Things that are bigger than you think
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Things That Are Bigger Than You Think — Daily trivia Tuesday, April 21, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01What did the Titanic strike, most of it hidden underwater?
- AAn iceberg
- BA reef
- CA sandbar
- DA whale
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An iceberg
An iceberg: only about a tenth of one shows above water, which is where the phrase 'the tip of the iceberg' comes from.
Q 02How does the size of Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot storm compare with Earth?
- AIt is smaller than Earth.
- BIts size fluctuates greatly, sometimes smaller, sometimes larger than Earth.
- CIt is roughly the same size as Earth.
- DIt is larger than Earth.
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It is larger than Earth.
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a massive storm that has been shrinking, but it is still larger than Earth, measuring about 1.3 times the diameter of Earth as of 2017.
Q 03Which organ of a blue whale, weighing around 400 pounds, is the largest of its kind known in any animal?
- ALung
- BStomach
- CHeart
- DBrain
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Heart
A stranded North Atlantic blue whale's heart weighed 180 kg (400 lb), the heaviest ever recorded, yet its heart rate can drop to just two beats per minute on deep dives.
Q 04Which of these holds the record for being the largest living single-stem specimen by volume on Earth?
- AGeneral Sherman Tree (Giant Sequoia)
- BHyperion (Coast Redwood)
- CPando (Quaking Aspen)
- DMethuselah (Bristlecone Pine)
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General Sherman Tree (Giant Sequoia)
The General Sherman Tree, a Giant Sequoia located in California's Sequoia National Park, is recognized as the largest living single-stem tree on Earth by volume.
Q 05Which Egyptian pyramid was built from an estimated 2.3 million stone blocks?
- AGreat Pyramid of Giza
- BPyramid of Menkaure
- CStep Pyramid of Djoser
- DBent Pyramid
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Great Pyramid of Giza
The Great Pyramid of Giza, Khufu's tomb, used about 2.3 million blocks weighing 6 million tonnes, and was the world's tallest human-made structure for over 3,700 years.
Q 06Which cells make up most of the human body's own cells by number?
- ASkin cells
- BRed blood cells
- CFat cells
- DNerve cells
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Red blood cells
Red blood cells: an adult carries about 20 to 30 trillion, the majority of the body's own cells, and each one lasts only about 120 days before being recycled.
Q 07Greenland looks as big as which continent on a Mercator map, though that continent is 14 times larger?
- ASouth America
- BAustralia
- CAfrica
- DAntarctica
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Africa
Africa: the Mercator projection inflates land far from the equator, so Greenland looks Africa's size though Africa's real area is 14 times as large.
Q 08Which ocean's surface area is larger than all of Earth's landmasses combined?
- AAtlantic Ocean
- BPacific Ocean
- CIndian Ocean
- DArctic Ocean
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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean on Earth, covering approximately one-third of the planet's surface and having a surface area greater than all Earth's landmasses combined.
Q 09The length of Mars's Valles Marineris canyon system is comparable to what?
- AThe width of the United States
- BThe Grand Canyon (USA)
- CThe length of Great Britain
- DThe entire length of the Nile River
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The width of the United States
Valles Marineris runs more than 4,000 km, close to the width of the United States, and up to 7 km deep, making it the largest canyon in the Solar System.
Q 10Which giant organism spreads across about 3.5 square miles of Oregon's Malheur National Forest?
- APando (Aspen clone)
- BMethuselah (Bristlecone pine)
- CArmillaria ostoyae (Humongous Fungus)
- DGreat Barrier Reef
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Armillaria ostoyae (Humongous Fungus)
Armillaria ostoyae, the Humongous Fungus, may weigh as much as 35,000 tons, though a Shark Bay seagrass clone reported in 2022 covers far more ground.
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