General Knowledge Quiz

The Pacific Ocean. It covers about a third of the planet's surface, more than all the land combined.

206. Babies are born with around 300, and many of them fuse together as they grow.

Mars. Its color comes from iron oxide, the same compound as rust, in its dust and rocks.

Canberra, not Sydney. It was built as a compromise between Sydney and Melbourne, which both wanted the title.

Leonardo da Vinci, in the early 1500s. It hangs in the Louvre in Paris.

Au, from the Latin word for gold, aurum.

Mercury, which is also the closest planet to the Sun.

1912. It sank on April 15, during its first voyage, from Southampton to New York.

Eleven, including the goalkeeper.

The Nile, about 4,130 miles (6,650 km) long, although some measurements put the Amazon slightly ahead.

Neil Armstrong, on July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 mission.

Russia, with about 6.6 million square miles (17 million km²), almost twice the size of Canada, which comes second.

Six. Bees build their honeycomb cells in this shape.

Carbon dioxide. Through photosynthesis they turn it into sugars and release oxygen.

Antonio Vivaldi, the Venetian composer, who published them in 1725.