Fively #005

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1. Count · How many?

   How many tennis balls were there?

   Answer 33

   Counting one by one takes time: beyond about four items, each extra one adds a quarter to a third of a second.

2. Tilt · What angle?

   How far is Mars's axis tilted?

   Answer 25.19°

   25.19°, close to the Earth's 23.44°: so Mars has seasons too, each about twice as long as ours.

   Sources: NASA · Mars fact sheet, Wikipedia · Mars

3. Shade · What color?

   What green is Android's robot?

   Answer #3DDC84

   #3DDC84 since 2019, brighter than the earlier #A4C639; in print it is PANTONE 2412 C.

   Sources: Android Developers · Brand guidelines, Wikipedia · Android green

4. Hold · How long?

   Hold for one beat of the pendulum in Big Ben's clock tower.

   Answer 2.00 s

   2 seconds. Old pre-decimal pennies stacked on the pendulum keep the clock on time: each one makes it gain 0.4 seconds a day.

   Sources: Worn & Wound · A short history of Big Ben, the world’s most famous clock tower, New Statesman · Inside Big Ben: why the world’s most famous clock will soon lose its bong

5. Fill · How much?

   How much of honey is sugar?

   Answer 82%

   About 82%, mostly fructose and glucose. Most of the rest, about 17%, is water.

   Sources: Wikipedia · Honey, Dummies · The composition of honey