Round 1: Animal facts

1. False. The blue whale, not the elephant, is the largest mammal.

­2. True.

3. The millipede is the animal with the most legs— some have as
many as 750 legs. The centipede can have up to 354 legs.

4. True. The first mammals appeared roughly 200 million years ago. Dinosaurs went extinct roughly 65 million years ago.

5. False.

6. False. Camels store fat, not water, in their humps.

7. True.

8. True. A giant panda’s diet is almost entirely bamboo.

9. False. The platypus is one of two mammals that lay eggs. The other is
the echidna.

10. True.

Round 2: Historical figures

11. Confucius (551 BC) was born before Julius Caesar (100 BC).

­12. Mahatma Gandhi (1869) was born before Fidel Castro (1926).

13. Nelson Mandela (1918) was born before Anne Frank (1929).

14. Cleopatra (69 BC) was born before Muhammad (circa 570).

15. Joan of Arc (circa 1412) was born before William Shakespeare (1564).

16. Sun Tzu (544 BC) was born before George Washington (1732).

17. Genghis Khan (circa 1160) was born before Leonardo da Vinci (1452).

18. Karl Marx (1818) was born before Queen Victoria (1819).

19. Marilyn Monroe (1926) was born before Saddam Hussein (1937).

20. Albert Einstein (1879) was born before Mao Zedong (1893).

Round 3: Country populations as of 2019

21. Germany (84 million) has more people than France (65 million).

22. Japan (127 million) has more people than South Korea (51 million).

23. Brazil (211 million) has more people than Argentina (45 million).

24. Egypt (100 million) has more people than Botswana (2 million).

25. Mexico (128 million) has more people than Guatemala (18 million).

26. Panama (4 million) has more people than Belize (390,000).

27. Haiti (11 million) has more people than Jamaica (3 million).

28. Greece (10 million) has more people than Norway (5 million).

29. China (1.43 billion) has more people than India (1.37 billion).

30. Iran (83 million) has more people than Iraq (39 million).

Round 4: General science facts

31. False. Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos.

32. True

33. False. Brass is made of zinc and copper, not iron and copper.

34. True. One tablespoon of oil has roughly 120 calories, while one tablespoon of butter can contain up to 110 calories.

35. False. The lightest element is hydrogen, not helium.

36. False. The common cold is caused by viruses, not bacteria.

37. True.

38. False. Seasons are caused by the tilt of the earth’s axis.

39. True.

40. True.