01 Name a country that no longer exists 74 official answers · tap a tier to unblur Open
One in a Krillion 100 pt · 1
Neutral Moresnet A tiny zinc-mining triangle in Europe that no country could agree on, run jointly for a century until 1920. Even had its own Esperanto movement.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 40
Abyssinia Now Ethiopia. Same tea-box energy as Ceylon. Basutoland Bechuanaland Biafra Broke away from Nigeria for three years in the late 1960s. Bohemia Dahomey East Pakistan Became Bangladesh in 1971. Etruria Free City of Danzig Gold Coast Became Ghana in 1957, the first sub-Saharan colony to gain independence. Gran Colombia Hejaz Katanga Kingdom of Hawaii Kingdom of Kongo Mali Empire Manchukuo New Granada Newfoundland An independent dominion until it joined Canada in 1949. North Vietnam North Yemen Nyasaland Orange Free State Papal States Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Republic of Texas Republic of Venice Sardinia Serbia and Montenegro Sikkim Songhai Empire South Yemen Tanganyika Merged with Zanzibar to form Tanzania. Transvaal Two Sicilies United Arab Republic Egypt and Syria's brief 1958 merger. It lasted three years. Upper Volta Renamed Burkina Faso in 1984 — 'land of honest people.' Vermont Republic An independent republic for fourteen years before becoming the fourteenth state. Weimar Republic Zanzibar Independent for barely a month in 1964 before merging into Tanzania.
Rare 60 pt · 22
Assyria Austria-Hungary Aztec Empire Babylonia Byzantine Empire Carthage Ceylon Now Sri Lanka. Still on the tea box. Confederacy Gaul Holy Roman Empire Inca Empire Mesopotamia Mongol Empire Mughal Empire Phoenicia Rhodesia Siam Thailand's former name. South Vietnam Sparta Tibet Tsarist Russia Zaire
Schooler 30 pt · 6
British Empire East Germany Ottoman Empire Persia Prussia West Germany
Too Clever 15 pt · 2
Burma Renamed Myanmar in 1989. The 'still calls it Burma' pick, right on cue. Roman Empire 'I think about it every day.' Sure you do. So does everyone else.
Plankton 10 pt · 3
Czechoslovakia Soviet Union Yugoslavia
02 Name a horse breed 65 official answers · tap a tier to unblur Open
One in a Krillion 100 pt · 1
Sorraia A near-extinct Iberian breed thought to descend from the wild horses of prehistoric cave paintings. A living fossil.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 38
Akhal-Teke The 'golden horse' of Turkmenistan, with a metallic sheen to its coat. Anglo-Arab Ardennes Barb Breton Camargue Caspian Cleveland Bay Connemara Criollo Curly horse Dales pony Dartmoor pony Exmoor pony Falabella One of the smallest horse breeds in the world, barely taller than a large dog. Fjord Hackney Highland pony Holsteiner Irish Sport Horse Kathiawari Knabstrupper Lusitano Marwari An Indian breed with ears that curve inward and touch at the tips. Missouri Fox Trotter Mongolian horse New Forest pony Nokota Oldenburg Paso Fino Peruvian Paso Pony of the Americas Przewalski's horse Technically a never-domesticated wild horse, but every horse book lists it, so we do too. Rocky Mountain Horse Saddlebred Selle Francais Suffolk Punch Trakehner
Rare 60 pt · 14
Andalusian Belgian Dutch Warmblood Gypsy Vanner Haflinger Hanoverian Icelandic horse Miniature horse Morgan Paint horse Percheron Standardbred Tennessee Walker Welsh pony
Schooler 30 pt · 5
Appaloosa Palomino Pinto Quarter horse Shire
Too Clever 15 pt · 2
Friesian The dramatic all-black one from every fantasy movie. The horse-girl flex, right on schedule. Lipizzaner The dancing Vienna horses. Wheeled out to prove refinement, every time.
Plankton 10 pt · 5
Arabian Clydesdale The Budweiser horse. Everyone's first draft pick. Mustang Shetland pony Thoroughbred
03 Name a Japanese dish 65 official answers · tap a tier to unblur Open
One in a Krillion 100 pt · 1
Fugu Pufferfish so poisonous that chefs train for years to serve it, one bad slice and it is your last meal. The trench floor of the menu.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 33
Agedashi tofu Anpan Basashi Chahan Champon Chawanmushi A savory steamed egg custard served in a cup. Chirashi Dango Dorayaki Hayashi rice Hitsumabushi Hiyayakko Hoto Inarizushi Kaiseki The elaborate multi-course haute cuisine of Kyoto. Kare pan Melonpan Monjayaki Motsunabe Nabe Nattō Fermented sticky soybeans. An acquired texture, at best. Ochazuke Tea or dashi poured over rice. The dish that ends a Kyoto night out. Oden Omurice Onsen tamago Shiokara Shirako Cod milt. Look it up after you have finished eating. Taiyaki Tamagoyaki Tsukemen Umeboshi Wagyu beef Zaru soba
Rare 60 pt · 16
Bento California roll Curry rice Donburi Karaage Maki Nigiri Shabu-shabu Somen Sukiyaki Takoyaki Teppanyaki Tonkotsu Unagi Yakiniku Yakisoba
Schooler 30 pt · 9
Edamame Gyoza Katsu Miso soup Mochi Sashimi Soba Udon Yakitori
Too Clever 15 pt · 2
Okonomiyaki The 'Japanese pancake' foodie flex. Delicious, and the school expected it. Onigiri The anime rice ball. Every fan reaches for it to prove they know real Japanese food.
Plankton 10 pt · 4
Ramen Sushi Tempura Teriyaki
04 Name a Shrek character 45 official answers · tap a tier to unblur Open
One in a Krillion 100 pt · 1
Death The whistling bounty hunter stalking Puss in The Last Wish is Death itself, drawn as a wolf, and widely called the best villain the franchise ever made.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 16
Brogan Captain Hook Cookie Doris The gravel-voiced Ugly Stepsister who tends the Poison Apple bar, voiced by Larry King. Fifi Rumpelstiltskin's giant goose. Lancelot Mabel Doris's sister, the other Ugly Stepsister, voiced by Regis Philbin. Mama Luna The cat lady who takes Puss in after he loses his eighth life. Merlin Mongo The giant gingerbread man who storms the castle in Shrek 2. 'Be good.' Monsieur Hood The prancing French Robin Hood who lasts one musical number before Fiona flattens him. Pied Piper The Dronkeys The Ogre Triplets The Three Bears Thelonious Lord Farquaad's hooded executioner with the black leather cap.
Rare 60 pt · 19
Arthur Big Bad Wolf Cinderella Fairy Godmother Goldilocks Humpty Dumpty Jack Horner King Harold Kitty Softpaws Magic Mirror Perrito Prince Charming Queen Lillian Rapunzel Rumpelstiltskin Sleeping Beauty The Muffin Man The Three Little Pigs Three Blind Mice
Schooler 30 pt · 5
Dragon Gingerbread Man Pinocchio Puss in Boots Snow White
Too Clever 15 pt · 1
Lord Farquaad The tiny tyrant of Duloc. Naming the villain is everyone's favorite way to prove they remember more than Shrek and Donkey. The whole class did too.
Plankton 10 pt · 3
Donkey Fiona Shrek
05 Name a space mission or program 88 official answers · tap a tier to unblur Open
One in a Krillion 100 pt · 1
Zond A near-forgotten Soviet program that flew tortoises around the Moon in 1968, the first animals to circle another world and return alive.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 56
Apollo-Soyuz BepiColombo Blue Ghost Buran The Soviet shuttle. Flew once, uncrewed, perfectly — then never again. Chandra Chandrayaan India's lunar program, first to land near the Moon's south pole. Chang'e China's lunar program, the first to land on the Moon's far side. Constellation NASA's canceled return-to-the-Moon program of the 2000s. Crew Dragon DART Deliberately crashed into an asteroid to nudge its orbit. Dawn Deep Impact Europa Clipper ExoMars Explorer 1 Gaia Genesis Hayabusa Ingenuity InSight Inspiration4 JUICE Lucy Luna Lunar Gateway Magellan Mangalyaan India reached Mars orbit on the first try, on a budget smaller than the movie Gravity's. Mariner Mars Express MAVEN Messenger New Shepard Odysseus The first commercial Moon landing, 2024. Tipped over and kept transmitting anyway. Orion OSIRIS-REx Parker Solar Probe Pathfinder Psyche Ranger Rosetta Landed a probe on a comet in 2014. Salyut Shenzhou SOHO Spirit Spitzer Stardust Starliner Surveyor TESS Tiangong Tianwen Ulysses Vanguard Vega Venera The Soviet Venus program, the only craft to survive on that hellish surface. Voskhod
Rare 60 pt · 19
Cassini Challenger Columbia Curiosity Galileo Gemini Juno Kepler Mercury Mir New Horizons Flew past Pluto in 2015. Opportunity Perseverance Pioneer Skylab Soyuz Starlink Starship Viking
Schooler 30 pt · 8
Apollo 13 Houston, we have a plankton-adjacent answer. Hubble International Space Station James Webb Mars Rover Space Shuttle Sputnik Voyager
Too Clever 15 pt · 1
Vostok Gagarin's ride. The 'first human in space, actually' flex, deployed on schedule.
Plankton 10 pt · 3
Apollo Apollo 11 Artemis
06 Name a golfer who has won a major championship 224 official answers · tap a tier to unblur Open
One in a Krillion 100 pt · 2
Babe Zaharias Won Olympic gold in hurdles and javelin, then switched sports and won ten golf majors. The most versatile champion who ever lived. Old Tom Morris Won four Open Championships in the 1860s and designed St Andrews. Golf's founding father, from before anyone had a driver made of metal.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 164
Al Geiberger Mr. 59 — the first man to break 60 in a tour event. Amy Alcott Andy North Won three times on tour. Two of them were US Opens. Angel Cabrera Anna Nordqvist Ariya Jutanugarn Art Wall Ashleigh Buhai Ben Curtis Betsy King Bill Rogers Bob Charles The first left-hander to win a major, the 1963 Open. Bob Goalby Bob Rosburg Bob Tway Bobby Locke Bobby Nichols Cary Middlecoff Celine Boutier Chandler Harper Charl Schwartzel Charles Coody Chick Evans Claude Harmon The last club pro to win a major, the 1948 Masters. Butch's dad. Corey Pavin Craig Stadler Craig Wood Cristie Kerr Curtis Strange Danielle Kang Danny Willett Darren Clarke Dave Marr Dave Stockton David Duval David Graham David Toms Davis Love III Denny Shute Dick Mayer Don January Doug Ford Dow Finsterwald Ed Furgol Francesco Molinari Francis Ouimet The amateur caddie who stunned the world by winning the 1913 US Open. Fred Daly Fuzzy Zoeller Gary Woodland Gay Brewer Gene Littler Gene Sarazen Invented the sand wedge and completed the first career Grand Slam. Geoff Ogilvy George Archer Georgia Hall Graeme McDowell Hal Sutton Hale Irwin Hannah Green Harry Vardon Henrik Stenson Henry Cotton Herman Keiser Horton Smith Won the very first Masters in 1934. Hubert Green Ian Baker-Finch Ian Woosnam In Gee Chun Inbee Park Jack Fleck The unknown club pro who beat Ben Hogan in a playoff at the 1955 US Open. Jackie Burke James Braid Jason Dufner Jay Hebert Jeff Sluman Jerry Barber Jerry Pate Jim Barnes Jim Ferrier Jim Turnesa Jimmy Demaret Jimmy Walker Jin Young Ko Jiyai Shin John Henry Taylor John Mahaffey Jose Maria Olazabal Juli Inkster Julius Boros Justin Leonard Karrie Webb Kathy Whitworth Keegan Bradley Kel Nagle Ken Venturi Lanny Wadkins Larry Mize Holed a 140-foot chip to beat Greg Norman at the 1987 Masters. Augusta's own. Larry Nelson Laura Davies Lee Janzen Lew Worsham Lilia Vu Lionel Hebert Lloyd Mangrum Lorena Ochoa Lou Graham Louis Oosthuizen Lucas Glover Lydia Ko Mark Brooks Mark Calcavecchia Mark O'Meara Martin Kaymer Matt Fitzpatrick Max Faulkner Michael Campbell Mickey Wright Thirteen majors and, per Ben Hogan, the best swing he ever saw. Full stop. Minjee Lee Morgan Pressel Nick Price Orville Moody Pat Bradley Patty Berg Fifteen majors — still the record, for anyone. Paul Lawrie Paul Runyan Paula Creamer Peter Thomson Five Open Championships for Australia. Ralph Guldahl Raymond Floyd Retief Goosen Rich Beem Roberto De Vicenzo Sandy Lyle Scott Simpson Se Ri Pak Shaun Micheel So Yeon Ryu Stacy Lewis Steve Elkington Steve Jones Stewart Cink Sung Hyun Park Suzann Pettersen Ted Ray Todd Hamilton Tom Kite Tom Lehman Tom Weiskopf Tommy Aaron Tommy Armour The Silver Scot. Yes, the name on the clubs won three majors. Tommy Bolt Won the 1958 US Open between club throws. 'Thunder' Bolt, of course. Tony Jacklin Tony Lema 'Champagne Tony' bought the press bubbly after winning the 1964 Open. Gone two years later in a plane crash. Trevor Immelman Walter Burkemo Walter Hagen Wayne Grady Webb Simpson Willie Park Won the first Open Championship ever played, 1860. Y.E. Yang The only man to run down Tiger in a final-round major duel, 2009 PGA. Yani Tseng Young Tom Morris Old Tom's son, who won four Opens of his own before dying at 24. Yuka Saso Zach Johnson
Rare 60 pt · 41
Aaron Rai The 2026 PGA Championship, his first major, by three shots. Adam Scott Annika Sorenstam Ben Crenshaw Bernhard Langer Billy Casper Brian Harman Brooke Henderson Bubba Watson Byron Nelson Cameron Smith Collin Morikawa Ernie Els Fred Couples Haeran Ryu Back-to-back 2026 majors, the Women's PGA and the Evian, for her first two. Hideki Matsuyama J.J. Spaun Rain-soaked Oakmont, 2025 — closed with a 64-foot birdie putt. Jason Day Jim Furyk John Daly Johnny Miller Justin Rose Lee Trevino Lexi Thompson Michelle Wie Mike Weir Canada's Masters champion, 2003. Nancy Lopez Nelly Korda Nick Faldo Padraig Harrington Patrick Reed Paul Azinger Payne Stewart Ryan Fox Took his maiden major at Royal Birkdale in the 2026 Open. Sam Snead Sergio Garcia Seve Ballesteros Shane Lowry Vijay Singh Wyndham Clark Xander Schauffele
Schooler 30 pt · 10
Ben Hogan Brooks Koepka Bryson DeChambeau Dustin Johnson Gary Player Jon Rahm Jordan Spieth Justin Thomas Scottie Scheffler Tom Watson
Too Clever 15 pt · 2
Bobby Jones The amateur legend and Masters founder. The golf-history flex, right on cue. Greg Norman The Shark. Famous mostly for the majors he lost, but yes, he won two Opens.
Plankton 10 pt · 5
Arnold Palmer Jack Nicklaus Phil Mickelson Rory McIlroy Tiger Woods
07 Name a Roald Dahl book 33 official answers · tap a tier to unblur Open
One in a Krillion 100 pt · 1
My Uncle Oswald A ribald adult novel about a con man selling the sperm of famous men. Yes, Roald Dahl wrote that.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 15
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life Dirty Beasts Going Solo The sequel to Boy, covering his RAF years. Kiss Kiss A collection of dark short stories for adults. Over to You Rhyme Stew Skin and Other Stories Someone Like You His adult short-story collection, including Lamb to the Slaughter. Sometime Never Dahl's first novel, from 1948 — gremlins, nuclear war, and no children's book in sight. Switch Bitch Tales of the Unexpected The Gremlins His 1943 debut, written for a Disney film that never got made. The Mildenhall Treasure The Minpins His very last children's book, published after his death. The Vicar of Nibbleswicke
Rare 60 pt · 8
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Danny, the Champion of the World Esio Trot Tortoise spelled backwards, and it counts. Revolting Rhymes The Enormous Crocodile The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me The Magic Finger The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Schooler 30 pt · 4
Fantastic Mr Fox George's Marvellous Medicine The Twits The Witches
Too Clever 15 pt · 1
Boy His autobiography. The 'I read the memoir' flex, right on schedule.
Plankton 10 pt · 4
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory James and the Giant Peach Matilda The BFG
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