What is the largest planet in our Solar System?
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Jupiter
Jupiter is the biggest planet by far. NASA says it is more than twice as massive as all the other planets put together.
General Knowledge
A broad mix across science, history, places and more
General Knowledge is a Bertopia flashcard pack of 62 cards: a broad mix across science, history, places and more. It covers science; nature; places; history; arts; sport.
Sample cards
What is the tallest living land animal?
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Giraffe
Giraffes are the tallest land animals. Males can grow to about 5.5 m, taller than a double decker bus.
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific covers more than 30 percent of Earth's surface, more than all the continents combined. The Atlantic is the second largest.
Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
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Neil Armstrong
Armstrong stepped onto the Moon on 20 July 1969 during Apollo 11, followed by Buzz Aldrin. Michael Collins stayed in orbit in the command module.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
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Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo painted it in the early 1500s, and it belongs to the Louvre in Paris.
How many players does each team have on the pitch in association football?
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11
Each team has at most 11 players on the pitch, one of them the goalkeeper.
Sources
50 sources
- Alexander Fleming Discovery and Development of Penicillin, American Chemical Society
- The Gutenberg Bible, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin
- Law 2: The Ball, The IFAB
- Law 7: The Duration of the Match, The IFAB
- Law 3: The Players, The IFAB
- How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need?, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Pi Goes the Distance at NASA, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, known as the Mona Lisa, Musee du Louvre
- Magna Carta, US National Archives
- July 20, 1969: One Giant Leap for Mankind, NASA
- Yuri Gagarin: First Human in Space, NASA
- An Historic Day in Human Spaceflight, NASA
- Ganymede, NASA
- 100 Years of General Relativity, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Jupiter: Facts, NASA
- Mars: Facts, NASA
- The Nearest Neighbor Star, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Saturn: Facts, NASA
- Sun: Facts, NASA
- Venus: Facts, NASA
- Anatomy, Bony Pelvis and Lower Limb: Femur, StatPearls, US National Library of Medicine
- Anatomy, Skin (Integument), Epidermis, StatPearls, US National Library of Medicine
- Chromosomes Fact Sheet, National Human Genome Research Institute
- Health Lesson: Learning About Bones, NIAMS, US National Institutes of Health
- SI Redefinition: Meter, NIST
- The Discovery of the Double Helix, 1951-1953, US National Library of Medicine
- Ocean Acoustics, NOAA Ocean Exploration
- Teacher Background: Earth's Atmosphere, NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory
- How deep is the ocean?, NOAA National Ocean Service
- How big is the Pacific Ocean?, NOAA Ocean Exploration
- Using Sound Waves to Study Climate Change, NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory
- RMS Titanic: History and Significance, NOAA
- Mohs Hardness Scale, US National Park Service
- Haiku, Academy of American Poets
- Facts About Blood Types, American Red Cross
- Gold: element information, Royal Society of Chemistry
- Hydrogen: element information, Royal Society of Chemistry
- The periodic tables of Mendeleev, Royal Society of Chemistry
- Mercury: element information, Royal Society of Chemistry
- Neon: element information, Royal Society of Chemistry
- Giraffe, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
- Divisions of the Skeleton, US National Cancer Institute SEER Training
- Cheetah, Smithsonian's National Zoo
- The Science of Color, Smithsonian Libraries
- 1903 Wright Flyer, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
- The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, US Department of State, Office of the Historian
- Mercury is the only metal liquid at normal temperatures, USGS
- How are earthquakes recorded? How are earthquakes measured?, USGS
- Sistine Chapel: the Ceiling, Vatican Museums
- The End of World War II, 1945, The National WWII Museum
