Riddles
How many months of the year have 28 days?
Twelve (12) - All of them have 28 days - and most have more than 28.
Rearrange the letters to get a word that means 'liked by a lot of people'
ALP PROU
POPULAR
What is 237 x 51?
12,087
Our planet Earth is located in which galaxy?
The Milky Way
Name the song and the band.
If you can name the lead singer of the band you will get double points.
We Will Rock You, by Queen
The lead singer - Freddie Mercury
It has keys, but no locks. It has space, but no room. You can enter, but can’t go inside. What is it?
A keyboard
What is the name given to a group of lions?
A pride
A box is 30cm long by 25cm wide x 20cm deep. What is its volume, in cubic metres?
0.3 x 0.25 x 0.2 = 0.015 cu m
When light bends as it enters a different medium the process is known as what?
Refraction, the bending of light (it also happens with sound, water and other waves) as it passes from one transparent substance into another.
Diffraction, the spreading of waves around obstacles.
Name the song AND the band to get the points.
And if you can name three out of the 4 band members you will get double points.
The song is Let it Be, by The Beatles.
The band members are
Paul McCartney / John Lennon / George Harrison / Ringo Starr
Liam was 11 the day before yesterday, and next year he’ll turn 14. How is this possible?
If today is January 1st, and Liam’s birthday is December 31st.
Liam was 11 the day before yesterday (December 30th), then became 12 the next day (December 31st).
This year on December 31st he’ll be 13, so next year he’ll be 14.
What is the name of the lion in “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe”?
Aslan
How many faces does a dodecahedron have?
12
What is the proper term for your funny bone?
Humerus
This song has 3.2 billion views, putting it in the top 10 music videos on Youtube.
Name the song, and the band.
Counting Stars, by One Republic
What word contains 26 letters, but only has three syllables?
Alphabet
If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?
11 o’clock plus 2 hours = 1 o’clock
so
9 o’clock plus 5 hours = 2 o’clock
I have more than two animals at home. All of them are dogs, except for two. All of them are cats, except for two. All of them are hamsters, except for two. What kinds of animals and how many of each animal do I have?
I have three animals: one dog, one cat, and one hamster.
Which biologist proposed the theory of evolution through natural selection?
Charles Darwin
What is the name which this music is best known by?
And double points if you can name the composer (the person who wrote the music).
Ode to Joy
(Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Movement IV)
Ludwig van Beethoven
What goes up, but never comes back down?
Your age
What character did Anne Hathaway play in the musical film version of Les Miserables?
Fantine
Can you find the answer?
If 12 x 12 = 9
and 16 x 16 = 13
and 23 x 23 = 16
then what is 28 x 28 = ?
12x12 = 144, then 1 + 4 + 4 = 9
16x16 = 256, then 2 + 5 + 6 = 13
23x23 = 529, then 5 + 2 + 9 = 16
28 x 28 = 784, then 7 + 8 + 4 = 19
Which is the lightest of these elements in the periodic table?
a. Helium
b. Carbon
c. Nitrogen
d. Hydrogen
Hydrogen (Atomic weight 1.00874)
Helium (4.002602)
Carbon (12.0115)
Nitrogen (14.0067)
Can you name the music, and the composer (the person who wrote the music).
For double points - what science-fiction film (regarded by many as the best science-fiction film ever made) used this music as its opening theme?
The music is Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra) by Richard Strauss.
The movie is 2001:A Space Odyssey