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Dictators and the Country they Rules
Say What?
Body Facts
100
How many galaxies are visible to the naked eye?
2,4,6,9
9
100
What is considered the most complex musical instruments in the world?
The piano. It has 12,000 musical parts, in which about 10,000 of them move.
100
Fidel Castro
Cuba
100
Rhinoplasty is a surgical procedure on what?
Nose
100
How many muscles does it take to smile?
3, 5, 8, 12
12
200
What would happen if two pieces of metal were to touch in space?
they would repel, they would melt, they would bond permanently, they would become brittle and crack
they would bond permanently
200
In what decade of the 1900's did the record player (phonograph) become affordable and popular
1920s, 1930s, 1940s
The 1930's
200
Mao Zedong said, "To read too many books is harmful." He did not want his people educated.
China
200
What is a labyrinth?
A complex set of passageways intended to get one lost
200
Your body releases how much sweat a day?
1/2 cup, 1 cup, 1 1/2 cups, 2 cups
2 cups
300
The sun makes up what percentage of the solar system's mass?
12% 21% 77% 99%
99%
300
The theremin is a musical instrument that can be played without what?
Touch: The distance of one's hands from one antenna determines frequency (pitch), and the distance from the other controls amplitude (volume). Higher notes are played by moving the hand closer to the pitch antenna. Louder notes are played by moving the hand away from the volume antenna.
300
Saddam Hussein had a Quran written in his blood to celebrate his 60th birthday and is known as the blood Quran.
Iraq
300
A centenarian is someone who is what age or older?
100
300
Humans shed about 600,000 of these particles every hour.
skin
400
The suns diameter is how many times bigger than the Earth's?
53, 89, 109, 264
The suns diameter is 109 times bigger than the Earth's.
400
A handheld percussion instrument played by Egyptians
cow bells, sistrum, harp, luthierSistrum
400
Muammar Gaddafi was very eccentric. His bodyguards were all females and he stayed only on the first floor of hotels.
Libya, Egypt, Niger, Chad
Libya
400
What is an onomatopoeia?
The formation of a word based on the sound associated with it. Ex BOOM!
400
The rate of heart attacks is higher on a what day?
Mondays
500
List the planets in order from the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
500
The largest instrument recorded by Guinness World Book of Records is located in Virginia. What is it?
An organ...the Great Stalapipe Organ uses 3.5 acres of cave stalactites to produce its sound.
500
Kim Jung Un, the youngest ruler who is believed to have had his older brother and uncle murdered.
North Korea
500
What does it mean if someone is described as discombobulated?
confused, out of sorts, disoriented
500
What two body parts of humans never stop growing?
nose and ears