Tightrope Game Answers
This page lists the answers to every recent Tightrope Game walk, newest first, with a short explanation for each question. Answers to today's walk #46 are added after midnight Eastern Time, once everyone has had a full day to play.
Tightrope answers for walk #45
- 1Food & CultureEasy
Which spice comes from the dried stigmas of a crocus flower?
Answer: Saffron
Each crocus flower yields just three stigmas, picked by hand, which makes saffron very costly.
- 2HistoryEasy
The wall that divided which city fell in November 1989?
Answer: Berlin
The Berlin Wall stood for 28 years; its fall led to German reunification in 1990.
- 3SpaceEasy
Which planet is best known for its bright, spectacular ring system?
Answer: Saturn
Saturn's rings are made mostly of chunks of ice, ranging from tiny grains to house-sized blocks.
- 4Food & CultureMedium
Which grain is used to brew traditional Japanese sake?
Answer: Rice
Sake brewers polish away the outer layers of each rice grain; more polishing usually means a more refined sake.
- 5HistoryMedium
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Answer: Marie Curie
Marie Curie shared the 1903 Physics prize and later won Chemistry in 1911, becoming the first person to win twice.
- 6HistoryMedium
The Hundred Years' War was fought mainly between England and which country?
Answer: France
Despite its name, the conflict lasted 116 years, from 1337 to 1453.
- 7SpaceHard
Who was the first American to orbit Earth?
Answer: John Glenn
Glenn orbited three times in 1962; Alan Shepard's earlier 1961 flight was suborbital.
- 8HistoryHard
Who was the US president during the War of 1812?
Answer: James Madison
Madison had to flee Washington in 1814 when British troops burned the White House.
- 9Nature & AnimalsHard
The axolotl is native to lake waters around which city?
Answer: Mexico City
Wild axolotls survive mainly in the canals of Xochimilco and are critically endangered.
Answers to earlier walks
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Walk #44November 1, 2026
- 1GeographyEasy
Which European country is famously shaped like a boot?
Answer: Italy
Italy's boot appears to kick the island of Sicily, which sits just off its toe.
- 2Food & CultureEasy
Carved pumpkins called jack-o'-lanterns are linked to which holiday?
Answer: Halloween
The tradition began in Ireland with carved turnips; immigrants in America switched to pumpkins.
- 3Nature & AnimalsEasy
How many hearts does an octopus have?
Answer: Three
Two hearts pump blood through the gills and one pumps it to the rest of the body.
- 4HistoryMedium
What was the capital city of the Byzantine Empire?
Answer: Constantinople
Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 and is today known as Istanbul.
- 5HistoryMedium
Which Ancient Wonder of the World stood at the harbor of Alexandria?
Answer: The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse of Alexandria stood on the island of Pharos, which gave its name to lighthouses in several languages.
- 6GeographyMedium
Lake Titicaca lies on the border between Peru and which country?
Answer: Bolivia
At about 3,800 meters above sea level, Titicaca is often called the highest navigable lake in the world.
- 7ScienceHard
What is the SI unit of magnetic flux density?
Answer: Tesla
The tesla honors inventor Nikola Tesla; the gauss is an older CGS unit equal to one ten-thousandth of a tesla.
- 8ScienceHard
What is the SI unit of electrical capacitance?
Answer: Farad
The farad honors Michael Faraday, the English scientist who pioneered the study of electromagnetism.
- 9SpaceHard
What is the name of the larger of Mars's two moons?
Answer: Phobos
Phobos orbits so close to Mars that it is slowly spiraling inward and will eventually break apart.
Walk #43October 31, 2026
- 1Nature & AnimalsEasy
What is the fastest land animal?
Answer: Cheetah
Cheetahs can sprint at around 100 kilometers per hour, but only in short bursts.
- 2Nature & AnimalsEasy
What is a group of lions called?
Answer: Pride
Lions are the only truly social big cats, living in prides of related females and their cubs.
- 3ScienceEasy
Which gas do plants take in from the air to carry out photosynthesis?
Answer: Carbon dioxide
Plants use carbon dioxide, water and sunlight to make sugar, releasing oxygen as a byproduct.
- 4HistoryMedium
On which island was Napoleon Bonaparte born?
Answer: Corsica
Napoleon was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, in 1769; Elba was the island of his first exile.
- 5Words & LanguageMedium
What is a word formed from initial letters and pronounced as a word, like NASA, called?
Answer: Acronym
Laser and scuba are acronyms so familiar that most people no longer write them in capitals.
- 6Nature & AnimalsMedium
What word describes animals that are most active at dawn and dusk?
Answer: Crepuscular
Deer, rabbits and many house cats are crepuscular, doing most of their moving in the low light of dawn and dusk.
- 7GeographyHard
Which strait divides Istanbul between Europe and Asia?
Answer: Bosporus
The Bosporus links the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and runs right through Istanbul.
- 8HistoryHard
Which empire was ruled from the city of Cusco?
Answer: Inca Empire
Cusco, high in the Peruvian Andes, served as the capital of the Inca Empire until the Spanish conquest.
- 9Nature & AnimalsHard
Which living bird has the largest wingspan?
Answer: Wandering albatross
Wandering albatrosses can span over 11 feet and glide for hours with barely a wingbeat.
Walk #42October 30, 2026
- 1GeographyEasy
Which is the largest continent by land area?
Answer: Asia
Asia covers about 30 percent of Earth's land area, stretching from Turkey to Japan.
- 2Food & CultureEasy
What is the main ingredient of hummus?
Answer: Chickpeas
Hummus is chickpeas blended with tahini, lemon juice and garlic; hummus is Arabic for chickpea.
- 3Words & LanguageEasy
Which letter is used most often in written English?
Answer: E
E appears in roughly one of every eight letters of typical English text.
- 4Arts & LiteratureMedium
Which Dutch artist painted 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'?
Answer: Johannes Vermeer
Vermeer painted it around 1665; it is housed in the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague.
- 5Food & CultureMedium
Which nut is the main ingredient in marzipan?
Answer: Almond
Marzipan is a sweet paste of ground almonds and sugar, often shaped into small fruits or animals.
- 6GeographyMedium
Which strait separates southern Spain from Morocco?
Answer: Strait of Gibraltar
At its narrowest the Strait of Gibraltar is only about 14 kilometers wide, linking the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
- 7Sports & GamesHard
Which country hosted the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
Answer: Uruguay
Uruguay hosted and won the first World Cup, beating Argentina 4-2 in the final in Montevideo.
- 8Arts & LiteratureHard
In "Moby-Dick," what is the name of Captain Ahab's ship?
Answer: Pequod
The Pequod is named after a Native American people; the real whaleship Essex inspired Melville's plot.
- 9GeographyHard
What is the capital city of Morocco?
Answer: Rabat
Casablanca is Morocco's largest city, but the government and royal palace are in Rabat.
Walk #41October 29, 2026
- 1Words & LanguageEasy
What is a word that reads the same backward and forward, like "level"?
Answer: Palindrome
Palindrome comes from Greek words meaning running back again; racecar and kayak are other examples.
- 2GeographyEasy
Mount Everest lies on the border between Nepal and which other country?
Answer: China
Everest's summit straddles Nepal and the Tibet region of China; Tibetans call it Chomolungma.
- 3ScienceEasy
What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Answer: Au
Au comes from the Latin word aurum, meaning gold; Ag is silver, from argentum.
- 4HistoryMedium
Which ship carried the Pilgrims to North America in 1620?
Answer: Mayflower
The Mayflower landed at Cape Cod before its passengers founded Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts.
- 5GeographyMedium
What is the capital city of Canada?
Answer: Ottawa
Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the capital in 1857, partly as a compromise between English and French Canada.
- 6Arts & LiteratureMedium
Which composer wrote the set of violin concertos 'The Four Seasons'?
Answer: Antonio Vivaldi
Vivaldi, a Venetian priest nicknamed the Red Priest, published The Four Seasons in 1725.
- 7Words & LanguageHard
Which English writer coined the word "serendipity" in 1754?
Answer: Horace Walpole
Walpole based it on the Persian tale The Three Princes of Serendip, whose heroes made lucky discoveries.
- 8Sports & GamesHard
How many players per team are in the water at once in water polo, goalie included?
Answer: Seven
Each water polo side fields six outfield players plus a goalkeeper.
- 9Arts & LiteratureHard
Who narrates F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"?
Answer: Nick Carraway
Nick Carraway is Daisy Buchanan's cousin and Gatsby's neighbor in West Egg.
Walk #40October 28, 2026
- 1ScienceEasy
What is the largest organ of the human body?
Answer: Skin
Skin covers the whole body and makes up roughly 15 percent of an adult's body weight.
- 2Words & LanguageEasy
In the acronym NASA, what does the letter S stand for?
Answer: Space
NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration, founded in 1958.
- 3Sports & GamesEasy
How many players does each soccer team have on the field at once?
Answer: 11
Each side fields ten outfield players plus one goalkeeper, the only player allowed to handle the ball.
- 4Sports & GamesMedium
The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy of which sport?
Answer: Ice hockey
The Stanley Cup was first awarded in 1893 and is named after Lord Stanley, a Governor General of Canada.
- 5Arts & LiteratureMedium
What is the name of Don Quixote's loyal squire?
Answer: Sancho Panza
Rocinante is Don Quixote's horse and Dulcinea is his imagined lady love; Sancho Panza rides a donkey.
- 6Arts & LiteratureMedium
Who carved the marble statue of David completed in 1504 in Florence?
Answer: Michelangelo
Michelangelo carved the 5-meter statue from a single block of marble that other sculptors had abandoned.
- 7Sports & GamesHard
In English-language Scrabble, how many points is the letter Q worth?
Answer: 10
Q and Z are the highest-scoring tiles in English Scrabble, each worth 10 points.
- 8Words & LanguageHard
What is the collective noun for a group of owls?
Answer: Parliament
A parliament of owls likely reflects the bird's long association with wisdom.
- 9ScienceHard
Which physicist introduced the idea of energy quanta in 1900?
Answer: Max Planck
Max Planck proposed that energy is emitted in discrete packets, launching quantum theory and winning the 1918 Nobel Prize.
Walk #39October 27, 2026
- 1Sports & GamesEasy
In which sport do players score a touchdown worth six points?
Answer: American football
A touchdown earns six points, and the team can then try for one or two extra points.
- 2Nature & AnimalsEasy
What is the largest animal known to have ever lived?
Answer: Blue whale
Blue whales can exceed 30 meters long, larger than any known dinosaur.
- 3HistoryEasy
Which English king agreed to the Magna Carta in 1215?
Answer: King John
Rebel barons forced King John to accept the charter at Runnymede, limiting royal power.
- 4Words & LanguageMedium
What is a blended word like 'brunch', from breakfast and lunch, called?
Answer: Portmanteau
Lewis Carroll popularized the term, comparing such words to a suitcase with two compartments.
- 5Nature & AnimalsMedium
What is the national animal of Scotland?
Answer: Unicorn
The unicorn has been a Scottish heraldic symbol for centuries and appears on the royal coat of arms.
- 6Nature & AnimalsMedium
What is a group of crows traditionally called?
Answer: A murder
A parliament is a group of owls, a pride is lions, and a gaggle is geese.
- 7ScienceHard
Which small pit in the retina has the highest density of cone cells?
Answer: Fovea
The fovea is packed with cones, which is why your sharpest central vision comes from this tiny spot.
- 8SpaceHard
Which dwarf planet lies in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter?
Answer: Ceres
Ceres was discovered in 1801 and reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006; NASA's Dawn probe orbited it.
- 9GeographyHard
What is the longest continental mountain range in the world?
Answer: Andes
The Andes stretch about 4,300 miles along the western edge of South America through seven countries.
Walk #38October 26, 2026
- 1Arts & LiteratureEasy
Who wrote "Moby-Dick," the novel about a hunt for a white whale?
Answer: Herman Melville
Moby-Dick was published in 1851 and opens with the famous line: Call me Ishmael.
- 2ScienceEasy
What force pulls objects toward the center of the Earth?
Answer: Gravity
Isaac Newton described universal gravitation in 1687, explaining both falling apples and orbiting planets.
- 3Sports & GamesEasy
The ancient Olympic Games began in which country?
Answer: Greece
The ancient Games were held at Olympia, traditionally starting in 776 BC, in honor of Zeus.
- 4Sports & GamesMedium
How many players does a baseball team have on the field while fielding?
Answer: Nine
The nine fielders are the pitcher, catcher, four infielders and three outfielders.
- 5Words & LanguageMedium
What is the term for an extreme fear of spiders?
Answer: Arachnophobia
The word comes from the Greek arachne, meaning spider, plus phobos, meaning fear.
- 6ScienceMedium
Which mineral is ranked 1, the softest, on the Mohs hardness scale?
Answer: Talc
Talc is so soft you can scratch it with a fingernail; it is the main ingredient in talcum powder.
- 7Food & CultureHard
Which cracked wheat is the main grain in tabbouleh?
Answer: Bulgur
Bulgur is parboiled, dried and cracked wheat, mixed in tabbouleh with parsley, mint, tomato and lemon.
- 8Food & CultureHard
Paella originated in which region of Spain?
Answer: Valencia
Paella was born in the rice fields around Valencia and is named after the wide pan it's cooked in.
- 9SpaceHard
What is the largest moon in the solar system?
Answer: Ganymede
Jupiter's moon Ganymede is larger than the planet Mercury and has its own magnetic field.
Walk #37October 25, 2026
- 1HistoryEasy
Who was the first President of the United States?
Answer: George Washington
Washington took office in 1789 and chose to step down after two terms, setting a lasting precedent.
- 2Sports & GamesEasy
How many squares are on a standard chessboard?
Answer: 64
A chessboard is an 8 by 8 grid of alternating light and dark squares.
- 3ScienceEasy
At sea level, water boils at how many degrees Celsius?
Answer: 100
At higher altitudes air pressure drops, so water boils below 100 degrees Celsius.
- 4Nature & AnimalsMedium
What is a male honeybee called?
Answer: Drone
Drones do not sting or gather food; their main role is to mate with a queen.
- 5GeographyMedium
Which U.S. state has the longest coastline?
Answer: Alaska
Alaska has more coastline than all the other U.S. states combined.
- 6Arts & LiteratureMedium
Which artist painted 'The Persistence of Memory', with its melting clocks?
Answer: Salvador Dali
Dali painted it in 1931; the small canvas hangs in New York's Museum of Modern Art.
- 7Nature & AnimalsHard
Bamboo belongs to which plant family?
Answer: Grass family
Bamboo is a giant grass, and some species can grow nearly three feet in a single day.
- 8Nature & AnimalsHard
Which bird reaches the highest speed of any animal during its hunting dive?
Answer: Peregrine falcon
Peregrine falcons can exceed 200 miles per hour when stooping on prey.
- 9HistoryHard
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607?
Answer: Jamestown
Jamestown, Virginia, was founded 13 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth.
Walk #36October 24, 2026
- 1SpaceEasy
Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Answer: Mercury
Mercury races around the Sun in just 88 Earth days, the shortest year of any planet.
- 2HistoryEasy
Who was the last active ruler of ancient Egypt's Ptolemaic Kingdom?
Answer: Cleopatra
After Cleopatra's death in 30 BC, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire.
- 3Words & LanguageEasy
What is the plural of "mouse" when it means the small animal?
Answer: Mice
Mouse to mice is an irregular plural, like goose to geese and louse to lice.
- 4Nature & AnimalsMedium
Which living bird lays the largest eggs?
Answer: Ostrich
An ostrich egg can weigh about 1.4 kilograms, roughly as much as two dozen chicken eggs.
- 5Nature & AnimalsMedium
What is a young swan called?
Answer: Cygnet
The word comes from cygnus, Latin for swan, which is also the name of a constellation.
- 6GeographyMedium
Which river flows through Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Belgrade?
Answer: Danube
The Danube passes through four national capitals, more than any other river in the world.
- 7Arts & LiteratureHard
Which Russian author wrote "Crime and Punishment"?
Answer: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Published in 1866, it follows Raskolnikov, a poor former student who commits murder in St. Petersburg.
- 8Words & LanguageHard
What does the Latin phrase "ad hoc" literally mean?
Answer: For this
Ad hoc describes something made for one specific purpose rather than as a general solution.
- 9ScienceHard
What is the smallest bone in the human body?
Answer: Stapes
The stapes, or stirrup, sits in the middle ear and is only about 3 millimeters long.
Walk #35October 23, 2026
- 1Arts & LiteratureEasy
Which Renaissance artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Answer: Michelangelo
Michelangelo painted the ceiling between 1508 and 1512, including the famous Creation of Adam.
- 2Words & LanguageEasy
How many letters are in the modern English alphabet?
Answer: 26
The English alphabet has 26 letters: 5 standard vowels and 21 consonants.
- 3Nature & AnimalsEasy
How many legs does a spider have?
Answer: Eight
Spiders are arachnids, not insects; insects have six legs while arachnids have eight.
- 4Sports & GamesMedium
The Ryder Cup is a team competition in which sport?
Answer: Golf
The Ryder Cup pits teams from Europe and the United States against each other, usually every two years.
- 5ScienceMedium
Which blood components play the main role in helping blood clot?
Answer: Platelets
Platelets are tiny cell fragments that clump together at a wound to plug the leak.
- 6Food & CultureMedium
Goulash is a national dish of which country?
Answer: Hungary
Goulash began as a stew cooked by Hungarian cattle herders, and paprika gives it its deep red color.
- 7Food & CultureHard
Which Scottish dish is made with sheep's heart, liver and lungs?
Answer: Haggis
Haggis is traditionally served on Burns Night with neeps and tatties, turnips and potatoes.
- 8SpaceHard
What was the name of the first dog to orbit Earth?
Answer: Laika
Laika flew aboard Sputnik 2 in 1957; Belka and Strelka became the first dogs to return from orbit in 1960.
- 9Words & LanguageHard
The word "algebra" comes from which language?
Answer: Arabic
Algebra comes from al-jabr, meaning restoration, in the title of a 9th-century book by mathematician al-Khwarizmi.
Walk #34October 22, 2026
- 1SpaceEasy
Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Answer: Mars
Mars looks red because its surface dust is rich in iron oxide, essentially rust.
- 2Sports & GamesEasy
In chess, which piece moves only diagonally?
Answer: Bishop
Because it moves only diagonally, each bishop stays on squares of one color for the whole game.
- 3Nature & AnimalsEasy
Which is the only mammal capable of true, sustained flight?
Answer: Bat
Flying squirrels and sugar gliders only glide; bats flap wings made of skin stretched over long fingers.
- 4GeographyMedium
What is the capital city of New Zealand?
Answer: Wellington
Auckland is New Zealand's largest city, but Wellington has been the capital since 1865.
- 5Nature & AnimalsMedium
Maggots are the larvae of which kind of insect?
Answer: Fly
Sterile maggots are still used in medicine to clean wounds because they eat only dead tissue.
- 6ScienceMedium
What is the SI unit of force?
Answer: Newton
One newton is the force needed to accelerate one kilogram of mass by one meter per second squared.
- 7Food & CultureHard
Which spirit gets its main flavor from juniper berries?
Answer: Gin
Gin's name comes from genever, the Dutch juniper spirit, from the Dutch word for juniper.
- 8Nature & AnimalsHard
What color is a polar bear's skin?
Answer: Black
Beneath its translucent, hollow fur, a polar bear's black skin helps absorb the sun's heat.
- 9GeographyHard
Which river flows through the city of Baghdad?
Answer: Tigris
Baghdad was founded on the Tigris in 762 AD; the Euphrates runs parallel to the west.
Walk #33October 21, 2026
- 1Food & CultureEasy
Which drink is made by fermenting grape juice?
Answer: Wine
Yeast converts the sugar in grapes into alcohol; beer uses grain, cider apples, and sake rice.
- 2Arts & LiteratureEasy
Who wrote the novel "Pride and Prejudice"?
Answer: Jane Austen
Published in 1813, the novel follows Elizabeth Bennet and the proud Mr. Darcy.
- 3Food & CultureEasy
Sushi is a traditional dish from which country?
Answer: Japan
Sushi refers to the vinegared rice, not the fish; raw fish served alone is called sashimi.
- 4Nature & AnimalsMedium
What type of animal is a Komodo dragon?
Answer: Lizard
The Komodo dragon is a monitor lizard from Indonesia and the largest living lizard species.
- 5Food & CultureMedium
Which type of pastry is used to make profiteroles and eclairs?
Answer: Choux pastry
Choux pastry puffs up because its high water content turns to steam in the oven, leaving a hollow center.
- 6Arts & LiteratureMedium
In George Orwell's '1984', what is the name of the Party's all-seeing figurehead?
Answer: Big Brother
Posters in the novel warn that Big Brother is watching you, a phrase now common in everyday English.
- 7Sports & GamesHard
What is the official length of a marathon in miles?
Answer: About 26.2 miles
The 26.2-mile distance was set at the 1908 London Olympics and standardized in 1921.
- 8GeographyHard
What is the capital city of Switzerland?
Answer: Bern
Switzerland officially calls Bern its federal city rather than its capital, but it houses the national government.
- 9Sports & GamesHard
In golf, what is a score of three under par on a single hole called?
Answer: Albatross
An albatross, or double eagle, is far rarer than a hole-in-one.
Walk #32October 20, 2026
- 1HistoryEasy
Which ancient civilization built the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Answer: Egyptians
The Great Pyramid was built around 4,500 years ago as a tomb for the pharaoh Khufu.
- 2SpaceEasy
About how many days does it take Earth to orbit the Sun once?
Answer: 365
One orbit takes about 365.25 days, which is why we add a leap day every four years.
- 3Words & LanguageEasy
What does the prefix "bi-" mean, as in "bicycle"?
Answer: Two
The prefix bi- comes from Latin; a bicycle has two wheels and a biped walks on two legs.
- 4Arts & LiteratureMedium
In which Shakespeare play does the moneylender Shylock appear?
Answer: The Merchant of Venice
Shylock demands a pound of flesh as the penalty for an unpaid loan.
- 5Food & CultureMedium
Kimchi, a fermented vegetable dish, is a staple of which cuisine?
Answer: Korean
Kimchi is most often made from napa cabbage seasoned with chili, garlic and ginger.
- 6GeographyMedium
What is the smallest independent country in the world by area?
Answer: Vatican City
Vatican City covers about 0.44 square kilometers and is entirely surrounded by the city of Rome.
- 7Words & LanguageHard
What is the name of the "&" symbol?
Answer: Ampersand
The ampersand began as a ligature of the Latin et, meaning and; its name slurs "and per se and."
- 8Words & LanguageHard
The word "robot" first appeared in a 1920 play by a writer of which nationality?
Answer: Czech
Karel Capek's play R.U.R. introduced robot, from the Czech robota, meaning forced labor.
- 9Food & CultureHard
What Japanese word names the savory fifth basic taste?
Answer: Umami
Chemist Kikunae Ikeda coined umami in 1908 after identifying glutamate in kombu seaweed broth.
Walk #31October 19, 2026
- 1HistoryEasy
Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
Answer: France
The statue was dedicated in 1886 as a gift celebrating friendship between the French and American peoples.
- 2Arts & LiteratureEasy
Which author created the detective Sherlock Holmes?
Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle
Conan Doyle was a trained doctor, and Holmes first appeared in A Study in Scarlet in 1887.
- 3ScienceEasy
Which organ pumps blood around the human body?
Answer: Heart
An adult heart beats roughly 100,000 times a day, pushing blood through a vast network of vessels.
- 4Words & LanguageMedium
From which language did English borrow the word 'kindergarten'?
Answer: German
Kindergarten means children's garden; the term was coined by German educator Friedrich Froebel in 1840.
- 5HistoryMedium
Who was the first emperor of Rome?
Answer: Augustus
Julius Caesar was a dictator, but his adopted heir Octavian became the first emperor, taking the name Augustus in 27 BC.
- 6Food & CultureMedium
What is the Japanese art of folding paper called?
Answer: Origami
Origami comes from the Japanese words ori, to fold, and kami, paper.
- 7Arts & LiteratureHard
What is the name of the main character in George Orwell's "1984"?
Answer: Winston Smith
Winston Smith works at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history to match the Party's line.
- 8Words & LanguageHard
What is the name for the dot over a lowercase i or j?
Answer: Tittle
The tittle gives us the phrase to a T, possibly from to a tittle, meaning precisely.
- 9Sports & GamesHard
What is the maximum possible break in standard snooker without a free ball?
Answer: 147
A 147 requires potting all 15 reds with 15 blacks, then all six colors in order.
Walk #30October 18, 2026
- 1SpaceEasy
Which planet has the hottest average surface temperature?
Answer: Venus
Venus's thick carbon dioxide atmosphere traps heat, making it hotter than Mercury despite being farther away.
- 2GeographyEasy
What is the capital city of Australia?
Answer: Canberra
Canberra was purpose-built as a compromise capital because Sydney and Melbourne both wanted the title.
- 3Sports & GamesEasy
How many holes make up a standard full round of golf?
Answer: 18
The Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland helped establish 18 holes as the standard round.
- 4Sports & GamesMedium
In bowling, what are three strikes in a row called?
Answer: A turkey
Some bowling alleys in the late 1800s reportedly gave a real turkey as a prize for three straight strikes.
- 5SpaceMedium
Which NASA space telescope was launched aboard the Space Shuttle in 1990?
Answer: Hubble
The telescope is named after astronomer Edwin Hubble, who showed that the universe is expanding.
- 6Nature & AnimalsMedium
What is the largest species of shark?
Answer: Whale shark
Despite its huge size, the whale shark is a gentle filter feeder that eats plankton and small fish.
- 7Words & LanguageHard
What does the word "sesquipedalian" describe?
Answer: Using long words
From Latin for a foot and a half long, it was used by Horace to mock overly long words.
- 8Arts & LiteratureHard
Who wrote the novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude"?
Answer: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The 1967 Colombian novel follows the Buendia family in the fictional town of Macondo.
- 9ScienceHard
What is the most abundant element in Earth's crust by mass?
Answer: Oxygen
Oxygen makes up nearly half of the crust's mass, locked mostly in silicate and oxide minerals.
Walk #29October 17, 2026
- 1ScienceEasy
What is the hardest naturally occurring mineral?
Answer: Diamond
Diamond scores a perfect 10 on the Mohs hardness scale and is made of pure carbon.
- 2Nature & AnimalsEasy
What is an animal that eats only plants called?
Answer: Herbivore
Herbivores such as cows, deer and rabbits have teeth and guts specialized for digesting plants.
- 3Arts & LiteratureEasy
Which fictional wizard grew up with his aunt and uncle at 4 Privet Drive?
Answer: Harry Potter
Harry lived in a cupboard under the stairs at the Dursleys' house before going to Hogwarts.
- 4Sports & GamesMedium
In rugby union, how many points is a try worth?
Answer: 5
A try was worth four points until 1992, when rugby union raised it to five.
- 5Words & LanguageMedium
What does the Latin phrase 'carpe diem' mean?
Answer: Seize the day
The phrase comes from the Roman poet Horace, who urged readers to enjoy the present.
- 6SpaceMedium
What is the name of the giant volcano on Mars?
Answer: Olympus Mons
Olympus Mons rises about 22 kilometers, roughly two and a half times the height of Mount Everest.
- 7Nature & AnimalsHard
Which tree species includes the tallest known living trees?
Answer: Coast redwood
Coast redwoods in northern California exceed 370 feet, while giant sequoias are the most massive by volume.
- 8GeographyHard
What is the deepest lake in the world?
Answer: Lake Baikal
Siberia's Lake Baikal plunges over 5,300 feet deep and holds about a fifth of Earth's unfrozen fresh surface water.
- 9HistoryHard
The ancient Colossus statue stood at the harbor of which Greek island?
Answer: Rhodes
The Colossus of Rhodes depicted the sun god Helios and was toppled by an earthquake around 226 BC.
Walk #28October 16, 2026
- 1Sports & GamesEasy
In basketball, how many points is a shot from beyond the arc worth?
Answer: Three
The NBA adopted the three-point line in 1979, changing how the game is played.
- 2GeographyEasy
Which US state is made up entirely of islands?
Answer: Hawaii
Hawaii's islands formed from volcanoes rising from the Pacific seafloor over millions of years.
- 3SpaceEasy
Who became the first human to travel into space, in 1961?
Answer: Yuri Gagarin
Soviet cosmonaut Gagarin orbited Earth once aboard Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961.
- 4SpaceMedium
What is the boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing can escape?
Answer: Event horizon
Once anything, even light, crosses the event horizon, it cannot escape the black hole's gravity.
- 5ScienceMedium
Which metal is liquid at normal room temperature?
Answer: Mercury
Mercury melts at about -39 degrees Celsius; gallium only melts around 30 degrees Celsius, above typical room temperature.
- 6SpaceMedium
Which planet in our solar system rotates tipped almost on its side?
Answer: Uranus
Uranus has an axial tilt of about 98 degrees, possibly caused by an ancient collision.
- 7Food & CultureHard
Gruyere cheese is named after a town in which country?
Answer: Switzerland
The medieval town of Gruyeres in the canton of Fribourg gave the hard cheese its name.
- 8SpaceHard
Who was the first woman to travel into space?
Answer: Valentina Tereshkova
Soviet cosmonaut Tereshkova orbited Earth 48 times aboard Vostok 6 in June 1963.
- 9Arts & LiteratureHard
Who composed the opera "Carmen"?
Answer: Georges Bizet
Bizet died just three months after Carmen's 1875 premiere, before it became a worldwide hit.
Walk #27October 15, 2026
- 1SpaceEasy
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Jupiter
Jupiter is so big that more than 1,000 Earths could fit inside it.
- 2Words & LanguageEasy
What does the Latin phrase "et cetera" mean?
Answer: And the rest
Et cetera is usually shortened to etc. and signals that a list continues.
- 3GeographyEasy
Which city straddles Europe and Asia, divided by the Bosphorus strait?
Answer: Istanbul
Istanbul was formerly called Constantinople and served as capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires.
- 4ScienceMedium
What is the pH of pure water at 25 degrees Celsius?
Answer: 7
A pH of 7 is neutral; lower values are acidic and higher values are basic.
- 5SpaceMedium
What is the largest moon of Saturn?
Answer: Titan
Titan is larger than the planet Mercury and has a thick nitrogen atmosphere with lakes of liquid methane.
- 6SpaceMedium
What was the first artificial satellite launched into Earth orbit?
Answer: Sputnik 1
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, starting the Space Age.
- 7Sports & GamesHard
In chess, which piece is the only one that can jump over other pieces?
Answer: Knight
The knight moves in an L shape and ignores any pieces standing in its way.
- 8GeographyHard
What is the largest lake in Africa by surface area?
Answer: Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is shared by Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania and is a major source of the Nile.
- 9SpaceHard
Which star system is nearest to our Sun?
Answer: Alpha Centauri
Alpha Centauri, about 4.3 light-years away, includes Proxima Centauri, the closest individual star to the Sun.
Walk #26October 14, 2026
- 1Nature & AnimalsEasy
What plant makes up most of a giant panda's diet?
Answer: Bamboo
A giant panda can spend over half its day eating, munching through many kilograms of bamboo.
- 2Arts & LiteratureEasy
In which city is the Louvre museum located?
Answer: Paris
The Louvre was originally a royal palace and opened as a public museum in 1793.
- 3Food & CultureEasy
Risotto, the creamy Italian dish, is made with which grain?
Answer: Rice
Short-grain varieties like Arborio release starch as they cook, giving risotto its creamy texture.
- 4Sports & GamesMedium
In which sport do athletes perform the 'clean and jerk'?
Answer: Weightlifting
Olympic weightlifting has two lifts, the snatch and the clean and jerk, and their best results are combined.
- 5Arts & LiteratureMedium
How many lines does a traditional sonnet have?
Answer: 14
Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets, most following the 14-line pattern ending in a rhyming couplet.
- 6Food & CultureMedium
Sushi rice is traditionally seasoned with which liquid?
Answer: Rice vinegar
Sushi rice is mixed with rice vinegar, sugar and salt, which gives it a slight tang.
- 7Sports & GamesHard
How many players does each rugby union team have on the field at once?
Answer: 15
Rugby union fields 15 players per side, while rugby league uses 13.
- 8Words & LanguageHard
What is a word with two opposite meanings, like "cleave" or "sanction," called?
Answer: Contronym
Contronyms, also called auto-antonyms, include dust, which can mean adding or removing fine particles.
- 9Sports & GamesHard
In which athletics event did the "Fosbury Flop" technique originate?
Answer: High jump
Dick Fosbury won gold with his backward, head-first technique at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
Walk #25October 13, 2026
- 1Food & CultureEasy
Pizza Margherita is traditionally associated with which Italian city?
Answer: Naples
Its tomato, mozzarella and basil topping echoes the red, white and green of the Italian flag.
- 2Words & LanguageEasy
The greeting "bonjour" comes from which language?
Answer: French
Bonjour literally combines bon, meaning good, and jour, meaning day.
- 3ScienceEasy
What is the process called when water vapor turns into liquid water?
Answer: Condensation
Condensation is why droplets form on a cold glass: warm, moist air cools and releases water.
- 4Food & CultureMedium
Which cheese is traditionally used on a Margherita pizza?
Answer: Mozzarella
The tomato, mozzarella and basil topping is said to echo the red, white and green of Italy's flag.
- 5Sports & GamesMedium
How many dots are there in total on a standard six-sided die?
Answer: 21
Adding 1 through 6 gives 21, and opposite faces on a standard die always add up to 7.
- 6Words & LanguageMedium
What does the prefix 'hemi-' mean, as in 'hemisphere'?
Answer: Half
A hemisphere is literally half a sphere, from the Greek prefix hemi- meaning half.
- 7ScienceHard
Which element has the lowest boiling point of all?
Answer: Helium
Helium boils at about minus 269 degrees Celsius, just a few degrees above absolute zero.
- 8Food & CultureHard
Which Hindu spring festival is famous for throwing colored powder?
Answer: Holi
Holi celebrates the arrival of spring and the triumph of good over evil with bright colored powders.
- 9Arts & LiteratureHard
Which painter created "The Garden of Earthly Delights"?
Answer: Hieronymus Bosch
Bosch's surreal triptych, painted around 1500, now hangs in the Prado Museum in Madrid.
Walk #24October 12, 2026
- 1Sports & GamesEasy
Which racket sport is played with a shuttlecock?
Answer: Badminton
Badminton takes its name from Badminton House, an English country estate where the game was popular.
- 2HistoryEasy
In which year did World War II end?
Answer: 1945
Germany surrendered in May 1945 and Japan formally surrendered that September, ending the war.
- 3GeographyEasy
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
The Pacific covers about a third of Earth's surface, more than all the land combined.
- 4Words & LanguageMedium
What does the Latin phrase 'bona fide' literally mean?
Answer: In good faith
Today bona fide describes something genuine, such as a bona fide expert or a bona fide offer.
- 5SpaceMedium
What is the nearest large spiral galaxy to our Milky Way?
Answer: Andromeda
Andromeda is about 2.5 million light-years away and is visible to the naked eye under dark skies.
- 6GeographyMedium
Which desert covers much of northern Chile?
Answer: Atacama
The Atacama is one of the driest places on Earth, and some areas can go years without measurable rainfall.
- 7Nature & AnimalsHard
What is the only marsupial native to the United States and Canada?
Answer: Virginia opossum
Like kangaroos, female Virginia opossums carry their tiny newborn young in a pouch.
- 8HistoryHard
In what year did Constantinople fall to the Ottoman Turks?
Answer: 1453
Sultan Mehmed II captured Constantinople in 1453, ending the Byzantine Empire after more than a thousand years.
- 9Food & CultureHard
Which soft Italian cheese is a key ingredient in classic tiramisu?
Answer: Mascarpone
Mascarpone is a rich cream cheese from Lombardy, layered in tiramisu with coffee-soaked ladyfingers.
Walk #23October 11, 2026
- 1Sports & GamesEasy
How many interlocking rings appear on the Olympic flag?
Answer: Five
The five rings, designed by Pierre de Coubertin, represent the union of the world's inhabited continents.
- 2Arts & LiteratureEasy
How many strings does a standard violin have?
Answer: Four
A violin's four strings are tuned to G, D, A and E, each a fifth apart.
- 3SpaceEasy
What type of object is the Sun?
Answer: A star
The Sun is a star powered by nuclear fusion, turning hydrogen into helium in its core.
- 4SpaceMedium
Which planet is home to the giant storm known as the Great Red Spot?
Answer: Jupiter
The Great Red Spot has been observed since at least the 1800s and is wider than Earth.
- 5GeographyMedium
Which African country was historically known as Abyssinia?
Answer: Ethiopia
Ethiopia is one of the few African nations never colonized, apart from a brief Italian occupation from 1936 to 1941.
- 6Food & CultureMedium
Tzatziki is made mainly from yogurt and which vegetable?
Answer: Cucumber
The Greek dip combines strained yogurt with grated cucumber, garlic, olive oil and often dill or mint.
- 7Arts & LiteratureHard
Which French sculptor created "The Thinker"?
Answer: Auguste Rodin
The Thinker was first conceived as part of Rodin's Gates of Hell, representing Dante.
- 8Food & CultureHard
Wasabi belongs to which plant family?
Answer: Mustard family
Wasabi is a relative of horseradish and mustard, and most wasabi sold abroad is actually dyed horseradish.
- 9HistoryHard
Which Mongol ruler founded China's Yuan dynasty?
Answer: Kublai Khan
Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, proclaimed the Yuan dynasty in 1271 and ruled from present-day Beijing.
Walk #22October 10, 2026
- 1Words & LanguageEasy
What is a word that means the same as another word called?
Answer: Synonym
Synonym comes from Greek roots meaning together and name; happy and glad are synonyms.
- 2Arts & LiteratureEasy
Who wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet"?
Answer: William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's tragedy of two young lovers from feuding families is set in Verona, Italy.
- 3SpaceEasy
Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
Answer: Neil Armstrong
Armstrong stepped onto the Moon on July 20, 1969, during NASA's Apollo 11 mission.
- 4Words & LanguageMedium
From which language does English get the word 'tsunami'?
Answer: Japanese
Tsunami combines Japanese words for harbor and wave.
- 5Arts & LiteratureMedium
Which Norwegian artist painted 'The Scream'?
Answer: Edvard Munch
Munch made several versions of The Scream, in paint and pastel, beginning in 1893.
- 6Sports & GamesMedium
Which country hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896?
Answer: Greece
The 1896 Games were held in Athens, honoring the ancient Olympics of Greece.
- 7Arts & LiteratureHard
Who wrote the epic poem "Paradise Lost"?
Answer: John Milton
Milton was fully blind when he composed Paradise Lost, dictating the verses to helpers.
- 8Arts & LiteratureHard
Which Renaissance artist painted "The Birth of Venus"?
Answer: Sandro Botticelli
Botticelli painted it in the 1480s; it hangs in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
- 9ScienceHard
Which blood type is known as the universal donor for red blood cells?
Answer: O negative
O negative red cells lack A, B and RhD antigens, so almost any patient can receive them in an emergency.
Walk #21October 9, 2026
- 1GeographyEasy
The Sahara Desert is located on which continent?
Answer: Africa
The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, spanning about a dozen African countries.
- 2Nature & AnimalsEasy
What is a baby kangaroo called?
Answer: Joey
A newborn joey is about the size of a jellybean and crawls into its mother's pouch.
- 3Arts & LiteratureEasy
Which artist painted the Mona Lisa?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo worked on the Mona Lisa for years in the early 1500s; it hangs in the Louvre.
- 4Words & LanguageMedium
What figure of speech pairs contradictory terms, as in 'deafening silence'?
Answer: Oxymoron
Oxymoron itself is a tiny oxymoron, from Greek words meaning sharp and dull.
- 5Words & LanguageMedium
What is a word that imitates the sound it describes, like 'buzz', called?
Answer: Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia comes from Greek words meaning name-making; sizzle, hiss and cuckoo are more examples.
- 6Nature & AnimalsMedium
Which egg-laying mammal has a duck-like bill?
Answer: Platypus
Male platypuses also have venomous spurs on their hind legs, a rare trait among mammals.
- 7ScienceHard
After nitrogen and oxygen, which gas is the third most abundant in dry air?
Answer: Argon
Argon makes up about 0.93% of dry air, more than twenty times the share of carbon dioxide.
- 8Words & LanguageHard
Which Latin phrase does the abbreviation "e.g." stand for?
Answer: Exempli gratia
Exempli gratia means for the sake of example, while i.e., id est, means that is.
- 9SpaceHard
Which planet takes longer to rotate once on its axis than to orbit the Sun?
Answer: Venus
Venus takes about 243 Earth days to rotate once but only about 225 days to orbit the Sun.
Walk #20October 8, 2026
- 1ScienceEasy
How many bones are in a typical adult human skeleton?
Answer: 206
Babies are born with around 300 bones; many fuse together as they grow, leaving 206 in adults.
- 2HistoryEasy
Which famous ocean liner sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912?
Answer: Titanic
The Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank within about three hours.
- 3Food & CultureEasy
Guacamole is made mainly from which fruit?
Answer: Avocado
Guacamole dates back to the Aztecs, whose word ahuacamolli meant avocado sauce.
- 4Sports & GamesMedium
In golf, what is the term for completing a hole one stroke under par?
Answer: Birdie
An eagle is two under par, an albatross three under, and a bogey one over.
- 5SpaceMedium
Roughly how long does sunlight take to reach Earth?
Answer: About 8 minutes
Light covers the roughly 150 million kilometers from the Sun in about 8 minutes and 20 seconds.
- 6HistoryMedium
Which dynasty ruled Russia from 1613 until the revolution of 1917?
Answer: Romanov
The dynasty ended when Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in March 1917.
- 7GeographyHard
Which country is completely surrounded by South Africa?
Answer: Lesotho
Lesotho is an enclave; Eswatini also borders Mozambique, so it is not fully enclosed.
- 8HistoryHard
For which pharaoh was the Great Pyramid of Giza built?
Answer: Khufu
The Great Pyramid was built for Khufu around 2560 BC and was the tallest human-made structure for millennia.
- 9HistoryHard
How many years did the Hundred Years' War actually last?
Answer: 116
The conflict between England and France ran from 1337 to 1453, with long truces in between.
Walk #19October 7, 2026
- 1HistoryEasy
Which explorer's 1492 voyage for Spain reached the Americas?
Answer: Christopher Columbus
Columbus sailed with three ships, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.
- 2GeographyEasy
The ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu is in which country?
Answer: Peru
Machu Picchu was built in the 1400s high in the Andes and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- 3Food & CultureEasy
Tofu is made from which legume?
Answer: Soybeans
Tofu is made by curdling soy milk and pressing the curds into blocks, much like making cheese.
- 4ScienceMedium
What unit is used to measure electrical resistance?
Answer: Ohm
The ohm is named after German physicist Georg Simon Ohm, who described the relationship between voltage, current and resistance.
- 5GeographyMedium
In which country is Mount Kilimanjaro located?
Answer: Tanzania
Kilimanjaro sits near the Kenyan border but lies entirely within Tanzania and is Africa's highest mountain.
- 6HistoryMedium
Which Carthaginian general led war elephants across the Alps to invade Italy?
Answer: Hannibal
Hannibal crossed the Alps in 218 BC during the Second Punic War, though most of his elephants soon died.
- 7Sports & GamesHard
Which city hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics, the first held in Asia?
Answer: Tokyo
Tokyo's 1964 Games debuted electronic timing for track and field and marked Japan's postwar recovery.
- 8HistoryHard
Which English king was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485?
Answer: Richard III
Richard III's remains were found under a Leicester parking lot in 2012 and confirmed by DNA testing.
- 9HistoryHard
Which set of treaties ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648?
Answer: Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia is often cited as the birth of the modern system of sovereign states.
Walk #18October 6, 2026
- 1Food & CultureEasy
Paella is a traditional rice dish from which country?
Answer: Spain
Paella comes from the Valencia region and is named after the wide, shallow pan it is cooked in.
- 2ScienceEasy
Which vitamin does human skin produce when exposed to sunlight?
Answer: Vitamin D
Ultraviolet B rays trigger vitamin D production in skin, which helps the body absorb calcium.
- 3Nature & AnimalsEasy
Frogs and salamanders belong to which class of animals?
Answer: Amphibians
Amphibian means double life: most start life in water and later live on land.
- 4Food & CultureMedium
Which herb is the main ingredient in traditional pesto alla genovese?
Answer: Basil
Pesto from Genoa blends basil with pine nuts, garlic, hard cheese and olive oil, traditionally in a mortar.
- 5Arts & LiteratureMedium
Which author created the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot?
Answer: Agatha Christie
Poirot first appeared in The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Christie's debut novel, published in 1920.
- 6HistoryMedium
Which empire had its capital at Tenochtitlan?
Answer: Aztec
Tenochtitlan was built on an island in Lake Texcoco; Mexico City now stands on its ruins.
- 7Nature & AnimalsHard
What is a young hare called?
Answer: Leveret
Leverets are born fully furred with open eyes, unlike newborn rabbits, which are naked and blind.
- 8GeographyHard
What is the capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia?
Answer: Victoria
Victoria sits on Vancouver Island, while the much larger city of Vancouver is on the mainland.
- 9Nature & AnimalsHard
What is the largest living species of penguin?
Answer: Emperor penguin
Emperor penguins stand about 45 inches tall and breed during the brutal Antarctic winter.
Walk #17October 5, 2026
- 1GeographyEasy
Which river flows through the Egyptian capital, Cairo?
Answer: Nile
The Nile flows north into the Mediterranean, and nearly all Egyptians live close to its banks.
- 2Arts & LiteratureEasy
Which Dutch painter of "The Starry Night" famously cut off part of his ear?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
Van Gogh sold very few paintings in his lifetime but is now among the most celebrated artists.
- 3Words & LanguageEasy
What is the simple past tense of the verb "swim"?
Answer: Swam
Swim is irregular: today I swim, yesterday I swam, and I have swum before.
- 4ScienceMedium
Which part of the human brain mainly controls balance and coordination?
Answer: Cerebellum
Cerebellum is Latin for little brain; it sits at the back of the skull beneath the cerebrum.
- 5ScienceMedium
What type of chemical bond forms when atoms share pairs of electrons?
Answer: Covalent bond
In a water molecule, each hydrogen atom shares a pair of electrons with oxygen through a covalent bond.
- 6ScienceMedium
Which element has the chemical symbol Na?
Answer: Sodium
Na comes from natrium, the Latin name for sodium.
- 7GeographyHard
Which river forms much of the border between the United States and Mexico?
Answer: Rio Grande
The Rio Grande marks roughly 1,250 miles of the border, from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico.
- 8Nature & AnimalsHard
How many compartments does a cow's stomach have?
Answer: Four
The rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum let cows break down tough plant cellulose.
- 9ScienceHard
Which subatomic particle did James Chadwick discover in 1932?
Answer: Neutron
Chadwick's discovery of the uncharged neutron earned him the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Walk #16October 4, 2026
- 1SpaceEasy
What is the name of the galaxy that contains our solar system?
Answer: Milky Way
The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy containing hundreds of billions of stars.
- 2HistoryEasy
Who wrote the Ninety-five Theses in 1517, sparking the Protestant Reformation?
Answer: Martin Luther
Luther, a German monk, criticized the sale of indulgences, triggering a split in Western Christianity.
- 3Sports & GamesEasy
In tennis scoring, what word means a score of zero?
Answer: Love
Tennis scores run love, 15, 30, 40, then game; the origin of love is still debated.
- 4SpaceMedium
Which Apollo mission first landed astronauts on the Moon?
Answer: Apollo 11
Apollo 11's lunar module Eagle touched down in the Sea of Tranquility on July 20, 1969.
- 5ScienceMedium
What is the chemical symbol for tungsten?
Answer: W
The W comes from wolfram, tungsten's alternative name, derived from the mineral wolframite.
- 6Sports & GamesMedium
What is the highest possible score with three darts in standard darts?
Answer: 180
Three darts in the treble 20 score 60 each, for a maximum of 180.
- 7SpaceHard
Which astronomer formulated the three laws of planetary motion?
Answer: Johannes Kepler
Kepler used Tycho Brahe's precise observations to show that planets move in elliptical orbits.
- 8SpaceHard
Which spacecraft was the first to cross into interstellar space?
Answer: Voyager 1
Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause in 2012, 35 years after its 1977 launch.
- 9Food & CultureHard
Mozzarella di bufala is traditionally made from which animal's milk?
Answer: Water buffalo
Italian water buffalo milk is richer in fat than cow's milk, giving the cheese its creamy texture.
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