Sports
Where will the 2024 Summer Olympics take place?
Paris, France
At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit equal?
-40
What country is known for poutine?
(Quebec) Canada
What is the most populous city in the world?
Tokyo, Japan
Who was the first Disney princess?
Snow White
What caused a 16-year gap in the World Cup?
WWII
What is the deepest ocean in the world?
Pacific Ocean
What is the Italian pasta shape commonly known as bowtie pasta in the US?
Farfalle
Where is the largest desert on earth located?
Antarctica (Antarctic Desert)
What is the only letter that doesn’t appear on the periodic table?
J
Where was the first World Cup (1930)?
Uruguay
What is the name of the tallest grass on earth?
Bamboo
What kind of doctor invented cotton candy?
Dentist
What is the northern most part in the continental US?
Minnesota
In which country was the first human to human transplant performed?
South America
In what year were women allowed to compete in the modern Olympic games and in what sport?
1900, tennis, sailing, croquet, equestrianism and golf
How do lobsters communicate?
With their urine
What condiment was used for its medicinal qualities in the 1800s?
Ketchup
What country has the most pyramids?
Sudan
Which country has the world’s oldest, unchanged flag?
Denmark
What are 3 of the 4 additional sports being added to the Olympics in 2024?
Breaking, sport climbing, skateboarding, surfing
Australia built a 3,000-mile-long fence during the 1880s just to block the movement of what baby-snatching species?
Dingo
Which country drinks the most coffee in pounds per year?
Finland
What is the world’s smallest island country?
Nauru
(It is the 3rd smallest country; Tuvalu is the 2nd smallest island country.)
Besides the United States, what is one of the two other countries in the world that does not officially use the metric system for measurement?
Liberia, Myanmar