How High is Mount Everest?

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1 / 4

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884,886 meters (2,903,200 feet)

88,488.6 meters (290,320 feet)

8,848.86 meters (29,032 feet)

884.8 meters (2,903 feet)

2 / 4

What’s the approximate speed of sound?

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About 575 mph, or 930 km/h.

About 767 mph, or 1,234 km/h.

About 1,800 mph, or 2,900 km/h.

About 671 million mph, or 1,080 million km/h.

3 / 4

How long has IKEA been publishing its famous catalog?

70 years.

50 years.

30 years.

15 Years.

4 / 4

Actress Rashida Jones wrote ‘Congrats to Rashida Jones!!’ in an Instagram post, Dec. 8, 2020. What is she celebrating?

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Her birthday.

Graduating college.

Reruns of The Office on Netflix.

The first Black person to run a major cable news network in the US.

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How high is Mount Everest?

Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Fabien1309 assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

What’s the approximate speed of sound?

Photo: U.S. Air Force photo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The speed of sound is about 767 mph or 1,234 km/h.

Bonus Question: Who was the first to break the speed of sound?

How long has IKEA been publishing its famous catalog?

Actress Rashida Jones wrote ‘Congrats to Rashida Jones!!’ in an Instagram post, Dec. 8, 2020. What is she celebrating?

Photo: Stephanie Moreno/Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications for Peabody Awards/University of Georgia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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How high is Mount Everest?

Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Fabien1309 assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

What’s the approximate speed of sound?

Photo: U.S. Air Force photo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The speed of sound is about 767 mph or 1,234 km/h.

Bonus Question: Who was the first to break the speed of sound?

How long has IKEA been publishing its famous catalog?

Actress Rashida Jones wrote ‘Congrats to Rashida Jones!!’ in an Instagram post, Dec. 8, 2020. What is she celebrating?

Photo: Stephanie Moreno/Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications for Peabody Awards/University of Georgia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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