Question Types
Why The Hundred works
The Hundred is built around one simple priority: we care that you build a strong cognitive network.
Every question type in the game is designed to match how the mind really works. When you grow a schema step by step — planting facts, reinforcing them, connecting them across subjects, anchoring them with vivid details, and finally testing them through reasoning — the result is extraordinary.
Our data shows that the networks built in The Hundred are up to 20× stronger than those created through traditional content-first learning. You can see this in Chloe’s story, where a learner rapidly built a robust knowledge web far beyond what a school syllabus alone could achieve.
Because we focus on strengthening the schema first, the content you cover along the way is flexible. What is important to us is that you use your mind more efficiently and absorb a lot more knowledge, a lot faster.
The question types
Our method uses five question types, each with a specific role in building memory that lasts:
- Core facts — the fragile seeds of knowledge
- Reinforcement facts — short edges that stabilise before forgetting sets in
- Enrichment facts — longer edges that link to what learners already know
- Anchor facts — funny, shocking, or vivid details that make memory sticky
- Critical thinking facts — reasoning that strengthens and self-corrects schemas
A note on traditional schooling
Schools have different priorities:
- They focus on covering content, not strengthening schemas.
- If they do reinforce, they do it when the syllabus says so, not when the timing is right for the mind.
- Strong subject boundaries make it hard to build cross-cutting enriched knowledge.
- Highly memorable “fun facts” are often dismissed as irrelevant trivia.
- Critical thinking is rarely the goal of learning.
This is why for many learners knowledge slips through their fingers. The learning experience is largely cramming and forgetting.
The Hundred flips this order.
Schema first. Content second. That’s why learners here don’t just memorise — they build a network where new knowledge attaches, grows,
and lasts. If your particular syllabus, in your particular year group, at your particular school should ever touch on something you haven’t
covered in The Hundred, your strong network will simply absorb it like a sponge.