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True or nonsense? quiz — Weird & wonderful

The “True or nonsense?” quiz — Weird & wonderful. It has 25 questions in five categories: Nature surprises, History breaks brains, Space and planet, People and society, Where words come from. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: True or nonsense?

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.

Nature surprises

  1. 100Picture for the question

    What shape is wombat droppings?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    What crosses the Atlantic from a desert to fertilize the Amazon?

  3. 300

    Which yellow fruit is…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which is wider…

    In the game
  5. 500

    By how much does…

    In the game

History breaks brains

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Oxford University is older than which fallen empire?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Which Egyptian queen lived closer to the Moon landing than to the pyramids' construction?

  3. 300

    Which painter created The…

    In the game
  4. 400

    In which country was…

    In the game
  5. 500

    Which came first: the…

    In the game

Space and planet

  1. 100Picture for the question

    What share of the Solar System's mass is the Sun?

  2. 200

    How long is a year on Mercury?

  3. 300

    How many natural…

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  4. 400

    What sits at the…

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  5. 500

    How many years does…

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People and society

  1. 100

    People alive today are roughly what percentage of all humans ever born?

  2. 200

    Which country, over a hundred times smaller than Russia by area, has more people than Russia?

  3. 300

    How many time zones…

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  4. 400

    Which is bigger…

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  5. 500

    Which country has three…

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Where words come from

  1. 100

    What does the Persian 'shah mat' literally mean?

  2. 200

    What does the Persian word 'pajama' mean?

  3. 300

    How do Germans…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Whose 1920 play gave…

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  5. 500

    What does the…

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All 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.

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How it works

  1. Pick a quiz and press “Play”.
  2. Send students or friends the link — they join from a phone or a computer.
  3. Choose questions on the board, buzz in first and collect points.

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