Numbers Behind the World

General Knowledge · 10 questions

The figures everyone half-remembers: dates, distances and totals.

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1. How many continents are there, using the most common model?

   1. Five
   2. Six
   3. Seven
   4. Eight
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   C) Seven

2. How many players from one team are on the pitch in a football (soccer) match?

   1. Eleven
   2. Nine
   3. Ten
   4. Twelve
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   A) Eleven

3. How many strings does a standard violin have?

   1. Five
   2. Six
   3. Three
   4. Four
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   D) Four

4. Roughly how many minutes does sunlight take to reach Earth?

   1. About 8 seconds
   2. About 8 minutes
   3. About 80 minutes
   4. About 8 hours
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   B) About 8 minutes

5. How many sides does a stop sign have?

   1. Eight
   2. Six
   3. Seven
   4. Ten
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   A) Eight

6. How many keys are on a standard full-size piano?

   1. 76
   2. 88
   3. 92
   4. 100
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   B) 88

7. In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?

   1. 1985
   2. 1991
   3. 1979
   4. 1989
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   D) 1989

8. How many time zones does mainland France span?

   1. Two
   2. Three
   3. One
   4. Four
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   C) One

9. A billion is a thousand million in modern English usage.

   1. True
   2. False
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   A) True

10. A leap year happens every three years.

    1. True
    2. False
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    B) False