General Knowledge
Guess Book
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Animal Inside
100
Which 14th-century pandemic, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, wiped out an estimated 30% to 60% of the entire European population?
The Black Death (or The Bubonic Plague)
100
A young boy goes to a boarding school, violates dozens of school safety regulations every year, and repeatedly defeats an evil man who lacks a nose.
Harry Potter
100
This word can mean to stoop down quickly to avoid being hit, or a swimming waterfowl with webbed feet.
Duck
100
Which colossal, oval amphitheater located in the center of Rome was built under the Flavian dynasty and used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles?
The Colosseum
100
Which legendary American actor and stand-up comedian won an Academy Award for Good Will Hunting, voiced the Genie in Disney's Aladdin, and features a common red-breasted songbird as his first name?
Robin Williams
200
Which multi-national military alliance was established by the North Atlantic Treaty on April 4, 1949, as a collective defense framework against Soviet expansion?
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
200
A wealthy guy spends years throwing massive, expensive parties just hoping a specific girl from across the bay will eventually walk in, only to get shot in his own swimming pool.
The Great Gatsby
200
This word can mean a long, heavy wooden stick used as a weapon, or an organization of people with a common interest, like a golf or chess association.
Club
200
What iconic, white-marbled mausoleum in Agra, India, was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favorite wife?
The Taj Mahal
200
What is the name of the British adventurer, television presenter, and former SAS serviceman famous for his extreme survival show Man vs. Wild?
Bear Grylls
300
Which ancient code of law, originating in Babylon around 1754 BCE, is famous for its "an eye for an eye" principle of retributive justice?
The Code of Hammurabi
300
Some middle schoolers get stranded on a tropical island and, instead of chilling on the beach, immediately invent fascism and declare war on a pig's head.
Lord of the Flies
300
This word can mean to formally verify or stamp a document to make it valid, or it can refer to a large, heavy semiaquatic mammal native to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Seal
300
What massive, spiral-shaped concrete museum in Manhattan, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and opened in 1959, features a continuous ramp that serves as its primary gallery space?
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
300
Which American actor starred as the time-traveling Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy and became a prominent advocate for Parkinson's disease research?
Michael J Fox
400
What is the capital city of New Zealand, known for being the southernmost capital city of a sovereign state in the world?
Wellington
400
A government employee starts keeping a secret diary, holds hands with a girl in a field, and gets tortured with a cage of hungry rats until he admits that two plus two equals five.
1984
400
This word can mean to treat a serious matter with lighthearted or inappropriate humor, or it can refer to an elegant, decorative pin
Broach
400
What massive, red-brick palace and fortress complex in Beijing, China, served as the imperial home for Chinese emperors from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty?
The Forbidden City
400
Which English theoretical physicist and cosmologist wrote A Brief History of Time and lived with ALS for decades, whose surname contains a predatory bird used in falconry?
Stephen Hawking
500
What is the largest moon of Saturn, famous for being the only moon in our solar system with a dense atmosphere and stable bodies of surface liquid?
Titan
500
A guy takes a boat ride down a river in the Congo to find an eccentric company manager, only to find the man has gone completely wild, hoarding ivory, and muttering about the horror of it all.
The Heart of Darkness
500
This word can refer to a specialized container used for storing or carrying arrows, or it can mean to tremble, shake, or shiver with rapid, slight movements.
Quiver
500
Which ancient, multi-tiered stone step pyramid complex in Cambodia, originally built in the early 12th century as a Hindu temple for the Khmer Empire, eventually transformed into a Buddhist site and remains the largest religious structure in the world?
Angkor Wat
500
Which deadpan American comic actor starred as Michael Bluth in the cult comedy series Arrested Development, directed and starred in the crime drama Ozark, and features a nocturnal flying mammal right in the middle of his surname?
Jason Bateman