Amazing Facts

What percentage of all the fish caught in the world are caught in the Northern Hemisphere?

• Over 50%

• Over 70%

• Over 95%

Where is the highest number of bicycles produced?

• In Japan

• In the USA

• In China

The first animals which were tamed and kept for milk were cows.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

The first animals kept and tamed for milk were goats and sheep

Where was the first nuclear power station opened in 1954?

• In the USA

• In the former USSR

• In France

Tobacco was first smoked by which people?

• The Turkish

• Native Americans

• The British

In Japan, cormorants (big sea birds) help the fishermen to catch fish.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Cormorats are trained to catch fish and fly them back to the boat. Each bird is stopped from swallowing the fish by a tight leather belt around its neck.

Wood is used for cooking and heating by what percentage of the population?

• 75%

• 50%

• 20%

In 1959 a single Golden Delicious apple was sold in France for $51,000

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

It was sold to an American nursery

Which food is eaten as the main food by more than half the world population?

• Rice

• Wheat

• Meat

North Africa was once covered with rain forest.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

North Africa was once covered in ic and was situared where the South Pole is today.