[Most=
of these questions are very difficult, so don’t be discouraged if yo=
ur answer is “no clue” for most. Guess. If you miss it, no one,=
er, not many, will mock your effort. A score of 3 out of 20 is comme=
ndable. Please do your own work. NO AI, encyclopedia, or phone a friend.&nb=
sp; ANSWER ONLY ONE PUBLICALY.
1. The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railroad=
in the world (5771 miles long). How many time zones does it pass thr=
ough? _____
2. Wally “Famous” Amos is known for chocolate chip cookies. =
But previously he was a talent agent for William Morris. Can you name at la=
st one famous performer he discovered/signed? _____________________________=
____
3. I=
f your entire circulatory system—we’re talking veins, arteries =
and capillaries—were laid out flat, it would stretch for more than __=
_______ miles.
4. Weighing in at 0.05 to 0.07 ounces,=
with a head-to-body length of 1.14 to 1.29 inches and a wingspan of 5.1 to=
5.7 inches, the ______________ is the smallest flying mammal.
5. Most of the “dust” in your house come from humans!=
A human shed around _______________ skin cells an hour.
6. Annie Moore of Ireland was the first passenger to pass through Ellis=
Island on opening day in the year __________.
7. The=
Mississippi River flows 2,340 miles, A drop of water at Itasca State =
Parkis would take ________ days to reach the Gulf of America.
8. Japan leads the world in density of vending machines, with one =
for every _______ people.
9. Oranges originated in So=
utheast Asia and were ___________ in color.
10. Sco=
tland has the most words for snow (more than the inuit people) at ________/=
11. Most know the use of toilet paper (we hope) but =
it was designed by Kimberly-Clark for _________________ first, and only lat=
er rebranded for the normal use today.
12. The world&=
#8221;s largest desert is found on which continen? _____________.
13. U.S. President ___________________ held a liquour license.=
14. _____________ was the first composer to use the =
trombone in popular, not relgious music.
15. In 1914,=
Abram Pheil paid $400 for the first commercial plane ride, which covered _=
_____ miles of Florida.
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16. The largest empire in wor=
ld history was ________ and controled almost ? of both the world’s po=
pulation and world’s land area,
17. The year __=
_____ is considered the “birthday of blue jeans, when Levi Strauss an=
d Jacob Davis got a patent on the process of adding metal rivets to menR=
17;s denim work pants.
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bsp;
18-19-20., Data from the 1920 =
U.S. census indicates that the TOP FIVE cities urban populations in the Uni=
ted States were #1 New York City; #2, Chicagol; #3 ____________; #4 _______=
_____, and #5 _____________.
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Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] =
www.grif.net
“From all harm safe in His she=
ltering arms
I’m living by faith and feel no a=
larm.”