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50 number-based trivia questions: how many do you know?

Quick answer: Every answer in these 50 trivia questions is a number: how many, how long, how high or what year. They are ideal for tie-breakers.

Using number questions as tie-breakers

When teams are level, ask a number question and give the point to the closest answer. For more number facts, read how many countries there are in the world and the world’s landlocked countries.

#	Question	Answer
1	How many countries are there, counting UN members and observers?	195
2	How many players are in a cricket team?	11
3	How many teeth does an adult dog have?	42
4	How many minutes are in a day?	1,440
5	How many strings does a violin have?	4
6	How many sides does a stop sign have?	8
7	How many legs does a lobster have?	10
8	How many letters are in the Greek alphabet?	24
9	How tall is the Burj Khalifa?	828 metres
10	How many members does the Arab League have?	22

#	Question	Answer
11	How many landlocked countries are there?	44
12	How many white keys does a standard piano have?	52
13	How many time zones does Russia have?	11
14	In which year did euro notes and coins enter circulation?	2002
15	How many players are in a rugby union team?	15
16	How many stripes are on the US flag?	13
17	How many stars are on the US flag?	50
18	How many cards are in a standard deck?	52
19	How many pieces does each chess player start with?	16
20	At what temperature in kelvin does water freeze?	273.15 K

#	Question	Answer
21	About how many days does the Moon take to orbit Earth?	About 27.3
22	How many arms does a starfish usually have?	5
23	How many symphonies did Beethoven complete?	9
24	How many players does a water polo team have in the water?	7
25	How many years are in a millennium?	1,000
26	How many wonders of the ancient world were there?	7
27	How many official languages does the United Nations have?	6
28	How high is Mount Everest?	8,849 metres
29	How many emirates make up the UAE?	7
30	How many vertebrae are in the human spine?	33, some of them fused

#	Question	Answer
31	How many colours are on the flag of Palestine?	4
32	How many players does an ice hockey team have on the ice?	6
33	How many minutes does a football match last in normal time?	90
34	How many sides does a dodecagon have?	12
35	How many degrees are in a circle?	360
36	How many eyes does a bee have?	5
37	How long is an Olympic swimming pool?	50 metres
38	How many countries are in the European Union?	27
39	How many countries border Germany?	9
40	How many countries border China?	14

#	Question	Answer
41	How long is the Great Wall of China, including all its sections?	About 21,000 km
42	How many letters are in the Hebrew alphabet?	22
43	In which year was the World Wide Web first proposed?	1989
44	How many countries does the Nile basin cover?	11
45	How many pyramids are in Sudan?	More than 200
46	About how many kilometres are in a mile?	1.61
47	How many daily prayers are there in Islam?	5
48	How many dots are in a Braille cell?	6
49	How many bones are in the human hand and wrist?	27
50	How many hours does Earth take to spin once?	About 24 (23 h 56 min relative to the stars)

A number question where the closest answer wins, such as the height of the Burj Khalifa.

828 metres.