Superlatives Hour 8 PART I: Cities - Williams College

Superlatives Hour 8

The most of everything.

PART I: Cities

Identify the city that can or must currently claim the named record.

1. City with the highest current murder rate per capita (not at war, with at least 300,000 population)

2. US city with the current highest murder rate 3. Largest city by current population 4. Largest city by current land area 5. City with most current water area 6. Most densely populated city at present 7. Most densely populated US city at present

PART II: Countries

Identify the country that can or must currently claim the named record.

8. Country with the current highest suicide rate 9. Country with the current highest homicide rate 10. Country with the current highest purchasing power parity per hour worked 11. Country with the highest current GDP as measured in purchasing power parity per

person employed 12. Country with highest current GDP as measured in purchasing power parity per capita 13. Country with highest current nominal GDP per capita

PART III: Grab Bag

Miscellaneous mostest.

14. Most profitable movie by percentage of money spent 15. Most profitable movie by absolute profit 16. Least profitable movie by absolute loss

17. Conventional gasoline car with best MPG in history (by EPA MPG ratings) 18. Most expensive bottled water sold in the last few years

PART IV: Deadliest

What will kill you hardest?

19. Most toxic fungus 20. Most venomous mollusc 21. Most venomous lizard 22. Animal that kills most humans per year

PART V: Smallest

Which organisms are the littlest Earth has to offer?

23. Smallest living mammal 24. Smallest living bird 25. Smallest living reptile 26. Smallest living butterfly 27. Smallest living turtle 28. Smallest living carnivorous mammal 29. Smallest living flowering plant

PART VI: Largest

Name the organism or species that holds the record.

30. Largest living reptile 31. Largest living amphibian 32. Largest living bird 33. Largest living fish 34. Largest living beetle 35. Largest living butterfly/moth 36. Largest living turtle 37. Largest living carnivorous mammal, other than a whale 38. Largest living flowering plant 39. Largest living single-stemmed tree 40. Largest living organism in the world by mass 41. Largest living land animal

42. Largest living bird of prey 43. Largest living frog 44. Largest living known jellyfish 45. Largest living invertebrate 46. Largest living carnivorous land mammal

BONUS: Blue Whales Are The Most Extra

Fill in the blank!

47. The blue whale is the largest living _____________ 48. The blue whale is the largest living _____________ 49. The blue whale is the largest living _____________ 50. The blue whale is the largest living _____________ 51. The blue whale is the largest living _____________ 52. The blue whale is the largest _____________ of all time

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