THE COSMOS
What’s the brightest star in the sky?
Sirius – also known as the Dog Star or Sirius A, Sirius is the brightest star in Earth’s night sky. The star is outshone only by several planets and the International Space Station.
What’s the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard?
Graveyards are attached to churches while cemeteries are stand-alone.
Dump, floater and wipe are terms used in which team sport?
Volleyball
What goes up, but never down?
age
What desert covers most of southern Mongolia?
Gobi
On which planet is a year longer than a day?
Venus has the longest day of any planet in our solar system.
In feudal Japan, why did lords purposely built homes with squeaky floors?
They were used as a defensive measure against ninjas.
What name is given to a ring shaped coral reef?
Atoll
What has a head and a tail but no body?
a coin
What is the world’s largest freshwater lake, by volume?
Lake Baikal in Russia – with a maximum depth of 5,387 ft, it is the world’s deepest lake. It is among one of the clearest lakes in the world and also the oldest – 25 – 30 million years.
Where would you find the Sea of Tranquility?
the moon
What is the name of the deepest known ocean location?
Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean – 36,070 feet deep.
What is the only Central American country that has English as its official language?
Belize
What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?
a deck of playing cards
What is the world’s warmest sea?
The Red Sea
Which planet has the largest mountain in existence that we know of? - Name the planet and the mountain.
Mars - Olympus Mons
What peoples name means "eaters of raw flesh"?
Eskimo
Which US state has the longest cave system in the world?
Kentucky. Mammoth Cave National Park has at least 400 miles worth.
What English word becomes its opposite when the letters FE are in front of it?
male
What country has three capital cities?
South Africa – Cape Town is the legislative capital, Bloemfontein is the judicial capital, and Pretoria is the administrative capital.
What is the only planet in our solar system less dense than water?
Saturn
There are one trillion germs that live on each what?
human foot
What day is two days before the day immediately following the day three days before the day two days after the day immediately before Friday?
Tuesday – the day before Friday is Thursday. Two days after that is Saturday. Three days before that is Wednesday. The day immediately following that is Thursday, Two days before that is Tuesday.
My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe. What am I?
I am a candle
Which country has the largest number of islands?
Finland – over 150,000.