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•What country produces and uses the most energy?

Answer

• The United States Pg. 72

•What famous explorer worked for China Emperor Kublai Khan and even governed a Chinese city?

•Marco Polo pg.87

•What continental drift occurred 200 million years ago?

• Triassic pg. 91

•What state is called the Land of 10,000 Lakes?

•Minnesota pg. 299

•What year did the Chinese begin building the Great Wall?

• 221 BC pg. 322

•What country’s flag is yellowish + orange with a dragon in the middle on the line?

•Bhutan pg.158

•What two states recorded their lowest temperature on record on the date Jan.30, 1966?

• Alabama and Mississippi pg.313

•What is the tallest free-standing structure?

•CN TOWER in Toronto pg.48

•Who was the youngest person ever to climbed to the top of Mount Everest on May 24,2003?

•Ming Kipa Sherpa pg.202

•Where is the world cow chip throwing contest held every year?

•Beaver, Oklahoma pg.201

•What is the name (and country) of the 3rd longest river in the world?

•Chang River – China pg.84

•What day in 2008 does the Jewish holiday Hanukkah begin?

•December 22, 2008 pg.206

• The didgeridoo musical instrument was invented by _______ ?

•Australian Aborigines pg.138

•What strange holiday is celebrated on June 13?

•Blame Someone Else Day

pg.101

•What year was the toy, LEGO, invented and by whom ?

• 1949, Ole Kirk Christiansen

pg.80

•What is the name of the cave in France that contains some of the earliest known cave art?

• Lascaux pg.33

•Name the inventor and the country where s/he is from that invent the cellular telephone.

• Ericsson Company (Sweden)

pg.111

• How many copies of of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince sold per hour on the first day of its release in the U.S. which made it the fastest-selling book in history?

• 287,000 per hour pg.46

• In the IM Dictionary what does “ROFL” mean?

•Rolling on the floor laughing

pg.250

•What book won the Caldecott Medal (for the artist of the best children’s picture book) in 2007?

• Flotsam by David Wiesner pg.42

•What do you call a female ferret?

• Jill pg.25

•What percentage of US garage was recycled in 2005?

•About one-third pg.68

• The average U.S. kid produces how many pounds of trash each year?

• 1,657 pounds pg.69

•What planet is the hottest one?

•Venus pg.221

•Where were XO laptops sent in 2007?

•Developing countries pg.251