Travel
In the past 10 years, (2012-2021) there has been a total of how many deaths on U.S. commercial flights?
A. 2 B. 22 C. 222 D. 2222
2 deaths
Since 1993, violent crime in the U.S. has gone..
A. up B. down
down...(by 49%)
747/100,000 (1993)
370/100,000 (2022)
A. Less than 1 B. 3 C. 14 D. 132
About 0.5 people/year
A person who does not earn a high school diploma will likely earn how much less money over their lifetime than someone with a college degree?
A. $500,000 B. $1 mil C. $1.8 mil D. $2.5 mil
$1,800,000
True or False: You can see the Great Wall of China from space.
False
The odds for the average American dying in a plane crash are 1 in:
A. 100 B. 10,000 C. 1,000,000 D. 11,000,000
11,000,000
Your odds of being killed by homicide in the U.S. (as of 2002) are about in...
A. 729 B. 1729 C. 17,290 D. 170,290
1 in 17,290 (down from 1 in 18,989 in 2010)
Since at least 1978, about how many people are killed on average by vending machines in the U.S.?
A. less than 1 B. 2 C. 16 D. 78
2
Which of the following people is a high school dropout?
A. Sam Walton (founder of Wal-Mart)
B. Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft)
C. Steve Jobs (founder of Apple)
D. Walt Disney (founder of Disney)
Walt Disney
False (your body can't actually digest gum so it will pass through your system)
Since 2013, an average of how many Americans have died in automobile accidents each year?
A. 3742 B. 37,420 C. 374,200 D. 3,742,004
37,420 deaths each year (on average)
In 2020, what percentage of homicide victims in the U.S. were female?
A. 5% B. 25% C. 60% D. 80%
5%
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot in the U.S. are about 1 in...
A. 29,000 B. 2.9 mil C. 29 mil D. 292 mil
292,000,000
What percentage of Americans (25 or older) have completed at least a high school level of education in the U.S. (as of 2021)
A. 58% B. 74% C. 91% D. 97%
91%
True or False: Nintendo was founded in 1889
The odds of dying in a car crash for the average American are 1 in....
A. 17 B. 107 C. 1070 D. 17,007
1 in 107
In 2020, what percentage of people murdered in the U.S. were killed by strangers?
A. 1% B. 10% C. 50% D. 75%
(actually, slightly less than) 10%
The odds of being killed by a shark in the U.S. are about 1 in...
A. 370,000 B. 3.7 mil C. 37 mil D. 375 mil
3.7 mil
The average person in the U.S. without a high school diploma earns about how much per week?
A. $553 B. $682 C. $934 D. $1,231
$682/week
True or False: There are more stars in the galaxy than there are trees on earth.
False (There are an estimated 100-400 billion stars in the Milky Way. There are an estimated 3 trillion trees on earth)