Journey #1: answers and sources

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Round 1: Warm-up

1. 1

   What is the largest ocean on Earth?

   Pacific It's bigger than all of Earth's land combined.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean

2. 2

   How many legs does a spider have?

   8 Insects have six. Spiders aren't insects.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider

3. 3

   What is the closest star to Earth?

   The Sun Next closest: Proxima Centauri, 4.2 light-years.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri

4. 4

   Which is the tallest animal in the world?

   Giraffe Newborns are already about 1.8 m (6 ft) tall.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe

5. 5

   What is the capital of Japan?

   Tokyo Kyoto was the capital for over 1,000 years.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto

6. 6

   How many colors does a rainbow traditionally have?

   7 Newton picked 7, like the notes of a scale.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow

7. 7

   Who painted the Mona Lisa?

   Leonardo da Vinci She hangs behind bulletproof glass in the Louvre.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa

8. 8

   What is the largest planet in our solar system?

   Jupiter About 1,300 Earths would fit inside it.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter

9. 9

   What is the fastest land animal?

   Cheetah Around 100 km/h (60 mph), in short sprints.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheetah

10. 10

    How many continents do US schools teach?

    7 Many countries teach six, joining the Americas.

    Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent

11. 11

    John Lennon was a member of which band?

    The Beatles The best-selling music act of all time.

    Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles

12. 12

    Which instrument has 88 keys?

    Piano 52 white keys and 36 black ones.

    Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano

13. 13

    What is the main ingredient in guacamole?

    Avocado Botanically, an avocado is a berry.

    Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocado

14. 14

    How many days are in a leap year?

    366 The extra day is February 29.

    Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year

15. 15

    Which country has the most people?

    India India overtook China in 2023.

    Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_India

Round 2: Flags

1. 16

   Which country's flag is this? 🇨🇦

   Canada The maple leaf flag was adopted in 1965.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Canada

2. 17

   Whose flag is this? 🇧🇷

   Brazil Its stars show Rio's sky on 15 November 1889.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Brazil

3. 18

   Name this flag. 🇯🇵

   Japan Its name, Hinomaru, means “circle of the sun”.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Japan

4. 19

   Which country flies this flag? 🇮🇳

   India The blue wheel in the middle has 24 spokes.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_India

5. 20

   And this unusual one? 🇳🇵

   Nepal The only national flag that isn't a rectangle.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Nepal

6. 21

   Which country is this? 🇰🇪

   Kenya The shield and spears stand for defending freedom.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Kenya · kenyaembassystockholm.com/index.php/about-kenya/the-flag

7. 22

   Red and white. Whose flag is it? 🇨🇭

   Switzerland One of only two square national flags.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Switzerland

8. 23

   Which country does this flag belong to? 🇲🇽

   Mexico An eagle eating a snake, from an Aztec legend.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Mexico

9. 24

   Name this one. 🇰🇷

   South Korea Its four black symbols come from the I Ching.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Korea

10. 25

    Last flag: which country? 🇳🇿

    New Zealand Its stars are red. Australia's are white.

    Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_New_Zealand

Round 3: Lightning

1. 26

   Water freezes at how many degrees Celsius?

   0 °C

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Melting_point

2. 27

   Which planet is called the Red Planet?

   Mars

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars

3. 28

   How many sides does a hexagon have?

   6

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagon

4. 29

   What is the capital of Italy?

   Rome

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome

5. 30

   What is the largest mammal?

   Blue whale

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_whale

6. 31

   How many players does a soccer team have on the field?

   11

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_the_Game_(association_football)

7. 32

   What is the chemical symbol for gold?

   Au

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold

8. 33

   What is the longest river in Africa?

   Nile

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile

9. 34

   How many strings does a standard guitar have?

   6

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar

10. 35

    What do caterpillars turn into?

    Butterflies

    Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar

11. 36

    Pizza Margherita comes from which country?

    Italy

    Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza_Margherita

12. 37

    What is the largest country by area?

    Russia

    Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia

13. 38

    How many teeth are in a full adult set?

    32

    Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_tooth

14. 39

    Which metal is liquid at room temperature?

    Mercury

    Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element)

Round 4: Emoji movies

1. 40

   Which movie is this? 🦁👑

   The Lion King Its story borrows from Shakespeare's Hamlet.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_King

2. 41

   Name this movie. 🚢🧊💔

   Titanic It won 11 Oscars, a joint record.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Academy_Award_records

3. 42

   Which film is this? 🧙‍♂️💍🌋

   The Lord of the Rings All three films were shot at once, in New Zealand.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_(film_series)

4. 43

   Guess the movie. 🐠🔍

   Finding Nemo Real clownfish can change from male to female.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphiprioninae

5. 44

   Which movie? ❄️👸⛄

   Frozen “Let It Go” won the Oscar for Best Song.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Go

6. 45

   Which blockbuster is this? 🦖🏝️🧬

   Jurassic Park T. rex actually lived in the Cretaceous.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannosaurus

7. 46

   Which film is this one? 🤠🧸🚀

   Toy Story The first fully computer-animated feature film.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story

8. 47

   Last one: which movie? 🏠🎈👴

   Up The first animated film to open Cannes.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_(2009_film)

Round 5: Trap questions

1. 48

   What is the capital of Australia?

   Canberra Chosen as a compromise between Sydney and Melbourne.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra

2. 49

   What is the capital of Turkey?

   Ankara Ankara replaced Istanbul as capital in 1923.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankara

3. 50

   What color is an airplane's “black box”?

   Orange Bright orange, so search teams can spot it.

   Source: law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/25.1457 · wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_recorder

4. 51

   What kind of animal is a koala?

   A marsupial Despite the nickname, koalas aren't bears.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala

5. 52

   What do bananas grow on?

   A giant herb The “trunk” is just tightly rolled leaves.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana

6. 53

   How many moons does Mars have?

   2 Phobos and Deimos: “fear” and “dread”.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Mars

7. 54

   Which mountain is tallest from base to peak?

   Mauna Kea From its seafloor base, it beats Everest.

   Source: oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/highestpoint.html

8. 55

   Which of these countries has the most islands?

   Sweden Sweden counts about 267,570 islands.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_islands

9. 56

   How long can a goldfish remember things?

   Months Studies show goldfish remember for months.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfish

10. 57

    What is a group of crows called?

    A murder And a group of owls is a parliament.

    Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_terms_of_venery,_by_an...

Round 6: Big numbers

1. 58

   How many bones does an adult human have?

   206 Newborns start with about 270 to 300.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_skeleton

2. 59

   How many countries are in the United Nations?

   193 South Sudan joined last, in 2011.

   Source: press.un.org/en/2011/sc10322.doc.htm · wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations

3. 60

   Roughly how tall is Mount Everest?

   About 9 km Officially 8,849 m (29,032 ft) since 2020.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest

4. 61

   How many times does your heart beat in a day?

   About 100,000 About 70 beats a minute adds up fast.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_rate

5. 62

   How far away is the Moon?

   About 384,000 km About 239,000 miles. Light takes 1.3 seconds.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_distance

Round 7: Genius round

1. 63

   What is the smallest country on mainland Africa?

   The Gambia It's almost entirely surrounded by Senegal.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambia

2. 64

   Which element has the chemical symbol W?

   Tungsten W stands for its other name: wolfram.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten

3. 65

   What is the heaviest internal organ?

   Liver The skin is the largest organ overall.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver

4. 66

   Which was the first country where all women could vote?

   New Zealand In 1893: the first self-governing country.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_New_Zealand

5. 67

   How many time zones does China officially use?

   1 All of China officially runs on Beijing Time.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_China

6. 68

   What is the smallest bone in the human body?

   Stapes It's in your ear, about 3 mm long.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapes

7. 69

   What is the most common element in the universe?

   Hydrogen About three-quarters of all normal matter.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Abundance_of_the_chemical_elements

8. 70

   Which planet takes longer to spin once than to circle the Sun?

   Venus One spin: 243 days. One orbit: 225.

   Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus

The Big Aha stories

• Why Nepal's flag isn't a rectangle: Nepal's flag is the only national flag in the world that isn't a rectangle. It began as two separate pennants, flown one above the other. The moon and the sun carry a wish: that Nepal lasts as long as they do. And Nepal's constitution explains exactly how to draw it, step by step. Sources: wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Nepal
• Jurassic Park's dinosaurs got the wrong era: Most of Jurassic Park's stars, like T. rex and Velociraptor, lived in the Cretaceous, not the Jurassic. Stegosaurus died out over seventy-five million years before T. rex lived. So T. rex lived closer in time to us than to Stegosaurus! Sources: wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannosaurus · wikipedia.org/wiki/Velociraptor · wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosaurus
• The mountain taller than Everest: Everest's peak is the highest above sea level: eight thousand eight hundred forty-nine meters. But Mauna Kea, in Hawaii, starts deep under the ocean. Measured from its base on the seafloor, it's over ten thousand meters tall, says NOAA. Taller than Everest! Sources: oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/highestpoint.html · wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauna_Kea · wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest

Bonus question

Which is the only planet not named after a god? We reveal the answer in the pinned comment under the video.