Animals
What is the largest living thing?
It's a mushroom. And its not even a rare one. You've probably got the honey fungus in your garden, growing on a dead tree stump.
Fissures, vents and plugs are all associated with which geological feature?
Volcanos
Which singer’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta?
Lady Gaga
According to Russian law, the homeless person must be at where after 10 Pm?
At home
What's three times as dangerous as war?
Work. See page 69
How long can a chicken live without its head?
About two years, see page 7 in The Book of General Ignorence.
Lake Tahoe is between the borders of which two U.S. states?
California & Nevada
What are the names of planets in the solar system that are known as Gas Giants?
Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, and Uranus
What country has the most vending machines per capita?
Japan – one for every 23 people.
What's the word for Napoleon's most humiliating defeat?
Rabbits. p 71
What semi-aquatic, egg laying mammal, is native to Australia and Tasmania?
The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Name a NON-EUROPEAN country that ends with two consonants.
Bangladesh, Egypt, Swaziland, Thailand, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands, the Ivory Coast, and the Marshall Islands.
How many ribs are in a human body?
Twenty-four
What is the tiny piece at the end of a shoelace called?
An aglet
What's a vomitorium for?
Vomitorium, despite being derived from the LOatin vomere, maning "to spew forth," isn't the place where the Romans threw up after their meals. It was the name for the entrance or exit from an amphitheater, and is still used in that sense today in some sports stadiums.
What is the only mammal born with horns?
Giraffe
What river runs through Baghdad?
The Tigris river runs through Baghdad.
What is the shortest complete English sentence?
Go
Why did pirates wear earrings?
To improve their eyesight – they believed the precious metal in an earring had healing powers.
What's teh best floor of a building to throw a cat from?
Any of them above the seventh floor. Higher than the seventh floor, it doesn't really matter how far the cat falls, as long as its oxygen holds out. Like many small animals, cats have a nonfatal terminal velocity-in cats this is about 60 mph. Once they relax, they orient themselves, spread out, and parachute to earth like a squirrel.
“Dazzle” is a term used for a group of what type of animal?
Zebra
What is the capital of Kenya?
Nairobi
In ancient Greece, throwing an apple at someone was a declaration of what?
Love – in ancient Greece, throwing an apple to a woman was seen as a marriage proposal.
What English word becomes its opposite when the letters FE are in front of it?
Male
How long do your fingernails and hair grow after death?
Hair and fingernails don't grow at all after death. This is a complete myth. When we die, our bodies dehydrate and our skin tightens, creating an illusion of hair and nail growth.