Journey #2: answers and sources
Spoilers ahead! Play the video first. Here is every answer, the fun fact and the source we checked it against.
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Round 1: Warm-up
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Which animal is called the King of the Jungle?
Lion Most lions actually live on grassy savannas.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion
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What do bees make?
Honey One bee makes about 1/12 teaspoon in its life.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey
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What color do you get by mixing blue and yellow paint?
Green With light, red and green make yellow!
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How many hours are in a day?
24 One full spin of Earth takes 23 h 56 min.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereal_time
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Which fruit keeps the doctor away, says the saying?
Apple An early version was recorded in Wales in 1866.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/An_apple_a_day_keeps_the_doctor_away
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Which instrument is played with a bow?
Violin Classic bows are strung with horsehair.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_(music)
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Which bird is the national symbol of the USA?
Bald eagle It became the official national bird in 2024.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_eagle
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Which month has the fewest days?
February Some years, it has no full moon at all.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/February
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What is H2O better known as?
Water Two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen.
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Which country is home to the kangaroo?
Australia Baby kangaroos are called joeys.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo
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What language do people mainly speak in Brazil?
Portuguese It's the biggest Portuguese-speaking country.
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What is the name of our galaxy?
Milky Way It's home to hundreds of billions of stars.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way
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Which gas do plants soak up to make their food?
Carbon dioxide They give back the oxygen we breathe.
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At how many degrees Fahrenheit does water freeze?
32 °F It boils at 212 °F at sea level.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit
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What color is a ruby?
Red Rubies and sapphires are the same mineral.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Corundum
Round 2: Flags
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Which country's flag is this? 🇬🇧
UK It's also called the Union Flag.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Jack
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Whose flag is this? 🇫🇷
France On French Navy ships, its stripes aren't equal.
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Name this flag. 🇦🇺
Australia Its big star has seven points.
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Which country flies this flag? 🇨🇺
Cuba It was designed back in 1849.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Cuba
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And this one? 🇹🇭
Thailand Its Thai name means “tricolor flag”.
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Which country is this? 🇨🇲
Cameroon Its single star dates from 1975.
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Red, white and blue. Whose? 🇨🇿
Czechia The triangle set it apart from Poland's flag.
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Which country's flag is this? 🇸🇬
Singapore Its crescent stands for a young, rising nation.
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Name this one. 🇧🇸
Bahamas Its black stands for a strong, united people.
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Last flag: which country? 🇨🇮
Ivory Coast Flip Ireland's flag and you almost get this one.
Round 3: Lightning
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Round 4: Emoji countries
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Which country is this? 🍕🍝🛵
Italy The Vespa scooter was born there in 1946.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespa
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Name this country. 🍣🗻🎌
Japan Mount Fuji is its tallest mountain.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Fuji
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Which country? 🌮🌵🎺
Mexico UNESCO lists mariachi as cultural heritage.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariachi
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Guess the country. 🍁🏒🫎
Canada Ice hockey is its national winter sport.
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Which country is this one? 🏏🐯🍛
India It has the most wild tigers on Earth.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_tiger
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Name this one. 🌷🚲🧀
Netherlands It has more bikes than people.
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Last one: which country? 🧇🍫🍟
Belgium Brussels is home to the EU's main offices.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels
Round 5: Trap questions
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Where does the name of the Canary Islands most likely come from?
Dogs The canary bird is named after the islands!
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What is a peanut, botanically?
A legume It's in the bean family and grows underground.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut
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What do camels store in their humps?
Fat They burn the fat for energy on long trips.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel
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What is the hippo's closest living relative?
Whale Hippos and whales share a common ancestor.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus
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What is a black panther?
A leopard or jaguar Look closely: the spots are still there.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_panther
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Which animal has the largest eyes?
Squid A colossal squid's eye: about 27 cm (10.5 in).
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Which weighs more: a ton of feathers or a ton of bricks?
They weigh the same A ton is a ton, whatever it's made of.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton
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What kind of animal is a whale shark?
A fish It's the biggest fish in the world.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_shark
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Botanically, what is a tomato?
A berry In 1893, the US Supreme Court called it a vegetable.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden
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About how often is the Empire State Building hit by lightning?
About 25 times a year So lightning does strike the same place twice!
Round 6: Big numbers
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About how many languages are spoken in the world?
About 7,000 Linguists count more than 7,100.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue
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How many hairs are on a human head?
About 100,000 Most people shed 50 to 100 hairs a day.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair
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How deep is the deepest part of the ocean?
About 11 km The Challenger Deep: almost 36,000 ft.
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How far is the Sun from Earth?
About 150 million km That's about 93 million miles.
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How old is the Earth?
About 4.5 billion years The universe is about three times as old.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Earth
Round 7: Genius round
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Which main blood type is the rarest?
AB negative In the US, under 1 in 100 people have it.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_type
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Which is the only US state with a one-syllable name?
Maine It's also the only state that borders just one other.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine
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Which pepper holds the record as the world's hottest?
Pepper X Guinness named it the hottest in 2023.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper_X
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What is the longest river in Asia?
Yangtze It's the third-longest river on Earth.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangtze
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How many teeth does an adult dog have?
42 Puppies have 28 baby teeth.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_anatomy
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In which country is the world's tallest waterfall?
Venezuela Angel Falls drops 979 m (3,212 ft).
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Falls
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Counting all speakers, which language is spoken the most?
English Mandarin has the most native speakers.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_s...
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Which land snake has the most toxic venom?
Inland taipan It lives in remote Australia and rarely bites.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_taipan
The Big Aha stories
- How the US flag gets new stars: The United States flag has had twenty-seven versions. When a new state joins, its star is added on the next Fourth of July. The fiftieth star arrived on July fourth, nineteen sixty, after Hawaii joined. That makes today's flag the longest-flown version in American history. Sources: wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States · wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Act_of_1818
- Three hearts and blue blood: An octopus has three hearts. Its blood is blue, because it carries oxygen with copper, not iron. And about two-thirds of its nerve cells are in its arms. Sources: wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus
- Looking back in time: The sunlight you see left the Sun about eight minutes ago. Light from the next nearest star has traveled for over four years. Light from the Andromeda galaxy set off about two and a half million years ago. So every look at the night sky is a look back in time. Sources: wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight · wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri · wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy
Bonus question
Which planet spins on its side? We reveal the answer in the pinned comment under the video.