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What are the three layers of the Earth?
Crust, mantle and core
Which is the only rock that floats?
pumice
How long would it take to walk to the moon?
9 years
What is the largest organ in the human body?
skin
The U.S. hosted the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 1994. Which country won the game?
Brazil
How many elements are on the periodic table?
118
How long is the memory of a goldfish?
6 months
Which animal did Australia go to “war” with in 1932?
emu
What is the heaviest internal organ in the human body?
The liver
Which planet was downgraded to a dwarf planet in 2006?
Pluto
How do you determine the age of a tree?
Count its growth rings
What is the name of the red pigment found in vertebrates that functions in oxygen transport?
hemoglobin
What is the largest mammal in North America?
Bison
Where did Albert Einstein live before moving to the United States?
Germany
What year did Google launch?
1998
How many bones do sharks have?
0
What is it called when a solid changes directly into a gas?
sublimation
How many bones are in a giraffe’s neck?
7
How old was Queen Elizabeth II when she became the queen of England?
25
In 1996, a sheep became the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell. What was the name of that sheep?
Dolly
What does a Geiger counter measure?
Radiation
How long does it take our solar system to complete one orbit around the galactic center?
About 230 million years
How much water do Americans use at home each day?
About 50 gallons
In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
1989
What year did the internet become available to the public?
1993