Hard Math
Shakespeare
Geography
4th-16th Century
Space
100

If a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs will half a dozen hens lay in half a dozen days?

What is 24?

100

Which two of Shakesphere's plays involve a young lady named Helena?

What is All's Well That Ends Well and A Midsummer Night's Dream?

100

The Java Trench is located in which ocean?

What is the Indian Ocean?

100

Which medieval ruler attempted to restore the Roman Empire in the West as Holy Roman Emperor?

Who is Otto I?

100

Which planet is covered by sulphuric acid?

What is Venus?

200

A square with an area of 12 units is placed inside an equilateral triangle. What is the perimeter of the triangle?

What is 12 + 6 square root of 3

200

In Shakesphere's play As You Like It, which character makes the speech beginning with: "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."

Who is Jacques?

200

Which capital city receives the least hours of sunlight each year?

Where is Tórshavn, Faroe Islands?

200

What was the name of the oldest stave church in Norway?

Where is Urnes?

200

What is the term for a natural satellite?

What is a Moon?

300

If 3x-y=12, what is the value of 8over 9y?

What is 212

300

In Hamlet, who's blade is poisoned and used to kill Hamlet?

Who is Laertes?

300

Which flag has the image of a shipwreck?

What is Bermuda?

300

Which French king built Sainte Chapel?

Who is Louis IX?

300

Which was the first space probe to leave the solar system? 

What was Pioneer 10?

400

Points A and B lie on a circle with radius 1, and arc AB has a length of pi over 3. What fraction of the circumference of the circle is the length of arc AB?

What is 1 6th?

400

In King Lear, which of the King's daughter's dies?

Who is Cordielia?

400

How many countries sit on the equator?

What is 13?

400

What year did William the Conqueror die?

When was 1087?

400

Who discovered Uranus?

Who was William Herchel?

500

If x is the average (arithmetic mean) of m and 9, y is the average of 2m and 15, and z is the average of 3m and 18, what is the average of x, y, and z in terms of m?

What is m+7

500

This character in A Midsummer Night's Dream never speaks, yet is the cause of Oberon and Titania's fighting.

Who is the boy stolen from the Indian king?

500

How many timezones are there in China?

What is 1?

500

Where is the lighthouse built under William Marshal's instruction?

Where is Hook Head in Ireland?

500


Which is the brightest comet in the solar system?

What is Halley's Comet?