Riddles With Answers

What is unusual about Japan’s Itsukushima Shrine?

It’s closed to worshippers
It’s built on water
It’s inside a cave
It’s Japan’s only Shinto shrine

The Answer: The correct answer is It’s built on water.

Present-day Mexico is home to which of these ancient sites?

Machu Picchu
Ziggurat of Ur
Chichén Itzá
Göbekli Tepe

The Answer: The correct answer is Chichén Itzá.

What geometric shape is in the center of the Great Mosque of Mecca?

Cube
Sphere
Cone
Cylinder

The Answer: The correct answer is Cube.

What is the only part of the Temple in Jerusalem that remains intact?

The Western Wall
The Temple Mount
The Doric columns
The iron door

The Answer: The correct answer is The Western Wall.

What martial art is still practiced at China’s Shaolin Temple?

Krav Maga
Muay Thai
Kung Fu
Aikido

The Answer: The correct answer is Kung Fu.

An “avenue” of what mythological creature leads to Egypt’s Luxor temple?

Yetis
Harpies
Centaurs
Sphinxes

The Answer: The correct answer is Sphinxes.

The Parthenon in Athens was dedicated to what deity?

Athena
Jupiter
Zeus
Apollo

The Answer: The correct answer is Athena.

Why was the QWERTY keyboard invented?

To use with the Cyrillic alphabet
To improve mechanical typewriters
To speed up typing
A manufacturing error

The Answer: The correct answer is To improve mechanical typewriters.

To cut costs, the first home computers lacked the ability to do what?

Type lowercase letters
Subtract
Use a keyboard
Power off

The Answer: The correct answer is Type lowercase letters.

What was the original name of the Microsoft Windows operating system?

Interface Expert
Computer Wizard
Interface Manager
Clippy

The Answer: The correct answer is Interface Manager.