You Should Know This
How many sides does a stop sign have?
8
What is the hardest substance in the human body?
Tooth enamel
Which was closer in time to Cleopatra: the building of the Great Pyramid or the Moon landing?
The Moon landing
How many degrees are in a circle?
360
What is the name of the line that divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
The Equator
How many hearts does an octopus have?
3
Which animal has fingerprints so similar to humans that they can be difficult to distinguish?
Koala
What unusual liquid did ancient Romans use as a cleaning agent for clothes?
Urine
What does PDF stand for?
Portable Document Format
Which country is credited with inventing paper money?
China
What does the distress signal SOS officially stand for?
Nothing - it was chosen for its simple Morse code pattern
On which planet is a day longer than a year?
Venus
The earliest known vending machine, invented almost 2,000 years ago, dispensed what?
Holy water
You pass the person in second place in a race. What place are you now in?
Second
During Holi, people celebrate by throwing and covering each other in what?
Colored powder
At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit exactly the same?
−40°
Which country is home to more pyramids than Egypt?
Sudan
What weird thing did some Victorians do with the dead bodies of family members to remember them?
They posed with them for photographs.
If you divide 30 by one-half and then add 10, what do you get?
70
Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
France
How many bones are there in the average adult human body?
206
Which came first: sharks or trees?
Sharks
Bubble wrap was originally invented to be used as what?
Wallpaper
Which planet would float in water if you had a bathtub large enough?
Saturn
Which language has the most native speakers in the world?
Mandarin Chinese