Friday, May 27, 2011

1,000,000 $1 bills

You would need 1,000,000 $1 bills to equal $1 million dollars.

10 million dimes

You would need 10 million dimes to equal $1 million dollars.

20 million nickles

You would need 20 million nickles to equal $1 million dollars.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Lifetime heartbeats

If your heart beats on average of 70 beats a minute, your heart beats 3,311,280,000 times if you live until 90 years old. This is over 3 billion beats.

Monday, May 23, 2011

1 mile line of people

In a 1 mile line, you can fit about 5,280 people, since each person would take up about a foot each.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

U.S.A. - trivia 8

1) How tall is the Statue of Liberty (the statue itself)?

a) 131 feet 1 inch
b) 141 feet 2 inches
c) 151 feet 1 inch

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U.S.A. - trivia 7

1) How many continents start with the letter A?

a) 2
b) 3
c) 4

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Weather - trivia 1

1) How many inches of snow would you need to equal a mile high?

a) 52,360
b) 63,360
c) 74,230

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Words - trivia 9

1) How many times does the letter W show up in the months of the year?

a) 0
b) 1
c) 2

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Words - trivia 8

1) How many times does the letter K show up in the months of the year?

a) 0
b) 1
c) 2

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Words - trivia 7

1) How many times does the letter U show up in the months of the year?

a) 4
b) 5
c) 6

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Words - trivia 6

1) How many times does the letter E show up in the months of the year?

a) 10
b) 11
c) 12

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Words - trivia 5

1) How many times does the letter V show up in the days of the week?

a) 0
b) 1
c) 2

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Words - trivia 4

1) How many times does the letter F show up in the days of the week?

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3

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Words - trivia 3

1) How many times does the letter M show up in the days of the week?

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3

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Words - trivia 2

1) How many times does the letter Y show up in the days of the week?

a) 6
b) 7
c) 8

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Words - trivia 1

1) How many times does the letter A show up in the days of the week?

a) 6
b) 7
c) 8

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10,000 $100 bills

You would need 10,000 $100 bills to equal $1 million dollars.

20,000 $50 bills

You would need 20,000 $50 bills to equal $1 million dollars.

50,000 $20 bills

You would need 50,000 $20 bills to equal $1 million dollars.

100,000 $10 bills

You would need 100,000 $10 bills to equal $1 million dollars.

200,000 $5 bills

You would need 200,000 $5 bills to equal $1 million dollars.

100 million pennies

You would need 100 million pennies to equal $1 million dollars.

4 million quarters

You would need 4 million quarters to equal $1 million dollars.

37 million words a year

A typist who can type 70 wpm, can type 100,800 words in 24 hours, or almost 37 million words a year.

720 runs

If a team in Twenty20 cricket scored a boundary six for every ball thrown in 20 overs, they would score 720 runs.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Space - trivia 9

1) Which planet is the closest to the Sun?

a) Mars
b) Mercury
c) Venus

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Friday, January 22, 2010

Earth age

The Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. This is equal to 1,642,500,000,000 days or almost 40 trillion hours.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Mile high snow

You would need 63,360 inches of snow to equal a mile high snowfall. This is 5,280 feet.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Walk around the Earth

If you can walk around the Earth near the equator (about 24,900 miles) at 3 mph average speed, you would need 8,300 hours to circle the Earth. This is 346 days.

Sound in water

Sound travels faster in water than it does in the air.

Same letters

The word "silent" contains the same exact letters as the word "listen".

Sunday, November 22, 2009

U.S.A. - trivia 6

1) How many U.S. states start with the letter S?

a) 2
b) 1
c) 3

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U.S.A. - trivia 5

1) How many U.S. states start with the letter U?

a) 0
b) 1
c) 2

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U.S.A. - trivia 4

1) What are the names of the four U.S. states that start with the word New?

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