Understanding why some nations are rich while others are poor.


Casual Scholar

Two are true. Select the lie.
A. Uganda’s dictator Idi Amin crowned himself emperor in a lavish ceremony modeled on Napoleon’s.
B. Turkmenistan’s dictator had a gold-plated statue of himself that rotated to face the sun.
C. North Korea kidnapped a South Korean director and actress to make movies for Kim Jong-il.

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Casual Scholar

Two are true. Select the lie.
A. Sweden imports other countries’ rubbish to help heat homes.
B. Switzerland exported more coffee than chocolate by value in 2024.
C. Japan imports most of the rice its population eats.

Spot the Lie · Week 3 · Round 2

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Casual Scholar

Two are true. Select the lie.
A. Saudi Arabia once became one of the world’s biggest wheat exporters.
B. Singapore produces most of the food its population eats.
C. Iceland has imported ice cubes from other countries.

Spot the Lie · Week 3 · Round 1

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Casual Scholar

Two are true. Select the lie.
A. Artists used paint made from ground-up Egyptian mummies.
B. A London railway sold first-class tickets for corpses.
C. Egyptian trains routinely burned mummies as fuel.

Spot the Lie · Week 2 · Round 3 · Halloween

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Casual Scholar

Two are true. Select the lie.
A. Italian cheesemakers can borrow money using Parmesan as collateral.
B. The Dutch government went bankrupt after tulip prices crashed.
C. Canada stockpiles maple syrup to protect against shortages.

Spot the Lie · Week 2 · Round 2

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Casual Scholar

Two are true. Select the lie.
A. Saudi Arabia buys sand from other countries.
B. Egypt has more ancient pyramids than Sudan.
C. Australia has sold camels to Saudi Arabia.

Spot the Lie · Week 2 · Round 1

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Casual Scholar

Two are true. Select the lie.
A. Britain compensated slave owners when it abolished colonial slavery.
B. Peru made a fortune exporting bird droppings.
C. France paid Haiti compensation when it recognized Haitian independence.

Spot the Lie · Week 1 · Round 3

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Casual Scholar

Two are true. Select the lie.

Spot the Lie · Week 1 · Round 2

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Casual Scholar

Two are true. Select the lie.

A. Soldiers in colonial Canada were paid with playing cards.
B. The US government issued a $1 million banknote for banks.
C. Sweden made copper coins weighing nearly 20 kg (over 43 lb).

Spot the Lie · Week 1 · Round 1

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