FACTUAL RIDDLES LXI

1. Which is the loudest animal on Earth?

2. Who were the three Apollo 11 astronauts?

3. What country eats the most chocolate per capita?

4. What product brand is named after two U.S. states?

5. What word is singular for animals but plural for people?

6. What two U.S. states do not observe Daylight Saving Time?

7. What do Samuel Tilden, Grover Cleveland, Al Gore, and Hillary Clinton have in common?

8. Where were the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, and the Bill of Rights stored during WWII?

Answers:

 

1. The sperm whale - A jet engine on takeoff is 188 decibels. Sperm whale clicks have been recorded at 230 decibels.

2. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Collins flew the command module Columbia around the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the surface.

3. Switzerland

4. Ore-Ida - frozen potatoes (Oregon, Idaho)

5. ELK for animals, ELKS for people (fraternal group)

6. Arizona and Hawaii

7. They all won the popular vote for president, but lost the electoral college vote. (Tilden ran against Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876 and Cleveland against Benjamin Harrison in 1888.)

8. Fort Knox in Kentucky