Trivia

I was a great scholar, a king, a master of music. I had ten heads — but only one undid me: ego. Who am I?

I sit in a small clay pot at the centre of every Indian courtyard. Folk medicine swears by my leaves. I am sacred to one of the Hindu gods. What am I?

How many cookies are in a ‘baker’s dozen’?

I am the only thing you see that isn’t really there. I am the screen of the world. What am I?

Which world leader famously claimed to have seen Abraham Lincoln’s ghost in the White House?

I am a hollow stick that breathes music through seven hearts. What am I?

I am a black line drawn at the edge of an eye to guard against another’s gaze. What am I?

Heinz makes hundreds of products. So why does the bottle proudly say ‘57’?

I am a plate that carries a dozen flavours at once, but never tastes a single bite. What am I?

Long before the post office, how did the Mauryan empire carry urgent messages across India?