RICRAC #13
October 14, 2026
Before you read the answers below.
How many Olympic gold medals did Michael Phelps win in his career?
Answer: 23 gold medals
28 Olympic medals in all, including 8 golds at Beijing 2008 alone.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
How many Jonas Brothers are there?
Answer: 3 brothers
Kevin, Joe and Nick. They split in 2013 and reunited in 2019 with 'Sucker', their first No. 1 hit.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
How many countries share a land border with Germany?
Answer: 9 countries
Denmark, Poland, Czechia, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands. The longest is with Austria (about 506 mi).
Source: en.wikipedia.org
How tall is each letter of the Hollywood Sign?
Answer: 45 feet
The original 1923 sign read HOLLYWOODLAND, with letters 50 ft tall. The whole sign is 450 ft long.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
In 2009, Zimbabwe printed the biggest banknote in history. How many Zimbabwean dollars?
Answer: 100,000,000,000,000 Zimbabwean dollars
100 trillion. On its first day it was worth about 30 U.S. dollars. A few months later, the country dropped its currency altogether.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
How many languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea?
Answer: 840 languages
The most linguistically diverse country in the world, with about 10 million people. Many are spoken in only a few villages.
Source: en.wikipedia.org (840 according to Ethnologue; estimates vary.)
How many Earth years does Neptune take to orbit the Sun?
Answer: 165 years
Discovered in 1846, it only completed its first full orbit since its discovery in 2011.
Source: en.wikipedia.org