Famous Failures
This company famously launched the Newton PDA in 1993, which failed but paved the way for future handheld devices.
What is Apple?
This artist is famous for the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This famous shipwreck, hidden at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, was discovered in 1985 after being lost for over 70 years.
What is the Titanic?
This liquid has a boiling point of 100°C at sea level.
What is water?
This is the name of the magical school in the Harry Potter series.
What is Hogwarts?
This social media platform launched in 2011 as a competitor to Facebook but shut down in 2019.
What is Google+?
This Spanish artist is known for his surrealist paintings including The Persistence of Memory.
Who is Salvador Dali?
This ancient city, buried under volcanic ash in 79 AD, was rediscovered in the 18th century near modern-day Naples.
What is Pompeii?
This household appliance uses magnetrons to heat food.
What is a microwave?
This planet is home to the Jedi Temple in Star Wars.
What is Coruscant?
This once-dominant photography company filed for bankruptcy in 2012 after failing to adapt to the digital camera revolution.
What is Kodak?
This artist is considered a pioneer of the Cubist movement.
Who is Pablo Picasso?
This collection of ancient manuscripts was hidden in caves near the Dead Sea for nearly 2,000 years before being discovered in the 1940s.
What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
This substance is responsible for the bubbles in carbonated beverages.
What is carbon dioxide?
This is the fictional world where Frodo journeys to destroy the One Ring.
What is Middle-earth?
This infamous movie, released in 1987, is considered one of Hollywood’s biggest box office flops and was directed by Michael Cimino.
What is Heaven’s Gate?
This American painter is known for his drip-painting technique and abstract expressionist works.
Who is Jackson Pollock?
During World War II, Anne Frank and her family hid in a secret annex located in this European city.
What is Amsterdam?
This force keeps you from floating into space when you jump.
What is gravity?
This underwater city is the setting for the video game Bioshock.
What is Rapture?
This car company released the Edsel in 1958, which became synonymous with commercial failure.
What is Ford?
This Dutch painter created the Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Who is Johannes Vermeer?
This legendary treasure, said to have been hidden by the Knights Templar, has inspired countless theories and searches but remains undiscovered.
What is the Holy Grail?
This is the term for the amount of matter in an object, commonly confused with weight.
What is mass?
This is the name of the desert planet featured in Frank Herbert’s Dune.
What is Arrakis?