Geography
Common Knowledge
Our Bodies
History
Cars
100
What is this and where in the world is it?
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Sydney Opera House; Sydney, Australia.
100
Which of the five senses is the fastest?
Hearing; humans can recognize noises in as little as 0.05 seconds.
100
True or False: People are usually taller in the morning.
True; on average, people lose about 3/4 of an inch during the day.
100
What date (day and year) did the United States gain its independence.
July 4, 1776.
100
Fastest growing car brand in 2021?:
A: Honda.
B: Toyota.
C: Tesla.
D: Ford.
C: Tesla; it grew by 184 percent this year!
200
Which of these animals is the national animal of Scotland?:
A: Horse.
B: Unicorn.
C: Whale.
D: Tiger.
B: Unicorn.
200
What do the letters M & M of the candy brand stand for?:
A: Mars and Murrie.
B: Marcelo and Mercy.
C: Michael and Michael.
A: Mars and Murrie, the last names of the two founders of the brand.
200
True or False: The human body has so many blood cells, but they still couldn't go around the full globe.
False: our blood cells, if lined up together, would cover up to 60,000 miles.
200
What country was paper invented in?:
A: Germany.
B: China.
C: Japan.
B: China.
200
The automobile was invented in ______ in _____?:
A: In France in 1900.
B: In Germany in 1886.
C: In England in 1853.
B: In Germany in 1886 by Carl Benz, who Mercedez Benz is partly named after.
300
Minsk is the capital of which country?:
A: Sweden.
B: Switzerland.
C: Liechtenstein.
D: Belarus.
D: Belarus.
300
True or False: Neil Armstrong never actually said "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
True; he just told his biographer to write that because it sounded cool.
300
Tallest AND shortest man of all time (heights)...
A: (tallest) 8'10"; (shortest) 1'2".
B: (tallest) 8'5"; (shortest) 1'7".
C: (tallest) 8'11"; (shortest) 1'7".
C: (tallest) 8'11"; (shortest) 1'7".
(tallest):
300
Traffic jams waste about how many gallons of gas worldwide per year?:
A: About 2 billion gallons.
B: About 3 billion gallons.
C: About 1.5 billion gallons.
D: About 4 billion gallons.
B: About 3 billion gallons.
300
What's the most popular car color?:
A: Black.
B: White.
C: Red.
D: Blue.
B: White.
400
How long is the Nile?:
A: 5,169 miles.
B: 4,159 miles.
C: 3,988 miles.
D: 4,335 miles.
B: The longest river in the world is 4,159 miles long.
400
You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from about?:
A: more than 1 mile.
B: more than 2 miles.
C: more than 3 miles.
C: more than 2 miles away; the weight of a blue whale's heart is 400 pounds.
400
Our eyes blink about....
A: 20 times per minute.
B: 35 times per minute.
C: 30 times per minute.
A: 20 times per minute.
400
True or False: Nixon could also play five instruments.
True: (the piano, saxophone, clarinet, accordion, and violin!)
400
About how often is a car stolen in the United States?:
A: Every 1 minute.
B: Every 30 seconds.
C: Every 20 seconds.
D: Every 45 seconds.
D: Every 45 seconds.
500
Largest desert in the world?:
A: Saharan Desert.
B: Sonoran Desert.
C: Antarctica.
D: Syrian Desert.
C: Antarctica. Deserts aren't always super hot.
500
About how many grapes go in one bottle of wine?:
A: About 700 grapes.
B: About 850 grapes.
C: About 600 grapes.
A: About 700 grapes, that's about 2.6 pounds of grapes!
500
Which one of these areas of the body is the only part with NO blood supply?
A: Our finger and toe nails.
B: The cornea.
C: Our leg hairs.
D: The philtrum.
E: Dua's layer.
B: The cornea, which is the outer protective layer of the eye. It gets its oxygen directly from the atmosphere.
500
Shortest president and his height?:
A: Abraham Lincoln (5'7").
B: James Madison (5'4").
C: Lyndon B. Johnson (5'5").
B. James Madison (5'4"). Lincoln and Johnson were actually quite tall. Abraham Lincoln was 6'4", the tallest president in US history, and Johnson was 6'3".
500
According to Edmunds.com, which one of these cars is the worst of all time?:
A: 1971 Chevy Vega.
B: 2001 Pontiac Aztec.
C: 2003 Saturn Ion.
D: 1955 BMW Isetta.
B: 2001 Pontiac Aztec.