TECHNOLOGY AND APPS
GENERAL FACTS
TALLEST, FASTEST, LARGEST
The US
Disasters
100
The most popular search engine in the entire world.
What is Google?
100
The animal from which wool is obtained.
What is a sheep?
100
The tallest mountain in the world.
What is Mount Everest?
100

What is the largest state in the US?

Alaska

100

A _____ sometimes happens when it rains for many days or weeks.

flood

200
The most popular social networking app.
What is Facebook?
200

This famous mountain has the faces of four past presidents carved on it.

What is Mt. Rushmore?

200
The tallest living thing in the world (you can see one in the state of Washington).
What is a giant redwood tree?
200

What is the second most widely spoken language in the US after English?

Spanish

200

A _____ is a large storm with strong winds that can affect a whole country.

tornado

300
You can get some instant glam with this app.
What is Instagram?
300
The president's face that is on the American penny.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
300
The world's largest snake.
What is an anaconda?
300

How many stars are there on the American flag?

50

300

A strong _____ can shake the ground and knock down buildings and kill many people.

earthquake

400
Launched in June 2011 within a month this network had more than 20 million users. The bird is its symbol.
What is Twitter?
400
The art of Japanese paper folding is called this.
What is origami?
400
The world's fastest animal.
What is a cheetah?
400

About how many tornadoes hit the USA every year? ten, one hundred, one thousand?

1200

400

A _____ is smaller than a hurricane, but its strong winds can also destroy many buildings.

tornado

500
An unpopular web browser has recently gotten rid of.
What is Internet Explorer?
500
Lego was invented in ____________.
What is Denmark?
500
The world's largest animal.
What is a blue whale?
500

The United States bought Alaska from which country in 1867?

Russia

500

After a disaster, the first thing people do is _____ survivors.

rescue

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