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Elementary School Fun Facts
100

What word starts with the letter E ends with the letter E but only has one letter in it?

Envelope

100

It’s shorter than the rest, but when you’re happy, you raise it up like it’s the best. What is it?

A thumb.

100

True or false

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

True

100

In Finding Nemo, what species of fish is Nemo?

Clownfish

100

What is the largest state in the US?

Alaska

200

Three doctors said that Robert was their brother. Robert said he had no brothers. Who is lying?

Neither of them was lying. The doctors were his sisters.

200

The more there is, the less you see. What am I?

Darkness.

200

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming how many calories?

1/10 of a calorie

200

What is the rarest M&M color?

Brown

200

Who was the first president of the United States?

George Washington

300

A boy runs home, makes three lefts, and finds two masked men waiting for him, what happened?

The boy is a baseball player. He runs to home plate and finds the umpire and the catcher waiting for him.

300

What is full of holes, but still holds a lot of water?

A sponge.

300

What happens to opossums when they are "playing 'possum,". 

They are not playing. They actually pass out from sheer terror.

300

What was the first soft drink to be taken into space?

Coca Cola

300

What is the largest planet in the solar system?

Jupiter

400

A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and rode out again on Friday. How did he do that?

His horse’s name is Friday.

400

Once you have it, you want to share it. Once you share it, you don’t have it.

What is a secret

400

True or false

Only female mosquitoes bite.

True

400

What is the smallest breed of dog?

Chihuahua

400

What is the name of the fairy in Peter Pan?

Tinkerbell

500

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in one thousand years?

The letter “M”.

500

Every night I’m told what to do, and each morning I do what I’m told. But I still don’t escape your scold

An Alarm Clock

500

How many times does your heart beat in one day?

Over 100,000 times a day.

500

What was the original purpose of the tiny pocket in jeans?

To store pocket watches

500

What are the only mammals that can fly?

Bats

600

Every time you lose something, you always find it in the very last place you would look. Why is this?

It is the last place you would look because once you find it there is no need to keep looking.


600

Daily Double!

I can only live where there is light, but I die if the light shines on me. What am I?

A Shadow

600

True or false

Toto was paid $125 per week while filming The Wizard of Oz.

True

600

What are the names of the four Hogwarts houses?

Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin

600

What is the only letter of the alphabet not to appear in the name of any US state?

Q