Who Knows?
One third of life is spent asleep
True or False
What is True? if you are average
Pilots and Copilots eat the same food on flights
True or False
What is False? Mostly, they eat different foods in case of food poisoning
Creaks heard in the home are caused by age
True or False
What is False? Creaks are caused by temperature and humidity more than age
The most massive object in this solar system
Sun or Jupiter
What is the sun?
Heart beats average 100,000 times a day
True or False
What is True?
I am taller at night than in morning
true or false
What is false?
cartilage compresses during day
Hurricanes have doubled in number since 1970
True or False
What is True? Yes, from 1970 to 2004, they doubled
Oxygen masks on planes last for an hour
True or False
What is False? They last 15 minutes only
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Lower Kitchen cabinet space under the doors is called dead space
True or False
What is False? It is called toe space or toe kick
Stars, Galaxies and Planets make up what % of the Universe
4% 20 %
What is 4%?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Blood flow is highest in the heart
True or False
What is False? Blood flow to Kidneys, as they are the filtration system
12% of people dream in black and white
true or false
What is true? Even before color TV!!!
DOUBLE JEOPARDY There are 4 births each second around the world
True or False
What is True? except during COVID, maybe?
Passengers in the tail of a plane are more likely to survive a crash
True or False
What is True? 40% more likely
Home roof styles are dictated mostly by family choice
True or False
What is False? Roof styles mostly dictated by weather, Cold weather, steep roofs, hot weather, flatter roofs
Radio waves travel in space
True or False
What is True? Radio waves need no air
One produces how much saliva in a year?
2 gallons or 2 bathtubs
What are two bathtubs? Lots of spit!
Fingernails grow slower than toenails
true or false
What is false? Fingernails grow faster
Only 4% of Heavenly bodies are visible with the eye
True or False
What is true? We need Webb and Hubble telescopes to see more
World's busiest airport passengers in Atlanta
True or False
What is True? Also, Chicago has more take offs and landings
Brass doorknobs repel germs better than wood or glass
True or False
What is True? Brass deters germs better
There are 300 billion stars in our Universe
True or False
What is True? Lots of stars! more than sand on Earth
We have up to 500,000 sweat glands
True or False
What is true? Lots of sweating!
Duke and Duchess of Sussex are cousins
true or false
What is true? 15 generations back
Time flies when you are having fun
True or False
What is true? Brain expands sense of time, in anticipation of the next event
Airport runways are thicker than taxiways
True or False
What is True? Runways are 4 feet thick, taxiways are 18 inches thick
Staircase balusters are named for a flower
True or False
What is True? Named after a pomegranate flower BALUSTRA
Pluto is smaller in mass than America
True or False
What is True?
Our strongest bone is the clavicle
True or False
What is False? Strongest bone is Femur
Stonehenge was built before the pyramids
true or false
What is true? Stonehenge started 3000BCE, Saqqara 2630 BCE