Riddle Me This
The World & Beyond
History with a Twist
Culture, Film & Fame
Science, Space & “How Stuff Works
100

What comes once in a year, twice in a week, but never in a day?

What is the letter E?

100

This country has more pyramids than Egypt.

What is Sudan?

100

The Cold War ended with the collapse of this superpower.

What is the Soviet Union?

100

This 1994 Disney film features a royal cub destined to be king.

What is The Lion King?

100

Water freezes at this temperature in Celsius.

What is 0 °C?

200

The more you take away from me, the bigger I get. What am I?

What is a hole?

200

This country is both the smallest by area and the home of the Pope.

What is Vatican City?

200

This document, signed in 1215, limited the power of English kings.

What is the Magna Carta?

200

This actor has portrayed both Batman and a Marvel villain.

Who is Christian Bale?

200

The human body’s largest internal organ.

What is the liver?

300

What runs but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps?

What is a river?

300

This is the only U.S. state to have a royal palace.

What is Hawaii?

300

This was the first country to grant women the right to vote (1893).

What is New Zealand?

300

This 1980s movie features a DeLorean that travels through time.

What is Back to the Future?

300

This planet rotates on its side compared to the others.

What is Uranus?

400

You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. What am I?

What is a candle?

400

This capital city’s name means “good air” in Spanish.

What is Buenos Aires?

400

The Renaissance began in this European country.

What is Italy?

400

This artist holds the record for the most Grammy Awards of all time.

Who is Beyoncé?

400

DNA stands for this.

What is Deoxyribonucleic acid?

500

I can fly without wings, cry without eyes, and wherever I go, darkness flies. What am I?

What is a cloud?

500

The Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, sits between the Andes and this ocean.

What is the Pacific Ocean?

500

The U.S. purchased this territory from France in 1803.

What is the Louisiana Purchase?

500

This 1999 sci-fi movie introduced the concept of humans unknowingly living inside a simulated reality.

What is The Matrix?

500

The speed of light is approximately this many kilometers per second.

What is 300,000 km/s (or ~299,792 km/s)?