Q 01/05

In Game of Thrones, obsidian that can destroy White Walkers is better known by which name?

A) Valyrian steel

B) Dragonglass

C) Wildfire

D) Weirwood

Answer · why

B) Dragonglass

Dragonglass is the Westeros name for obsidian, and Samwell Tarly proves its power in A Storm of Swords by killing one of the creatures with a dagger m...

Q 02/05

Which Egyptian pharaoh's golden funerary mask has quartz eyes fitted with pupils of obsidian?

A) Ramesses II

B) Akhenaten

C) Thutmose III

D) Tutankhamun

Answer · why

D) Tutankhamun

Tutankhamun's mask pairs its obsidian pupils with eyebrows and eye surrounds of blue lapis lazuli, all set into about ten kilograms of gold.

Q 03/05

Where in the Pacific do giant stone statues have sockets made to hold white coral eyes with obsidian pupils?

A) Easter Island

B) Pitcairn Island

C) Norfolk Island

D) Chatham Island

Answer · why

A) Easter Island

Easter Island's moai kept the secret until 1979, when archaeologists pieced together broken white coral and realised the empty sockets were built to h...

Q 04/05

In Minecraft, a frame of obsidian blocks becomes the portal to which dimension?

A) The End

B) The Aether

C) The Nether

D) The Deep Dark

Answer · why

C) The Nether

The Nether is made mostly of lava, a fitting place to reach through a doorway of obsidian, since the real rock is itself born from lava.

Q 05/05

Conquistadors reported obsidian-edged swords killing which animal with a single blow to the neck?

A) Horse

B) Bull

C) Mastiff

D) Mule

Answer · why

A) Horse

Horse and rider were both at risk: Bernal Díaz del Castillo described warriors slashing at a cavalryman's mare and cutting her head off at the neck.