October 2026 edition

The Stone Age quiz

Q14 / 50Easy15.0s
Which Stone Age period brought the first farms?
APalaeolithic
BMesolithic
CNeolithic
DBronze Age
104 pts+10

How much do you really know about the Stone Age? Put it to the test with Zip Blitz, the quick-fire trivia game - fifty free questions, covering everything from cave art to the first farmers.

The Stone Age · October 2026 edition

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Q5 / 50Opener
Which hard stone was chipped into sharp tools?
AFlint
BMarble
CChalk
DSlate

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Five rounds, climbing10 questions each
1OpenerCavemen, fire and woolly mammoths
2EasyHunter-gatherers, cave art and shelters
3TrickyThree-age system, early farming and Skara Brae
4HardMesolithic tools, Chalcolithic copper and Göbekli Tepe
5BrutalOldowan tools, Lithic stage, African chronology
The Stone Age titlesout of 500
Stuff of legend50 / 50
Chieftain350+
Tribal elder275+
Hunter200+
Toolmaker100+
Forager1+
Cold trail0

44 of 50 right · six short of Stuff of legend

You vs Katie BThe Stone Age · Easy
412 pts
78%
You
389 pts
72%
Katie
Which country is home to the Lascaux cave paintings?
Spain
France✓GBKB
Italy
Portugal

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Faster than a charging mammoth.

Twenty seconds a question, and the faster you answer, the more you score. Which hard stone was chipped into sharp tools? Clock's ticking.

The ramp

Cave mouth first, then the depths.

Five rounds of ten, each one harder than the last.

Titles

Rise through the tribe.

When you finish, your score earns a title: Cold trail if you score nothing, Stuff of legend if you get every question right.

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