Trivia

What animal produces the loudest sound?

Is it legal to write out a check using a pencil?

Is it true that sharks are always hungry?

The word golf is actually an acronym. What does it stand for?

What does it mean if you have a 20/20 vision?

Chess experts are ranked according to their ELO rating. Is ELO an abbreviation or acronym?

What is the world's most expensive substance?

Do the humps on camels hold water?

How many standard teaspoons are needed to fill in a standard measuring cup? How many teaspoons will make a tablespoon?

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At 188 decibels, the whistle of the blue whale is the loudest sound produced by any animal.

Yes. It's legal to write out a check using a pencil, but it's rather foolish!

Yes. No matter how much it eats, a shark's appetite is never satisfied -- it lives in a state of continual hunger.

When the new game of golf was invented in Scotland, it was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

A 20/20 vision means that you can distinguish characters or letters that are one-third inch in diameter from 20 feet away.

ELO is neither an abbreviation or acronym. It's the name of American professor Arpad Elo, who devised the rating system.

Californium, a man-made element, is the world's most expensive substance. It cost around 3.8 billion dollars per troy pound.

No! The humps on a camel's back are actually huge heaps of fat and flesh that can weigh as much as 80 pounds in a healthy camel.

There are 48 teaspoons in a cup: 3 teaspoons make a tablespoon and 16 tablespoons to a cup.

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John's ESL Flashcards: Trivia