Test your knowledge of records and unusual numbers filling in the missing
facts:
On Sept. 13, 1922 the hottest recorded temperature on Earth was +_____
degrees Fahrenheit in El Azizia in Libya. This eclipsed the old record on
July 10, 1913 of +_____ degrees Fahrenheit in Death Valley,
The harmless whale shark holds the title of largest fish, with the record
being a ____ footer captured in Thailand in 1919. The blue whale (largest
animal in the world) was a record ____ foot female. It is not known how the
angler got this beast home or how they fit it in the freezer
A _______ foot Redwood in Redwood National Park is currently the world’s
largest tree.
______ % of the natural gas used in the United States comes from North
America.
The tongue of the anteater is over ______ inches long… kissy kissy.
The oldest animal on Earth was born in ______. Her name is Harriet; she’s a
Galapagos land tortoise
What is the deadliest animal in Africa? Hippos kill more than _____ people
in Africa – more than any other wild animal.
If Brooklyn, New York became independent of New York City, it would be
ranked as the ______ largest city in the United States.
[Hint: If you total all the above numbers it will come to 3175]
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Dr Bob Griffin, www.grif.net
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