Get you facts straight - ISRAEL
First president
Chaim Weizmann
1949-1952
Current President of the Senate
Mike Pence
The origin of the name 'Canada'
Comes from the word “kanata,” meaning “village” or “settlement.” in Huron-Iroquois
The longest border between two countries
Canada-USA : 8,893 km
World's Longest River
Nile
Flowing northward through the tropical climate of eastern Africa and into the Mediterranean Sea, the Nile river is the longest river in the world at 4,135 miles (6,650 kilometers)
City where Weizmann Institute of Science is located in
Rehovot (meaning: Streets)
Capital city of Kentucky
Frankfort
Number of provinces in Canada
Ten Provinces
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan
Three Territories
Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House was deliberately built on the border between which two countries?
Canada and the United State.
The library has two different addresses: 93 Caswell Avenue, Derby Line, Vermont, and 1 rue Church (Church Street), Stanstead, Quebec.
The deepest river in the United States
The Hudson River reaches 200 feet deep at some points
David Ben Gurion's birth name
David Green
Capital city of Puerto Rico
San Juan
That much of its land is covered by forest area
40%
Nearly 9% of the world's total forest area.
Highest Border in the world
The international border between China and Nepal crosses the precise summit point of Mount Everest which peaks at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level, making it the highest border in the world.
Deepest location on Earth
Mariana Trench
Close to Guam and Mariana Islands (USA)
It is 11,034 meters (36,201 feet) deep, which is almost 7 miles.
If you placed Mount Everest at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the peak would still be 2,133 meters (7,000 feet) below sea level.
Israeli Prime minister who signed peace treaty with Egypt (March 26, 1979)
Menachem Begin
To visit Abraham Lincoln's Birthplace, you would have to travel to
Kentucky
Before 1982 Canada Day was known as...
"Dominion Day"
Which country has the shortest land border with Russia?
North Korea
Consists of 17 kilometres
Considered to be the world's largest river by volume
The Amazon
A part from Ben Gurion airport, this is the only OTHER international airport in Israel
Ramon International Airport
(named after Ilan and Assaf Ramon)
This federal government branch was located in NYC, NY between March 4, 1789 December 5, 1790
United States Congress
Number of land border crossings between US and Canada
119
26 of which take place at a bridge or tunnel.
If you cross the border between China and Afghanistan, you’ll need to adjust your watch by...
3.5 hours
These two rivers flow around Manhattan
The Hudson River and the East River (which is technically a tidal strait - connecting two oceans, or seas)