RICRAC #14
October 15, 2026
Before you read the answers below.
How many stars do you need to collect to 100% Super Mario 64?
Answer: 120 stars
70 are enough to beat Bowser. The other 50 unlock a bonus: Yoshi waiting for you on the castle roof.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
What's the time difference between New York and Los Angeles, in hours?
Answer: 3 hours
So a 9 p.m. show in New York starts at 6 p.m. in Los Angeles.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
What is the area of Alaska?
Answer: 665,384 square miles
More than twice the size of Texas. Alaska also has more coastline than all the other states combined.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
How much does a regulation NHL hockey puck weigh, at most?
Answer: 6 ounces
Pucks are frozen before games so they bounce less on the ice.
Source: en.wikipedia.org (Between 5.5 and 6 ounces.)
How many neck (cervical) vertebrae does a giraffe have?
Answer: 7 vertebrae
Exactly the same as us: almost all mammals have 7. In a giraffe, each one can be over 9.8 in long.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
In 1946, Hungary suffered the worst inflation in history. Prices doubled every how many hours?
Answer: 15 hours
The biggest banknote printed was worth 100 quintillion pengő: a 1 followed by 20 zeros.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
At birth, how many times heavier is a mother panda than her cub?
Answer: 900 times
Pink, hairless and blind, the cub weighs about as much as a stick of butter.
Source: nationalzoo.si.edu (The cub is about 1/900th the size of its mother.)