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1 What does the I stand for in the FBI organisation?
A (Federal Bureau of) Investigation. It is the principal investigative agency of the United States federal government, operating under the Department of Justice.
2 Which comic strip cat did Jim Davis create?
A Garfield. (also U.S. Acres, known as Orson’s Farm outside the U.S.)
3 What is the number ten in base 2 (binary)?
A 1010. You find this value by converting the decimal number into its binary equivalent, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.
4 As of 2023, how many official member states are there in the United Nations (UN)?
A 193, which is a figure that has remained unchanged since South Sudan joined in 2011.
5 How many total days are there in a full four-year leap cycle (including exactly one leap day)?
A 1461. The cycle consists of three 365-day years and one 366-day year, totalling 1461 days.
6 What is the lowest prime number greater than 90?
A 97. A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself.
7 From which language does the word slalom, as in skiing, come?
A Norwegian. It originated from the Morgedal/Seljord dialect word “slalåm”.
8 What is the precise key count for a standard, full-size UK QWERTY keyboard?
A 105 keys. The UK layout adheres to the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) standard, which typically features one more key than the United States ANSI layout, which has 104 keys. The extra key is generally located to the right of the left Shift key to accommodate additional symbols like the hash sign (#) and tilde (~), and the Enter key is a vertical, “7”-shaped key.
9 Which fibre was used to caulk planks on wooden ships and boats?
A Oakum, which is tarred rope fibre, and cotton. Shipwrights hammered these fibres into the seams between planks with a caulking iron and mallet, then sealed the seams with a material like pine tar or pitch.
10 How many years are contained within a single century?
A 100. The word ‘century’ derives from the Latin ‘centum,’ meaning one hundred, and represents 100 years.