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Famous people, old stories, idioms, sayings and words in other languages.
History, people and words has 76 prompts and about 49,000 accepted answers between them, around 648 per prompt on average. Every answer sits in a tier, so the common ones barely leave Earth and the rare ones fly much further.
Sample prompts
- Name a profession ending in -ist
- Name an old-fashioned job that has mostly died out
- Name a character from the legends of King Arthur
- Name a classic novel (published before 1950)
- Name a fairy tale or nursery rhyme
- Name a figure from Chinese history or legend
- Name an ancient Greek city, island or region
- Name an irregular verb
- Name a famous statue or sculpture
- Name a children's author
- Name a folklore or legendary figure from Britain
- Name an idiom or saying
The answers stay secret. You can test any answer on any of these prompts in Practice.
Ways to play it
- On your own: pick History, people and words as a themed mission: seven prompts, 25 seconds each.
- With friends: host a mission and choose ONE THEME, or PICK to mix it with other topics.
- In class: class mode works with every topic here, with up to 25 pupils on their own devices.