SPORTS SHOCKERS
Which unusual event was part of the 1900 Paris Olympics?
Live pigeon shooting
According to the ancient writers, Emperor Caligula planned to make whih animal a consul?
Horse
Which digital currency was created in 2009 by the unknown person ''Satoshi Nakamoto''?
Bitcoin
How many hearts does an octopus have?
3
What number comes text: 2, 6, 12, 20, ?
30
Whicj jumping technique is called the "Fosbury Flop''?
High jump
Which scholar from Khwarazm gave his name to the word ''algorithm''?
Al-Khwarizmi
What is private startup worth over $1 billion called?
Unicorn
Which of these animals is the only one that can truly fly?
Bat
''I have cities but no houses, mountains but no trees, water but no fish'' What am I?
A map
Basketball was invented in 1891 by a teacher from which country?
Canada
In which year did the shortest war in the world take place?
1896
Which flower caused a famous speculative bubble in the Netherlands in the 1630s?
Tulip
Which animal has rectangular pupils?
Goat
A rooster lays an egg on top of a pointed roof. Which way does the egg roll?
Neither: roosters don't lay eggs
What is the highest score possible with three darsts in one turn?
180
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landig than to which event?
The building of the Great Pyramid
Which company, founded in 1602, issued some of the first publicly traded shares?
Dutch East India Copany
What is the group of flamingos?
''Flamboyance''
A bat and a ball cost $1.10 together. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. how much is the ball?
5 cents
At which Olympic Games was the marathon distance set at 42.195 km?
London 1908
Which ruler built a great observatory in Samarkand in the 1420s?
Ulugh Beg
Kraft's 2010 purchase of Cadbury began as what kind o deal?
An isolated did that Cadbury's board first rejected
What re tradigrades( ''water bears'') famous for surviving?
The vacuum of outer space
A lily patch doubles in size every day and covers a lake in 48 days .On which day does it cover half the lake?
Day 47