Q 01/05

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

A) Jupiter

B) Saturn

C) Neptune

D) Earth

Answer · why

A) Jupiter

Jupiter is the largest planet yet has the shortest day: it spins once in under 10 hours, fast enough to bulge at its equator and pull its clouds into ...

Q 02/05

Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?

A) England

B) Spain

C) France

D) Germany

Answer · why

C) France

France's people gave it; Bartholdi designed the statue, Gustave Eiffel built its iron framework, and it crossed the Atlantic in crates to be assembled...

Q 03/05

What is the chemical symbol for gold?

A) Go

B) Gd

C) Au

D) Ag

Answer · why

C) Au

The chemical symbol for gold is Au, derived from the Latin word "aurum" meaning gold. Silver's symbol Ag comes from the Latin "argentum."

Q 04/05

The Titanic was bound for which city when it sank on its maiden voyage in 1912?

A) Boston

B) New York

C) Halifax

D) Philadelphia

Answer · why

B) New York

New York never saw the Titanic arrive: the Cunard liner Carpathia pulled about 700 survivors from the lifeboats and landed them there three days after...

Q 05/05

What is the smallest country in the world by land area?

A) Vatican City

B) Monaco

C) San Marino

D) Liechtenstein

Answer · why

A) Vatican City

Vatican City, smaller than many city parks, has been a state only since 1929, when a treaty with Mussolini's Italy ended nearly six decades in which t...