General Knowledge 1
The _____ is a collection of sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China.
The Terracotta Army
What is the following number? 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, ______________
39
A genetic scientist engineered a new plant which could double its size every day. He made it grow in a circular pond with a circumference of 600 metres. If he planted it in the southern part of the pond, and the plant covered half the pond in 28 days, how many days would it take to cover the full pond?
29 days
Draw a line. Without touching it, make this line shorter.
Draw a longer line next to it. This will make the first line seem shorter.
There are 2 buckets, a 5 litre and a 3-litre bucket. Fill the 5-litre bucket with 4 litres of water using just these two buckets to measure.
Fill the 5-litre bucket fully. Pour it into the 3-litre bucket until it is full. Empty the 3-litre bucket. Pour the remaining 2 litres into the 3-litre bucket. Fill the 5-litre bucket completely. Finish filling the 3-litre bucket. Now the 5-litre bucket is left with exactly 4 litres of water.
What is the 4th largest country in the world?
China
What is the approximate population of people on the planet? (In billions)
7.8 - 8 Billion
Which weighs more (which is heavier): 5kg of iron metal or 5kg of feathers
They both the same
Which is one of the Largest man-made structures that can be seen from outer-space and is in China?
The Great Wall
Hari had 6 siblings who were born all born 2 years apart. The youngest is Richa who is only 7 years old while Hari is the oldest. What is Hari’s age?
Richa, the youngest sibling is 7 years old. Each sibling was born 2 years apart, and there are total seven children (Hari and his 6 siblings). So Hari’s age is: 7 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 19.
What is the approximate population of Shanghai?
Which is the largest country in the world?
Russia
What do we call the process when a young insect (egg) transforms into an adult. Hint: M
Metamorphosis
What do we call a body of water usually found in a desert? An O
Oasis
What do we call ancient Egyptian Kings? Hint Ph
Pharoahs
What is the name of the fastest animal land/air/sea on the planet? T(o say bird / fish / insect is not good enough)
The Peregrine Falcon
Wolves and Lambs Puzzles: Six Wolves can catch just six lambs in six minutes. So how many wolves will they need to catch 60 lambs in sixty minutes? Hint – the answer is not sixty.
1 wolf can catch 1 lamb in six minutes. In 60 minutes, each wolf can catch 10 lambs. So, each wolf can catch ten lambs, and in sixty minutes, 6 wolves can catch 60 lambs. Another method – Six Wolves. How? 6 wolves can catch six lambs in 6 minutes. If you multiply it by ten, the same wolves can catch sixty lambs in 60 minutes.
Using only addition, how can you add eight 8’s to get the number 1,000?
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 =1,000
How many 9’s are there between 1 and 100?
20. They are 9,19,29,39,49,59,69,79,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99
The ages of a father and son add up to 66. The age of the dad is the age of the son reversed. How old could they be?
There are three different answers for this: the father and son could be 51 and 15 years or 42 and 24 years old or 60 and 06 years old.