General Trivia
How many bones do sharks have?
0
How many meters are in a kilometer?
1,000
How many herbs and spices are in Colonel Sanders' original KFC recipe?
11
In what year did Christopher Columbus first reach the Americas?
1492
How many claws does a domestic cat usually have?
18
In what year was the United Nations founded?
1945
What year did WWII end?
1945
In what year were the first Air Jordan sneakers released?
1984
Demolition of the Berlin wall separating East and West Germany began in what year?
1989
In what year was the internet opened to the public?
1993
what is the smallest prime number?
2
When did Facebook first launch?
2004
In what year was the first iPhone released?
2007
How many bones are in the adult human body?
206
What is the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit?
212
How many hearts does an octopus have?
3
How many teeth does an adult human have? (vs. child)
32 vs. 20
How many compartments do cows have in their stomach?
4
How many stars are there on the flag of China?
5
What percentage of the human body is made up of water?
60%
How many constellations are recognized by the International Astronomical Union?
88
Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Flemming
What is the world's largest desert?
Antarctic desert
What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Au
Who was the first actor to portray James Bond?
Barry Nelson
What is the capital city of China?
Beijing
What is the capital of Brazil?
Brasilia
What is the only country to have played in every single soccer World Cup?
Brazil
In which American state was the first McDonald's opened?
California
What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
What is the capital of South Africa?
Cape Town
Which river runs through the Grand Canyon?
Colorado River
Who was the first televised president?
FDR
What is the chemical symbol for the element iron?
Fe
Where were the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights stored during WWII?
Fort Knox
which US state is the only state to grow coffee beans?
Hawaii
What sporting event is held every Memorial Day?
Indy 500
In what country did the first Starbucks open outside of North America?
Japan
Which planet has the most moons?
Jupiter
Who is often credited with creating the world's first car?
Karl Benz
What is the largest lake in Africa?
Lake Victoria
Whose face is on a $5 bill
Lincoln
What is the capital city of Spain?
Madrid
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie (1903)
What is the capital city of Russia?
Moscow
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Which scientist developed the laws of motion and gravity?
Newton
What is the capital city of Canada?
Ottowa
What's the longest running Broadway show?
Phantom of the Opera
Pocahantas was baptized and given what English name?
Rebecca
What is Rihanna's real name?
Robin Fenty
What is the capital city of Italy?
Rome
Which desert is the largest hot desert in the world?
Sahara
What country originated the sport of curling?
Scotland
This is used to measure the spicy heat of peppers.
Scoville scale
Which canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea?
Suez Canal
What does SPF stand for?
Sun Protection Factor
What are the names of the 5 great lakes?
Superior, Michigan, Eerie, Ontario and Huron
What is the capital city of Japan?
Tokyo
Which kind of bulbs (flower) were once exchanged as a form of currency?
Tulips
what is the study of sound called?
acoustics
What is the tiny piece at the end of a shoelace called?
aglet
what is the largest animal on the planet?
blue whale
Originally, Amazon only sold what kind of product?
books
what is the smallest blood vessel in the human body?
capillary
What are diamonds made of?
carbon
What is the segment inside an orange called?
carpel
Which food is known to be the most stolen in the world?
cheese
What is the national flower of Japan?
cherry blossom
What does DNA stand for?
deoxyribonucleic acid
What is the oldest soft drink in America?
dr pepper
What are male honeybees called?
drones
Which two mammals lay eggs?
echidna and platypus
What does the bat use to navigate and locate its prey?
echolocation
What do paleontologists study?
fossils
What is the unit of measurement for frequency?
hertz
Which is the only edible food that never expires?
honey
what are the only birds that can fly backwards?
hummingbirds
Which condiment was used as medicine during the 1830s?
ketchup
this is the only snake that builds a nest
king cobra
What is the strongest muscle in the human body?
masseter (jaw muscle)
what is the study of fungi called?
mycology
what is the name for the center of an atom?
nucleus
what bird cannot move their eyeballs?
owl
You would find the Mariana Trench in which ocean?
pacific
What word describes a word that spells the same backward and forwards?
palindrome
what is the largest land predator
polar bear
Which vegetable was the first to be grown in space?
potato
What is the national flower of the US
rose
What is the world's most expensive spice?
saffron
What is the largest organ in the human body
skin
What chemical element has the symbol Na?
sodium
What is the loudest animal on Earth?
sperm whale
What is the process of a solid turning directly into a gas called?
sublimation
What is a supernova?
the explosion of a star (death of a star)
What does the prefix "kilo" mean in the metric system?
thousand
What was the original purpose of the tiny pocket in jeans?
to store pocket watches
Which fruit is the most popular and consumed worldwide?
tomato
Scurvy is caused by a lack of this vitamin?
vitamin c
What is the color of the most poisonous frog in the world?
yellow
