The Human Body/Animals
Geography
Riddle Me This
History
General Knowledge
100
What part of the body never stops growing?
A) Feet
B) Nose and ears
C) Eyes
D) Brain
✅ Answer: B) Nose and ears
📝 Fun Fact: They keep growing because of cartilage — so yes, your grandpa’s ears really are getting bigger.
100
Which country is shaped like a boot?
A) France
B) Italy
C) Portugal
D) Croatia
✅ Answer: B) Italy
📝 Fun note: Not only does it look like a boot, it’s also kicking the “football” (Sicily). ⚽
100
What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?
A Road
100
What’s the oldest known "your mom" joke in the world from?
A. 3,3000 years ago B. 500 years ago C. 1400 years ago
3,500 years ago in Babylon
A tablet found in Iraq from around 1500 BCE contains what is believed to be the world’s oldest recorded joke — a "your mother" insult.
100
Which country has a national animal that isn’t real?
A) Scotland
B) Japan
C) Brazil
D) Nepal
✅ Answer: A) Scotland
📝 Fun note: It’s the unicorn. That’s right — bagpipes, kilts, and mythical creatures. No notes.
200
Which human organ can regenerate itself?
A) Liver
B) Lung
C) Kidney
D) Pancreas
✅ Answer: A) Liver
📝 Fun Fact: You can lose up to 75% of your liver and it can still grow back. Like a superhero... but squishy.
200
There’s a town in Norway where the sun doesn’t rise for how many months during winter?
A) 1 month
B) 2 months
C) 3 months
D) 6 months
✅ Answer: A) 1 month
📝 Fun note: In Tromsø, it’s dark for weeks — but locals party hard anyway. They call it the “Polar Night.” No sunscreen needed.
200
The more you fill me, the lighter I become. What am I?
Balloon
200
Who discovered America in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus "discovered" the Americas for Europe in 1492, landing in the Bahamas on October 12th, but he was not the first person to reach the continent, as Viking sailors had done so centuries before. Columbus initiated sustained European contact, exploration, and eventual colonization of the Western Hemisphere after his voyages opened a regular sailing route between Europe and the New World.
200
Which city is famous for leaning — on purpose or not?
A) Rome
B) Pisa
C) Paris
D) Venice
✅ Answer: B) Pisa
📝 Fun note: The Leaning Tower is tilted because they built it on super soft ground. Engineers said, “Eh, close enough.”
300
How many times a day does the average human blink?
A) 1,000
B) 4,000
C) 10,000
D) 20,000
✅ Answer: D) 20,000
📝 Fun Fact: That’s about 5 million times a year — your eyelids are putting in work.
300
Which country has more sheep than people?
A) Ireland
B) New Zealand
C) Scotland
D) Argentina
✅ Answer: B) New Zealand
📝 Fun note: Roughly 5 million people, over 25 million sheep. Baa-rilliant.
300
I come out at night without being called. I disappear in the day without being stolen. What am I?
Answer: The stars
300
Who invented bifocals and once flew a kite in a thunderstorm just for fun?
A) Albert Einstein
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Benjamin Franklin
D) Thomas Edison
✅ Answer: C) Benjamin Franklin
📝 Fun note: A genius and possibly an adrenaline junkie.
300
Which fruit floats in water: apple or banana?
A) Apple
B) Banana
C) Both
D) Neither
✅ Answer: A) Apple
📝 Fun Fact: Apples are 25% air — basically crunchy balloons.
400
How long can a human go without sleep before serious effects kick in?
A) 84 hours
B) 24 hours
C) 48 hours
D) 72 hours
✅ Answer: D) 72 hours
📝 Fun Fact: After 3 days, you may experience hallucinations. Basically, free nightmare fuel.
400
Which is the flattest continent on Earth?
A) Africa
B) Europe
C) Australia
D) South America
✅ Answer: C) Australia
📝 Fun note: It's flatter than a pancake. Literally — a 2003 study proved it.
400
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light
400
In ancient Rome, what was considered a totally normal public event?
A) Competitive sneezing
B) Executions during plays
C) Senate karaoke
D) Gladiators riding pigs
✅ Answer: B) Executions during plays
📝 Fun note: They’d pause the drama and bring in a real criminal for the “death scene.” That escalated quickly.
400
How long is a jiffy?
A) 1 second
B) 1/10 of a second
C) 1/100 of a second
D) 1/1000 of a second
✅ Answer: D) 1/1000 of a second
📝 Fun Fact: It’s a real unit of time in physics. So when someone says, “Back in a jiffy,” they’re lying.
500
What percentage of the human body is water?
A) 30%
B) 45%
C) 60%
D) 75%
✅ Answer: C) 60%
📝 Fun Fact: That’s right — you’re mostly water. You're basically a walking water balloon with opinions.
500
Which U.S. state has more lakes than the rest of the country combined?
A) Wisconsin
B) Michigan
C) Minnesota
D) Alaska
✅ Answer: D) Alaska
📝 Fun note: Over 3 million lakes. That’s more than 40% of Earth’s total lake surface!
500
The person who made me doesn’t want me, the person who bought me doesn’t need me, and the person who needs me doesn’t know it. What am I?
A Coffin
500
The Great Fire of London happened in which year?
A) 1666
B) 1776
C) 1866
D) 1966
D, 1666
500
What common item was originally sold as “liquid hair remover”?
A) Shampoo
B) Toothpaste
C) Coca-Cola
D) Nail polish remover
✅ Answer: C) Coca-Cola
📝 Fun Fact: Early Coke was marketed for headaches and cleaning rust. Somewhere along the line, we decided to drink it. 🥤