Wars and mishaps
- 100
Which country lost a 1932 'war' against emu birds?
- 200
Which war lasted a record 38 minutes?
- 300
What object sparked the…
In the game - 400
What doomed the Light…
In the game - 500
Over which sport did…
In the game
Weird & wonderful
Mistakes that changed history quiz — Weird & wonderful
The “Mistakes that changed history” quiz — Weird & wonderful. It has 25 questions in five categories: Wars and mishaps, Engineering fails, Printing disasters, Found by accident, Wrong credit. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
A peek at the questions
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Engineering fails
- 100
A mismatch of what destroyed the Mars Climate Orbiter in 1999?
- 200
Which Swedish warship sank on its maiden voyage in 1628?
- 300
Whose telescope mirror had…
In the game - 400
What burst from a…
In the game - 500
What was the…
In the game
Printing disasters
- 100
Whose victory did the Chicago Tribune wrongly announce in 1948?
- 200
Which word did printers drop in the 1631 'Wicked Bible'?
- 300
What did Columbus call…
In the game - 400
Whose 'War of the…
In the game - 500
A trader meant to…
In the game
Found by accident
- 100
Which painting, stolen from the Louvre in 1911, became famous for it?
- 200
Who found the Rosetta Stone in 1799?
- 300
What did a teenager…
In the game - 400
Who stumbled on the…
In the game - 500
What did a shepherd…
In the game
Wrong credit
- 100
After whom was America named?
- 200
Who really designed the Eiffel Tower instead of Eiffel himself?
- 300
Whom did the US…
In the game - 400
Reading his own obituary…
In the game - 500
Who reached the…
In the game
Play this quiz
All 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.
How it works
- Pick a quiz and press “Play”.
- Send students or friends the link — they join from a phone or a computer.
- Choose questions on the board, buzz in first and collect points.