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Inventions
100
I go "Beep beep"
Rode Runner
100
Located in Southern Peru, this ruined city lies on top of a mountain that’s only accessible by train or hiking the Inca Trail
Machu Picchu
100
Causes you to do what everyone else is doing even though you don't want to.
Peer Pressure
100
This limestone statue of a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion is the oldest known monumental sculpture in Egypt
The Great Sphinx of Giza
100
A method introduced in the 1800s to sterilize bacteria in milk, beer and wine.
Pasteurization
200
Popular Japanese anime cartoon in the Arab world in the 80s
Grendizer
200
This couple:
The Roman General who thrust a sword into his abdomen when false news that his love committed suicide was told to him. When she learned of his death, legend has it that she kill herself with the bite of a poisonous snake.
Antony and Cleopatra
200
This unconscious behavior is the tendency to look for things and interpret things in a way that confirm's your own preconceptions.
Confirmation Bias
200
There are many theories to this old levantine folk dance including stomping to ward off evil, to compress the building material together, to simply celebrate with joy.
The Dabke
200
First invented in Persia, around 700-900 AD, this device was originally used to pump water.
Windmill
300
A girl running a race crosses the finish line after passing the kid in second place. The girl finishes in ...
Second place
300
This "path" of over 6,400 kilometers was a network of Euro-Asian trade routes active from the 2nd century BC until mid-15th century. It was central in facilitating cultural, economic, religious and political interactions between the "East" and "West".
The Silk Road
300
What is Nomophobia?
Fear of being without your mobile phone
300
Name the Painting and Artist
The Scream, by Edvard Munch
300
This popular summer treat was accidentally invented by an 11 year old who left a drink with a stirrer out in the cold over night
The Pop Sickle
400
I am full of holes but I still hold water. I am a ...
Sponge
400
She was queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria and challenged the authority of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century.
Queen Zenobia
(240 - 275)
400
The tendency to give an opinion that is more socially correct to avoid offending others
Courtesy Bias
400
An ode, or amatory poem, originating in Arabic poetry, often focusing on themes of spirituality or romantic love ~ pain of loss, or beauty of love in spite of the pain
The Ghazal
400
This simple wrist fad accessory in the 80s made it's inventor over $7 million in 1990 alone.
"Slap Wrap" Bracelets
500
"Captain Tsubasa" is a Japanese manga series from the 1980s that revolved around an 11-year old boy's passion for football. The series became a beloved cartoon dubbed in Arabic as ...
Captain Majid
500
This city was destroyed in 79 AD when Mount Vesuvius erupted, covering it in at least 6 meters of ashes, keeping its ruins preserved for centuries.
Pompeii
500
Having globophobia can be a big problem for children on birthdays because it is fear of
Balloons
500
Senbazuru is what Japanese orizuru tradition that is practiced when someone is sick
A Thousand Origami Folded Paper Cranes
to make a wish for hope to get well
500
The inventor of administering anesthesia to patients as well as over 200 surgical instruments
Al Zahrawi
a.k.a "Father of Surgery" (963 - 1013 AD)
600
I have many keys but do not open a single lock. What am I?
A piano
600
Ibn Fadlan, from the Abbasid court in Baghdad, is famous for his account of his encounters of which Northern European People (9th century)
The Vikings
600
The tendency to see events as more predictable than they actually are, the "I knew it all along" phenomenon.
Hindsight Bias
600
One of the earliest civilizations in Latin America, The Olmec, are known to have turned this plant into a ritual medicinal drink.
Chocolate (cocoa)
600
The importance of hygiene led the Mesopotamians to the invention of what item made of animal fat and wood ash.
Soap
700
The older I get, the shorter I become. I am ...
A candle
700
Nicknamed the Indian Joan of Arc, she was one of the leaders of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a.k.a India's First War of Independence to fight the British Rule.
The Rani of Jhansi
(The Queen of Jhansi)
700
This unfortunate bias leads people to support opinions just because they are becoming more popular
The Bandwagon Effect
700
Born in 1907, injured in a painful bus accident at the age of 18, this Mexican artist's striking work explored questions of identity, post colonialism, gender, class and race in Mexican Society.
Frida Kahlo
700
Originally a failed textured wall paper invention, this 1957 product has become an indispensable item for any storage and moving action.
Bubble Wrap
800
It is so fragile, that saying its name breaks it.
Silence
800
Unfathomably, what were these three infamous leaders, Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini nominated for?
Noble Peace Prize
800
What is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?
Fear of Long Words
800
Al Adir ar Rumi (800-870 AD), was a renowned Arab master of this game, and writer of the oldest known manual of this game of strategy.
The Game of Chess
The Oldest Known Chess Manual - it is written in arabic and titled Kitab Ash-Shatranj
800
Introduced in China around 300-200 B.C, this invention, based on magnetized mineral, revolutionized navigation before Satellites and GPS systems.
The Magnetic Compass