Spring
St. Patrick’s Day
Brain Busters
Famous Inventions & Science
Riddles
100
This season comes after winter and is known for flowers blooming.
What is spring?
100
St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in this country.
What is Ireland?
100
What is the only number that is even and also a prime number?
What is 2?
100
Thomas Edison is famous for inventing this device that lights up when you flip a switch.
What is the light bulb?
100
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle.
200
These colorful insects often appear in gardens during spring.
What are butterflies?
200
This green, mythical creature is often associated with St. Patrick’s Day.
What is a leprechaun?
200
If you have 3 quarters, 2 dimes, and 4 pennies, how much money do you have?
What is 99 cents?
200
This is the first man-made flying machine that the Wright brothers successfully flew in 1903.
What is an airplane?
200
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
An echo.
300
Many baby animals are born in spring. Name one.
What is a chick / lamb / bunny / calf?
300
Leprechauns are said to hide this at the end of a rainbow.
What is a pot of gold?
300
What is the next number in this pattern: 3, 6, 12, 24, ___?
What is 48?
300
This scientist discovered gravity when an apple fell from a tree.
Who is Isaac Newton?
300
The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps.
400
This holiday celebrates the Earth and is often observed with planting trees and cleaning up nature.
What is Earth Day?
400
Wearing this color is traditional on St. Patrick’s Day.
What is green?
400
A triangle with all sides the same length is called this.
What is an equilateral triangle?
400
The Earth spins on this invisible line, which goes from the North Pole to the South Pole.
What is the axis?
400
I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
A keyboard.
500
Trees grow new leaves in spring. This process of leaves growing back is called ____.
What is budding?
500
St. Patrick is famous for using this plant to explain the Holy Trinity.
What is a shamrock?
500
If all Bloops are Razzies and all Razzies are Lazzies, then all Bloops are this.
What are Lazzies?
500
This natural force keeps planets in orbit around the sun.
What is gravity?
500
What has hands but cannot clap?
A clock.