Surprising comparisons
Questions people often get wrong, answered from the same checked data as the game and drawn to the same scale, with a short explanation of why the answer surprises. Each one opens as a duel you can play.
Size Duel
- Is Pluto wider than Earth’s Moon?
- Is the Washington Monument taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza today?
- Is the Eiffel Tower taller than Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben)?
- Is the Eiffel Tower taller than the Statue of Liberty including its pedestal?
- Is Mars wider than Earth in mean physical diameter?
- Is the Burj Khalifa taller than the Eiffel Tower with its antennas?
- Is Jupiter’s equatorial diameter larger than the Sun’s diameter?
- Is a badminton net at the doubles sidelines lower than a men’s volleyball net at the centre?
- Is Mauna Kea higher than Mount Everest above sea level?
- Is Mount Everest higher than Kilimanjaro above sea level?
- Is a badminton net at the doubles sidelines higher than a tennis net at the centre?
- Is Mercury wider than the Moon in physical diameter?
- Is Burj Khalifa taller than Taipei 101 when measured to their architectural tops?
- Is Mount Kilimanjaro higher above sea level than K2?
- Is a blue whale typically longer than an adult male sperm whale?
- Is an adult blue whale longer than an adult male orca?
Older Than
- Was the first fax patent issued before Bell’s telephone patent?
- Was the Statue of Liberty dedicated before the Eiffel Tower opened?
- Did the Penny Black stamp come before the first commercial Christmas card?
- Is the Brooklyn Bridge older than Tower Bridge?
- Was basketball invented before volleyball?
- Did the Wright brothers’ first powered flight happen before the first Moon landing?
- Was Harvard founded before the US Declaration of Independence was signed?
- Was Sudoku first published before the crossword puzzle?
- Was Gulliver’s Travels first published before Robinson Crusoe?
- Was Pride and Prejudice first published before Frankenstein?
- Was Loud’s ballpoint pen patented before Sundback’s zip fastener?
- Was Cochran’s dishwasher patented before Spangler’s portable electric vacuum cleaner?
- Was Casablanca released before The Wizard of Oz?
- Did the Wright brothers’ first powered flight predate the sinking of the Titanic?
Population Duel
- Does Nigeria have more people than Russia?
- Does Bangladesh have more people than Russia?
- Does Japan have more people than Russia?
- Does Pakistan have more people than Brazil?
- Does Indonesia have more people than the United States?
- Does Ethiopia have more people than Germany?
- Does Vietnam have more people than Germany?
- Does Egypt have more people than Iran?
- Does Nigeria have more people than Brazil?
- Does Bangladesh have more people than Japan?
- Does France have more people than Italy?
- Does Kenya have more people than Argentina?
- Does Russia have more people than Canada?
- Does Canada have more people than Poland?
- Does Vietnam have more people than France?
- Does Malaysia have more people than Thailand?
- Does Canada have more people than Australia?
- Does Mexico have more people than Bangladesh?
- Does Uzbekistan have more people than Australia?
- Does Niger have more people than Chad?
Further North?
- Is Rome further north than New York?
- Is London further north than New York?
- Is Paris further north than Seattle?
- Is Paris further north than Montreal?
- Is London further north than Montreal?
- Is Seattle further north than Montreal?
- Is Tokyo further north than Seoul?
- Is Tokyo further north than Los Angeles?
- Is Portland further north than Toronto?
- Is Rome further north than Philadelphia?
- Is Los Angeles further north than Algiers?
- Is Washington, D.C. further north than Madrid?
- Is Paris further north than Ottawa?
- Is London further north than Ottawa?
- Is Dublin further north than Ottawa?
- Is London further north than Moscow?
- Is New York further north than Lisbon?
- Is Paris further north than Toronto?
- Is Rome further north than Beijing?
- Is Ottawa further north than Rome?
- Is Anchorage further north than Helsinki?
- Is Montreal further north than Edinburgh?
- Is San Francisco further north than Indianapolis?
- Is Miami further north than Honolulu?
- Is Detroit further north than Seattle?
- Is San Francisco further north than Washington, D.C.?
- Is London further north than Berlin?