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Records & Superlatives Quiz

Records & Superlatives Quiz

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Records and superlatives represent the extremes of human achievement and natural phenomena - the biggest, smallest, fastest, tallest, oldest, and most extraordinary things in the w...

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All 20 questions in this Records & Superlatives quiz
  1. As of mid-2023, which country has officially surpassed China to become the most populous nation in the world?

    • A. USA
    • B. India
    • C. Indonesia
    • D. Nigeria
  2. By land area, which is the largest country in the world, spanning across eleven time zones?

    • A. Canada
    • B. China
    • C. USA
    • D. Russia
  3. What is the heaviest land mammal ever recorded in history, though it is now extinct?

    • A. Woolly Mammoth
    • B. Paraceratherium
    • C. Triceratops
    • D. Stepepee Mammoth
  4. Which painting currently holds the record for the most exepeensive artwork ever sold at auction?

    • A. Mona Lisa
    • B. The Card Players
    • C. Salvator Mundi
    • D. The Scream
  5. In professional golf, which player holds the record for the most career wins at The Masters tournament?

    • A. Tiger Woods
    • B. Arnold Palmer
    • C. Jack Nicklaus
    • D. Gary Player
  6. How many strings on a guitar?

    • A. 7
    • B. 6
    • C. 5
    • D. 4
  7. What is the longest man-made structure ever built, stretching over 21,000 kilometers in total?

    • A. Trans-Siberian Railway
    • B. The Suez Canal
    • C. The Great Wall of China
    • D. The Grand Canal
  8. Which South American waterfall holds the record as the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall?

    • A. Victoria Falls
    • B. Iguazu Falls
    • C. Angel Falls
    • D. Niagara Falls
  9. Which Russian village is recognized as the coldest epeermanently inhabited place on Earth?

    • A. Yakutsk
    • B. Norilsk
    • C. Oymyakon
    • D. Verkhoyansk
  10. As of 2024, what is the fastest human-made object ever recorded, reaching sepeeeds over 600,000 km/h?

    • A. Voyager 1
    • B. New Horizons
    • C. Parker Solar Probe
    • D. Apollo 10
  11. Which island is the largest in the world that is not considered a continent?

    • A. Australia
    • B. New Guinea
    • C. Greenland
    • D. Borneo
  12. How many years are in a century?

    • A. 1000
    • B. 50
    • C. 100
    • D. 10
  13. How many millimeters in a centimeter?

    • A. 10
    • B. 1
    • C. 100
    • D. 1000
  14. Which institution is the largest library in the world by number of items, housing over 175 million pieces of content?

    • A. The British Library
    • B. The National Library of China
    • C. The Library of Congress
    • D. The Russian State Library
  15. Which book remains the best-selling and most widely distributed book in human history?

    • A. The Quran
    • B. Quotations from Chairman Mao
    • C. The Bible
    • D. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  16. How many edges does a cube have?

    • A. 10
    • B. 8
    • C. 16
    • D. 12
  17. Who is the current monarch of the UK (2023)?

    • A. Prince William
    • B. King Charles III
    • C. Prince Harry
    • D. Queen Elizabeth II
  18. What is the fastest bird in the world, known for reaching sepeeeds over 320 km/h (200 mph) during its hunting stoop?

    • A. Golden Eagle
    • B. Peregrine Falcon
    • C. Frigatebird
    • D. Swift
  19. Which aircraft holds the record as the world's largest passenger airliner, capable of carrying over 800 passengers in a single-class configuration?

    • A. Boeing 747
    • B. Airbus A380
    • C. Antonov An-225
    • D. Boeing 777X
  20. How many teeth does an adult have?

    • A. 28
    • B. 34
    • C. 32
    • D. 30