English
What is the longest common word you can type using only the top row of a standard QWERTY keyboard?
TYPEWRITER
If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one every half hour, how many minutes will it take before they are all gone?
60 minutes (You take the first one immediately at 0 mins, the second at 30 mins, and the third at 60 mins)
Which major country spans 11 different time zones across its mainland?
Russia
What letter of the alphabet does not appear anywhere on the entire Periodic Table of Elements?
J
What is so incredibly fragile that even saying its name out loud will instantly break it?
Silence
What is the only word in the English language that ends in the letters "mt"?
DREAMT
A clothing store owner devises a unique pricing system: a Vest costs $12, Socks cost $15, and a Tie costs $9. Using this exact logic, how much does a Suit cost?
$12 (The system charges $3 per letter: S-U-I-T is 4 letters x $3)
Which city is the closest geographic capital city to the absolute center of the Earth's landmass?
Cairo, Egypt
Sound travels fast, but light travels much faster. What is the only known substance that can completely stop light in its tracks?
Black Hole
What can travel around the entire world while staying stuck in the exact same corner?
Stamp
Which common 8-letter English word contains five consecutive vowels?
Queueing
If 5 cats can catch 5 mice in 5 minutes, how many cats are required to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes?
5 cats
What is the only country in the world that features a rectangle national flag?
Nepal
Which planet in our solar system rotates so slowly that its sidereal day actually lasts longer than its entire orbital year?
Venus
What occurs exactly once in every single minute, twice in a fleeting moment, but never in a thousand years?
M
What is the only common English word that contains three consecutive pairs of double letters?
BookKeeper
Using only addition, how can you add exactly eight 8s together to get the number 1,000?
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000
From which specific point on Earth can you walk one mile South, one mile West, and one mile North, only to end up exactly where you started?
North Pole
What is the only mammal on Earth capable of true, sustained aerodynamic flight?
Bat
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A map
What is the most common English word that contains all five vowels (A, E, I, O, U) in their exact alphabetical order?
Facetious
Two fathers and two sons go fishing. They each catch exactly one fish, but when they return, they only have 3 fish in total. No fish were lost or eaten. How is this possible?
There were only three people: a grandfather, his son, and his grandson.
What is the only country in the world that lies in all four hemispheres
Kiribati
What is the rarest naturally occurring element in the Earth's crust, with less than 30 total grams of it existing across the entire planet at any given moment?
Astatine
A coffin