World Book Trivia Challenge-8/27-extremes

Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It rises about 51/2 miles (8.9 kilometers) above sea level.

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system.

The Dead Sea is the saltiest body of water in the world. It is about nine times as salty as the ocean.

Pacific Ocean is the largest body of water in the world. The ocean covers about 66 million square miles (171 million square kilometers)

Russia is the world's largest country in area. It is almost twice as big as Canada, the second largest country.

Hilton, Conrad Nicholson (1887-1979), an American businessman, was sometimes called the "biggest hotel man in the world."

In area, Australia ranks as the sixth largest country and smallest continent.

Bologna, «buh LOHN yuh», University of, in Bologna, Italy, is one of the oldest universities in the world. It was formed about 1100, having developed from an association of law teachers and their students.

Mongol Empire was the biggest land empire in history. Its territory extended from the Yellow Sea in eastern Asia to the borders of eastern Europe.

Largest known stars: Supergiant stars that have a radius of roughly 650 million miles (1 billion kilometers)—about 1,500 times the radius of the sun.