Numerical Facts Trivia Quiz

Answer: The year George H. W. Bush became President

George W. Bush was born in 1946 and his was the 43rd presidency of the Unites States (although he was the 42nd man to hold the office--Grover Cleveland's non-consecutive terms make him both the 22nd and 24th president). Add them together and you get 1989; the year George H. W. Bush became President. Clinton was 1993, Reagan was 1981, Carter was 1977.

Answer: The number of Prime Ministers since 1925 representing the Liberals

Sir Alec Douglas-Home served just one year as Prime Minister from 1963-1964 and there was only one female Prime Minister in the 20th century, the unforgettable Margaret Thatcher (1 - 1 = 0). Since 1925 there have been no Prime Ministers from the Liberal Party, the last being David Lloyd George from 1916-1922. James Ramsay MacDonald was in office from 1931-1935 representing a National Government. Since 1925 there have also been 9 Conservative and 5 Labour Prime Ministers.

Answer: The year George Harrison was born

The Beatles formed in 1960 and they have had 17 Number One hits in the UK (1960 - 17 = 1943). Paul McCartney was born on 18th June 1942, John Lennon on 9th October 1940, George Harrison on 24th February 1943, and Ringo Starr on 7th July 1940.

Answer: The number of goals scored by Brazil in World Cup Finals from 1930 to 2002

Brazil won the World Cup five times (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) and Germany won it three times (1954, 1974, 1990) (5 * 3 = 15). Brazil has scored a total of 15 goals in their seven World Cup Final appearances. Germany has also played in seven Finals, scoring 11 goals, Argentina have been in four Finals (7 goals), and Italy has played five Finals, scoring a total of 10 goals.

Answer: The total number of stars on the flag of Australia

There are 4 stars on the flag of New Zealand and 2 stars on the flag of Syria (4 + 2 = 6). The Australian flag has 6 stars, the Samoan has 5, the flag of China has 5 and the Cuban flag has just 1 star (La Estrella Solitaria).

Answer: The number of hours in 5 complete days

There are 4 months each year containing 30 days (April, June, September and November) and there are therefore 30 days in the month of June (4 * 30 = 120).

The correct answer is 5 days (5 * 24 hours = 120 hours). 4 days = 96 hours, 6 days = 144 hours and 7 days = 168 hours.

Answer: A river on the English - Welsh border

The German word for "no" is "nein" (pronounced "9") and the French word for "all" is "tout" (pronounced "2") (9 - 2 = 7). The River Severn ("7") originates in the Cambrian Mountains in Wales and flows through important English towns and cities such as Shrewsbury, Gloucester and Worcester before forming an estuary as it flows into the Bristol Channel, eventually entering the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer: The international dialling code for Afghanistan

The international dialling code of the UK is 44 and the German code is 49 (44 + 49 = 93) ... 93 is the international dialling code of Afghanistan. Turkey is 90, India is 91 and Pakistan is 92.

Answer: The total number of squares on a chess board

There are 8 white and 8 black pawns at the start of a game (8 * 8 = 64). In total there are 64 squares on a chess board (32 white and 32 black). There are also 32 pieces at the start of a game (16 pawns, 4 rooks, 4 knights, 4 bishops, 2 queens and 2 kings).

Answer: The number of pedals on a grand piano

Not surprisingly (!), there are 12 strings on a 12-string guitar and less predictably, there are 4 strings on a cello (12 / 4 = 3). A Grand Piano has 3 pedals, a violin has 4 strings, as does a ukulele, and a banjo normally has 5 strings although some styles just have the four.

Answer: The number of sides on a dodecagon

A rhombus is a quadrilateral and therefore has 4 sides. No matter what type, a triangle always has 3 sides (4 * 3 = 12). The geometric shape with 12 sides is the dodecagon. A nonagon has 9 sides, a decagon has 10, and an undecagon has 11.

Answer: The number of "Weddings and a Funeral" (1994)

Warner Bros. made us suffer through 7 "Police Academy" movies, while the excellent "Back To The Future" series was a trilogy (7 - 3 = 4). The correct answer is "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell).

The other movies are, "Two Weeks Notice" (Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant), "Three Men and a Baby" (Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson) and "Six Degrees of Separation" (Stockard Channing, Will Smith, Donald Sutherland).

Answer: The title of a "James" album released in 1992

No, the answer isn't minus 12. The title of the Van Halen album is indeed 1984, but the title of the Ash album is 1977 (1984 - 1977 = 7). The album "Seven" by James reached number 2 in the UK album charts in 1992. Mansun released the album "Six" in 1998, reaching a highest UK chart position of number 6.

The 5ive album, imaginatively called "Five", managed to reach the top of the UK chart. Blues Traveler, a blues-rock quartet based in New York, are virtually unknown in the UK. They released an album entitled "Four" from which arguably their biggest hit came, namely "Run Around".

Answer: The year in which his brother Ralf was born

Michael Schumacher was born in Kerpen, Germany, in 1969. His 6 World Championships is more than any other driver has won (1969 + 6 = 1975). Michael's younger brother Ralf was born in 1975. Although he has proved himself to be a very quick driver, he still doesn't come close to matching Michael's reputation.

Michael's team-mate at Ferrari, Rubens Barrichello, was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1972. He finished 4th in the 2003 World Championship. Ayrton Senna was killed in 1994 on lap 5 of the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola after losing control of his car at around 310km/h. Gilles Villeneuve, father of 1997 World Champion Jacques, died during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder in 1982.

Answer: The number of square centimetres in one square metre

There are 1,000,000 square millimetres in 1 square metre, and 100 square millimetres in 1 square centimetre (1,000,000 / 100 = 10,000).

There are 10,000 square centimetres in 1 square metre. 100 square centimetres = 1 square decimetre, 100 square decimetres = 1 square metre, and 100 square hectometres = 1 square kilometre.

Answer: 27

World War I was fought from 1914-1918 and World War II took place from 1939-1945 (1945 - 1918 = 27).

Answer: 28

Providing nobody gets sent off, there are 15 players in a Rugby Union team, but only 13 players in a Rugby League team (15 + 13 = 28).

Answer: 34

The USA has 50 states, represented by the number of stars on the flag. Germany is also divided into states called "Bundesländer" of which there are 16 (11 from the former West Germany, 5 from the former East Germany) and thus 50 - 16 = 34.

Answer: 21

The highest possible score with three dice is 6+6+6=18. The lowest possible score is 1+1+1=3 (18 + 3 = 21).

Answer: 1012

To produce the word "quiz" you have to type in 7849 and to get the word "over" you need 6837 (7849 - 6837 = 1012).