RICRAC #1
October 2, 2026
Before you read the answers below.
In the Pokémon games, how many Pokémon can you have in your party?
Answer: 6 Pokémon
The rest wait in the PC… Bill's PC, in the early games.
Source: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net
How many provinces does Canada have, not counting its territories?
Answer: 10 provinces
Plus three territories in the far north: Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, created in 1999.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
What is the maximum number of clubs a golfer may carry in competition?
Answer: 14 clubs
Carry more and it's a two-stroke penalty for each hole played in breach, up to four per round.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
How many eyes does a honeybee have?
Answer: 5 eyes
Two large compound eyes made of thousands of facets, plus three small simple eyes (ocelli) on top of the head that detect light.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
How many minutes did Yuri Gagarin's flight, the first human spaceflight, last?
Answer: 108 minutes
On April 12, 1961, a single orbit of the Earth. He finished the trip by parachute, after ejecting from his capsule.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
A 2016 study estimated the age of the oldest Greenland shark it examined. About how many years old was it?
Answer: 400 years
392 years, give or take 120: that's where the 'up to 512 years' headlines come from. It grows only about a centimeter (less than half an inch) a year.
Source: csmonitor.com (Estimate: 392 years, plus or minus 120.)
For how many days did the Berlin Wall stand?
Answer: 10,315 days
From August 13, 1961 to November 9, 1989, about 28 years. Since February 5, 2018, the Wall has been gone for longer than it stood.
Source: en.wikipedia.org