Sunday, May 22, 2011

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) What 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 approximately 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 (approximately 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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Sports - trivia 13

1) What state is Soldier Field in?

a) Wisconsin
b) Minnesota
c) Illinois

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Sports - trivia 12

1) What racetrack is the Preakness held at?

a) Pimlico
b) Saratoga
c) Churchill Downs

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Sports - trivia 11

1) How many players are on each soccer team?

a) 10
b) 12
c) 11

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Sports - trivia 10

1) In football, how many inches long is each end zone?

a) 360
b) 3,600
c) 36,000

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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Piano keys

A piano has a lot of keys; 88 in total. If you took two seconds to hit each key, you would need just under three minutes to hit all 88 keys.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the current longest word in the English language. It is a lung disease.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis has a total of 45 letters.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

iCarly - trivia 19

1) In the episode "iDate a Bad Boy", who dates a bad boy?

a) Sam
b) Carly

2) What does Griffin steal from Spencer?

a) a motorcycle
b) a car

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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

iCarly - trivia 18

1) In the episode "iHurt Lewbert", who is Lewbert?

a) security guard
b) cab driver
c) doorman

2) What does Lewbert get knocked out with?

a) muffins
b) books

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Saturday, May 9, 2009

iCarly - trivia 17

1) In the episode "iPromise Not to Tell", who changes Carly's grade from a B+ to an A+?

a) Sam
b) Spencer
c) Freddie

2) What do Freddie and Carly give their teacher?

a) TV
b) microwave oven
c) toaster

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Friday, May 8, 2009

The Cosby Show - trivia 10

1) In the episode "Denise Gets a D", what subject does she get a D on?

a) math
b) science
c) writing

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The Cosby Show - trivia 9

1) In the episode "Mother, May I?", who gets caught with makeup on?

a) Vanessa
b) Denise

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