🧠GEOGRAPHY & THE WORLD
Which country has the world's highest average elevation?
Bhutan
What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
A map
Which planet has the shortest day?
Jupiter
What is the dot above the letters "i" and "j" called?
A tittle
What is the only country in the world whose official name begins with "The" in English?
The Bahamas
Which two countries share the longest international border?
Canada & the United States
A man was born in 2005 and died in 2001. How is this possible?
He was born in Room 2005 and died in Room 2001.
What is the only letter that does not appear in any official chemical element symbol?
J
What do you call a word that is the same spelling but has different meanings (like "bat")?
Homonym
What is the only English word that ends in the letters "-gry" that is commonly accepted in modern dictionaries?
Angry (Some older dictionaries include "hungry" as well, making this classic riddle controversial)
What is the capital Trinidad and Tobago?
Port of Spain
You throw me away when you need me, but bring me back when you're done. What am I?
An anchor
Which part of the human body contains the smallest bone?
The ear (stapes)
What punctuation mark can also mean omitted words in writing?
Ellipsis (...)
Which country is home to the world's oldest continuously used national flag?
Denmark
Which sea lies at the lowest elevation on Earth's surface?
The Dead Sea
The more there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
What is the only planet in our solar system that is less dense than water?
Saturn
What is the term for a word created from the first letters of other words (NASA, FIFA)?
Acronym
What is the smallest positive integer that can be written as the sum of two positive cubes in two different ways?
1729 (The famous Hardy–Ramanujan number.)
What is the only capital city in the world that sits on two continents?
Istanbul (accepted in trivia; geographically spans Europe and Asia)
A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there?
4 sisters and 3 brothers.
Which subatomic particle was the first ever discovered?
The electron
What is the longest English word found in a major dictionary that alternates consonants and vowels all the way through?
Uncomplimentary
What is the only number whose English spelling has its letters arranged in alphabetical order?
Forty