Amazing Animals
This black-and-white bird is famous for mimicking human speech.
What is an African grey parrot?
The chemical symbol for gold.
What is Au?
This European city is divided by canals and famous for its gondolas.
What is Venice?
The magical school where Harry Potter studied.
What is Hogwarts?
The term for a word or phrase that reads the same backward and forward.
What is a palindrome?
This desert mammal can close its nostrils to keep out blowing sand.
What is a camel?
This planet spins on its side, giving it extreme seasons.
What is Uranus?
Mount Kilimanjaro is located in this African country.
What is Tanzania?
This Marvel superhero wields a shield made of vibranium.
Who is Captain America?
A synonym for “pseudonym,” often used by authors.
What is a pen name?
A group of crows is known by this ominous name.
What is a murder?
He developed the three laws of motion and universal gravitation.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This country has more natural lakes than the rest of the world combined.
What is Canada?
The 2023 blockbuster about a fashion doll that sparked a pink craze.
What is Barbie?
An eight-letter word meaning fear of long words—ironically very long itself.
What is hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia?
The only mammal capable of true sustained flight.
What is a bat?
The protein that gives skin its elasticity and is a popular supplement.
What is collagen?
The longest river in South America.
What is the Amazon?
The 1990s TV sitcom set in the fictional town of Capeside, starring James Van Der Beek.
What is Dawson’s Creek?
Riddle: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?
What is an echo?
This fish can survive on land for days by breathing through its skin and mouth lining.
What is a mudskipper?
The phenomenon when two atoms share electrons equally, creating a stable molecule.
What is covalent bonding?
This Asian capital’s name means “capital city of the north.”
What is Beijing?
This film won Best Picture at the 2020 Oscars and was the first non-English winner.
What is Parasite?
The study of the origin and history of words.
What is etymology?