Telephone Quiz 

1. What American city has the highest percentage of unlisted phone numbers?
2. On what day of the year are the greatest number of telephone calls typically placed?
3. On what day of the year are the greatest number of collect telephone calls typically placed?
4. Where is the world's highest (in elevation) telephone booth?
5. Where's the busiest pay phone in the U.S., used about 270 times a day?

Answers

1. 66% of phone number in Las Vegas are unlisted. The city is growing so fast it puts out new phone books once every six months.
2. The greatest number of phone calls are made on Mother's Day.
3. The greatest number of collect calls are made on Father's Day.
4. The world's highest telephone booth is on the Siachen Glacier in India at 20,000 feet above sea level.
5. The busiest pay phone is in Chicago's main bus terminal.

The Pentagon

1. The Pentagon is the world's largest office building. How many people work there?
2. How many miles of telephone lines are there in the Pentagon?
3. How many rolls of toilet paper are used on average in the Pentagon each day?
4. The Pentagon has how many drinking fountains in its 17.5 miles of corridors?
5. There are 7,754 windows in the Pentagon. How many acres worth of glass is that?

Answers

1. 25,000 people work in the Pentagon.
2. There are 68,000 miles of phone lines in the building.
3. The Pentagon burns through an average of 666 rolls of toilet paper every day in 284 bathrooms.
4. There are 691 drinking fountains.
5. There are just over 7 acres of glass in the building.

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