Can you name the size of these tidbits of information? Are they (M)illions, (B)illions or (T)rillions?

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Correctly named quantifiers will show up below
Click any empty Fact or M/B/T? to answer for that location
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All numbers are approximations. Date sensitive numbers are latest estimates as of the publication date of this quiz. Enter 'M' for Million, 'B' for Billion and 'T' for Trillion.
Note: US and modern British short scales ie. 1 billion = 1,000,000,000
Also try: Trillion Dollar Countries

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Fact	M/B/T?
_{World population (People)} 7
_{Identified insect species in the world} 1
_{GDP of the United States ($US)} 14
_{Bill Gates' Net Worth ($US)} 56
_{2010 Revenue for Apple Inc. ($US)} 65
_{GDP of the Marshall Islands ($US)} 160
_{Greece's debt ($US)} 532
_{Iran's annual oil production (barrels)} 1.5
_{Red blood cells in the avg. human body} 5
_{Bacteria in the human oral cavity} 10
_{Bacteria on the surface of the human body} 1
_{Neurons in the human brain} 100
_{Base pairs in the human genome} 3
_{The Earth's circumference (meters)} 40
_{The Sun's circumference (meters)} 1.4

Fact	M/B/T?
_{Avg. distance Pluto to the Sun (kilometers)} 6
_{Speed of light (m/s)} 300
_{Age of the Solar System (years)} 5.6
_{Stars in the Milky Way galaxy} 400
_{Cataloged astronomical objects} 998
_{Number of seconds in one year} 31
_{Bytes in a Gigabyte} 1
_{Transistors on an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU} 291
_{Web pages indexed by Google} 5.6
_{Known digits of Pi} 5
_{Items in the British Library} 150
_{Annual electricity consumption USA (kWh)} 3.7
_{Litres in a cubic kilometer} 1
_{5-card poker hand combinations} 2.6
_{One million million} 1
_{World population (People)} 7
_{Identified insect species in the world} 1
_{GDP of the United States ($US)} 14
_{Bill Gates' Net Worth ($US)} 56
_{2010 Revenue for Apple Inc. ($US)} 65
_{GDP of the Marshall Islands ($US)} 160
_{Greece's debt ($US)} 532
_{Iran's annual oil production (barrels)} 1.5
_{Red blood cells in the avg. human body} 5
_{Bacteria in the human oral cavity} 10
_{Bacteria on the surface of the human body} 1
_{Neurons in the human brain} 100
_{Base pairs in the human genome} 3
_{Speed of light (m/s)} 300
_{The Earth's circumference (meters)} 40
_{The Sun's circumference (meters)} 1.4
_{Avg. distance Pluto to the Sun (kilometers)} 6
_{Age of the Solar System (years)} 5.6
_{Stars in the Milky Way galaxy} 400
_{Cataloged astronomical objects} 998
_{Number of seconds in one year} 31
_{Bytes in a Gigabyte} 1
_{Transistors on an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU} 291
_{Web pages indexed by Google} 5.6
_{Known digits of Pi} 5
_{Items in the British Library} 150
_{Annual electricity consumption USA (kWh)} 3.7
_{Litres in a cubic kilometer} 1
_{5-card poker hand combinations} 2.6
_{One million million} 1

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Million, Billion or Trillion? Quiz

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Created Oct 22, 2011 in Miscellaneous
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	TomHop:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 15:15 GMT		4 points
	That's a lot of oil I'd like to wallow in.

	hahobigshot:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 15:17 GMT		33 points
	I'm surprised Law and Order episodes isn't on here........

	fred_towes:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 15:20 GMT		13 points
	@ PM Disraeli, I think you meant to type "Allah Akbar" . . .

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	MrChewypoo:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 16:01 GMT		27 points
	@dlauthor: I had to pick a scale, and majority ruled in this case. It's a test to see who reads the instructions above...

	DeathByDC10:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 16:10 GMT		3 points
	I think the answer for Iran's annual oil production might be wrong - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Iran#Energy.2C_gas.2C_petroleum_and_petrochemicals Looks like it should be billion, not trillion.

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	Tobsodan:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 16:28 GMT		0 points
	@dlauthor: I'm sorry, but I don't see how that's relevant. The quiz is clearly in English, and in the English language a billion means 10^12. For as far as I can see, it's just a question of language, and when translating you need to convert this. Because of different scales used in different languages (not so much different countries, it is very much language based) when translating to English one needs to adapt to the English method.

	pythonidler:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 16:52 GMT		5 points
	Actually, there aren't EXACTLY 1 billion bytes in a gigabyte. There are 1024 bytes in 1 kilobyte, 1024 kilobytes in 1 megabyte, and 1024 megabytes in 1 gigabyte. So 1 gigabyte = 1024^3 bytes = 1.073 billion bytes. I should add that sometimes you see the 1 GB = 1 billion bytes convention, but that is always in reference to the size of a hard drive. Hard drive manufacturers do this because it artificially inflates the size of the drive, thus selling more hard drives.

	AlexKrycek:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 17:01 GMT		18 points
	@pythonidler, are are correct, however, if you read the instructions above, you would have known that all numbers are approximations. Therefore, your argument is moot.

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	dancastro:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 17:35 GMT		8 points
	OK, numbers are approximations, but if there are roughly 5,000,000 red blood cells/mm³ and the human body has 5 liters = 5,000 cm³ = 5,000,000 mm³ of blood, the total number of red cells in the body would be about 25 trillion, not 5 trillion. (This has no practical importance for the quiz, however).

	EstelleReveille:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 17:47 GMT		3 points
	Everytime the news here are talking about the amount of the US-American debt, I am always shocked and think that they are mistranslating it when they talk about "Trillionen" (german word) US-Dollars, while the english "trillion" is surely much less :D.

	Dralcoffin:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 18:01 GMT		8 points
	That's the last time I ever kiss anyone.

	JLKeip:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 18:16 GMT		25 points
	To those debating whether a billion is 1x10^9 or 1x10^12, if you refer to the notes, you will see the author has specifically described what a billion and a trillion are for the purposes of this quiz. It's an important distinction because... If you look to any good reference source, you will find that the definition of 1 billion is not universal, it differs in the US vs in the UK. So specifically for @ Tobs, it's NOT a question of language, unless you wish to take the snobbish stand that the US doesn't adhere to 'proper' English, and specifically for @MrMN, the percentage of people getting that specific item right is not about schooling, but more a measure of the ratio of folks from the US vs. those from the UK who have taken the quiz (although even this claim ignores those careful quiz takers who READ THE DETAILS). Don't blame the quiz maker. Chewy - Good Quiz!

	gellchom:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 18:51 GMT		2 points
	Great quiz. Thanks.

	dancastro:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 19:02 GMT		13 points
	Being from a country where 1 billion = 10^12, 1 trillion = 10^18, etc., I find this system more logical. To multiply large numbers you operate like with logarithms, e.g. 1 million * 1 million = 1 billion (because 1+1=2), 1 billion * 1 trillion = 1 quintillion (because 2+3=5), etc. In the U.S. system you can't apply this logic (1 million * 1 million = 1 trillion, because...). I'm sure I won't convince any American, but probably some European (British or continental) will agree with me.

	frankthepieking:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 19:22 GMT		1 point
	Britain now used 10^9 for billion. I do.

	happygi1more77:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 19:38 GMT		2 points
	LOVE how you accept m.b.t

	treblat:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 21:13 GMT		7 points
	lol @ the Carl Sagan quiz icon!

	eab21:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 21:26 GMT		7 points
	What about Quinquagintaquadringentillion?

	bazmerelda:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 21:47 GMT		9 points
	Billiant quiz Chewypoo! Lots of interesting factoids there with more than a few surprising answers.

	EmYanks2001:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 22:02 GMT		2 points
	i got exactly half -- not too bad, considering pure guessing i would have gotten 1/3... my only gripe (and its a picky one) is the last question, i started typing 1,000,000 in the answer bar just so i could see it to figure out the math, but as soon as i typed the 1 it took as a wrong answer... could you possibly make it so only a M,B, or T can trigger it??

	Spencer_Hastings:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 22:12 GMT		5 points
	"525,600 minutes ... how do you measure, measure a year?" Knowing show tunes finally came in handy!

	Tobsodan:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 22:27 GMT		3 points
	@ JLKeip: If I am to beleive the sources that wikipedia uses (mainly oxford dictionary) this difference does no longer exist. In 1974 the Uk has switched to the American short scale system. Reading wikipedia, I agree not always the best source but I currently don't have any better, I can't find other examples where there is a difference within languages. I am not at all adhering a view that the US would not be speaking 'proper' English (nor the opposite, for that matter). As wikipedia states, some usage of the long scale system can still be found in the UK but this is rare. As wikipedia states "Usage of the two systems can be a subject of controversy." I think with the discussion here we've shown that to some extent... ;) By the way: I saw a fault in my last comment: where I said 10^12, I really meant 10^9. Sorry!

	Sheldon:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 23:39 GMT		1 point
	Wow I choked. I got to the second column, acting all smug because I almost had as many correct answers as the best score of my 'friends' and was surely going to beat it. And then... I crumbled, getting seven wrong in a row. Seven! And I didn't beat their score. It was like being part of the Australian cricket team who, after bowling South Africa out for 91, got bowled out themselves for 47.

	hyrax73:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 23:54 GMT		2 points
	So, there are more stars in the Milky Way than there are cataloged astronomical objects? I would not have guessed!

	hbaker:	Nov 18th, 2011 at 02:19 GMT		9 points
	If I had a dollar for every one of my blood cells . . . I still couldn't' pay of the US debt. Awesome.

	ChileNoseJam:	Nov 18th, 2011 at 02:49 GMT		1 point
	The use of "billion" to mean 10^12 in the UK is almost completely obsolete - "billion" for 10^9 and "trillion" for 10^12 are now international standard (at least in the English-speaking world) ... which is quite useful, otherwise British people would look at the $500bn figure for Greek debt and think it's even worse than it is. @Sheldon: if you were like the Australian cricket team, you'd have scored more points on the last question than on all the rest put together.

	johnspartan4187:	Nov 18th, 2011 at 12:38 GMT		1 point
	I couldn't have done worse if I tried!

	JLKeip:	Nov 18th, 2011 at 14:22 GMT		1 point
	@ Tobs - my apologies. Your typo is what threw me. As to better sources than wikipedia, dictionary.com is a good online source. hard cover encyclopedias are another.

	MercurialMe:	Nov 18th, 2011 at 22:47 GMT		3 points
	One Google-indexed web page for every year the solar system has existed.

	micah:	Nov 21st, 2011 at 23:27 GMT		1 point
	Your digits-of-pi source is out of date. It should be twice as large: http://www.numberworld.org/misc_runs/pi-10t/details.html

	yurase_ima_wo:	Nov 22nd, 2011 at 10:03 GMT		1 point
	Wow, some of these were really surprising! Good quiz (even though I did quite poorly) :)

	brianiac13:	Nov 23rd, 2011 at 01:11 GMT		1 point
	I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure you're overlooking megafugagargantugoogolplex.