70 Fun Facts About Quick

What is the capital city of Australia?

Canberra was purpose-built as a compromise capital and formally named in 1913.

The Nile flows through which continent?

It runs north to the Mediterranean, ending in the Nile Delta.

Which is the largest ocean on Earth?

It is also the deepest, home to the Mariana Trench.

Which country has the largest population in the world?

It took the top spot in 2023 with an estimated 1.43 billion residents.

Mount Everest sits on the border between Nepal and which country?

The summit itself marks part of the China–Nepal border.

What is the official currency of Japan?

Its symbol is ¥ and its ISO code is JPY.

Which is the smallest sovereign state in the world?

It covers just 44 hectares and had a population of about 882 in 2024.

What is the largest hot desert in the world?

Only the cold deserts of Antarctica and the Arctic are bigger overall.

The city of Marrakesh is in which country?

It is one of the country's four imperial cities, and the whole country was once known as the Kingdom of Marrakesh.

The Danube river flows into which sea?

It passes through four capital cities on the way: Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Belgrade.

Mount Kilimanjaro is in which country?

It is a dormant volcano and the highest free-standing mountain in the world.

Which element has the chemical symbol Fe?

The symbol comes from the Latin word ferrum.

Which is the largest planet in the Solar System?

Its volume is about 1,321 times that of Earth.

Which gas do plants take in for photosynthesis?

The process converts it into sugars, a step called carbon fixation.

How many bones does an adult human body typically have?

Babies start with around 270; many fuse together as they grow.

Roughly how fast does light travel in a vacuum?

The exact figure, 299,792,458 metres per second, is used to define the metre.

Which of these cells transport oxygen around the body?

Better known as red blood cells, they are packed with hemoglobin, the molecule that binds oxygen in the lungs.

What is the largest organ of the human body?

It makes up roughly 16 percent of body mass.

At what temperature does water boil in degrees Fahrenheit?

That is 100 degrees on the Celsius scale at standard pressure.

What does DNA stand for?

Its two chains coil around each other in the famous double helix.

Which is the nearest star to Earth after the Sun?

It is about 4.25 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus.

Penguins live almost exclusively in which hemisphere?

Despite the stereotype, they are not confined to cold climates like Antarctica.

In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?

East Germany announced open borders in November of that year, and demolition began the following June.

Who was the first human to travel into space?

He flew aboard Vostok 1 in 1961 using the call sign Kedr.

In which year did the Titanic sink?

It struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.

Machu Picchu was built by which civilization?

The 15th-century citadel is thought to have been an estate for the emperor Pachacuti.

In which year was Magna Carta sealed?

King John sealed it at Runnymede on 15 June.

Who was British Prime Minister for most of the Second World War?

He served from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.

In which year was the Great Fire of London?

It began in a bakery on Pudding Lane and burned for four days.

At which battle was Napoleon finally defeated in 1815?

The defeat ended his Hundred Days return from exile.

Nelson Mandela became president of which country in 1994?

He was the country's first black head of state.

How many players does a soccer team have on the pitch?

One of them must be the goalkeeper.

How many rings are on the Olympic flag?

They are blue, yellow, black, green and red on a white field.

Which country hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics?

The Games were held in Rio de Janeiro in August 2016.

Wimbledon is played on which surface?

It is the only tennis major still played on the traditional surface.

How long is a marathon?

The standard distance of 42.195 km was fixed in 1921, taken from the 1908 London Olympics course.

In golf, what is a score of one under par on a hole called?

Two under par is an eagle, named as a bigger bird.

How high is a regulation basketball hoop?

That is 3.05 metres, the same at every level except some youth games.

What is the dried seaweed used to wrap sushi rolls called?

It is also wrapped around onigiri rice balls.

Guacamole is based on which fruit?

The name comes from Nahuatl words meaning avocado sauce.

True Champagne must come from a wine region in which country?

Its rules require secondary fermentation in the bottle to create the bubbles.

Marzipan is made mainly from sugar and which nut?

Some regional versions swap in cashews or apricot kernels instead.

Tofu is made from the milk of which bean?

The coagulated curds are pressed into blocks ranging from silken to extra firm.

Hummus is made from which legume?

Its full Arabic name means chickpeas with tahini.

Freddie Mercury was the lead singer of which band?

He co-founded the group in 1970 with Brian May and Roger Taylor.

How many strings does a standard guitar have?

Twelve-string models double each course with two strings.

Which composer wrote the 'Moonlight Sonata'?

He completed it in 1801, and the nickname was added by others after his death.

What was the first feature-length animated film produced in the United States?

Walt Disney first pitched the idea in 1933 while his studio was making shorts.

Who directed the 1975 film Jaws?

It was based on Peter Benchley's novel from the previous year.

The Beatles formed in which English city?

They built their early reputation in clubs there and in Hamburg.

How many keys does a standard modern piano have?

That is 52 white keys and 36 black ones.

Which singer is known as 'The King of Rock and Roll'?

He is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20th century.

Who wrote the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four?

It was published in 1949 as his ninth and final completed book.

Who wrote the Harry Potter novels?

The series runs to seven books, all set largely at Hogwarts.

Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?

Class and its effect on the characters is a central theme of the novel.

Who created the detective Sherlock Holmes?

When he killed Holmes off in 1893, the public backlash was unprecedented.

Who wrote Don Quixote?

It was published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615.

What does HTML stand for?

It is the standard language for documents displayed in a web browser.

Who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates?

The two childhood friends started the company in Albuquerque in 1975.

The car company Tesla is named after an inventor with which first name?

The tribute is to the electrical engineer behind alternating-current systems.

In which year was the first iPhone released?

Steve Jobs unveiled it at Macworld in January and it went on sale in June.

A classic Sudoku grid has how many rows?

Each row, column and 3×3 box must contain the digits 1 to 9.

The Rubik's Cube was invented by a professor from which country?

Ernő Rubik was teaching architecture in Budapest when he built the first one in 1974.

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

He may have kept working on it as late as 1517.

Which is the fastest land animal?

It can hit 93 to 104 km/h, thanks to powerful hindlimb muscles, long limbs and a flexible spine built for speed.

What is the largest animal known to have ever lived?

Confirmed specimens reach about 30 metres and up to 200 tonnes.

How many squares are on a chessboard?

Eight rows by eight columns, alternating light and dark squares in a checkered pattern.

Which planet is second from the Sun?

Similar in size and mass to Earth, it has no liquid water and an atmosphere of mostly carbon dioxide under sulfuric acid clouds.

How many hearts does an octopus have?

A main systemic heart circulates blood around the body while two gill hearts pump it through the gills.

Which is the heaviest and largest living bird?

Adult common ostriches weigh up to 145 kg, lay the largest eggs of any land animal and can run at 70 km/h.