Riddles
Chaos and War
Geography
General Knowledge
History
100

A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 run away. How many are left?
 

Answer: 9

100
This was the King of England when the Hundred Years War broke out
Who is Edward III
100

This is the only sea on Earth with no coastline.
 

Answer: What is the Sargasso Sea?

100

What is the rarest blood type in humans?
 

Answer: What is AB Negative?

100

This empire, which lasted over 1,000 years after the fall of Rome, finally fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.  

Answer: What is the Byzantine Empire?

200

If you have only one match and enter a dark room with a kerosene lamp, a wood stove, and a candle, what do you light first?
 

Answer: The match

200
The English ___ proved to be a valuable weapon against the French
What is long bow
200

Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is actually the farthest point from Earth’s center, not Everest, because of this effect.
 

Answer: What is the Earth’s equatorial bulge?

200

Which chemical element has the shortest name?
 

Answer: What is Tin (Sn)?

200

The shortest war in recorded history took place between Britain and this country in 1896, lasting about 38 minutes.
 

Answer: What is Zanzibar?

300

Some months have 31 days, some have 30. How many have 28?
 

Answer: All 12

300
The inheritance of this duchy put France and England at odds with each other
What is Aquitaine
300

This country has more natural lakes than the rest of the world combined.
 

Answer: What is Canada?

300

Which planet rotates on its side, making its seasons last over 20 years each?
 

Answer: What is Uranus?What is Islam

300

This ancient library, one of the most famous in history, was destroyed in a series of fires.
 

Answer: What is the Library of Alexandria?

400

Which weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
 

Answer: Neither, they weigh the same

400
Joan of Arc led the French troops to victory here
What is Orleans
400

This is the only country in the world with a non-rectangular national flag.
 

Answer: What is Nepal?

400

  1. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth after diamond?

Answer: What is lonsdaleite (hexagonal diamond)?

400

The Incan Empire built a vast system of roads without inventing this common tool used in transportation.
 

Answer: What is the wheel?

500

If you divide 30 by half and add 10, what do you get?
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Answer: 70 (because dividing by ½ = multiplying by 2 → 30 ÷ ½ = 60; 60 + 10 = 70)

500
This was the name of a battle with heavy French casualties of 10,000 compared to English casualties of a few hundred
What is Agincourt
500

The city of Timbuktu, once a great center of learning and trade, is located in this modern country.
 

Answer: What is Mali?

500
An overall fascination with this is evident in cultural aspects from the 1300s
What is death
500

This U.S. president served the shortest term in history, dying just 31 days after his inauguration.
 

Answer: Who is William Henry Harrison?

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