Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...
1.The number of...
Enemy ships in Space Invaders (original arcade game)
✓
Squares in chess
✓
55 aliens vs. 64 squares.
2.The land area of...
People's Republic of China (2023)
✓
Great Yuan (1310)
✓
Great Qing (1790)
✓
Great Ming (1450)
✓
The Qing had ~14,700,000km², Yuan had ~11,000,000km², the PRC controls 9,706,961km², the Ming had ~6,500,000km², and no, including the PRC's disputed lands changes nothing about the order.
3.The height of...
The Earth's three tallest mountains combined
✓
Olympus Mons
✓
Everest, K2 and Kangchenjunga sum to 26,046m, while Olympus Mons is roughly 21,600m.
4.The value of...
e
✓
π
✓
ϕ
✓
Each begins with a different integer part - the golden ratio, ϕ, begins with 1, Euler's number, e, 2, and pi, π, 3.
5.The length of...
The Nile River
✓
The Trans-Siberian Railway
✓
The TSR covers 9,289km, while the Nile only gets to 6,650km. Even adding the length of the Blue Nile isn't enough.
6.The number of...
Unique flying mobs in Minecraft (as of 1.19)
✓
Plank types in Minecraft (as of 1.19)
✓
11 planks (oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, mangrove, cherry, bamboo, crimson and warped) to 10 mobs (allay, bat, bee, blaze, Ender Dragon, ghast, parrot, phantom, vex, and Wither).
7.The population of...
Marseilles, Illinois
✓
Lyons, Georgia
✓
Montpelier, Vermont
✓
Paris, Texas
✓
Fitting, really. In order, it's Paris (24,171), Montpelier (8,074), Marseilles (4,845), Lyons (4,367).
8.Days since...
Apollo 10's launch
✓
The Concorde's first flight
✓
The Boeing 747's first flight
✓
Essentially which happened first of these 1969 aerospace events - 747 flew on 9th February, Concorde on 2nd March, Apollo 10 on 18th May,
9.The number of...
Distinct sections of the Morocco-Spain border
✓
Distinct sections of the Brunei-Malaysia border
✓
Distinct sections of the China-Russia border
✓
Distinct sections of the Azerbaijan-Iran border
✓
Morocco-Spain has 3 sections (Ceuta, Melilla, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera). The rest have 2.
10.The length of...
The Hundred Years' War
✓
The Long 19th Century
✓
The Long 18th Century
✓
The Shi'a Century
✓
The Long 18th Century lasted 127 years, the Long 19th Century lasted 125 years, the Hundred Years' War lasted 116 years, and the Shi'a Century lasted 110 years