Zoom Quiz
The Zoom Quiz is a picture game in reverse: instead of the whole picture, you start from a close-up detail and have to work out what it shows, choosing among four answers. It might be the scales of an animal, a corner of a famous building or a section of a painting. Speed counts: answer correctly within 4 seconds for a 10. If the detail is too tight, the Plane widens the view for a one-point penalty, and the Super Rocket widens it even more, with no penalty. After you answer, you see the whole picture.
You can play some of the Zoom quizzes right away as a guest; with a free account you unlock them all and save your scores and grades. Timing, grades and hints for every mode are in the quiz guide.
Subjects that suit Zoom best
A close-up works best with things that have a texture you can learn to spot: crystals and dinosaur skeletons in the science quiz, landmarks in the geography quiz, famous faces and paintings in the history quiz. If you'd rather see the whole picture from the start, try the Picture quiz.
Zoom quiz questions with answers
Which animal is covered in hard, overlapping scales made of keratin?
The pangolin. Its scales are made of the same material as our fingernails.
Which element forms rainbow-colored, stair-step crystals?
Bismuth. The colors come from a very thin layer of oxide on the surface.
Which country's flag is the only one that isn't a rectangle?
Nepal's, made of two stacked triangles with the moon and the sun.
Which Washington building has a cast-iron dome completed in 1866?
The U.S. Capitol, where Congress meets.