day but my beard stays exactly the same, and somehow people still trust me with sharp objects.
Barber
Which country is nicknamed “The Land of the Thunder Dragon”?
Bhutan
Which rock trio was known for songs like Tom Sawyer and Limelight?
Rush
Which movie includes the line “There’s no place like home”?
The Wizard of Oz
What is the term in cricket when a bowler takes three wickets in three consecutive deliveries?
Hat-trick
I have a neck but no head, two arms but no hands, and yet I hold everything tightly and let nothing escape.
A Shirt
Which mountain range separates Europe from Asia?
The Ural Mountains
Which Canadian city is considered the country’s music industry hub?
Toronto
What 1965 musical is set in Austria during World War II?
The Sound of Music
Which golfer was nicknamed “The Golden Bear”?
Jack Nicklaus
I can be cracked, told, and even laughed at, yet I am often groaned at when I am the worst kind of surprise. What am I?
A Joke
Which country has the most volcanoes in the world?
Indonesia
Which band is known for the albums American Woman and Share the Land?
The Guess Who
Which platform is known for popularizing short-form, user-generated video content rather than traditional TV shows?
Youtube
In ice hockey, what is the name of the line that the puck must cross to count as an icing violation?
The goal line / red line