AROUND THE WORLD
What is Autralia?
The only COUNTRY in the world that is also its own CONTINENT.
Which U.S. State has the most volcanoes?
ALASKA.
Who freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation?
The 16th U.S. President, Abraham Lincoln.
What does "We will see" usually mean in Dating?
NO
What is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere?
NITROGEN (Making up about 78% of the air we breathe).
How many continents are there?
7
What is Metamorphosis?
An animal physically develops into a completely different form, like a caterpillar into a butterfly.
Who proposed the theory of evolution by natural?
Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace, proposed that species change over time through natural selection.
What organ uses about 20% of the whole body's energy?
THE BRAIN
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
JUPITER
What is the longest river in the world?
NILE RIVER (Northeastern Africa, flowing North through 11 countries)
What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere?
CARBON DIOXIDE
Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie, a Polish-French physicist and chemist.
Which part of your body regenerates itself fastest?
THE TONGUE.
What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Diamond
What is the ocean that surrounds Italy and Egypt?
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
What is the only food that never spoils?
HONEY.
Which composer became deaf later in life?
Ludwig van Beethoven. After he became deaf, he composed his most famous piece, the 9th Symphony.
Which sense is most strongly tied to memory?
SMELL
What is the "Lungs" of the Earth?
AMAZON in Brazil
What is the highest mountain on Earth, reaching 29,032 feet above sea level?
Mount Everest, located in Nepal and China.
What is the rarest blood type in humans?
AB NEGATIVE.
Who is the most influential figure in human history?
JESUS.
Why do ideas come more often in the shower?
RELAXED BRAIN STATE.
What is the Milky Way?
This is the name of the barred spiral galaxy that contains our Solar System and roughly 100 to 400 billion stars.