World Trivia
In what year did Columbus "discover" America?
1492
What country drinks the most coffee per capita?
Finland
Who has won the most total Academy Awards?
Walt Disney
What is the world's fastest bird?
Peregrine falcon
In human anatomy, what does the “hallux” refer to?
The big toe
What is the deepest part of the ocean?
Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench
What meat is traditionally used in a shepherd's pie?
Lamb
What character have both Robert Downey Jr. and Benedict Cumberbatch played?
Sherlock Holmes
How many hearts does an octopus have?
3
What is the only U.S. state that can be typed in using only one row of a standard “QWERTY” keyboard?
Alaska
What country has the most pyramids?
Sudan
What is the rarest and most expensive spice in the world by weight?
Saffron
What is the longest-running Broadway musical?
The Phantom of the Opera
What color is a polar bear's fur?
It is translucent
What was the first animal to ever be cloned?
A sheep
What is the largest desert in the world?
Antarctica
Which country is credited with inventing ice cream?
China
What Netflix show had the most streaming views in 2021?
Squid Game
What animal had the most powerful bite in the world?
Nile crocodile
Relative to the internet, what does “URL” stand for?
Uniform Resource Locator
What country has the most time zones?
France
(Including its overseas territories, has the most time zones with 12. 13 including its claim in Antarctica and all other counties)
What is the process of adding yeast to dough to create carbon dioxide bubbles?
Fermentation
Queen guitarist Brian May is also an expert in what scientific field?
Astrophysics
What is the only mammal capable of true flight?
Bat
Who wrote the book “On the Origin of Species”?
Charles Darwin