Geography
Spain is smaller than France.
TRUE!!! Spain is 505.000 square kilometres and France is 544.000.
The Pyramids in Egypt are older than the Parthenon in Greece.
TRUE!!! The Pyramids are about 4.500 years old and the Parthenon is about 2.500 years old.
The English alphabet is shorter than the Arabic alphabet.
TRUE!!! There are 26 letters in the English alphabet and 28 in the Arabic Alphabet.
The Sahara desert is drier than the Atacama desert.
FALSE!!! Sahara Desert average rainfall = 25 mm and Atacama Desert average rainfall = 0.1 mm
The First World War was shorter than the Second World War.
TRUE!!! The WW1 lasted four years but the WW2 lasted six years.
A gigabyte is larger than a megabyte.
TRUE!!! A megabyte is 1000 bytes but a gigabyte is 1000 megabytes.
The Mediterranean Sea is warmer than the Red Sea.
FALSE!! Mediterranean Sea average temperature = 24 - 26 degrees Celsius. Red Sea average temperature = 26 - 30 degrees Celsius.
Oxford University is older than Cambridge University.
TRUE!!! Oxford University was founded in 1170 ad Cambridge 40 years later.
Apples are healthier than oranges.
FALSE!!! Oranges have 70mg of vitamin C per orange while apples have 9 mg.
China is bigger than Canada.
FALSE!! Canada is 10.000.000 square metres and China is about 9.600.000 square metres.
The Lighthouse of Alexandria is older than the Macchu Picchu.
TRUE!!! The Lighthouse was built around 280BC and the Macchu Picchu was built around 1400AC.
Blu-ray technology is newer than MP3 technology.
TRUE!!! Blu-ray technology was invented in 1998 and MP3 was invented in 1989.
The mountains on Earth are higher than the mountains on Mars.
FALSE!!! Olympus Mons on Mars is 25 km high and Everest is about 8 km high.
The Odyssey is older than the Epic of Gilgamesh.
FALSE!!! The Epic of Gilgamesh was written more than 4000 years ago and the Odyssey was written in 800BC.
Buenos Aires is drier than Rome.
FALSE!!! Buenos Aires gets 38.7 inches of annual rainfall while Rome gets 23 inches.