Geography
What is the largest country in the world? (Bonus 100 for if you can say within 2% accuracy what % of the world's landmass this country represents)
Russia - 6.3M square miles - 11% of world's total landmass
Which substance is the hardest to naturally occur on Earth?
Diamond
What type of nut is added to chocolate to make Nutella?
a) Almonds
b) Peanuts
c) Hazelnuts
d) Walnuts
Answer: Hazelnuts
What male sea creature gives birth to its young?
Seahorse
What is the only continent with no active volcanos?
Australia
What is the first 3-digit number in the Fibonacci sequence?
144
Pancetta is derived from the meat of what animal?
a) Cow
b) Chicken
c) Lamb
d) Pig
Answer: Pig
What animal has the highest blood pressure?
a. bear
b. elephant
c. horse
d. giraffe
d. giraffe
How many time zones does Russia have?
a. 8
b. 9
c. 10
d. 11
11
What is brass primarily made of? Bonus 100 if you can name the element symbols.
Copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn)
In what country did the Caesar salad originate?
a) Mexico
b) Greece
c) Italy
d) Spain
Answer: Mexico
Where are the two places on their body dogs have sweat glands?
nose and paw pads
How big is the largest airport in the USA? (Within 3 square miles) Bonus 100 pts if you can say which city.
53 square miles - Denver
In what year was the structure of DNA discovered? (within 2 years)
1953
With an annual per capita consumption rate of 8.8kg, which country is the world’s largest consumer of chocolate per capita?
Answer: Switzerland
How many ants per person are there worldwide? (within 10%)
There are 20 quadrillion ants worldwide, according to a new census, or 2.5 million for every living human
Which U.S. state capitals lie west of Los Angeles? Name all of them.
6 - Honolulu, HI, Juneau, AK, Salem, OR, Olympia, WA, Sacramento, CA, and Carson City, NV
What is the term for the temperature and pressure at which water, ice, and steam coexist in equilibrium? (100 pts) What is this temperature (200 pts - within 1 degree) and pressure (200 pts - within 10 pascals)?
Temperature: 0.01 °C or 32.018 °F
Pressure: 611.657 pascals
Order these fast food chains from first to last of when they entered the Chinese market:
Domino Pizza
Subway
McDonald's
KFC
Pizza Hut
Order these dog breeds by most to least popular (according to the AKC):
Corgi
Golden Retriever
German Shepherd
Poodle
French Bulldog
Dachshund
Labrador Retriever
1French Bulldog
2Labrador Retriever
3Golden Retriever
4German Shepherd
5Poodle
6Dachshund
11Corgi