1. Which groups of people are referred to in the expressions First, Second, Third, and Fourth Estate?
2. What is the greatest-selling music album of all time - 110 million copies - more than double than that of the number two best-seller.
3. What's inside the sun, lightning, television, and you?
4. Why can a plane take off in a thunderstorm, but the space shuttle can't?
Answers:
1)
First Estate - Clergy
Second Estate - Nobility
Third Estate - Common people
Fourth Estate - Journalists
Note: In religious terms, some people refer to pre-mortal life as the First Estate, and Earth life as the Second Estate.
2. Thriller by Michael Jackson
3. Plasma
4. The exhaust plume grounds the space shuttle on take-off. A plane is not grounded, so it can't conduct lightning.
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