Human Body
Question: Which vitamin promotes healthy eye function?
Answer: vitamin A
Question: In one decade in the 20th century there were dozens of medical advances made in the world, including penicillin and the DNA hypothesis; Vaccines were developed for diphtheria, tuberculosis, and tetanus. In what decade did this occur? 1920s, 1950s, 1960s, 1980s.
Answer: 1920s
Question: The top 9 coffee drinking countries in the world are all from one continent. Which continent is it?
Answer: Europe. By contry, 4.9-9.6 kg of coffee per capita per year. For reference, in Korea people drink 2.5 kg per capita.
Question: To what language group does English belong? In other words, from where does English originate? (prior to England)
Answer: Germanic
Question: What is the first known written language? Or, rather, in what ancient civilization invented it, or to what current country(s) does that civilization geographically belong?
Answer: Sumerian (Ancient Sumer). Iraq, Kuwait (Mespotamia).
Question: What part of the brain controls anger, fear, and body temperature?
Answer: hypothalamus
Question: What famous painter made medical advances (especially in Anatomy) by dissecting corpses?
Answer: Leonardo Da Vinci
Question: What are 3 of the top 5 countries with the most tourists per year?
Answer: France, USA, Spain, China, Italy
Question: What are the 5 countries where English is the majority language?
Answer: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
Question: Is s-v-o (like English), v-s-o (like Arabic), s-o-v (like Korean), or v-o-s (like Fijian) the most common format of languages?
Answer: s-o-v accounts for 45% of all languages (ex, Japanese, Hindi). s-v-o accounts for 42% (ex, French, Malay). v-s-o is rarer at 9% (Filipino, Irish). v-o-s is very rare.
Question: What is the largest organ of the human body?
Answer: skin
Question: In what century was insulin first isolated? 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st
Answer: 20th C. 1921
Question: Name 3 Asian countries that drive on the left hand side of the road.
Answer: India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand
Question: How many countries have English as one of the official languages?
Answer: 54 sovereign states, 27 non-sovereign states (54-81)
Question: In how many countries is Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese) an official language?
Answer: 5: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore
Question: What percentage of body weight do muscles account for?
Answer: approx. 30-40%
Question: When was anesthesia for surgery first developed (century)?
6th (500-599), 9th (800-899), 17th (1600-1699), 19th (1800-1899)
Answer: 19th C, 1846 Morten and Warren
Question: Blue Zones are regions of the world where people live much longer than average. There are 5 in the world. Can you guess where they are?
Okinawa (Japan); Sardinia (Italy); Nicoya (Costa Rica); Icaria (Greece) and Loma Linda, California (USA)
Question: There are 4 countries in Asia where English is an official language. How many can you name?
Answer: India, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore
Question: How many active languages are there?
Answer: 6,500-7,000. approx. 2,000 of them has 1000 speakers or less
Question: How many chromosomes does a human cell contain?
Answer: 46
Question: If there are four toilets in a public restroom (washroom, bathroom, toilet etc...), which toilet is the cleanest? The one closest to the door; the second one from the door; the third one from the door; or the farthest one from the door?
Answer: The one closest to the door. It's statistically used the least.
Question: Networked Readiness Index (NRI) ranks 148 countries for the quality of their digital infrastructure (ability to generate economic growth, foster innovation and improve the well-being of their citizens through technology). How many of the top ten can you name?
Answer: Finland, Singapore, Sweden, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, USA, Hong Kong, UK, South Korea
Question: How many Canadians speak English as their first language (percentage)?
Answer: approx. 75%
Question: Can you name three of the top four languages by number of speakers?
Answer: Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish, English