Verrassende vergelijkingen
Vragen die mensen vaak fout beantwoorden, opgelost met dezelfde gecontroleerde gegevens als het spel en op dezelfde schaal getekend. Een korte uitleg vertelt waarom het antwoord verrast. Elke vergelijking opent als speelbaar duel.
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 zeeniveau?
- Is Mount Everest higher than Kilimanjaro above zeeniveau?
- 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 zeeniveau 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?