Riddles
What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
Your left hand
In 1975, ______________ became the capital of the only Dutch-speaking country in South America when the country gained independence from the Netherlands.
Paramaribo
I am a number, but when you add ‘G’ to me, I go away. What number am I?
gOne
"What concert costs just 45 cents?
50 Cent featuring Nickelback!
Do the dance to this song
Shake it to the Max
What tastes better than it smells?
Your tongue
Founded by Emperor Menelik II in the late 19th century, this high-altitude capital’s name translates to “New Flower.”
Addis Ababa
I add six to eleven and get five. How is this correct?
Adding 6 to 11 refers to adding hours on a clock. After 12, the count resets, so 11 + 6 = 5 o’clock.
How do you throw a space party?
You Planet
This is a foundational dance step/move (named after dancer Gerald Levy), involving a fast, rhythmic stepping motion while twisting the waist and pointing downward.
Bogle
What five-letter word has one left when two letters are removed?
Stone.
Christopher Columbus is credited with the discovery of Jamaica but which set of people did he find already inhabiting the island on his arrival?
Tainos (Broader the Arawaks)
A school has 120 students. 75 of them play baseball, 60 play soccer, and 30 play both. How many students play neither sport?
15 students.
A man sued an airline company after it lost his luggage.
Sadly, he lost his case.
What is the name of the Jamaican sound system and record label, founded in the 1990s, that helped launch the careers of Sean Paul, Elephant Man, and Mr. Vegas?
VP Records or the sub-label Greensleeves Records. Also known as Stone Love
Four cars come to a four-way stop, each coming from a different direction. They can’t decide who got there first, so they all go forward at the same time. All 4 cars go, but none crash into each other. How is this possible?
They all made right-hand turns.
The crowning of Haile Selassie I as Emperor of Ethiopia in 1930 led to the development of a new religious movement called_____________________
Rastafarianism.
A group of people collects $529. If each person contributes an amount in dollars equal to the total number of people in the group, how many people are in the group?
23 people (23 x 23 = 529)
I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger.
He was lucky it was a soft drink.
Which South African genre, originating in Durban's townships around 2010, is characterized by minimal, repetitive, and often dark, pulsating bass drums – famously sampled by Beyoncé on "My Power" from The Lion King: The Gift?
Gqom
Many people like these to be as long as possible, but short ones can be effective. It’s definitely possible for them to be too long. What are they? ?
Tweets
It is the only country in the world that features a modern firearm—an AK-47—on its national flag.
Mozambique
A driver was going the wrong way down a one-way street. He passed several police officers, but they didn’t stop him. Why?
The driver was walking, not driving.
Why should you never trust a train?
They have loco motives.
Do the dance to this song
Tshwala Bam