The document presents a quiz format with true or false statements regarding various geographical, historical, and cultural facts. Key comparisons include sizes of countries, ages of universities and monuments, as well as characteristics of natural phenomena. The quiz reveals several misconceptions and outlines factual information, along with the correct answers on a point basis.

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SPAIN IS SMALLER
THAN FRANCE.
TRUE. SPAIN IS
505,000 SQUARE
KILOMETRES AND
FRANCE IS 544,000.

4. The river Amazon os
longer than the river
Nile.
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False. The Amazon is
about 6.400 km long and
the Nile is about 6,670
km long.

5. Oxford University is
older than Cambridge
University press.
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TRUE. Oxford University was
founded in 1170 and
Cambridge 40 years later.

6. The English Alphabet is
shorter than the Arabic
alphabet.
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TRUE. There are 26 letters in the
English Alphabet and 28 in
the Arabic alphabet.

7. K2 is more dangerous to
Climb than Mount
Everest.
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TRUE. 40% OF CLIMBERS WHO
GET TO THE TOP OF K2 DIE,
BUT ONLY 9% OF CLIMBERS OF
EVEREST DIE.

8. A gigabyte is larger than
a megabyte.
$200
TRUE. A megabyte is
1,000, but a gigabyte
is 1,000megabytes.

9. The Sahara Desert is
drier than the Atacama
desert.
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False. Sahara Desert average
rainfall= 25mm; Atacama Desert
average rainfall= 0.1 mm.

10. New Zealand is further
south than Australia.
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TRUE. It´s 2,000 km
south- east of Australia.

11. The Pyramids in Egypt
are older than the
Parthenon in Greece.
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True. The Pyramids are about
500 years old and the
Parthenon is about 2,500
years old.

12. The First World War
was shorter than the
Second World War
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TRUE. The 1st WW lasted
4 years (1914-1918), the
2nd WW lasted 6 years
(1939-1945)

13. The mountains on earth
are higher than the
mountains on Mars.
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False. Olympus Mons on Mars is
25 km high; Everest is about 8
km high.

14. China is bigger than
Canada.
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FALSE. Canada is
10,000,000 square metres;
China is about 9,600,000
square metres.

15. $100
In the UK coffee is now
more popular than tea.
False. On average, the British
drink 165,000,000 cups of tea
a day than and 70,000,000
cups of coffe.

16. It is better to do
exercise in the morning
than in the afternoon.
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False. In the afternoon between 4
and 5 p.m. the body temperature is
at its maximum, which means it is
the perfect time to exercise.

17. The Earth is hotter than
the moon.
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FALSE. The average temperature
of the moon is about 123 degrees
Celsius during the day; the average
temperature of the earth is 13-17
degrees Celsius.

18. The Mediterranean Sea
warmer than the Red
Sea.
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FALSE. Mediterranean
average temperature = 24-26;
Red Sea average = 26-30
degrees Celsius.

19. Kilimanjaro is higher
than the Everest.
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False.

20. A peregrine falcon is
faster than a cheetah.
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TRUE. The falcon 389 km/h during
its high speed dive hunting.
The cheetah 112/ 120 km/h,
The sailfish 96 km/ h in water.

21. The brown grizzle bear
is larger than the polar
bear.
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False. The Polar bear is
larger than the Grizzle
Bear.

22. New Zealand is further
south than Australia.
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True.