It's More Than You Think

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1. Golfers who are just short on a putt say, "It just needed one more roll." They usually mean that it is less an inch short of the hole. How far will a golfball travel in one full roll? (Think pi) 6.27 inches 3.52 inches 5.28 inches 7.5 inches

2. The bar headed goose is known to regularly fly over the Himalayas at over 21,000 feet, but a Rüppell's Griffon vulture collided with a commercial airliner at an even greater height. What was it? 56,000 feet 37,000 feet 29,000 feet 32,000 feet

3. In 2011 the new most expensive home in the world was completed in the Indian city that is the home to a thriving film industry. Which city is it? Mumbai Bandipore New Delhi Chennai

4. To hold one's breath underwater for three minutes is considered good. From what country, famous for picture postcard mountains and cuckoo clocks, was freediver Peter Colat who held his breath for 19 minutes and 21 seconds to create a world record in 2011? Australia France USA Switzerland

5. Between 1725 and 1765, Mrs. Feodor Vassilyev earned her place in "The Guinness Book of World Records" by giving birth to the largest number of babies born to one woman. What was the unbelievable number of children she bore? Eighteen Sixty-nine Twenty-seven Fifty-four

6. Which English mystery writer, known as the 'Queen of Crime', has had sales in excess of two billion? PDJames Lynda la Plante Ruth Rendell Agatha Christie

7. During a twenty four hour period, orbiting the earth, how many sunrises will a astronaut experience? Sixteen Two One Thirty two

8. Six million Jews were killed in WWII. Which country's population suffered even bigger losses? Soviet Union Japan Germany Poland

9. Off the Atlantic coast of what country did Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara beat the world record when he surfed a tsunami height wave in November, 2011? Norway Portugal Germany England

10. Which Russian cosmonaut spent the longest continuous time in space on the Mir Space station in 1994/1995 ? Nikita Krushev Yuri Gagarin Valeri Polyakov Eugene Cernan