General Knowledge
The traditional prize for winning the annual Cooper's Hill Hill-Roll race in England is an 8-pound wheel of this specific product that contestants chase down a dangerously steep cliff.
What is cheese?
A 14-year-old animal named Bella set a Guinness World Record when her version of this comforting feline sound reached 54.6 decibels, making it as loud as a boiling tea kettle.
What is a purr?
Invented during World War II, these colorful, hard-shelled chocolates were specifically created so soldiers could carry them in tropical climates without them melting in their hands.
What are MnM's?
Though it is famed for being incredibly slow on land, this tropical mammal can slow its heart rate to hold its breath underwater for a whopping 40 minutes—easily beating a dolphin's 10-minute limit.
What is a sloth?
Built in Egypt, these massive stone structures were not built by slaves, but by paid construction workers who even went on strike when their rations were late.
What are Egyptian pyramids?
To prevent distraction and stop students from styling their hair mid-lesson, a school in Tokyo banned this specific hairstyle that is usually gathered into two identical bunches on opposite sides of the head.
What are pigtails?
In 2009, an 11-year-old boy named Ben Keller set a slimy world record by letting 43 of these slow-moving, shell-dwelling garden creatures sit on his face for 10 seconds.
What are snails?
To give this extremely sour, puckering candy its intense kick, manufacturers coat it in malic acid, the same organic compound found in high amounts in green apples.
What are Warheads?
To achieve the Guinness World Record for the lowest vocal note ever produced by a human, singer Tim Storms sang a note so deep that only this specific type of giant mammal can naturally hear it.
What is an elephant?
Acting as a high-tech fortress for its time, the ancient Great Wall of China was securely bound together using a surprisingly delicious secret ingredient: sticky sweet flour that is used for many dishes and foods.
What is rice?
In the 1830s, this incredibly popular red condiment was not poured on fries, but was actually sold in pill form by a doctor as a medicine to cure indigestion and diarrhea.
What is ketchup?
A dedicated collector named Charlotte Lee turned her bathroom into a landmark by amassing a world-record collection of over 9,000 of these bath toys.
What are rubber ducks?
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Despite a popular rumor that it was named after a president's daughter, the creator of this chewy, caramel-and-peanut candy bar actually named it after his favorite family horse.
What are Snickers Bars?
You might think these massive Arctic predators have white skin to match their white fur, but their skin is actually jet black under a coat of completely clear, hollow hairs.
What are polar bears?
This massive Roman sports arena featured an advanced underground drainage system that allowed engineers to completely flood the main floor so gladiators could stage realistic naval competitors with real boats.
What is the Colosseum?
In 2024, an open-water swimmer named Joti Strimbu broke a world record by swimming for over 22 hours in a pool entirely filled with this carbonated, dark-colored soft drink.
What is Coca-Cola?
Chefs in China cooked up a massive world record by creating a single, continuous piece of this favorite food that is known for in China, that measured a mind-blowing 10,119 feet long—nearly two miles of dough!
What is a noodle?
If you took a single day's production of this iconic, marshmallow-based Easter treat, you'd have enough yellow chicks and bunnies to loop around the entire Earth.
What are Peeps?
While most sea creatures use teeth, ink, or camouflage to escape a fight, you'll find this bottom-dweller shooting its own sticky intestines out of its rear end.
What is a sea cucumber?
Thousands of years before refrigeration, ancient Persians built massive, cone-shaped mud brick structures called Yakhchāls that used a clever wind-tunnel system to freeze water and store this chilly material in the middle of the desert.
What is Ice?
At the 1900 Paris Games, organizers decided to add a dark twist to the shooting category by using this specific type of live bird as a target, resulting in over 300 of them being taken down.
What is a pigeon?
An elite athlete named Michal Kapral holds a mind-boggling world record for finishing a full 26.2-mile marathon in under three hours while never stopping this three-ball act.
What is juggling?
President Ronald Reagan loved this tiny, colorful candy so much that he kept a jar of them on the Oval Office desk and had over three tons of them shipped to his 1981 inauguration.
What are Jelly Beans?
It looks like they are just being adorable when they hold hands while sleeping, but these marine mammals are actually doing it out of pure survival so they don't float away into the open ocean.
What are sea otters?
To show off their massive wealth and style, high-ranking ancient Egyptian women would attend parties wearing cones of scented grease on top of their heads that would slowly melt down their bodies as the night went on, acting as a walking version of this cosmetic product.
What is perfume?