Fively #009

If you’d rather play this day first, don’t look yet.

1. Count · How many?

   How many cups were there?

   Answer 70

   Joining dots in pairs with lines makes people see fewer of them: the brain counts the joined shapes, not the dots.

2. Tilt · What angle?

   How far does the Garisenda tower, in Bologna, lean?

   Answer 4.0°

   About 4°. Built in the 12th century and 48 m tall, it has been fenced off since 2023 while it is made safe.

   Sources: CNN · Bologna's Garisenda tower, CBS News · Bologna braces for possible collapse of leaning tower

3. Shade · What color?

   What blue is “Oxford blue”, the University of Oxford's colour?

   Answer #002147

   PANTONE 282, or #002147 on screen: a blue so dark it is almost navy.

   Sources: University of Oxford · Brand colours, Wikipedia · Oxford Blue (colour)

4. Hold · How long?

   Hold for as long as a cliff diver falls from a 27-metre platform.

   Answer 3.00 s

   About 3 seconds, hitting the water at about 85 km/h.

   Sources: Red Bull · The science of Red Bull Cliff Diving, Focus · La scienza del cliff diving

5. Fill · How much?

   How much of the world's unfrozen fresh water is in Lake Baikal, in Siberia?

   Answer 20%

   About 20%: it is the world's deepest lake, at over 1,600 m.

   Sources: UNESCO World Heritage Centre · Lake Baikal, IUCN World Heritage Outlook · Lake Baikal