Wikipedia Rabbit Holes
What does the internet slang term “Rickrolling” involve?
Tricking someone into opening Rick Astley's “Never Gonna Give You Up” music video
Which ancient Roman city was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79?
Pompeii
In which year was the original Minecraft version first made publicly available?
2009
What can travel around the world while staying in the same corner?
A postage stamp
Which came first: Coca-Cola or Pepsi?
Coca-Cola (1886; Pepsi was created in 1893).
This physicist and chemist was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields. Who was she?
Marie Curie
In which Indian city is the Taj Mahal located?
Agra
In which year did the Titanic sink?
1912
What can you hold in your left hand but never in your right hand?
Your right elbow
Which came first: the first Academy Awards ceremony or the first FIFA World Cup?
The Academy Awards (1929; the first FIFA World Cup was held in 1930).
Which Australian bird was at the center of the famous 1932 “war” in which soldiers attempted to control its population?
Emu
Which European capital is famously spread across 14 islands connected by more than 50 bridges?
Stockholm, Sweden
In which year did the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster occur?
1986
A man pushes his car to a hotel and immediately realizes he has lost his fortune. What is happening?
He is playing Monopoly.
Which came first: the printing press in Europe or Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas?
The printing press, developed by Gutenberg around 1450; Columbus sailed in 1492.
What is the term for a word that imitates a sound, such as “buzz,” “hiss,” or “meow”?
Onomatopoeia
The Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, is primarily located in which country?
Chile
Queen Elizabeth II became monarch of the United Kingdom.
1952
Two fathers and two sons go fishing. They catch three fish, and each person gets one fish. How is this possible?
There are three people: a grandfather, his son, and his grandson.
Which came first: the discovery of penicillin or the discovery of DNA's double-helix structure?
Penicillin (1928; double-helix model, 1953).
This video game company was originally founded as a playing-card manufacturer in 1889.
Nintendo
Which country's flag is the only national flag that is not rectangular or square?
Nepal
In which year was the first successful powered airplane flight by the Wright brothers?
1903
A man says, "The day before yesterday, I was 25. Next year, I will be 28." How is this possible?
Today is January 1, and his birthday is December 31. The day before yesterday (December 30), he was 25. Yesterday, he turned 26. This year, he will turn 27, and next year he will turn 28.
Shakespeare’s Hamlet, or Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote?
Hamlet — generally dated around 1600–1601; Don Quixote, Part I, was published in 1605.