Collective Nouns
Who said this, or where is it from?
Earth’s Extremes
Why Is This Famous?
Random facts
100
This word refers to a group of cattle, but it’s also what you call a group of elephants or deer.
What is a herd?
100
"Bond, James Bond"
James Bond
100
At 29,032 feet, this Himalayan peak is the highest point on Earth above sea level.
What is Mount Everest?
100
This painting is the most famous in the world, but it only became a global sensation after it was stolen from the Louvre in 1911.
What is the Mona Lisa?
100
This ancient civilization used salt as a form of currency; the word "salary" actually comes from their word for it.
Who are the Romans?
200
You might find this legal-sounding term used to describe a group of owls.
What is a parliament?
200
"May the force be with you"
Star wars
200
This South American river carries more water than any other in the world, accounting for 20% of global river discharge.
What is the Amazon River?
200
This "city of gold" was the obsession of Spanish explorers, but it was actually just a ritual where a king covered himself in gold dust.
What is El Dorado?
200
This country famously banned the sale of chewing gum in 1992 to keep its subway stations and sidewalks clean.
What is Singapore?
300
A group of these ocean-dwelling "unicorns" is called a blessing.
What are narwhals?
300
"My precious"
Gollum (Lord of The Rings)
300
This city is famously built on 118 small islands, but it is currently sinking at a rate of 1 to 2 millimeters per year.
What is Venice?
300
Building famous for its color, it was originally painted white not for style, but to protect the porous stone from freezing and cracking in the winter.
What is the White House?
300
In 16th-century England, King Henry VIII placed a tax on these, which led to men shaving them off to save money.
What are beards?
400
This term for a group of ferrets is also a word for a commercial organization.
What is a business?
400
Tee tööd ja näe vaeva, siis tuleb armastus.
Andres (Tõde ja õigus)
400
While Death Valley holds the air temperature record, the Lut Desert in this Middle Eastern country holds the record for the hottest surface temperature ever recorded
What is Iran?
400
Famous as one of the most accessible meteorite sites in the world, ancient folklore likely recorded this impact, giving rise to myths about the "Sun falling to Earth" in Saaremaa.
What is Kaali craters?
400
This was the first living creature to orbit the Earth; she was a Soviet space dog who paved the way for human flight.
Who was Laika?
500
How do you call a group of crows?
A murder
500
"I’m the Jordan and Steph Curry of music," "I’m a pop enigma," and "a vessel" chosen by God.
Kanye West
500
This African country is the only one in the world to be situated in all four hemispheres (Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western).
What is Kiribati? (Note: Africa as a continent is in all four, but Kiribati is the only country to span all four).
500
Famous as the non-violent path to independence, this 4-year movement actually reached its peak in 1989 when 2 million people formed a human chain spanning 600 kilometers across three countries.
What is the baltic chain (Balti kett)?
500
A group of these "immortal" sea creatures can technically revert their cells back to their infant state, starting their life cycle over again.
What are jellyfish?