Technically Accurate
It Happened on a Tuesday
Animals That Lied To Us
Off the Menu
Cartography Chaos
400

Some short guys walk really far to throw jewelry into a mountain.

What is The Lord of the Rings?

400

The Allied invasion of Normandy, one of the largest military operations in history, launched on June 6, 1944, a day of the week now overshadowed by the date itself.

What is D-Day?

400

Despite its name, this cuddly Australian marsupial is not a bear at all.

What is a Koala?

400

This secret-recipe burger, grilled by a fry cook under the sea, is the signature dish of a certain fast-food joint.

What is the Krabby Patty?

400

This African country is closer to Spain than it is to its own capital city's furthest point.

What is Morocco?

800

A robot falls in love with another robot while cleaning up trash for 700 years.

What is WALL-E?

800

On October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed so badly this day earned a nickname referencing a day of the week that stuck in the history books forever.

What is Black Tuesday?

800

This ocean creature, often confused for a fish, is actually 95% water and not a fish in any biological sense.

What is a Jellyfish?

800

DAILY DOUBLE!!!
This frothy, warm beverage is a Hogwarts favorite, served at the Three Broomsticks and known for its caramel-like taste.

What is Butterbeer? (Harry Potter)

800

This country is the only one in the world whose flag is not a rectangle or square.

What is Nepal?

1200

A businessman puts on armor he built in a cave, with a box of scraps.

What is Iron Man?

1200

This 1962 confrontation between the U.S. and Soviet Union reached its most tense standoff on a Tuesday in October, when U.S. ships intercepted Soviet vessels.

What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?

1200

This small, glowing insect that lights up summer nights is not a fly, it's actually a type of beetle.

What is a Firefly?

1200

This fictional beer, brewed and consumed by a nuclear plant safety inspector and his bar buddies, is Springfield's beverage of choice.

What is Duff Beer? (The Simpsons)

1200

This African nation has three capital cities, each serving a different function of government.

What is South Africa?

1600

A rich guy beats up mental patients while his city has some financial and structural problems.

What is The Dark Knight?

1600

This NASA mission, carrying a civilian schoolteacher as part of the "Teacher in Space" program, broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff in 1986, killing all seven crew members.

What is the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster?

1600

DAILY DOUBLE!!!
This rodent, often kept as a household pet, is neither a pig nor from the African country its name suggests.

What is a Guinea Pig?

1600

This neon-green, fizzy soda is the beverage of choice in the 31st century, wildly popular despite being harvested from a giant worm.

What is Slurm? (Futurama)

1600

This country technically has more time zones than any other nation on Earth, despite most of its territory being extremely sparsely populated.

What is France?

2000

A woman is mad about a hotel and gets extremely into typing while it snows a lot.

What is The Shining?

2000

On this date in 1789, a mob stormed a Parisian fortress-prison, marking the start of the French Revolution.

What is the storming of the Bastille?

2000

This small burrowing rodent that lives in large underground colonies across the Great Plains is not a dog.

What is a Prairie Dog?

2000

This gelatinous, protein-rich food substitute is manufactured from ocean plankton to feed an overpopulated future, until its true origin is revealed as the film's twist ending.

What is Soylent Green? (Soylent Green)

2000

This tiny European country has no standing army and instead relies on Switzerland for its defense, per a longstanding agreement.

What is Liechtenstein?