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Romans 12: 2 New American Standard Bible
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Where is the world's hottest place? ........... guess before you check the answer
ReplyDeleteDeath Valley National Park ....
The highest air temperature ever recorded on Earth
was 134 degrees Fahrenheit, at Death Valley National Park on July 10, 1913.
Where is the world's coldest place? another guess
ReplyDeleteEast Antarctic Plateau ...
On the high ridge of the East Antarctic Plateau,
the temperature can drop to as low as -135.8 degrees Fahrenheit, which was recorded in August, 2010.
Where is the world's most populated city?
ReplyDeleteShanghai ...
At a whopping 24,150,000 permanent inhabitants,
Shanghai is the only city that is home to over 24 million people in one city.
Where is the world's least populated city? (the picture is the clue)
ReplyDeleteVatican City ...
With a paltry population of 842, the city-state of
Vatican City is the smallest city and state in the world.
Where is the world's wealthiest city?
ReplyDeleteTokyo, Japan ..
That tower might as well be made of gold since Tokyo tops the charts
with a GDP of $1,520 billion, beating New York City by a mere $310 billion.
Where is the world's poorest city in the poorest country?
ReplyDeleteKinshasa, Congo ....
it is the poorest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
which is also the poorest country in the world, at a GDP of $55 billion.
Many of its residents live on less $1 a day.
What is the Highest point in the world? (this one is easy)
ReplyDeleteMount Everest ...
Towering 29,029 feet in the air, the top of Mount Everest
is the closest you can get to touching outer space while still standing on Earth.
What's the lowest point? (a little harder)
Where is the lowest point in the world?
ReplyDeletethe Challenger Deep trench ..
It is t he lowest known natural point in the world
at 35,797 ft below sea level at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
Only 3 people have ever made it to the bottom in a submersible, one of which was filmmaker James Cameron.
What is the most photographed place in the U.S.?
ReplyDeleteSurprise: the Guggenheim building in New York...
Photos have always told stories, but in today's world of cell phone cameras and social media,
that story is relayed as data to companies who monitor everything we do.
Geotagged data was culled by Sightsmap using a Google-based image sharing software,
and can show us the most photographed places in the world, right down to this landmark.
The strange winner is this building in New York City. Guess it impresses a lot of visitors.
Where is the wettest spot on Earth? (and it's not the Amazon!)
ReplyDeleteMawsynram, India...
In this city in India, it rains an average of 467.35 inches per year,
and has a record of 1000 inches in 1985 ...much more than any rain forest.!
Where is the driest spot on Earth? it's not the Sahara!
ReplyDeleteThe Atacama Desert ...
The 600 miles of South America's Atacama desert is recorded as the driest place on Earth, no contest.
This desert has an average of only 4 inches of rain every hundred years. Incredible, but true.
What city claims to be the sunniest place in the U.S.?
ReplyDeleteYuma, Arizona ...
In this city in Arizona, the sun shines for an average of 11 hours a day.
The usual forecast is sun for 90 percent of the year, averaging a total of 4015 daylight hours each year.
Where is the most expensive city to live in? (it's not in the U.S. thankfully)
ReplyDeleteSingapore...
This city has recently beat out Tokyo, Japan, for the title of "most expensive city" for 2014.
Cars can cost between 4-6 times as much in Singapore from what they cost in the US or UK ...
(for example, a Toyota Prius actually costs about $150,000.00 there).
Where is the least expensive city to live in?
ReplyDeleteMumbai, India ....
At the other end of the spectrum, Mumbai, India, is the cheapest place to live in the world,
according to the Worldwide Cost of Living Index, 2014.
For some comparison, a loaf of bread that would cost $3.36 in Singapore,
would only cost $0.91 in Mumbai. A lot of poverty brings the cost of living down.
What country consumes the most food per capita?
ReplyDeletethe overweight United States ....
We eat an average of 3,770 calories a day each.
Shamefully, obesity is becoming more of a problem every year.
Where is the world's oldest city?
ReplyDeleteDamascus....
There's quite a bit of controversy over which city gets to officially claim the title of "oldest continuously inhabited city.
However, Damascus is the safest bet, with evidence of civilization that extends back over 11,000 years.
Which is the youngest country in the world?
ReplyDeleteSouth Sudan .....
The people of South Sudan were formally recognized as an independent country in 2011,
making it the youngest country in the world to-date.
Which is the world's most visited city?
ReplyDeleteLondon ...
After a several years of competition with Bangkok, London has regained its place as the world's most visited city
(according to MasterCard's 2014 Global Destinations City Index).
The city sees about 18.69 million international visitors annually, generating $19.3 billion in revenue for their city.
What is the world's least popular country?
ReplyDeleteIran ....
On that same rating scale, Iran has come in dead last (at a 79% negativity rating) for many years.
Only 15% of people polled viewed Iran in a positive light.
Where is the world's most dangerous city to live in?
ReplyDeleteSan Pedro, Honduras ...
This city averages over 3 murders a day.
The violence stems from the city's role as a major hub for illegal drug and arms trafficking.
A man owned a small farm in South Georgia. The Wage and Hour Department suspected he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent to interview him.
ReplyDeleteAgent: "You just give me a list of your employees and tell me how much you pay them."
Farmer: "All right. I have a hired man. Been with me for three years. I pay him $600 a week, plus room and board. I have a cook. She's been here six months. She gets $500 a week plus room and board."
Agent (scribbling on note pad): "Anybody else?"
Farmer: "Yeah, there's a half-wit here. Works about eighteen hours a day. I pay him ten dollars a week and give him chewing tobacco."
Agent: "Aha! I want to talk to that half-wit!"
Farmer: "You're talkin' to him."
…..Copyright 2014 Mike Atkinson (www.mikeysFunnies.com) by way of “Christian Voices” (ChristianVoices@att.net)