Gardening
Photography
Baking
Reading and Writing
Miscellaneous
100
True or False: Plants respond to sound in terms of their growth.
True
Studies have found that plants tend to grow better when exposed to sounds of some kind.
100
True or False: The chemicals used for creating the flash for the early photographs could explode if mixed incorrectly.
True
100
True or False: The invention of chocolate chip cookies was an accident.
True
Ruth Graves accidentally created the iconic chocolate chip cookie Wakefield in the 1930s. She substituted baker's chocolate with broken pieces of Nestlé's semi-sweet chocolate, leading to the creation of this
beloved treat.
100
How long is the longest sentence in English?
A. 10,385
B. 8,353
C. 4,391
D. 13,955
D. 13,955 words
Jonathan Coe’s The Rotter’s Club, 13,955 word sentence
100
What is the most popular hobby in the United States?
A. Reading
B. Baking/Cooking
C. Gardening
D. Photograph
B. Baking/cooking
200
How many flowers are within one sunflower?
A. 1
B. 3-4
C. 1,000-2,000
D. 100-200
C. 1,000 to 2,000 individual flowers
Each individual flower (the ones in the brown part of the flower) produces one sunflower seed.
200
True or False: It was as common for the deceased to be photographed as it was for the living in the 1800s.
True
200
Where was the first pizza made?
A. Naples, Italy
B. Rome, Italy
C. Bologne, Italy
D. Florence, Italy
A. Naples, Italy
The specific flatbread used was invented in the 1800s.
200
True or False: Chaining books to shelves was a widely used practice in the Classical Period.
False
This was widely used in the Middle Ages to the 18th Century.
200
What is the oldest method of fishing?
A. Jigging
B. Fly fishing
C. Spear fishing
D. Fishing with nets
C. Spear fishing
300
How many microbes are in one teaspoon of topsoil?
A. 1 billion
B. 700 million
C. 1.2 billion
D. 2 billion
A. 1 billion
300
When was the first photograph taken?
A. 1813
B. 1826
C. 1838
D. 1840
B. 1826
300
True or False: Pretzels were invented by monks.
True
Pretzels were invented by European monks in the Middle Ages, with the shape supposedly representing the trinity.
300
How big is the world's tallest book?
A. 16.4 feet tall
B. 17.3 feet tall
C. 19.8 feet tall
D. 15.7 feet tall
A. 16.4 feet tall by 26.44 feet wide
It is titled, "This the Prophet Mohamed."
300
True or False: Artists used to store paint in animal bladders.
True
Artists used to store paint in pigs' bladders before paint tubes were invented
400
True or False: Many fruits belong to the rose family.
True
Apples, pears, strawberries, peaches, cherries, and more are a part of the rose family.
400
When was the first digital camera invented?
A. 1968
B. 1980
C. 1973
D. 1975
D. 1975
400
How much did the world's largest cupcake weigh?
A. 3,294 lbs
B. 2,594 lb
C. 1,988 lbs
D. 4,328 lbs
B. 2,594 lbs
The cupcake was 56 inches in diameter and 36 inches tall.
400
How many letters does the longest word in the world have?
A. 190,204
B. 287,284
C. 189,819
D. 163,462
C. 189,819 letters
The word is the full name for the element Titin.
(Extra fun fact- this word can take up 42 pages of paper)
400
How big is the wingspan on the world's largest origami crane?
A. 168 ft 2 in
B. 345 ft 5 in
C. 238 ft 10 in
D. 268 ft 9 in
D. 268 ft 9 in
500
What flower was once more valuable than gold?
A. Tulips
B. Roses
C. Lavender
D. Orchids
A. Tulips
During the 1600s, tulips were so valuable in Holland that their bulbs were worth more than gold. The craze was called tulip mania, or tulipomania, and caused the crash of the Dutch economy.
500
How long did the first photograph take to develop?
A. 8 hours
B. 10 hours
C. 24 hours
D. 6 hours?
A. 8 hours
500
When was the first refrigerator invented?
A. 1853
B. 1828
C. 1834
D. 1889
C. 1834
The first refrigerator was invented by Jacob Perkins in 1834. It used ether vapor compression to cool the air, but it wasn't until the early 1900s that electric refrigerators became popular.
500
How many rare books did the most famous book thief steal over his criminal career?
A. 20,900
B. 23,600
C. 32,500
D. 18,700
B. 23,600 books
Steven Bloomberg stole at least 23,600 rare books from 268 libraries.
500
When was the game Sodoku invented?
A. 1968
B. 1936
C. 1979
D. 1984
C. 1979