History’s Hidden Corners
This “forgotten” Roman city was preserved under volcanic ash in 79 AD.
Pompeii
This element, used in nuclear power, was named after a planet.
uranium
Billionaire dresses like bat to beat up mentally ill clown.
The Dark Knight
This country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.
Canada
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
footsteps
This treaty ended World War I but indirectly led to World War II.
Treaty of Versailles
This gas makes up roughly 78% of Earth’s atmosphere.
nitrogen
Ship sinks. Violinists keep playing. Everyone cries.
Titanic
This river runs north, against intuition, through Egypt.
Nile River
A farmer has 17 sheep; all but nine run away. How many are left?
9
The shortest war in history, between Britain and Zanzibar, lasted about this many minutes.
38 minutes
Schrödinger is best known for proposing a paradox involving this kind of pet.
cat
A man learns kung fu via USB stick.
The Matrix
This country has the most time zones in the world, even more than Russia.
France (including overseas territories)
I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish.
map
This 15th-century invention was key to spreading the Renaissance across Europe.
printing press
This rare phenomenon allows light to bend around massive objects in space.
gravitational lensing
Guy’s imaginary friend causes nationwide chaos.
Fight Club
This mountain is technically growing taller every year due to tectonic movement.
Mount Everest
Forward I’m heavy, backward I’m not. What am I?
ton
This civilization invented the concept of “zero.”
Mayans
In quantum physics, the “observer effect” refers to this strange concept.
the act of observing changes the outcome
A dream within a dream within a dream within a dream within a dream within a dream within a dream… within a top.
Inception
This country’s capital city changes location every six months.
Bolivia (La Paz & Sucre)
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?
echo