History Mysteries
Ships and airplanes are said to have mysteriously disappeared in this area of the Atlantic Ocean between Florida, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico.
What is the Bermuda Triangle?
Although it is part of the United States, this state is both farther west and farther east than any other state because its Aleutian Islands cross the 180th meridian.
What is Alaska?
This team has won more World Series championships than any other MLB franchise.
Who are the New York Yankees?
This ancient Egyptian city is famous for the Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx.
What is Giza?
Unlike most animals, this Australian mammal lays eggs but also produces milk for its young.
What is a platypus?
For centuries, people have claimed that a mysterious creature with a long neck lives in this Scottish lake.
What is the Loch Ness Monster?
This country lies on two continents, with most of its land in Asia but a smaller portion in Europe.
What is Turkey?
This trophy is awarded each year to the best pitcher in the American League and National League.
What is the Cy Young Award?
This ancient Greek city was famous for its warriors, strict military training, and rivalry with Athens.
What is Sparta?
This is the largest organ of the human body.
What is the skin?
In 1971, a man using this name hijacked a plane, parachuted away with $200,000, and was never conclusively identified.
Who is D. B. Cooper?
This country has the longest coastline of any nation on Earth.
What is Canada?
A pitcher accomplishes this rare feat when no opposing batter reaches base during an entire game.
What is a perfect game?
High in the Andes Mountains, this Inca site remained largely unknown to the outside world until the early 1900s.
What is Machu Picchu?
Despite their enormous size, these animals cannot jump.
What are elephants?
In 1962, three prisoners escaped from this supposedly inescapable island prison near San Francisco and were never seen again.
What is Alcatraz?
This is the only continent that lies in all four hemispheres: Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western.
What is Africa?
This Baltimore Orioles legend played in 2,632 consecutive games, breaking Lou Gehrig’s long-standing record.
Who is Cal Ripken Jr.?
Once one of the greatest cities of ancient Mesopotamia, this city was famous for the Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
What is Babylon?
This planet has winds that can blow faster than 1,000 miles per hour, the fastest in the solar system.
What is Neptune?
In 1872, this American ship was discovered drifting in the Atlantic with its cargo and belongings aboard—but its entire crew had vanished.
What is the Mary Celeste?
Thanks to its overseas territories, this European country actually has more time zones than any other country in the world.
What is France?
This pitcher became the first and only MLB player to throw back-to-back no-hitters, accomplishing the feat in 1938.
Who is Johnny Vander Meer?
This ruined African city gave a modern country its name and is famous for enormous stone walls built without mortar.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
This tiny animal can survive extreme heat, freezing temperatures, radiation, and even exposure to the vacuum of space.
What is a tardigrade (water bear)?