Hidden Talents
World Wonders
Food & Drink
Out of the Ordinary
mini mysteries
100
Whistling using fingers requires mastering this part of your body.
What is the tongue?
100
The Great Wall of China was built primarily to keep these out.
Who are nomads or invaders?
100
This fruit shares its name with a flightless bird.
What is Kiwi?
100
A group of flamingos is called this.
What is a flamboyance?
100
This shape has no corners or edges and looks like a ball.
What is a sphere?
200
Origami, the paper folding art, comes from this country.
What is Japan?
200
This statue in Brazil overlooks Rio de Janeiro.
What is Christ the Redeemer?
200
This fermented beverage is made from apples.
What is Cider?
200
This planet spins sideways on its axis
What is Uranus?
200
If you freeze water and then melt it, it turns back into this.
What is liquid water?
300
This is the most common instrument taught in primary school.
What is the recorder?
300
The ancient city of Petra is carved into rock in this country.
What is Jordan?
300
This spice, made from dried flower buds, is used in mulled wine.
What is clove?
300
You can hear your bones conduct sound by doing this unusual thing.
What is biting something hard?
300
This common device uses a magnet and coil to turn movement into sound.
What is a microphone?
400
This 3D puzzle has over 43 quintillion possible configurations.
What is the Rubik's Cube?
400
You’d find Stonehenge in this UK region.
What is Wiltshire?
400
This fruit is banned in many places due too its smell.
What is durian?
400
This underwater animal can clone itself and never technically dies.
What is the jellyfish?
400
This silent, nocturnal bird has asymmetrical ears for better hearing.
What is an owl?
500
This simple knot is a basic must-know for camping.
What is a bow knot or square knot?
500
This African country is home to the rock-cut churches of Lalibela.
What is Ethiopia?
500
Halloumi is a cheese that originated in this island nation.
What is Cyprus?
500
You’re taller in the morning due to this overnight process.
What is spinal decompression?
500
This desert animal can drink up to 40 gallons of water at once.
What is a camel?
600
This visual hobby involves drawing shapes without lifting the pen.
What is doodling or zentangle?
600
The Moai statues are found on this remote island.
What is Easter Island?
600
This drink, popular in South America, is sipped from a gourd.
What is Mate?
600
This organ can regenerate itself in humans.
What is the liver?
600
The man who invented the modern toilet had this unfortunate last name.
Who is Thomas Crapper?
700
In knitting, the opposite of a “knit” stitch is called this.
What is a purl?
700
These colorful lights are commonly seen near the North Pole.
What is the Aurora Borealis?
700
This grain is used to make couscous.
What is semolina/wheat?
700
Bananas are technically this type of plant.
What is a herb?
700
This phenomenon allows metal to float on water if it's shaped just right.
What is buoyancy?
800
This form of art involves curling thin strips of paper to create decorative designs.
What is paper quilling?
800
This is the world’s tallest mountain above sea level.
What is Mount Everest?
800
A soufflé can collapse if this action is done too early.
What is opening the oven door?
800
This is the name for the plastic bit at the end of a shoelace.
What is an aglet?
800
A palindrome is a word that reads the same forwards and backwards. Name one.
What is level, radar, or civic?
900
This solo puzzle game builds spatial skills and often comes in wooden block form.
What is Tangram or Tetris?
900
This waterfall lies on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
What is Victoria Falls?
900
This red spice, made from dried peppers, is popular in Hungarian dishes.
What is Paprika?
900
This is the rare phenomenon when the moon appears red.
What is a blood moon?
900
is animal has fingerprints so close to humans they can fool forensic scientists.
What is a koala?
1000
This musical skill involves hitting everyday objects to create rhythms.
What is percussion or found sound music?
1000
This lost Incan city is perched high in Peru’s Andes Mountains.
What is Machu Picchu?
1000
Kombucha is made by fermenting tea with this culture.
What is a scoby?
1000
Wombat droppings are shaped like this.
What is a cube?
1000
This “metal” is actually liquid at room temperature and used in thermometers.
What is mercury?