Chris's Quiz Part 3

Chris's Quiz!Ver. 4.2 11-APR-2000

Part 3 -- The Next Thirteen Fourteen Questions!

Warning! Some may be trick questions! Read carefully!

1) The fastest winds (in nature) ever recorded on the planet were at:

Antarctica

Mt. Washington, New Hampshire

St. Petersburg, Florida

Summit of Mt. Everest

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Sahara Desert

1a) How fast were they?

2) You've got a warm 6-pack you want to cool down ASAP. You've got two refrigerators to pick from, the one in the kitchen almost full of food, and one in the garage that is almost empty. If the refrigerators are the same model, which one will cool your 6-pack faster?

The almost full one in the kitchen

The almost empty one in the garage

3) Which city in the world has the least number of accidental fires (structure, vehicle, forest, etc.)?

Reykjavik, Iceland

La Pas, Bolivia

Tokyo, Japan

Montreal, Canada

Venice, Italy

4) Which weighs more?

1 oz. Gold or 1 oz. Copper They weigh the same

1 lb. Gold or 1 lb. Copper They weigh the same

5a) How many people were killed in China during the Great Famine of 1959 - 61?

30,000

300,000

3,000,000

30,000,000

5b) How many people were affected by the flood of the Yang see River in China in 1998?

600,000

6,000,000

60,000,000

600,000,000

6) Has anyone ever been hit by a Meteorite?

Yes

7) The MTA in Queens, NY, USA is digging a new subway tunnel called The 63rd St. Connector. It is about 1500 feet long, adds two tracks, and is expected to be completed in 2002. What will it cost?

$8,760,000

$23,400,000

$123,400,000

$645,000,000

8) Who where sunglasses originally invented for?

Hollywood Movie Stars

Pony Express Riders

Beach goer's at Coney Island

French Foreign Legionaries

Naval Aviators

9) What is the hottest outdoor temperature ever recorded?

118 °F

125 °F

134 °F

149 °F

10) What is the smallest country in the world and where is it?

11) How many people were on Death Row in the United States as of September, 1999?

183

595

3,625

12) Which are more dangerous to ride in the USA?

Elevators

Escalators

13) What is the world speed record for a man pedaling a bicycle (flat surface)?

48 MPH

78 MPH

112 MPH

167 MPH

14) Who invented “spread spectrum” or “frequency hopping” radio communications, which are used today for high security communications?

Thomas Edison (famous inventor)
Hedy Lamarr (Hollywood leading lady in the 30’s and 40’s)
Arthur C. Clarke (science fiction writer, inventor)
William Shockley (inventor of the transistor)
Fatty Arbuckle (actor, silent film star)
Adolph Hitler (bad guy)
Bill Gates (rich guy)
other

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