We've skipped the tired old questions you've seen a hundred times and gathered 15 of the most surprising, delightful, and downright odd facts from the corners of science, language, history, and the animal kingdom.
Think you know a little bit about everything? This quiz is here to put that to the test, but not in the way you might expect. We've skipped the tired old questions you've seen a hundred times and gathered 15 of the most surprising, delightful, and downright odd facts from the corners of science, language, history, and the animal kingdom. Some you'll know in a heartbeat. Others will make you stop and think, and a few just might leave you saying "Well, I never knew that!"
Honey has been found still edible in 3,000-year-old Egyptian tombs. What makes it nearly immortal?
Very low moisture and natural acidity
A protective layer of beeswax
The cool, dry tombs
It slowly turns to stone
The "#" symbol has a quirky technical name. What is it?
Octothorpe
Asterisk
Pilcrow
Ampersand
Which sovereign country features a dragon on its national flag?
China
Wales
Indonesia
Bhutan
A "baker's dozen" is thirteen. Why did bakers historically add the extra one?
For good luck
To avoid fines for underweight bread
To feed the baker's family
As a gift to the church
The spice saffron, one of the world's most expensive, comes from the threads of which flower?
Tulip
Crocus
Marigold
Lily
The Mona Lisa is missing a feature most portraits have. What?
A signature
Eyebrows
Hands
background
Which is hotter, a bolt of lightning or the sun?
A bolt of lightning is about 5 times hotter than the sun.
They're about the same
A bolt of lightning
The sun
The Canary Islands were actually named after which animal?
The archipelago's name stems from the Latin term Canariae Insulae, meaning "Islands of the Dogs".
Dogs
Canary birds
Goats
Seals
What do you call a group of pugs specifically?
A wrinkle
A grumble
A snort
A huddle
A "lethologica" is the frustrating experience of what?
Forgetting why you walked into a room
Mixing up two people's names
Failing to recall a word that's on the tip of your tongue
Reading the same line twice
Pineapples take a surprisingly long time to grow a single fruit. About how long?
6 months
12 months
2–3 years
5 years
The "QWERTY" keyboard layout was reportedly designed to do what?
Speed up typing
Slow typists down to prevent jams
Match the alphabet
Fit telegraph code
A "murmuration" is the breathtaking swirling flight pattern of which bird?
Swallows
Starlings
Sparrows
Swifts
"Pteronophobia" is the unusual fear of being tickled by what?
Insects
Hair
Grass
Feathers
The Eiffel Tower was meant to be temporary and dismantled. What saved it from demolition?
Public petitions
Its usefulness as a radio antenna
A wealthy patron
A change in government
Room for improvement
Well, you gave it a wonderful go, and that's what counts! This was a tricky bunch of questions, full of curveballs designed to catch even the sharpest minds off guard. The good news is that you've just collected a whole handful of fascinating new facts to share at your next dinner party or coffee chat. Learning something surprising is its own little reward, and you've done plenty of that today. Why not take another run at it, or pass it along to a friend and see if they can do any better?
Now that's a respectable showing! You clearly have a broad and curious mind, with a good store of knowledge across all sorts of subjects. You sailed through the ones you knew and made some clever guesses on the rest, landing yourself a score to be proud of. A few of these questions were genuinely sneaky, so getting this many right is no small feat. You're the kind of person who picks up interesting tidbits wherever you go, and it shows. Well done indeed, and thank you for playing along with us!
Extraordinary! You've sailed through this quiz like a true master of trivia, and we are thoroughly impressed. Questions that left others scratching their heads barely slowed you down at all. You clearly have a remarkable memory, a curious spirit, and a knack for collecting the kind of surprising facts that most people simply breeze right past. Whether it was the animal oddities, the science surprises, or the quirks of language, you handled them all with ease. Take a well deserved bow, and be sure to share your score so others can try to match it!
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