General
What is the second most spoken language in the world by native speakers?
spanish
What is the only bird known to fly backwards?
(Hummingbird)
Which African country has the highest population?
(Nigeria – over 220 million people)
(The Exorcist – 1973)
What is the only country to have played in every FIFA World Cup tournament?
(Brazil)
Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?
(Roald Amundsen – 1911)
Which animal has the longest known pregnancy, lasting up to 660 days? --
(Frilled Shark)
Which country has the most time zones (including territories)?
(France – 12 time zones due to overseas territories)
What is the highest-grossing animated movie of all time?
(The Lion King (2019) - ~$1.6 billion)
Which country has the most Olympic medals per capita?
(Liechtenstein – smallest nation to win a medal, 10 medals for ~39,000 people)
Which country has the most official languages? ++
(Zimbabwe - 16 languages)
What is the largest species of bear? ++
polar bear
Which country has the most islands in the world?
(Sweden – over 267,000 islands)
(2003)
In 1921, Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize in Physics. What was his prize-winning work on?
(The photoelectric effect, not relativity)
Which animal has the highest blood pressure?
Giraffe
What is the name of the line that separates the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
(The Equator)
Which movie features the famous line, “Say hello to my little friend”? ++
(Scarface – 1983)
What is the official distance of a marathon?
(42.195 km or 26.2 miles)
What is the name of the rarest blood type in the world, known as the "Golden Blood"?
(Rh-null – fewer than 50 known cases worldwide)
What is the only mammal capable of laying eggs?
(Platypus & Echidna)
What is the most densely populated country in the world?
(Monaco – ~26,000 people per square kilometer)
What was the first science-fiction film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards?
(Everything Everywhere All at Once – 2023)
Which country hosted the first-ever modern Olympic Games in 1896?