riddles
history
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100

what will you actually find at the end of a rainbow?

what is a "w"?

100

the Reformation was one of the greatest events in European history that took place in

what is 1517-1648?

100

What is the only country with a coastline on both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf?

where is Saudi Arabia?

100

The year 1995 can be considered a watershed for internet shopping. What two highly successful shopping websites opened in that year and went on to revolutionize people's perceptions about the viability of retail e-commerce?

what are Amazon and eBay?

100

Who was the lead singer of the 1980’s pop group Culture Club?

who is Boy George?

200

How many seconds are there in a year?

Twelve. January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd, etc.

200

Washington crossed which river so that his army could attack an isolated garrison of Hessian troops located at Trenton, New Jersey on the night of December 25–26, 1776?

what is the delaware river?

200

Which river flows through Paris?

what is the River Seine?

200

We all know that Amazon.com was one of the early e-commerce websites. What might be surprising is one of the companies that beat Amazon to the WorldWideWeb by about a year. What is this company, whose products you still more commonly pick up the phone to order?

what is Pizza Hut?

200

Which American singer died as a result of anorexia in 1983, aged just 32?

who is Karen Carpenter?

300

how many months have 28 days?

what is all of them?

300

Which incident in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob violence, directed against the Huguenots (French Calvinist Protestants) during the French Wars of Religion?

what is the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre?

300

Where in the British isles is Lady Isabella, the world’s largest working water wheel?

what is the Isle of Man

300

What was the first item sold in an auction on eBay.com?

what is a broken laser pointer?

300

Which British 1980s pop group took their name from a mad scientist in the movie “Barbarella”?

who is Duran Duran?

400

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

what is neither they both way one pound?

400

About 3000 _______ in all died in the Colosseum suffered cruel and torturous deaths like stoning, crucifixion, and burning at the stake at the Roman Colosseum?

what is Christian martyrs

400

Which European country shares its border with the most neighbours (nine)?

where is Germany?

400

With the global economic downturn in 2008, many traditional retail stores experienced declining sales and overall retail sales grew by only 1.4 percent. What was the experience of the top 500 internet retailers in 2008?

what is it grew nearly 12 percent?

400

“Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” was the first U.S. single released by which English new wave duo, reaching number one in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1983?

 who are the Eurythmics?

500

Everyone in the world needs it, but they usually give it without taking it. What is it?

what is advice?

500

Which religion started somewhere between 2300 B.C. and 1500 B.C. in the Indus Valley, near modern-day Pakistan?

what is hinduism?

500

Which Asian country is bigger than France, Spain and Germany combined but has a population of little over two million?

where is Mongolia?

500

What was the first dominant site for internet retail and auction payments and also money transfers?

what is PayPal?

500

“Walk Like an Egyptian” was the first number one song for which female band?

 who are The Bangles?