Geography
Covering more than one eighth of Earth's inhabited land area, this is the largest country in the world
Russia
Panthera Tigris is the scientific name for this animal
Tiger
There are more tigers in captivity in the US than there are in the wild!
According to Toms Hanks' character in A League of Their Own there is no crying in this sport
Baseball
The invention and use of this type of turn in the 1930s is credited as being one of a few major changes in swimming that results in faster times being swam
Flip Turn
The origins of ancient Olympics can be traced back to the city of Olympia in Greece, but the first of the modern olympics that we are familiar with were held in 1896 in this Greek city
Athens
This Olympiad brought together 14 nations with 241 athletes competing in 43 events
This US state has the most active volcanoes
Alaska
130/169 active volcanoes in the us are found in Alaska
This is the only mammal capable of true flight
Bat
Due to the presence of "action violence" this is the first Pixar movie to receive more than a G rating
The Incredibles
Officials use this command to inidcate swimmers may "step up"
1 long whistle
The 1976 Olympics were the first Olympics this piece of swimming equipment was permitted
Goggles
The setting of Bram Stoker's famous novel Dracula, Transylvania is located in this European county
Romania
This type of shark can survive in both salt and fresh water
Bull Shark or River Shark
He is 1 of the 2 actors that played the role of Spiderman before Tom Holland
Tobey Maguire or Andrew Garfield
Colloquially known as the "Lochte" rule, FINA mandates that swimmers may not do this after completing a flip turn
Push off on your back
Ryan Lochte began using his using his backstroke expertise in freestyle by pushing off the wall and dolphin kicking on his back
This world crisis was the reason the 1940 & 1944 summer olympics were canceled
WW2
This country is home to the most coastline in the world, with almost 151,000 miles of it
Canada
Walking 12.5 miles per day it would take 33 years to cover all of it. The coasts of it's 52,455 islands make up a large part of this.
This is how many times stronger a dog's sense of smell is than a human's
10,000x
Dogs possess up to 300 million olfactory receptors in their noses, compared to about six million for humans. And the percentage of a dog's brain that is devoted to analyzing smells is about 40 times greater than ours.
With a red armband around her right bicep, she is the first Disney princess with a tattoo
Pocahontas
American Backstroker David Berkoff was known for doing this for up to 35m before FINA created rules relating to it
Underwater Dolphin
The "Berkoff Blastoff" was revolutionary at the 1988 Olympics. Afterward FINA limited this to just 10m, then in 1991 expanded it to 15m which remains today
The 1900 Olympics in Paris were the firs to allow this demographic of athlete
Women
Women didn't begin swimming in the Olympics until 1912!
This continent is the only one to have land in all four hemispheres of the globe
Africa
Lasting 22 months, nearly 2 years, this animal has the longest gestation period of all mammals
Elephant
These 3 infinity stones were all present in New York during the Chitauri invasion lead by Loki
Time, Mind, Space
The time stone was held by the Ancient One at the Sanctum Sanctorum, the mind stone was in the gem atop Loki's scepter and the space stone was the heart of the tesseract that was being used to open the portal in the sky
2009 FINA world championships saw 43 world records broken, likely due to the use of this
Tech Suits
These full body "super suits" included the use of polyurethane panels, further increasing their water repellency. Suit use has been strictly standardized by FINA since then.
Olympic gold medals are made primarily of this metal
Silver
The last solid gold medal was awarded in 1912. Modern gold medals are 92.5% silver with gold plating