Knowledge pegs

Question 1

Distance from Earth to Mars (at its closest)

Answer 1

34 million miles;
54 million km

Question 2

The Moon from the Earth

Answer 2

239, 000 mi
384, 000 km;

If the Earth is a pea, then the moon is a grain of couscous, 15cm away.

Question 3

Distance from Earth to Sun

Answer 3

94 million mi
151 million km

Question 4

Distance from London to Paris

Answer 4

210 mi
340 km;

Question 5

Distance from London to New York

Answer 5

3,500 miles
5,500 km;

Question 6

Distance from London to Edinburgh

Answer 6

330 miles
530 km;

Question 7

Area of the world’s landmass (though that’s only 29% of the Earth’s surface.)

Answer 7

149 million km²

Question 8

Area of Essex

Answer 8

3, 700 km²

Question 9

Area of Wales

Answer 9

21, 000 km²

Question 10

Area of England

Answer 10

130, 000 square km

Question 11

Area of UK

Answer 11

242, 000 square km

Question 12

Area of California

Answer 12

424 000 square km

Question 13

Area of Texas, but only 40% the size of Alaska.

Answer 13

696 000 km²

Question 14

Area of Greenland

Answer 14

2.2 million km²

Question 15

Area of Sudan, largest country in Africa.

Answer 15

1.9 million km²

Question 16

Area of Amazon rainforest.

(Brazil’s got 60%)

Answer 16

5.5 million km²

Question 17

Australia size

Answer 17

7.7 m km²

Question 18

Area of Brazil

Answer 18

8.5 million km²

Question 19

Area of China

Answer 19

9.6 m km²

Question 20

Area of Russia

Answer 20

17.1 m km²

Question 21

Latitude of Beijing

Answer 21

59 N

Question 22

Latitude of Johannesburg

Answer 22

26 S

Question 23

Latitude of Sydney

Answer 23

34 S

Question 24

Latitude of Kingston, Jamaica

Answer 24

18 N

Question 25

Latitude of Cairo, Egypt

Answer 25

30 N

Question 26

Latitude of Fukuoka

Answer 26

33 N

Question 27

Latitude of Tokyo

Answer 27

35 N

Question 28

Latitude of Sicily

Answer 28

37 N

Question 29

Latitude of Washington

Answer 29

39 N

Question 30

Latitude of New York

Answer 30

40 N

Question 31

Latitude of Rome

Answer 31

42 N

Question 32

Latitude of Toronto

Answer 32

43 N

Question 33

Latitude of Paris

Answer 33

48 N

Question 34

49 th parallel (Latitude)

Answer 34

DMZ of N & S Korea

Question 35

Latitude of London & Calgary

Answer 35

51 N

Question 36

Latitude of Edinburgh

Answer 36

55 N

Question 37

Height of Everest

Answer 37

8,849 m

Question 38

Burj Khalifa

Answer 38

830m

Question 39

Height of the Shard

Answer 39

310m

Question 40

Height of Big Ben

Answer 40

96m

Question 41

Height of St Paul’s

Answer 41

108 m

Question 42

Height of Great Pyramid of Giza

Answer 42

147 m

(now 139m)

Question 43

Height of 1 Canada Square (Canary Wharf)

Answer 43

244 m

(some say 235m)

Question 44

Height of Eiffel Tower (with spire)

Answer 44

324 m

Question 45

Height of Ben Nevis

Answer 45

1,345 m

Question 46

Height of Mount Fuji

Answer 46

3,776 m

Question 47

Height of Kilamanjaro

Answer 47

5,895 m

Question 48

Light-year

Answer 48

5. 9 trillion miles
6. 5 trillion kilometres

Nearest star system (Alpha Centauri) is 4.3 light-years from Earth

Question 49

How long / far to Bridlington?

Answer 49

5hrs and 200 miles

Question 50

How long / far to Welsh campsite?

Answer 50

4hrs 50 mins and 185 miles

Question 51

How long / far to Lake District?

Answer 51

6.5 hrs and 275 miles to Lake District

Question 52

Hiroshima bomb was

Answer 52

15 kilotons TNT

150 railroad cars of TNT