Numbers & Places
The highest number you can write out in English without ever using the letter "A".
What is one thousand?
This surrealist artist designed the distinct logo for the Chupa Chups lollipop brand.
Who is Salvador Dalí?
The number of bones an adult human has is significantly fewer than the 275-300 bones a baby is born with.
What is 206?
Astronaut Alan Shepard played this sport on the moon during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971.
What is golf?
This Star Wars character and Indiana Jones were both inspired by George Lucas’ dog, an Alaskan Malamute named "Indiana".
Who is Chewbacca?
This sovereign country is entirely smaller than New York City's Central Park.
What is Monaco?
This 17th-century scientist is credited with inventing the color wheel in 1666.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
The estimated length, in miles, of the human circulatory system.
What is 60,000 miles?
This hemisphere is home to approximately 90% of the world's population.
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury was born with this many extra teeth in his upper jaw.
What is four?
Including its overseas territories, this country holds the world record for the most time zones, at 12.
What is France?
During his entire life, this famous post-impressionist painter is known to have sold only a single painting.
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
This is the color of a lobster's blood.
What is blue?
This celestial body had active volcanoes when dinosaurs were alive on Earth.
What is the Moon?
This is the maximum weight, in pounds, a silverback gorilla can lift.
What is 1,763 pounds?
This is the approximate number of peanuts it takes to create one average jar of peanut butter.
What is 540?
This Beatles song is considered the most covered in music history.
What is "Yesterday"?
The number of times per minute the average person blinks.
What are 14 to 17 times?
This is the year the now-classic Caesar salad was invented.
What is 1924?
The average number of dimples on a standard golf ball.
What is 336?
This is the approximate number of people required to fill the Grand Canyon, assuming each person occupies a square foot of area.
What is 61.3 trillion?
Between 1912 and 1948, medals were awarded in five artistic categories, including architecture and literature, as part of the celebration for this major international event.
What are the Olympic Games?
This phenomenon, essential for pruning unused neural pathways and maintaining brain health, is often described as the brain "constantly eating itself".
What is self-cannibalism (or synaptic pruning)?
This first U.S. President died in 1799, 21 years before the discovery of the first recognized dinosaur fossils.
Who is George Washington?
Although commonly eaten as a fruit, this elongated yellow item is botanically classified as a type of berry.
What is a banana?