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There are more germs here than there are stars in the sky.

A. An airport restroom
B. Your intestines
C. A movie theater


The oldest known sign of life on earth is a fossilized germ cell that is how old?

A. 3.5 billion years
B. 8 million years
C. 630,000 years


The world’s germs weigh more than every living plant and animal combined.

True _____
False _____


Germs are alive and well on:

A. The ocean floor
B. Frozen Antarctica
C. Boiling hot springs
D. Volcanoes’ lava cones
E. All of the above


Stones made of the shells of germs called protozoa were used to build:

A. Mount Rushmore
B. Egypt’s Pyramids
C. The Great Wall of China


One of the germiest things in your whole house is:

A. Your toilet
B. Your garage
C. Your kitchen sponge

Answers: 1 B, 2 A, 3 True, 4 E, 5 B, 6 C.

Germ facts courtesy of microbiologist and germ expert Philip M. Tierno, Jr. Ph.D.