Q 01/05

How many times has the US Constitution been amended?

A) 43

B) 27

C) 65

D) 94

Answer · why

B) 27

The Twenty-seventh, on congressional pay, took 202 years to ratify.

Q 02/05

How many essays make up The Federalist Papers?

A) 21

B) 38

C) 59

D) 85

Answer · why

D) 85

Hamilton wrote 51, Madison 29 and Jay just five, all as 'Publius'.

Q 03/05

Up to how many volts can an electric eel deliver?

A) 1,375

B) 2,065

C) 860

D) 3,010

Answer · why

C) 860

It is a knifefish, not a true eel, and the most powerful of all electric fish.

Q 04/05

Roughly how many living species of fish are there?

A) 33,000

B) 3,300

C) 12,000

D) 130,000

Answer · why

A) 33,000

That is more than all amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals combined.

Q 05/05

How many teeth can some sharks lose over a lifetime?

A) 8,000

B) 30,000

C) 14,000

D) 21,000

Answer · why

B) 30,000

Replacement rows move forward like a conveyor belt.

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