Interesting Facts
38% of people in Vietnam have this family name.
What is Nguyễn?
____ tends to corrupt and absolute ____ corrupts absolutely.
- Lord Acton
What is power?
This type of reference book lists synonyms.
What is a thesaurus?
This mythical animal is often used to represent China.
What is a dragon?
dragon deez nuts across ur face
This is the username of JetPunk's owner and most prolific quiz creator.
What is Quizmaster?
Gandhi never won this internationally acclaimed award, but Yasser Arafat did.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
This person said, "If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons."
Who is Winston Churchill?
This person famously crossed the Rubicon.
Who is Julius Caesar?
This stereotypical Swiss clock has a bird inside it.
What is a cuckoo clock?
This is my fastest time on the Countries of the World quiz. (within 10 seconds)
What is 2:24?
This U.S. state was a part of Massachusetts before becoming its own state in 1820.
What is Maine?
Knowledge is knowing that __________ wasn't the monster. Wisdom is knowing that he was.
- Unknown
Who is Frankenstein?
This comet passes near Earth every 76 years.
What is Halley's Comet?
This is the national animal of India.
What is the (magnificent) tiger?
This is the name of JetPunk's mascot.
What is Jeppy (the Fish)?
This city is not named after a figure from Greek mythology who shares its name. Instead, it is named for an ancient Celtic tribe.
What is Paris?
_______ is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
- H. L. Mencken
What is democracy?
Abebe Bikila wore this on his feet when he won the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
What is nothing?
This is the English translation of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.
What is Red Hero?
This badge has been earned by the smallest number of users.
What is the U.S. State Trivia Badge?
Around 10,000 B.C. the Sahara was much wetter than it is today. Lake Chad was nearly the size of the Caspian Sea. This larger lake is sometimes referred to as this.
What is Lake Megachad?
This person said, "That government is best which governs least."
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
This term refers to a story or drawing made by several people, where each person adds to it without seeing the work of the others.
What is an exquisite corpse?
This desert comprises the southern half of Israel.
What is the Negev Desert?
When it was first created, JetPunk mainly offered this type of service.
What is travel/tourism?