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1
How long is a day on Mars?
22 hours
23 hours
24 hours
25 hours
2
What does kindergarten mean in German?
Kind guarding
Child garden
Kind garden
Child guarding
3
What does Sahara Desert actually mean when "Sahara" is translated and "Desert" is left alone?
Vast Desert
Desolate Desert
Desert Desert
Arid Desert
4
What animal is most similar to humans in what foods they like to eat?
Dogs
Raccoons
Chimpanzees
Gorillas
5
What did athletes wear in the original Olympic Games in ancient Greece?
Light tunics
Nothing
Loincloths
The military uniforms of their city-states
6
Where does the word "Thursday" come from?
Market day in Ancient Greece, meaning "There Day"
The day for lords in Feudal Europe, meaning "Their Day"
The Old Norse calendar, meaning "Thor's Day"
The day when fur was traded in Medieval France, meaning "Furs Day"
7
What civilization built land to farm on because they didn't have enough?
India
Polynesians
Aztecs
Japan
8
In what country are giraffes and unicorns both called the same thing ("kirin")?
Nigeria
Russia
Italy
China
9
What is the stringed instrument in mariachi music called in Spanish?
guitara
trumpeta
guitarrón
sitar
10
Which ancient civilization had the most advanced roads and communication network?
China
Incan Empire
Rome
Indus Valley Civilization
11
When a white dwarf star burns out, what might you find?
Planet made of diamonds
Space dust
A big explosion
The cold, empty void of space
12
What is the ratio of cats to humans on the island of Tashirojima, Japan (田代島、宮城県、日本）
1 : 2
6 : 1
2 : 1
3 : 1
13
What animal can communicate with other members of its species by projecting "sound holograms"?
Dolphins
Parrots
Bats
Cicadas
14
Where did the concept of the unicorn first come from?
Europe, based upon horses.
Indus Valley Civilization, based on drawings of aurochs (ancient cows).
Africa, after ancient Chinese explorers found rhinoceroses and giraffes.
Europe, based upon narwhal horns found on the shore.
15
What is it time for?
Fishing ($・・)/~~~
Coffee ( ^^) _旦~~
Goodbye ('ω')ノ
Not lunch (ﾟдﾟ)！
16
Which of these numbers is not equal to but is larger than the others?
ℵ0 (alef naught)
∞ (infinity)
∞² (infinity squared)
ℵ1 (alef prime)
17
What is the most important meaning of 42?
Unlucky because sounds the the word for dying in Japanese
Third pseudoperfect number
The number of pieces Osiris got cut up into in Egyptian Mythology
The meaning life, the universe, and everything.
18
In the 1800s, what was the Antelope Valley famous for?
Milk production
Almonds
Tumbleweeds
Corn
19
What is the definition of skeuomorph ?
Something designed to look as though it does the job it is supposed to do
To cause something bad to happen to someone else.
To strike something repeatedly with a mallet.
To threaten someone by waving a mallet.
20
What was the original color of the Great Pyramids?
Gold
Yellow
White
Silver
21
If a feather and a bowling ball were dropped on the moon (where there is no air), which would reach the ground first?
Bowling ball
Neither because there is no gravity in space.
Both
Feather
