WEIRD
HISTORY
EMPIRES
AGE
SCIENCE
100
A Shaved guinea Pig looks like what other Animal
What is a miniature Hippo
100
Star Wars came out the same year France used this execution method for the last time.
The guillotine.
100
George Washington never knew this prehistoric creature existed because the first fossil wasn't described until 1824.
What Are Dinosaurs
100
This luxury cruise ship sinkage happened the same year the first Oreo cookie was sold.
WHAT IS OREO COOKIE
100
There are more trees on Earth than there are of these in the Milky Way galaxy.
WHAT IS STARS
200
Which direction do bananas grow
What is curved because they grow upwards towards the sun against gravity, a process called negative geotropism
200
Nintendo was founded when this notorious British serial killer was still active.
What is Jack the Ripper
200
This empire existed for so long that its first ruler was contemporary with Julius Caesar, and its last fell decades after the printing press was invented.
ROMAN EMPIRE (BYZENTINE)
200
Prisoners were sent to this island fortress while the Berlin Wall was standing
WHAT IS ALCATRAZ
200
One teaspoon of this collapsed cosmic object weighs about 6 billion tons
WHAT IS A NEUTRON STAR
300
Oxford University is older than this major Mesoamerican civilization.
What is the AZTECS
300
Anne Frank and this Civil Rights leader were born in the exact same year (1929).
Martin Luther King Jr
300
The first commercial train passenger line opened before this primary form of US transportation was even standardized.
WHAT IS BICYCLE
300
This item was patented two years after the tin can was invented, forcing people to use hammers and chisels to open them initially.
WHAT IS CAN OPENER
300
This planet rains liquid diamonds
Neptune (and Uranus).
400
Mammoths were still alive when this famous Egyptian structure was being built
The Great Pyramid of Giza.
400
The last widow of a soldier from this 19th-century war died in the 21st century
American Civil War
400
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on this exact, highly symbolic calendar day.
WHAT IS July 4th (1826)
400
This famous historical figure went to a party with Charlie Chaplin.
WHO IS WINSTON CHURCHILL
400
Earth's moon is moving away from us at about the same speed that these human parts grow.
WHAT ARE FINGERNAILS
500
This major American university was founded before Calculus was invented.
What is HARVARD UNIVERSITY
500
When the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, this oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the US was already 55 years old.
St. Augustine, Florida.
500
Woolly mammoths went completely extinct only about 1,000 years before this European empire collapsed.
The Western Roman Empire.
500
This country was still a monarchy when the first Star Wars movie hit theatres.
WHAT IS SPAIN
500
This US state is closest to Africa.
WHAT IS MAINE