Weird Weapons of History
Stupid Answers
People Groups
Starts with X
Science Firsts
100
The Nazis during WW2 experimented with the Krummlauf, a curved barrel which allowed their soldiers to do this.
Shoot around corners
100
In the Shrek movies, it is the name of the donkey that Shrek is friends with.
Donkey
100
The European people group called the Franks eventually gave their name to this modern country.
France
100
This musical instrument made of wooden bars is played with mallets and often used in orchestras and marching bands.
Xylophone
100
Launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, this was the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth.
Sputnik I
200
The Davy Crockett launcher was developed to fire one of these from about a couple of miles away.
Nuclear Missile
200
Matt Damon played this character in the film Good Will Hunting.
Will Hunting
200
The Vikings were settlers, traders, and raiders that all came from related people groups in this region.
Scandinavia
200
This part of the electromagnetic spectrum can be used to see through tissues.
X-Ray
200
In 1903, these brothers achieved the first powered, controlled airplane flight at Kitty Hawk.
Wright Brothers
300
The Kolibri was a famously tiny pistol developed during WW1 by someone who used to design and make these.
Watches
300
In Hollywood, California, it’s the major street 2 blocks north of Sunset Boulevard.
Hollywood Boulevard
300
This nomadic people from Central Asia built the largest contiguous land empire in history under Genghis Khan.
Mongols
300
This fear of strangers or different people shares its root with the Greek word for “guest.”
Xenophobia
300
In 1996, scientists in Scotland created a sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell. What was her name?
Dolly
400
The Atlatl was an ancient tool that allowed hunters and warriors to throw these weapons with much more speed and force.
Spears
400
This lubricant’s name means “water displacement, 40th formula”
WD-40
400
The Romani are a travelling ethnic group in Eastern Europe. They are often erroneously called gypsies, which is due to an incorrect belief that they originated from...
Egypt
400
This noble gas is used in lamps and spacecraft ion engines.
Xenon
400
In 1928, Alexander Fleming created the first antibiotic. What is it called?
Penicillin
500
This terrifying weapon has variants found in many cultures. What was its purpose?
To pin a criminal against a wall for detainment.
500
A 2009 study recommended treating heroin addicts with diacetylmorphine, the active ingredient in this.
Heroin
500
Indigenous Arctic peoples known for technologies like kayaks, dog sleds, and snow houses often called igloos.
Inuit
500
This was a famous Persian ruler during the Greco-Persian wars.
Xerxes I
500
The Trinity Test Site is where this happened for the first time.
A nuclear explosion test.
600
The Aztecs did not have access to smelted metal, so they attached these to clubs to create weapons that could cut.
sharpened obsidian rocks
600
Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon was born in 1460 to a noble family from this Spanish province.
Leon
600
The Māori are a native group to what modern day country?
New Zealand
600
The plant tissue that transports water up the plant.
Xylem
600
This Soviet dog became the first animal to orbit Earth in 1957 aboard Sputnik 2.
Laika
700
During WW2, the US came up with a plan to use these flying creatures to deliver tiny incendiary bombs to Japanese buildings.
Bats
700
Musician Ray Charles raised money for people afflicted by this, saying, “To me, it’s the worst thing in the world.”
Deafness
700
The country England gets its name from this Germanic people group that settled there in the post-Roman period.
Angles
700
This ancient Chinese city was the eastern starting point of the Silk Road and home of the Terracotta Army.
Xi'an
700
In 1907, Bakelite was created and used to make billiard balls. It is the first synthetically made...
Plastic