Riddles
David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and.....Who is the third son?
David
Sound travels roughly four times faster through this liquid substance than it does through the air. What liquid substance is it?
Water!
A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 of them run away. How many sheep the farmer have left?
his slow-moving mammal spends most of its life upside down in trees and moves so slowly that green algae actually grows right on its fur. What animal is it?
A sloth
This bright cosmic object is actually a massive ball of burning plasma located at the center of our solar system. What is it called?
The sun
Whatat can travel around the world while staying in the exact same corner?
A stamp
This is the only type of mammal capable of true, sustained flight. What is it?
A bat
If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one every half hour, how many minutes the pills will last?
60 minutes
This marine creature does not have a brain, bones, or a heart, and its body is made up of about 95% water. What animal is it?
A jellyfish
This is the massive gravitational pull that keeps the Moon locked in a permanent orbit around the Earth. What is it?
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Map
How many minutes does it take for light leaving the surface of the sun to travel through space and hit Earth?
8 minutes
If you multiply every single number on a standard telephone keypad together, What is the total product you will get?
0
This reptile can look in two different directions at the exact same time because its eyes move completely independently of each other. What animal is it?
A chameleon
Famously known as the "Red Planet" due to the large amount of iron oxide (rust) on its surface, scientists are actively searching it for signs of ancient life. What planet is it?
Mars
The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps
While humans have iron-based red blood, an octopus has blood based on copper, giving it this striking color. What color is it?
Blue
A peasant wants to cross a river with a wolf, a goat, and a basket of cabbage. He can only carry one at a time. If left alone, the wolf eats the goat, or the goat eats the cabbage. What is the first item he must take?
The goat
This industrious insect can carry objects up to 50 times its own body weight, which is the equivalent of a human lifting a car. What animal is it?
An ant!
This object is a giant ball of ice and dust that develops a glowing tail when it passes close to the Sun. What is it?
A comet
I am lighter than a feather, yet the strongest person on earth cannot hold me for long. What am I?
Bubble/breath (any accepted)
Because there is no gravity to pull it down, the geometric shape of a water droplet floating freely in space is different. What shape is it?
Hint: No gravity means equal pressure on all sides
Sphere/circle
Look closely at this sequence of numbers: 1, 2, 4, 7, 11...What is the next number in the sequence?
16
his flightless bird is the fastest two-legged animal on land, capable of sprinting up to 70 kilometers per hour. What bird is it?
An ostrich
Because it has a massive gravitational field so intense that not even light can escape its pull, this is completely invisible. What is it?
Hint: Sucks in everything that is near it
Black hole