General Knowledge I
This common emergency signal is famous worldwide, but it doesn’t stand for any words; it was chosen because it’s easy to send in Morse code.
SOS
This animal has the longest neck of any land animal.
Giraffe
This ocean is the smallest of the five major oceans.
Arctic Ocean
This animal is known for changing its color to blend into its surroundings.
Chameleon
This is the only continent that is also a country.
Australia
This two‑letter abbreviation means “for example.”
e.g.
This planet has a giant storm called the Great Red Spot.
Jupiter
This U.S. state is famous for its potatoes.
Idaho
This planet has rings made mostly of ice and rock.
Saturn
This city is home to the Liberty Bell.
Philadelphia
THE DAILY DOOM - ANSWER THIS CORRECTLY OR LOSE HALF OF YOUR MONEY - This word describes something that reads the same forward and backward.
Palindrome
This U.S. state is the only one that touches only one other state.
Maine
This country is the birthplace of the Olympic Games.
Greece
This is the only major ocean that does not touch the United States.
Indian Ocean
This country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun.
Japan
This punctuation mark is also called a “bang” or “screamer.”
Exclamation Point
This country is home to the city of Machu Picchu.
Peru
This country is home to the ancient city of Petra.
Jordan
This is the largest bone in the human body.
Femur
This U.S. city is the only one to have hosted the Summer Olympics twice.
Los Angeles
This everyday abbreviation stands for “post meridiem,” meaning “after midday.”
PM
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What mammal can turn its head nearly 270 degrees?
This is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area.
Lake Superior
THE DAILY DOUBLE - This country has the most islands in the world (over 200,000).
Sweden
This is the only bird that can fly backwards.
Hummingbird
This three‑letter code on airline tickets stands for “Transportation Security Administration.”
TSA
This is the only continent with no reptiles or snakes.
Antarctica
This is the only country in the world that has a square national flag.
Switzerland
This is the deepest point in the world’s oceans.
Mariana Trench
This country has the longest coastline in the world.
Canada
This country has the oldest continuously used national flag in the world.
Denmark
This is the largest internal organ in the human body.
Liver
This ancient wonder was located in Babylon.
The Hanging Gardens
What year did the Titanic sink in?
1912
This is the only mammal that lays eggs.
Platypus