BASEMENT/GAME 2

Guess the Country

100

This island nation was formerly called Ceylon.
 

Sri Lanka

200

The smallest country by land area that is not a city-state.

Nauru

300

This European country shares land borders with exactly five countries: Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, and Serbia.
 

Answer: Slovenia

400

This country has the longest coastline in the world.
 

Answer: Canada

500

Question: The only country in Africa with Spanish as an official language.
 

Answer: Equatorial Guinea

IQ

100

 What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?  

the letter M

200

Question: I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit, and my hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. Who am I?

Answer: 194

300

You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on board. Why?

Answer: All the people were married (not a “single” person)

400

Question: Forward I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?
 

Answer: Ton

500

 A man walks 1 mile south, 1 mile east, 1 mile north, and ends up exactly where he started. Where is he?
 

 Answer: The North Pole 

Science

100

Question: What weighs more: a kilogram of lead or a kilogram of feathers?
 

Answer: They weigh the same

200

Question: The only cells in the human body that never divide after birth.
 

Answer: Neurons

300

Question: This common gas is lighter than air but flammable.
 

Answer: Hydrogen

400

Question: This element is the only nonmetal that conducts electricity at room temperature.
 

Answer: Graphite (Carbon)

500

Question: This organ can regrow lost tissue completely, making it unique in the human body.

Answer: Liver

Business & Trends

100

Question: Nike was originally called…?

Blue Ribbon Sports

200

Walmart was founded by Sam Walton in which year?

 1962

300

The first product ever sold on Amazon.

a book

400

Coca-Cola was originally marketed as…?

Medicine for headaches  

500

The first commercially released foldable smartphone.

Samsung

History

100

Question: This ancient civilization built the Machu Picchu.
 

Answer: Inca

200

The Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, were located in which city?

Babylon

300

Who was the British Prime Minister for most of World War II?

Winston Churchill

400

Question: The Hundred Years’ War was fought between which two countries?
 

Answer: England and France

500

Question: The shortest war in history lasted just 38–45 minutes. Between which countries?
 

Answer: Britain and Zanzibar (1896)