Geography 🌍
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
Closest answer wins! How many bones are there in an adult human body?
206
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
Which is heavier: a kilogram of iron or a kilogram of feathers?
Neither – they both weigh 1 kg
True or false: the Great Wall of China can be seen from space with the naked eye.
False – it's a famous myth
Which European river flows through 10 countries – more than any other river in the world – including Ukraine?
The Danube
Closest answer wins! How many countries are members of the European Union?
27
What has a neck but no head?
A bottle
It's the hottest planet in the Solar System, but NOT the closest to the Sun. Which planet is it?
Venus (its thick atmosphere traps heat)
Which country has MORE pyramids than Egypt?
Sudan
Which country has the MOST time zones in the world? (Hint: think about its overseas territories.)
France (12)
Closest answer wins! How high is Hoverla, the highest mountain in Ukraine (in metres)?
2,061 m
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
An echo
A bat and a ball cost $1.10 together. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
5 cents (not 10!) – bat $1.05 + ball $0.05
Cleopatra lived closer in time to… the building of the Great Pyramid or the Moon landing?
The Moon landing
Which continent has the most countries?
Africa (54)
Closest answer wins! How tall is the Eiffel Tower (in metres)?
About 330 m
The Sphinx's riddle: what walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon and three in the evening?
A human – crawls as a baby, walks as an adult, uses a walking stick when old
5 machines make 5 phones in 5 minutes. How long do 100 machines need to make 100 phones?
5 minutes
Which is older: Oxford University or the Aztec Empire?
Oxford University (teaching began around 1096; the Aztec capital was founded in 1325)
What is the name of the deepest place in the world's oceans (about 11 km deep)?
The Mariana Trench (Challenger Deep), in the Pacific Ocean
Closest answer wins! How many minutes does it take sunlight to reach the Earth?
About 8 minutes (8 min 20 s)
A father and son are in a car accident. The father dies. At the hospital the surgeon says: "I can't operate – he's my son!" How is this possible?
The surgeon is the boy's mother
A patch of lily pads doubles in size every day. It covers the whole lake on day 48. On which day did it cover HALF the lake?
Day 47
Which country has the most lakes in the world – more than all the other countries combined?
Canada