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1.
The answer is '206 bones.' What is the question?
A
How many bones in a horse?
B
How many bones in an adult human body?
C
How many bones in a dog?
D
How many bones in a cat?
2.
The answer is 'Neil Armstrong.' What is the question?
A
Who was the first person in space?
B
Who was the first American astronaut?
C
Who designed the Apollo spacecraft?
D
Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
3.
The answer is 'The Pacific Ocean.' What is the question?
A
What ocean borders Australia's west coast?
B
What is the deepest ocean?
C
What is the warmest ocean?
D
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
4.
The answer is '1776.' What is the question?
A
When did the American Revolution end?
B
When was the Constitution signed?
C
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
D
When was the Boston Tea Party?
5.
The answer is 'Au.' What is the question?
A
What is the chemical symbol for aluminum?
B
What is the chemical symbol for silver?
C
What is the chemical symbol for copper?
D
What is the chemical symbol for gold?
6.
The answer is 'Mount Everest.' What is the question?
A
What mountain was first climbed in 1950?
B
What is the tallest mountain on Earth?
C
What is the most dangerous mountain to climb?
D
What is the tallest mountain in North America?
7.
The answer is 'The Mona Lisa.' What is the question?
A
What painting hangs in the Uffizi Gallery?
B
What is the most expensive painting ever sold?
C
What painting was stolen in 1920?
D
What is Leonardo da Vinci's most famous painting?
8.
The answer is '88 keys.' What is the question?
A
How many keys on an organ?
B
How many keys on a standard piano?
C
How many keys on a typewriter?
D
How many keys on an accordion?
9.
The answer is 'Alexander Graham Bell.' What is the question?
A
Who invented the radio?
B
Who invented the light bulb?
C
Who invented the telephone?
D
Who invented the telegraph?
10.
The answer is 'Seven.' What is the question?
A
How many wonders of the ancient world?
B
How many oceans are there?
C
How many continents are there?
D
Both A and C are correct
11.
The answer is 'The speed of light — approximately 186,000 miles per second.' What is the question?
A
What is the fastest thing in the universe?
B
What is the speed of sound in a vacuum?
C
What speed does electricity travel at?
D
What is the fastest speed achieved by a rocket?
12.
The answer is 'The Sahara.' What is the question?
A
What desert is in South America?
B
What is the largest hot desert in the world?
C
What is the driest place on Earth?
D
What is the oldest desert?
13.
The answer is '1912.' What is the question?
A
When did Arizona become a state?
B
When did World War I begin?
C
When was the Eiffel Tower built?
D
When did the Titanic sink?
14.
The answer is 'Helium.' What is the question?
A
What is the second element on the periodic table?
B
What gas makes balloons float?
C
What is the lightest element?
D
All of the above are correct
15.
The answer is 'The Great Wall of China.' What is the question?
A
What is the longest wall ever built?
B
What is the oldest structure in Asia?
C
What was built in a single dynasty?
D
What is the tallest structure ever built?

Answer Key

Question 1

B. How many bones in an adult human body?

An adult human body has 206 bones. Babies are born with about 270 bones, but many fuse together as they grow.

Question 2

D. Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?

Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 mission.

Question 3

D. What is the largest ocean on Earth?

The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean on Earth, covering about 63 million square miles — more than all the land area combined.

Question 4

C. When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776, declaring the 13 American colonies free from British rule.

Question 5

D. What is the chemical symbol for gold?

Au is the chemical symbol for gold, derived from the Latin word 'aurum.'

Question 6

B. What is the tallest mountain on Earth?

Mount Everest, at 29,032 feet (8,849 meters), is the tallest mountain on Earth, located in the Himalayas on the border of Nepal and Tibet.

Question 7

D. What is Leonardo da Vinci's most famous painting?

The Mona Lisa, painted by Leonardo da Vinci around 1503-1519, is his most famous painting and hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Question 8

B. How many keys on a standard piano?

A standard piano has 88 keys — 52 white keys and 36 black keys, covering just over 7 octaves.

Question 9

C. Who invented the telephone?

Alexander Graham Bell is credited with inventing the first practical telephone in 1876.

Question 10

D. Both A and C are correct

There are seven continents and seven wonders of the ancient world, so both questions have 'seven' as their answer.

Question 11

A. What is the fastest thing in the universe?

Light is the fastest thing in the universe, traveling at approximately 186,000 miles per second (about 300,000 km/s) in a vacuum.

Question 12

B. What is the largest hot desert in the world?

The Sahara Desert in Africa is the largest hot desert in the world, covering about 3.6 million square miles.

Question 13

D. When did the Titanic sink?

The RMS Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.

Question 14

D. All of the above are correct

Helium is the second element on the periodic table, the second lightest element (after hydrogen), and the gas commonly used to make balloons float.

Question 15

A. What is the longest wall ever built?

The Great Wall of China is the longest wall ever built, stretching over 13,000 miles. It was constructed over many centuries by various Chinese dynasties.

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