110+ Gun Riddles with Answers
None of these involve an actual firearm. About half are tool guns -- glue, caulk, staple, nail, price -- named for a trigger-squeeze, not a bullet. Another chunk hides the letters G-U-N inside innocent words and places: begun, burgundy, gunwale, Gunma. The rest are idioms -- jump the gun, top gun, stick to your guns -- that borrowed the word and ran off with a new meaning entirely. When this deck runs dry, the Pinata riddles pick up right where these leave off.
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Three Gun riddles, answers included
- I get red-hot, melt colored plastic sticks, and let crafters glue things together fast. What am I?
- Answer: Glue gun
- Squeeze my trigger and a nail shoots straight into wood - no gunpowder involved, just air or electricity. What am I?
- Answer: Nail gun
- What tool staples fabric to a chair frame with one satisfying chunk?
- Answer: Staple gun
Gun Riddles
- I get red-hot, melt colored plastic sticks, and let crafters glue things together fast. What am I?Glue gun
- Squeeze my trigger and a nail shoots straight into wood - no gunpowder involved, just air or electricity. What am I?Nail gun
- What tool staples fabric to a chair frame with one satisfying chunk?Staple gun
- I squeeze a long tube and lay down a neat bead of sealant along your bathtub's edge. What am I?Caulk gun
- What hand tool pumps thick lubricant into a car's joints through a tiny nozzle called a zerk fitting?Grease gun
- I turn liquid paint into a fine mist so an entire car body gets one smooth, even coat. What am I?Spray gun
- What tool blasts hot air to strip old paint or shrink-wrap plastic tight?Heat gun
- A cashier clicks my trigger and a sticky little number appears on your cereal box. What am I?Price gun
- A police officer or a baseball scout points me at something moving to learn exactly how fast it's going. What am I?Radar gun
- What buzzing tool presses ink under the skin, one tiny needle-prick at a time, to make permanent art?Tattoo gun
- What tool squeezes a soft metal pin until its tail snaps off, locking two sheets of metal together for good?Rivet gun
- A bartender's finger rests on my trigger, and I can pour cola, soda water, or seven different sodas from one nozzle. What am I?Soda gun
- What machine turns water and cold air into fresh powder for a ski slope?Snow gun
- On a film set, what handheld light earns a weapon's nickname even though all it ever fires is brightness?Sun gun
- At the gas station, I hiss and fill your tire with air in seconds flat. What am I?Air gun
- An artist or makeup pro holds me a few inches from the surface, and I spray a soft cloud of fine color. What am I?Airbrush gun
- What handheld device blasts a cloud of spooky mist across a haunted house?Fog gun
- What loud, rattling shop tool spins a car's lug nuts loose in under two seconds?Impact gun
- A baker squeezes my trigger and swirly frosting comes out the tip onto a cupcake. What am I?Icing gun
- On a hot summer day, I get filled up at the tap and soak your friends from ten feet away. What am I?Water gun
- What toy shoots a stream of tiny soap bubbles the moment you pull its trigger?Bubble gun
- What party toy fires a burst of colorful paper into the air at the stroke of midnight?Confetti gun
- At a stadium between innings, a mascot points me at the crowd and rolled-up shirts go flying into the upper deck. What am I?T-shirt gun
- Pull my cork back, let go, and I make a cheerful pop - no bullet, ever. What am I?Popgun
- What device does a race official fire into the air to send sprinters off the blocks?Starting pistol
- What homemade PVC-pipe toy launches mini marshmallows across the backyard?Marshmallow gun
- Science-fair kids build me from a length of pipe, and one puff of air pressure sends a potato soaring across the field. What am I?Potato gun
- A sailor in trouble fires me straight up, and a bright light blooms in the night sky to call for help. What am I?Flare gun
- What old-fashioned, family-friendly exclamation of surprise namedrops a firearm but means no harm at all?Son of a gun!
- I'm what a sprinter does by dashing off before the starting pistol fires - and what anyone does by acting too early. What am I?Jumping the gun
- What phrase means refusing to change your mind, even when everyone around you disagrees?Stick to your guns
- What phrase describes working right up against a brutal deadline?Under the gun
- When a company brings in its most important experts to fix a massive problem, what has it called in?Big guns
- What term describes a talented newcomer shaking up an old, established field?Young gun
- I'm brought in from outside, paid well, and expected to solve a problem the regular team couldn't - I might be a consultant, not a soldier. What am I called?Hired gun
- What two-word nickname means the very best at what they do?Top gun
- In a mystery story, what piece of evidence is so obvious it practically proves guilt on the spot?Smoking gun
- After one bad experience, I get nervous and hesitant to try that thing again. What am I?Gun-shy
- What phrase means chasing a promotion with everything you've got?Gunning for it
- What old-fashioned expression means a project or business is going remarkably well, at full speed?Going great guns
- Shout my name first and you win the front passenger seat before anyone else can argue. What am I?Calling shotgun
- What old-fashioned phrase describes a wedding that got planned and held in a big hurry?Shotgun wedding
- Instead of aiming carefully at one target, I try lots of things at once and hope something sticks. What strategy am I?Shotgun approach
- In American football, what formation has the quarterback standing several yards behind the center instead of right up against him?Shotgun formation
- I'm a narrow style of house, popular in the American South, with every room lined up straight from front door to back. What style am I?Shotgun house
- In golf, what start has every group tee off at once, from different holes?Shotgun start
- On a film set, I'm long and thin, and I aim precisely at one voice while ignoring the noise around it. What am I?Shotgun mic
- What do you do to a car's engine when you floor the gas pedal and rev it hard?Gun the engine
- In track racing, a bell or gun signals me - the final, most desperate lap of the race. What am I?Gun lap
- What dark, steely color takes its name from an old gun-casting alloy?Gunmetal grey
- When someone fires off one question after another with zero pause, what are they said to do to you?Machine-gun you
- At the gym, what does someone mean when they tell you to 'flex your guns'?Your biceps
- In baseball, what one-word compliment describes an outfielder whose throwing arm is freakishly strong and accurate?Gun
- I mean 'started,' in the past tense, and hidden right inside me is a word that sounds like a weapon - though I've never hurt a soul. What word am I?Begun
- What two-word phrase for 'extremely enthusiastic' opens with three letters that spell a weapon, purely by coincidence?Gung-ho
- I'm a deep reddish-purple color and a French wine region, and if you look at the middle of my name, a weapon is hiding in plain sight. What am I?Burgundy
- I'm a rough burlap sack usually stuffed with potatoes or grain, and despite my name, I've never once held a bullet. What am I?Gunnysack
- What historic Japanese title for a military ruler ends in three letters that spell a weapon in English, purely by coincidence?Shogun
- Sprayed from a hose under pressure, I'm the tough concrete mix builders shoot onto rebar to shape a swimming pool. What am I?Gunite
- I'm the upper edge of a boat's side, and sailors pronounce me 'gunnel' even though there's no cannon anywhere near me. What am I?Gunwale
- What kind of green tea earns its explosive-sounding name because its leaves are rolled into tiny round pellets?Gunpowder tea
- I'm a small, slippery fish that hides among rocks and tide pools, and my name sounds exactly like part of a boat, not a weapon. What am I?Gunnel
- In damp gardens I unfurl leaves wide enough to shelter a child from the rain, and my Latin name starts by spelling out a weapon I've never held. What plant am I?Gunnera
- I'm a flat-bottomed cargo boat that once hauled hay and bricks up New England's tidal rivers, and my name opens with three letters that spell a weapon. What am I?Gundalow
- In Australian English, what simple bush shelter's name starts by spelling out a weapon?Gunyah
- I'm a wild Colorado river so fierce it carved a black-walled canyon, and the national park sharing my name opens like a weapon. What am I?Gunnison River
- What Japanese prefecture north of Tokyo starts its name by spelling out a weapon?Gunma
- What fast-growing Canberra district's name opens with a weapon's first three letters?Gungahlin
- What common Scandinavian first name begins by spelling out a weapon, purely by chance?Gunnar
- What friendly nickname do U.S. Marines use for a Gunnery Sergeant?Gunny
- I'm a small, guinea-pig-like rodent scurrying over North Africa's sun-baked rocks, and my name starts out spelling a weapon I could never fire. What am I?Gundi
- What semiconductor device, named after its inventor, generates the microwave signals inside radar and satellite gear?Gunn diode
- What weapon-themed nickname belongs to London football club Arsenal?The Gunners
- What classic economics term describes a nation's trade-off between defense spending and civilian goods?Guns and butter
- What playful gesture - finger out, thumb click - silently says 'nice one'?Finger guns
- What thick, gloopy goo do kids get dumped with on silly British game shows?Gunge
- Pull my string at midnight or at a big celebration, and I blast a huge cloud of colorful paper across the whole room. What am I?Confetti cannon
- Point me and pull my trigger, and instead of firing anything at all, a little cloth flag pops out reading 'BANG!' What am I?Joke gun
- Squeeze my handle and soft dough presses out through a shaped nozzle, baking up into a perfect spritz cookie. What am I?Cookie gun
- What toy do cowboys use to make a harmless paper-cap 'bang' with zero bullets, ever?Cap gun
- A store clerk clicks my trigger and a thin plastic barb pierces straight through your new shirt to hold its price tag. What am I?Tagging gun
- What handheld warehouse tool beeps every time it reads a barcode's stripes?Scanner gun
- Squeeze my trigger and a thin, furious jet of water blasts years of grime off a driveway in seconds. What am I?Pressure washer gun
- Before tile grout sets hard, I squeeze it neatly into every joint between kitchen floor tiles, no trowel needed. What am I?Grout gun
- In American football, what do you call the special-teams player who sprints downfield on a punt to make the tackle?Gunner
- In big-wave surfing, what one-word nickname means a long board built for giant waves?Gun
- In climbing slang, I'm the strongest member of the group, the one trusted to lead the scariest, hardest pitch. What am I called?Rope gun
- I blast hot steam to loosen stubborn old wallpaper glue or melt grime out of bathroom grout. What am I?Steam gun
- A mechanic points me at a spinning engine pulley, and my strobing flash freezes the ignition timing mark in place. What am I?Timing gun
- Inside an old boxy television tube, I fire a stream of electrons at the glass to paint every single frame. What am I?Electron gun
- A pitmaster fills me with seasoned brine and plunges my needle deep into a brisket before it hits the smoker. What am I?Injector gun
- Mounted on top of a fire truck, I can blast thousands of gallons of water a minute onto a raging blaze. What am I?Deck gun
- I feed a thin spool of wire and strike an electric arc, fusing two pieces of metal together in a welder's hands. What am I?Welding gun
- What car-wash attachment turns soap and water into a thick blanket of clinging foam?Foam gun
- In one quick click, I implant a rice-sized ID chip under a puppy's skin so a lost pet can always find its way home. What am I?Microchip gun
- Your dentist points me into a cavity and dispenses just the right dab of filling material before curing it with a blue light. What am I?Composite gun
- In a computer-chip factory, what beam source fires charged particles into a silicon wafer to fine-tune its properties?Ion gun
- In photography, what clip-on flash fires a burst of light from your camera's hot shoe?Flash gun
- What sailing rig style's name starts by spelling out a weapon, purely by chance?Gunter rig
- What Scottish Highland clan shares its entire surname with a weapon?Clan Gunn
- What West London park and district, home to a grand 18th-century estate, starts its name with a weapon?Gunnersbury
- What NSW 'Koala Capital of the World' town starts with a weapon's letters?Gunnedah
- According to one word-origin theory, the English word 'gun' comes from the nickname given to a giant medieval siege engine at Windsor Castle. What was that nickname?Gunhilda
- In old mass-vaccination drives, what needle-free device used a blast of pressurized air to send medicine through the skin?Jet injector gun
- What novelty bottle attachment do Formula 1 drivers use to blast champagne over each other on the podium?Champagne gun
- What handheld device flashes your temperature the moment it's pointed at your forehead?Temperature gun
- What industrial tool blasts abrasive grit at metal to strip away rust and old paint?Sandblasting gun
- A dermatologist points me at your skin and I release a quick blast of freezing liquid nitrogen to remove a wart. What am I?Cryo gun
- What word for gross, sticky grime starts by spelling out a toy weapon?Gunk
- What tiny party favor pops with a bang and a puff of confetti when you twist it apart?Party popper
- What New South Wales town, famous in folk song for its 'dog on the tuckerbox' statue, starts with a weapon's letters?Gundagai
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Three Kinds of Gun Riddle, Zero Bullets
Start by sorting the riddle into a bucket. If it describes a trigger and a nozzle, you're looking for a real tool that borrowed the name -- a caulk gun, a price gun, a T-shirt cannon at a stadium. If it's a phrase used in everyday speech, like 'under the gun' or 'going great guns,' the answer is the idiom itself, not an object at all.
The trickiest bucket hides three letters inside a totally unrelated word: a boat's gunwale, a shogun, a burgundy wine, a man named Gunnar. None of them have anything to do with a weapon -- the riddle is just pointing out a coincidence in spelling. Read the word slowly and watch for G-U-N sitting quietly in the middle.
Where These Land Best
This set is built for word-nerd company -- a trivia night team round, a long car ride where someone starts spelling things out loud, or a classroom vocabulary warm-up that sneaks a little etymology in under a joke instead of a lecture.
They also make a decent icebreaker for anyone who likes puns: drop the burgundy or gunwale riddle on a group chat and watch people insist it's a trick before they actually spell the word out letter by letter and see it for themselves. No special context needed beyond a willingness to overthink a simple question longer than you probably should.
More Gun Riddles by Type
Gun Riddles for Kids
32 kid-friendly gun riddles with simple words, safe themes, and answers that make young solvers feel clever.
Example Gun Riddles for Kids
- I get red-hot, melt colored plastic sticks, and let crafters glue things together fast. What am I? Glue gun
- What tool blasts hot air to strip old paint or shrink-wrap plastic tight? Heat gun
- A cashier clicks my trigger and a sticky little number appears on your cereal box. What am I? Price gun
- What machine turns water and cold air into fresh powder for a ski slope? Snow gun
Hard Gun Riddles
For solvers who like a fight: 31 hard gun riddles that resist the first guess, and often the second.
Example Hard Gun Riddles
- What tool squeezes a soft metal pin until its tail snaps off, locking two sheets of metal together for good? Rivet gun
- On a film set, what handheld light earns a weapon's nickname even though all it ever fires is brightness? Sun gun
- What loud, rattling shop tool spins a car's lug nuts loose in under two seconds? Impact gun
- In a mystery story, what piece of evidence is so obvious it practically proves guilt on the spot? Smoking gun
Gun Riddles for Adults
32 gun riddles with grown-up wit: subtler wordplay and references, zero crudeness, all challenge.
Example Gun Riddles for Adults
- What hand tool pumps thick lubricant into a car's joints through a tiny nozzle called a zerk fitting? Grease gun
- What buzzing tool presses ink under the skin, one tiny needle-prick at a time, to make permanent art? Tattoo gun
- A bartender's finger rests on my trigger, and I can pour cola, soda water, or seven different sodas from one nozzle. What am I? Soda gun
- What phrase means refusing to change your mind, even when everyone around you disagrees? Stick to your guns
Funny Gun Riddles
The punchline crowd: 30 gun riddles built for a laugh, with puns, twists and groan-worthy wordplay included.
Example Funny Gun Riddles
- Squeeze my trigger and a nail shoots straight into wood - no gunpowder involved, just air or electricity. What am I? Nail gun
- What tool staples fabric to a chair frame with one satisfying chunk? Staple gun
- A baker squeezes my trigger and swirly frosting comes out the tip onto a cupcake. What am I? Icing gun
- On a hot summer day, I get filled up at the tap and soak your friends from ten feet away. What am I? Water gun
Easy Gun Riddles
Warm up with 31 easy gun riddles for quick wins to build momentum before the tricky ones.
Example Easy Gun Riddles
- At the gas station, I hiss and fill your tire with air in seconds flat. What am I? Air gun
- What toy shoots a stream of tiny soap bubbles the moment you pull its trigger? Bubble gun
- What party toy fires a burst of colorful paper into the air at the stroke of midnight? Confetti gun
- Pull my cork back, let go, and I make a cheerful pop - no bullet, ever. What am I? Popgun
Tricky Gun Riddles
30 tricky gun riddles that bait the obvious answer, so read slowly, the trap is in the wording.
Example Tricky Gun Riddles
- What handheld device blasts a cloud of spooky mist across a haunted house? Fog gun
- What old-fashioned expression means a project or business is going remarkably well, at full speed? Going great guns
- Instead of aiming carefully at one target, I try lots of things at once and hope something sticks. What strategy am I? Shotgun approach
- In American football, what formation has the quarterback standing several yards behind the center instead of right up against him? Shotgun formation
What Am I Gun Riddles
The classic guessing game: 50 what-am-I gun riddles that describe themselves clue by clue. Read, commit to a guess, then reveal.
Example What Am I Gun Riddles
- I squeeze a long tube and lay down a neat bead of sealant along your bathtub's edge. What am I? Caulk gun
- I turn liquid paint into a fine mist so an entire car body gets one smooth, even coat. What am I? Spray gun
- A police officer or a baseball scout points me at something moving to learn exactly how fast it's going. What am I? Radar gun
- An artist or makeup pro holds me a few inches from the surface, and I spray a soft cloud of fine color. What am I? Airbrush gun
Clever Gun Riddles
51 gun riddles built on a genuinely neat idea rather than a trap: fair on the first read, satisfying on the reveal.
Example Clever Gun Riddles
- What device does a race official fire into the air to send sprinters off the blocks? Starting pistol
- A sailor in trouble fires me straight up, and a bright light blooms in the night sky to call for help. What am I? Flare gun
- I'm what a sprinter does by dashing off before the starting pistol fires - and what anyone does by acting too early. What am I? Jumping the gun
- What phrase describes working right up against a brutal deadline? Under the gun
Long Gun Riddles
69 gun riddles with a full setup and room for real misdirection, the ones worth reading out loud.
Example Long Gun Riddles
- At a stadium between innings, a mascot points me at the crowd and rolled-up shirts go flying into the upper deck. What am I? T-shirt gun
- Science-fair kids build me from a length of pipe, and one puff of air pressure sends a potato soaring across the field. What am I? Potato gun
- What old-fashioned, family-friendly exclamation of surprise namedrops a firearm but means no harm at all? Son of a gun!
- When a company brings in its most important experts to fix a massive problem, what has it called in? Big guns
Gun Riddles to Ask Your Friends
30 gun riddles built to stump someone: text one without the answer, watch them squirm, then enjoy the reveal.
Example Gun Riddles to Ask Your Friends
- I mean 'started,' in the past tense, and hidden right inside me is a word that sounds like a weapon - though I've never hurt a soul. What word am I? Begun
- What two-word phrase for 'extremely enthusiastic' opens with three letters that spell a weapon, purely by coincidence? Gung-ho
- I'm a deep reddish-purple color and a French wine region, and if you look at the middle of my name, a weapon is hiding in plain sight. What am I? Burgundy
- What historic Japanese title for a military ruler ends in three letters that spell a weapon in English, purely by coincidence? Shogun
Short Gun Riddles
In a hurry? 42 bite-size gun riddles that get to the point in one line, perfect to text a friend.
Example Short Gun Riddles
- What homemade PVC-pipe toy launches mini marshmallows across the backyard? Marshmallow gun
- What term describes a talented newcomer shaking up an old, established field? Young gun
- What two-word nickname means the very best at what they do? Top gun
- After one bad experience, I get nervous and hesitant to try that thing again. What am I? Gun-shy
All 111 Gun Riddles with Answers
1. I get red-hot, melt colored plastic sticks, and let crafters glue things together fast. What am I?
Answer: Glue gun
2. Squeeze my trigger and a nail shoots straight into wood - no gunpowder involved, just air or electricity. What am I?
Answer: Nail gun
3. What tool staples fabric to a chair frame with one satisfying chunk?
Answer: Staple gun
4. I squeeze a long tube and lay down a neat bead of sealant along your bathtub's edge. What am I?
Answer: Caulk gun
5. What hand tool pumps thick lubricant into a car's joints through a tiny nozzle called a zerk fitting?
Answer: Grease gun
6. I turn liquid paint into a fine mist so an entire car body gets one smooth, even coat. What am I?
Answer: Spray gun
7. What tool blasts hot air to strip old paint or shrink-wrap plastic tight?
Answer: Heat gun
8. A cashier clicks my trigger and a sticky little number appears on your cereal box. What am I?
Answer: Price gun
9. A police officer or a baseball scout points me at something moving to learn exactly how fast it's going. What am I?
Answer: Radar gun
10. What buzzing tool presses ink under the skin, one tiny needle-prick at a time, to make permanent art?
Answer: Tattoo gun
11. What tool squeezes a soft metal pin until its tail snaps off, locking two sheets of metal together for good?
Answer: Rivet gun
12. A bartender's finger rests on my trigger, and I can pour cola, soda water, or seven different sodas from one nozzle. What am I?
Answer: Soda gun
13. What machine turns water and cold air into fresh powder for a ski slope?
Answer: Snow gun
14. On a film set, what handheld light earns a weapon's nickname even though all it ever fires is brightness?
Answer: Sun gun
15. At the gas station, I hiss and fill your tire with air in seconds flat. What am I?
Answer: Air gun
16. An artist or makeup pro holds me a few inches from the surface, and I spray a soft cloud of fine color. What am I?
Answer: Airbrush gun
17. What handheld device blasts a cloud of spooky mist across a haunted house?
Answer: Fog gun
18. What loud, rattling shop tool spins a car's lug nuts loose in under two seconds?
Answer: Impact gun
19. A baker squeezes my trigger and swirly frosting comes out the tip onto a cupcake. What am I?
Answer: Icing gun
20. On a hot summer day, I get filled up at the tap and soak your friends from ten feet away. What am I?
Answer: Water gun
21. What toy shoots a stream of tiny soap bubbles the moment you pull its trigger?
Answer: Bubble gun
22. What party toy fires a burst of colorful paper into the air at the stroke of midnight?
Answer: Confetti gun
23. At a stadium between innings, a mascot points me at the crowd and rolled-up shirts go flying into the upper deck. What am I?
Answer: T-shirt gun
24. Pull my cork back, let go, and I make a cheerful pop - no bullet, ever. What am I?
Answer: Popgun
25. What device does a race official fire into the air to send sprinters off the blocks?
Answer: Starting pistol
26. What homemade PVC-pipe toy launches mini marshmallows across the backyard?
Answer: Marshmallow gun
27. Science-fair kids build me from a length of pipe, and one puff of air pressure sends a potato soaring across the field. What am I?
Answer: Potato gun
28. A sailor in trouble fires me straight up, and a bright light blooms in the night sky to call for help. What am I?
Answer: Flare gun
29. What old-fashioned, family-friendly exclamation of surprise namedrops a firearm but means no harm at all?
Answer: Son of a gun!
30. I'm what a sprinter does by dashing off before the starting pistol fires - and what anyone does by acting too early. What am I?
Answer: Jumping the gun
31. What phrase means refusing to change your mind, even when everyone around you disagrees?
Answer: Stick to your guns
32. What phrase describes working right up against a brutal deadline?
Answer: Under the gun
33. When a company brings in its most important experts to fix a massive problem, what has it called in?
Answer: Big guns
34. What term describes a talented newcomer shaking up an old, established field?
Answer: Young gun
35. I'm brought in from outside, paid well, and expected to solve a problem the regular team couldn't - I might be a consultant, not a soldier. What am I called?
Answer: Hired gun
36. What two-word nickname means the very best at what they do?
Answer: Top gun
37. In a mystery story, what piece of evidence is so obvious it practically proves guilt on the spot?
Answer: Smoking gun
38. After one bad experience, I get nervous and hesitant to try that thing again. What am I?
Answer: Gun-shy
39. What phrase means chasing a promotion with everything you've got?
Answer: Gunning for it
40. What old-fashioned expression means a project or business is going remarkably well, at full speed?
Answer: Going great guns
41. Shout my name first and you win the front passenger seat before anyone else can argue. What am I?
Answer: Calling shotgun
42. What old-fashioned phrase describes a wedding that got planned and held in a big hurry?
Answer: Shotgun wedding
43. Instead of aiming carefully at one target, I try lots of things at once and hope something sticks. What strategy am I?
Answer: Shotgun approach
44. In American football, what formation has the quarterback standing several yards behind the center instead of right up against him?
Answer: Shotgun formation
45. I'm a narrow style of house, popular in the American South, with every room lined up straight from front door to back. What style am I?
Answer: Shotgun house
46. In golf, what start has every group tee off at once, from different holes?
Answer: Shotgun start
47. On a film set, I'm long and thin, and I aim precisely at one voice while ignoring the noise around it. What am I?
Answer: Shotgun mic
48. What do you do to a car's engine when you floor the gas pedal and rev it hard?
Answer: Gun the engine
49. In track racing, a bell or gun signals me - the final, most desperate lap of the race. What am I?
Answer: Gun lap
50. What dark, steely color takes its name from an old gun-casting alloy?
Answer: Gunmetal grey
51. When someone fires off one question after another with zero pause, what are they said to do to you?
Answer: Machine-gun you
52. At the gym, what does someone mean when they tell you to 'flex your guns'?
Answer: Your biceps
53. In baseball, what one-word compliment describes an outfielder whose throwing arm is freakishly strong and accurate?
Answer: Gun
54. I mean 'started,' in the past tense, and hidden right inside me is a word that sounds like a weapon - though I've never hurt a soul. What word am I?
Answer: Begun
55. What two-word phrase for 'extremely enthusiastic' opens with three letters that spell a weapon, purely by coincidence?
Answer: Gung-ho
56. I'm a deep reddish-purple color and a French wine region, and if you look at the middle of my name, a weapon is hiding in plain sight. What am I?
Answer: Burgundy
57. I'm a rough burlap sack usually stuffed with potatoes or grain, and despite my name, I've never once held a bullet. What am I?
Answer: Gunnysack
58. What historic Japanese title for a military ruler ends in three letters that spell a weapon in English, purely by coincidence?
Answer: Shogun
59. Sprayed from a hose under pressure, I'm the tough concrete mix builders shoot onto rebar to shape a swimming pool. What am I?
Answer: Gunite
60. I'm the upper edge of a boat's side, and sailors pronounce me 'gunnel' even though there's no cannon anywhere near me. What am I?
Answer: Gunwale
61. What kind of green tea earns its explosive-sounding name because its leaves are rolled into tiny round pellets?
Answer: Gunpowder tea
62. I'm a small, slippery fish that hides among rocks and tide pools, and my name sounds exactly like part of a boat, not a weapon. What am I?
Answer: Gunnel
63. In damp gardens I unfurl leaves wide enough to shelter a child from the rain, and my Latin name starts by spelling out a weapon I've never held. What plant am I?
Answer: Gunnera
64. I'm a flat-bottomed cargo boat that once hauled hay and bricks up New England's tidal rivers, and my name opens with three letters that spell a weapon. What am I?
Answer: Gundalow
65. In Australian English, what simple bush shelter's name starts by spelling out a weapon?
Answer: Gunyah
66. I'm a wild Colorado river so fierce it carved a black-walled canyon, and the national park sharing my name opens like a weapon. What am I?
Answer: Gunnison River
67. What Japanese prefecture north of Tokyo starts its name by spelling out a weapon?
Answer: Gunma
68. What fast-growing Canberra district's name opens with a weapon's first three letters?
Answer: Gungahlin
69. What common Scandinavian first name begins by spelling out a weapon, purely by chance?
Answer: Gunnar
70. What friendly nickname do U.S. Marines use for a Gunnery Sergeant?
Answer: Gunny
71. I'm a small, guinea-pig-like rodent scurrying over North Africa's sun-baked rocks, and my name starts out spelling a weapon I could never fire. What am I?
Answer: Gundi
72. What semiconductor device, named after its inventor, generates the microwave signals inside radar and satellite gear?
Answer: Gunn diode
73. What weapon-themed nickname belongs to London football club Arsenal?
Answer: The Gunners
74. What classic economics term describes a nation's trade-off between defense spending and civilian goods?
Answer: Guns and butter
75. What playful gesture - finger out, thumb click - silently says 'nice one'?
Answer: Finger guns
76. What thick, gloopy goo do kids get dumped with on silly British game shows?
Answer: Gunge
77. Pull my string at midnight or at a big celebration, and I blast a huge cloud of colorful paper across the whole room. What am I?
Answer: Confetti cannon
78. Point me and pull my trigger, and instead of firing anything at all, a little cloth flag pops out reading 'BANG!' What am I?
Answer: Joke gun
79. Squeeze my handle and soft dough presses out through a shaped nozzle, baking up into a perfect spritz cookie. What am I?
Answer: Cookie gun
80. What toy do cowboys use to make a harmless paper-cap 'bang' with zero bullets, ever?
Answer: Cap gun
81. A store clerk clicks my trigger and a thin plastic barb pierces straight through your new shirt to hold its price tag. What am I?
Answer: Tagging gun
82. What handheld warehouse tool beeps every time it reads a barcode's stripes?
Answer: Scanner gun
83. Squeeze my trigger and a thin, furious jet of water blasts years of grime off a driveway in seconds. What am I?
Answer: Pressure washer gun
84. Before tile grout sets hard, I squeeze it neatly into every joint between kitchen floor tiles, no trowel needed. What am I?
Answer: Grout gun
85. In American football, what do you call the special-teams player who sprints downfield on a punt to make the tackle?
Answer: Gunner
86. In big-wave surfing, what one-word nickname means a long board built for giant waves?
Answer: Gun
87. In climbing slang, I'm the strongest member of the group, the one trusted to lead the scariest, hardest pitch. What am I called?
Answer: Rope gun
88. I blast hot steam to loosen stubborn old wallpaper glue or melt grime out of bathroom grout. What am I?
Answer: Steam gun
89. A mechanic points me at a spinning engine pulley, and my strobing flash freezes the ignition timing mark in place. What am I?
Answer: Timing gun
90. Inside an old boxy television tube, I fire a stream of electrons at the glass to paint every single frame. What am I?
Answer: Electron gun
91. A pitmaster fills me with seasoned brine and plunges my needle deep into a brisket before it hits the smoker. What am I?
Answer: Injector gun
92. Mounted on top of a fire truck, I can blast thousands of gallons of water a minute onto a raging blaze. What am I?
Answer: Deck gun
93. I feed a thin spool of wire and strike an electric arc, fusing two pieces of metal together in a welder's hands. What am I?
Answer: Welding gun
94. What car-wash attachment turns soap and water into a thick blanket of clinging foam?
Answer: Foam gun
95. In one quick click, I implant a rice-sized ID chip under a puppy's skin so a lost pet can always find its way home. What am I?
Answer: Microchip gun
96. Your dentist points me into a cavity and dispenses just the right dab of filling material before curing it with a blue light. What am I?
Answer: Composite gun
97. In a computer-chip factory, what beam source fires charged particles into a silicon wafer to fine-tune its properties?
Answer: Ion gun
98. In photography, what clip-on flash fires a burst of light from your camera's hot shoe?
Answer: Flash gun
99. What sailing rig style's name starts by spelling out a weapon, purely by chance?
Answer: Gunter rig
100. What Scottish Highland clan shares its entire surname with a weapon?
Answer: Clan Gunn
101. What West London park and district, home to a grand 18th-century estate, starts its name with a weapon?
Answer: Gunnersbury
102. What NSW 'Koala Capital of the World' town starts with a weapon's letters?
Answer: Gunnedah
103. According to one word-origin theory, the English word 'gun' comes from the nickname given to a giant medieval siege engine at Windsor Castle. What was that nickname?
Answer: Gunhilda
104. In old mass-vaccination drives, what needle-free device used a blast of pressurized air to send medicine through the skin?
Answer: Jet injector gun
105. What novelty bottle attachment do Formula 1 drivers use to blast champagne over each other on the podium?
Answer: Champagne gun
106. What handheld device flashes your temperature the moment it's pointed at your forehead?
Answer: Temperature gun
107. What industrial tool blasts abrasive grit at metal to strip away rust and old paint?
Answer: Sandblasting gun
108. A dermatologist points me at your skin and I release a quick blast of freezing liquid nitrogen to remove a wart. What am I?
Answer: Cryo gun
109. What word for gross, sticky grime starts by spelling out a toy weapon?
Answer: Gunk
110. What tiny party favor pops with a bang and a puff of confetti when you twist it apart?
Answer: Party popper
111. What New South Wales town, famous in folk song for its 'dog on the tuckerbox' statue, starts with a weapon's letters?
Answer: Gundagai
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