Olympics
Parts of Speech
Word Puzzles
Riddle Me This
Summer
100

This is the location of the 2024 summer olympic games.

What is Paris?

100
a word that describes or defines a noun or noun phrase.

what is an adjective?

100


what is "Adding insult to injury"?

100

What has to be broken before you can use it?

What is an egg?

100

This European city is the most popular summer vacation spot.

What is London?

200

Besides Antarctica, this is the only other continent that has never hosted the Summer or Winter Olympic Games.

What is Africa?

200

A word that in a sentence generally conveys an action, an occurrence, or a state of being.  

what is a verb?

200


what is "head over heels in love"?

200

 I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

What is a candle?

200

This U.S. state has the average hottest temperature.

What is Florida?

300

This was an appropriate site for the first modern Olympic games.

What is Athens, Greece?

300

a word or a group of words that one may substitute for a noun or noun phrase.

what is a pronoun?

300


What is Merry go round?

300

What month of the year has 28 days?

What us all of them?

300

Name one of the three zodiac signs that occur during the summer.

What is Cancer, Leo, or Virgo?

400

They are the most decorated U.S. athlete in Olympic game history.

Who is Michael Phelps?

400

a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause.

Hint: they are and, but, or, if, so

what is a conjunction?

400


what is "bend over backwards"?

400

What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?

What is a promise?

400

Fireworks originated in this country.

What is China?
500

Instead of medals, winners at the ancient games received these made of olive branches

What are wreaths/crowns?

500

an abrupt remark, made especially as an aside or interruption.

What is an interjection?

500


What is "read between the lines"?

500

A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?

What is he is bald?

500

Sunscreen bottles all have an SPF number on them. This is what those letters stand for.

What is Sun Protection Factor?