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The Questions…

1. Who led the first team of explorers that claimed to reach the North Pole?

2. How many ribs do you have?

3. What kind of rock floats in water?

4. What are the only mammals born with horns?

5. Currently, the highest-denomination bill in US currency is the $100 bill. What is the highest denomination ever printed?

The Answers…

1. American explorer Robert E. Peary led a team that claimed to have done the deed on April 6, 1909. However, many experts say he was short by about 50 miles. The first undisputed trip to the pole was a flyover in a dirigible by Roald Amundsen in 1926.

2. As a human, you have 24 ribs.

3. Pumice.

4. Giraffes.

5. In 1934, the Federal Reserve printed a series of $100,000 “gold certificates” used only for internal transactions among its dozen regional banks. The notes featured an image of Woodrow Wilson, who was President from 1913 to 1921. For its own reasons, the Fed stopped printing the notes in 1935.