What is the slowest swimming fish in the world? |
seahorse |
What mammal sleeps the shortest amount each day? |
giraffe |
What city has the shortest name in the world? |
Y (France) |
Who was the first person to use the V sign as a victory sign? |
Winston Churchill |
What is the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise? |
Venus |
What is the only consumable food that won’t spoil? |
honey |
What product is second, only to oil, in terms of the largest trade volumes in the world? |
coffee |
What is most common first name in the world? |
Mohammed |
What country has the highest population density? |
Monaco |
What fish produces more than 200 million eggs at a time? |
sunfish |
What handicap did Thomas Edison suffer from? |
deafness |
What snack food can be used as an ingredient in the explosive dynamite? |
peanuts |
What was the first animated film to be nominated for an Oscar for best picture? |
Beauty and the Beast |
What Beatles song lasted the longest on the American charts? |
Hey Jude |
What part of a woman’s body were ancient Chinese artists forbidden to paint? |
foot |
What food will made a drug test show up positive? |
poppy seeds |
Setting a world record, how many days can a human stay awake? |
11 |
What is the longest common English word without any vowels? |
rhythm(s) |
There are five halogen elements including Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, and Astatine. |
Iodine |
What is the name of the fifth? |
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What is the name of the island country that lies off the southeast coast of India? |
Sri Lanka |
What was a gladiator armed with in addition to a dagger and spear? |
net |
In what country is Angel falls, the tallest waterfall, located? |
Venezuela |
What is the monetary unit of Korea? |
Won |
What is the biggest constellation in the sky? |
hydra |
What is the oldest written code of law in history |
Hammurabi’s code |
What was the first product to have a bar code? |
Wrigley’s gum |
What note do most American car horns beep in? |
F |
What is the name of the instrument used to measure wind speed? |
anemometer |
What instrument was invented to sound like a human singing? |
violin |
What organ of the buffalo did Plains Indians use to make yellow paint? |
gallbladder |
What city is referred to as the Pittsburgh of the South? |
Birmingham, Alabama |
What animal’s excrements are consumed as a luxury food? |
bats |
What industry used 20% of China’s harvested plants? |
medicine |
What city has the only drive thru post office in the world |
Chicago |
What did girls in medieval Spain put in their mouths to avoid unwanted kisses? |
toothpicks |
Who was the first Christian Emperor of Rome |
Constantine |
What world capital city has the fewest cinemas in relation to its population? |
Cairo, Egypt |
The Gold Coast is now known as what country? |
Ghana |
In parts of India, the older brother must marry first. If he cannot find a wife, what can choose to marry? |
a tree |
What was the first nation to give women the right to vote? |
New Zealand |
What is the only country in the world that has a bible on its flag? |
Dominican Republic |
What trade was Greek philosopher Socrates trained for? |
stonecutting |
What reptile, according to ancient legend, was able to live in fire? |
salamander |
What unit of measurement is used for fuel wood? |
cord |
What is the hardest natural substance known? |
diamond |
What has the only type of product ever promoted by Elvis Presley in a television commercial? |
donuts |
Before the barometer, what animal did German meteorologists use to predict air pressure changes? |
frog |
What was the name of Smokey the Bear’s mate? |
Goldie |
What is the only type of bird that has nostrils at the tip of its beak? |
kiwi |
What novel contains the longest sentence in literature with 832 words? |
Les Miserables |
Which scientist was the first to receive the Nobel Prize twice? |
Marie Curie |
What is the name of scientific scale used for measuring the hardness of rocks? |
Moh’s scale |
What vegetable did ancient Egyptians place in their right hand when taking an oath? |
onion |
What 17th century artist painted more than 60 self-portraits? |
Rembrandt |
Which metal is the best conductor of electricity? |
silver |
What organ destroys old red blood cells? |
spleen |
What American novel was the first to sell over 1 million copies |
Uncle Tom’s Cabin |
What gas forms almost 80% of Earth’s atmosphere |
nitrogen |
What was Dr. Frankenstein’s first name? |
Victor |
With what product did the term “brand name” originate? |
whiskey |