Riddles Trivia Quiz

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This Riddles Trivia Quiz has 161 questions: 57 easy, 64 medium and 40 hard. It is free. Play it with friends in a room for 2 to 12 players, on phones or in a browser, or play it solo. Type your answers: close enough counts, so a small typo still scores.

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20 of the 161 Riddles questions in this pack. Think of your answer, then open it.

1. My days are numbered, and after one year I'm out of date. What am I?

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   Calendar

   When most of Europe switched to today's calendar in 1582, ten days were simply skipped.

2. I live between the sofa cushions. I change the channel, and nobody can ever find me. What am I?

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   Remote

   One of the first TV ones, Zenith's 'Lazy Bones' from 1950, was joined to the TV by a long wire.

3. I have a tail and I live on your desk. I click, but I never eat cheese. What am I?

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   Mouse

   Douglas Engelbart showed one off to the world in 1968; his first version was a box with two wheels underneath.

4. You can't see me or touch me, but everyone gets cross when I'm weak, and cafés write my password on the wall. What am I?

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   Wi-Fi

   Despite what many think, it was never really short for 'wireless fidelity'; that was a slogan added later.

5. I'm a little book that lets you cross borders, and every new country gives me a stamp. What am I?

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   Passport

   England's King Henry V is often credited with creating the first British passport, over 600 years ago.

6. I used to be just the 'number sign' on phones. Now, put me in front of any word and it becomes a trending topic. What am I?

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   Hashtag

   Chris Messina first suggested using it on Twitter in 2007, and never tried to patent it.

7. I have an eye, but I cannot see. Pass something through it and I'll help you fix your clothes. What am I?

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   Needle

   Needles are one of humanity's oldest tools: one carved from bird bone is about 50,000 years old.

8. I make you click on traffic lights and buses to prove you're not a robot. What am I?

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   CAPTCHA

   The name is a squeezed-together phrase: 'Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart'.

9. I let you cross over the river without getting wet, and I never move an inch. What am I?

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   Bridge

   The longest one in the world, China's Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge, carries trains for about 165 km.

10. On sunny days I follow you everywhere and copy every move you make, but you can never catch me. What am I?

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    Shadow

    Yours is shortest around midday, when the Sun is highest, and longest early in the morning and late in the evening.

11. I let your earbuds and phone talk without wires, and I'm named after a Viking king with a bad tooth. What am I?

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    Bluetooth

    King Harald 'Bluetooth' united Denmark and Norway, much like the tech was meant to unite gadgets.

12. People chew my cap, I always run out at the worst time, and nobody ever gives me back. What am I?

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    Pen

    The ballpoint was made by Hungarian newspaper editor László Bíró, who was fed up with smudgy ink. In the UK it's still a 'biro'.

13. I'm the junk that fills your inbox, and I'm named after a tinned meat. What am I?

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    Spam

    The name comes from a 1970 Monty Python sketch where a café waitress offers spam with nearly every dish.

14. I'm packed the night before a trip, I roll behind you at the airport, and I'm never the first one off the belt. What am I?

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    Suitcase

    Wheeled ones only took off in the 1970s, after an American named Bernard Sadow put wheels on his.

15. I'm the friend everyone looks for at a party once their phone hits 5%. What am I?

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    Charger

    Since USB-C arrived in 2014, it has become the standard plug for charging most phones.

16. The more you take away from me, the bigger I get. What am I?

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    Hole

    The deepest hole ever dug, Russia's Kola Superdeep Borehole, goes down more than 12 km.

17. I can travel all around the world while staying in one corner. What am I?

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    Stamp

    The world's first postage stamp, Britain's Penny Black, came out in 1840 with a young Queen Victoria on it.

18. I always know where you are, and I calmly tell you to turn left just after you've missed the turn. What am I?

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    GPS

    It works thanks to a ring of at least 24 satellites circling Earth, run by the US since 1993.

19. I go through cities and fields, from town to town, but I never move. What am I?

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    Road

    The Pan-American Highway runs from Alaska all the way down to the bottom of South America.

20. I have a neck but no head, and I wear a cap. What am I?

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    Bottle

    In 2018, a message in one washed up on a beach in Western Australia. It had been thrown from a German ship in 1886.

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