the ultimate scholastic bowl study set
How many miles per hour does a sneeze travel?
100
In Uganda, 50% of the population is under __________ years of age.
15
Banging your head against a wall burns _______ calories an hour.
150
The total number of steps in the Eiffel Tower are _________.
1665
The French language has ___________ different words for 'surrender'.
17
The average person walks the equivalent of __________ timea around the world in a lifetime.
2
March ________ is known as Snowman Burning Day!
20
Marco Hort has the world record for fitting _________ straws in his mouth at once!
264
May _______ is officially "Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day".
29
Nearly _______ percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.
3
Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for ___________ hours.
3
It snowed in the Sahara desert for ________ minutes on the 18th February 1979.
30
How much bigger is the sun than the earth?
300 times
The first alarm clock could only ring at ______am.
4
How many Presidents have served?
44
How many terms have presidents served?
46
If you consistently fart for __________ years & 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb!
6
About ______________ Americans are injured by musical instruments each year
8,000
Polar bears can eat as many as _______ penguins in a single sitting. (If they lived in the same place)
86
_________ of people text things they could never say in person.
95%
Dyslexia
A learning disorder characterized by difficulty reading
New York's Capital
Albany
The first video game made
Brown Box
________________ is the fear of fun
Cherophobia
Facebook, Skype and Twitter are all banned in ___________.
China
In the UK, it is illegal to eat mince pies on _______________!
Christmas Day
Our first president
George Washington
There is a species of spider called the ____________ Spider.
Hobo
Gravity is lower on this planet compared to earth
Mars
Heart attacks are more likely to happen on a ______________.
Monday
Florida's fruit
Oranges
________________ is the fear of everything... which is a pretty unlucky phobia to have.
Panphobia
Arizona's Capital
Phoenix
_____________________ is the fear of being tickled by feathers!
Pteronophobia
California's Capital
Sacramento
Florida's capital
Tallahassee
__________ is the most shoplifted book in the world.
The Bible
Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Venus
Capital of the country
Washington DC
Seizures
a sudden, uncontrolled electrical disturbance in the brain.
The brain is
about 3/4 water
Catfish are the only animals that naturally have ______________whiskers.
an odd number of
heart & the fist
are about the same size
The activities we love the most
are challenging
The brain stops growing
around age 25
King Henry VIII slept with a gigantic ________ beside him.
axe
A small child could swim through the veins of a ___________
blue whale
Gorillas
burb when they are happy
stress and depression
can cause the brain to shrink
Owls
can not move their eyes
A crocodile
can not stick its tongue out
90 minutes of sweating
can temporarily shrink the brain
Aspergers Syndrome
condition on the autism spectrum, with generally higher functioning.
The person who invented the Frisbee was ___________ and made into frisbees after he died!
cremated
Autism
developmental disorder that impairs the ability to communicate and interact
Epilepsy
disorder in which nerve cell activity in the brain is disturbed, causing seizures.
ADHD
disorder including attention difficulty, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness.
Cerebral Palsy
disorder of movement, muscle tone, or posture.
Smearing a small amount of ____________ on an insect bite will relieve the itching and swelling.
dog feces
Frogs
drink through their skin
A(n) ______________ can kill a young deer and fly away with it.
eagle
Pirates wore _____________ because they believed it improved their eyesight.
earrings
Sharks have
eight (not five) senses
Most people
fall asleep in 7 minutes
The Titanic was the _______ ship to use the SOS signal.
first
A baby octopus is about the size of a _________ when it is born.
flea
Down Syndrome
genetic disorder causing developmental and intellectual delays
Everyone
has a different tongue print
An ostrich
has eyes bigger than its brain
A shrimp
has it's heart in it's head
A tiger
has striped skin
Octopuses
have three hearts
The average human's attention span
is now shorter than a goldfish
A shark
is the only fish that can blink with both eyes
The average woman uses her height in____________ every 5 years.
lipstick
How many pounds does a cloud weigh?
more than a million
A flock of crows is known as a ____________.
murder
An apple, potato, and ____________ all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged.
onion
If Pinokio says "My Noes Will Grow Now", it would cause a ____________.
paradox
pigs
physically can't look up in the sky
squirrels
plant more trees in their life than humans
When hippos are hot, their sweat is __________.
red
Hampsters
run about 8 miles a night
_________________ hold hands when they sleep so they don't drift away from each other.
sea otters
Dragonflies
see in all directions at once
A ___________, a duck and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon.
sheep
The top ____________ foods that make your fart are beans, corn, bell peppers, cauliflower, cabbage and milk!
six
You cannot _____________ and dream at the same time.
snore
A baby ___________ is called a spiderling.
spider
Florida's nickname
sunshine state
If you lift a kangaroo's ______ off the ground it can't hop
tail
Human saliva has a boiling point _________ times that of regular water.
three
Only male
toads croak
A _________ uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
toaster
During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill ___________ swimming pools.
two
The brain has
unlimited storage
Billy goats ______________ on their own heads to smell more attractive to females.
urinate
Your brain
weighs about 3 pounds
A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of ___________, so you can eat your plate!
wheat
Babies
yawn before they are born
