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GEP 3: Quiz Night!

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  • True or False: A gigabyte is larger than a megabyte.
    True. A megabyte is 1, 000 bytes, but a gigabyte is 1, 000 megabytes.
  • True or False: The river Amazon is longer than the river Nile.
    False. The Amazon is about 6, 400 km long and the Nile is about 6, 670 km long.
  • True or False: New Zealand is further south than Australia.
    True. It's 2, 000 km south-east of Australia.
  • True or False: It is better to do exercise in the morning.
    False. In the afternoon between 4 and 5 pm. the body temperature is at its maximum, which means it is the perfect time to exercise.
  • True or False: China is bigger than Canada.
    False. Canada is 10, 000, 000 square kilometres; China is about 9, 600, 000 square kilometres.
  • True or False: The English Alphabet is shorter than the Arabic Alphabet.
    True. There are 26 letters in the English alphabet and 28 in the Arabic alphabet.
  • True or False: Oxford University is older than Cambridge University.
    True. Oxford University was founded in 1170 and Cambridge was founded 40 years later.
  • True or False: The Sahara Desert is drier than the Atacama Desert.
    False. Sahara Desert average rainfall = 25 mm; Atacama Desert average rainfall = 0.1 mm.
  • True or False: The First World War was shorter than the Second World War.
    True. The First World War lasted four years (1914-1918), but the Second World War lasted six years (1939-1945).
  • True or False: The Pyramids in Egypt are older than the Parthenon in Greece.
    True. The Pyramids are about 4, 500 years old and the Parthenon is about 2, 500 years old.