Book Of General Ignorance - how much do you really know?

**bbdude** · 02-07-2008, 02:21 AM

im guessing the animal does no longer exist...

i would also like to think that any whale can swallow bigger things than a grape fruit lol^^

**Thomas_Rivera** · 02-07-2008, 04:15 AM

1. The Spider that governs the 8 teachings of brolic
2. Anything the Spider allows the whale to eat.

**kenney** · 02-07-2008, 07:17 AM

1. the female mosquito. it is estimated that the female mosquito has caused the death of up to 45billion people (the males only bite plants). good job Half Second, cant rep you though man,i gotta spread some lol

2.grapefruit! its throat is too small to swallow anything else. the only whale that could swallow a human whole is the Sperm Whale. here are some more interesting facts about the blue whale: at 32m in length, it is the biggest creature that has ever lived, equivalent in weight to 2700people, its tongue weighs more than an elephant, its heart is the size of a family car and its stomach can hold more than a ton of food.
nice job KM!

**kenney** · 02-07-2008, 07:21 AM

next questions:

1. who coined the phrase 'survival of the fittest'?
2. what was the first invention to break the sound barrier?

**bbdude** · 02-07-2008, 09:15 AM

hmm because this is the book of general ignorance im guessing both my answers are wrong, but...

1. Charles Darwin

2. An aeroplane

**kenney** · 02-07-2008, 01:16 PM

lol dont worry about it bbdude, those are the expected answers. charles darwin is famous for that phrase, but it wasnt him who said it

**Thomas_Rivera** · 02-07-2008, 04:31 PM

2. The tip of a whip

KM · 02-07-2008, 04:36 PM

1. Herbert Spencer
2, The whip?

**kenney** · 02-07-2008, 07:10 PM

correct KM and Thomas!

**kenney** · 02-07-2008, 07:19 PM

1.where is the driest desert on Earth? (hint: dont say Sahara)
2.how many sense does a human have?