The total of all the numbers is 1923.
#1. How many states in the United States? 50
#2. The Former Soviet Union -- How many independent nation/states did it become? 15
#3. How many members of the UN as of 1 January 1997? 185
#4. Population of the Earth in US billions as of 1 January 1997, rounded to the nearest billion (and expressed as a single digit). 6
#5. Number of colors in the flag of Mauritius. 4 (Horizontal Stripes of Red, Blue, Yellow, Green)
#6. Number of US states that begin and end with the same letter. 4 (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Ohio)
#7. Number of hours, expressed as a positive number, between Pacific Standard Time and Greenwich Mean (Coordinated Universal) Time. 8
#8. Number of moons of Mars. 2 (Deimos, Phobos)
#9. Number of Landlocked Countries in South America. 2 (Bolivia & Paraguay)
#10. The number of duties required of every practicing Muslim, TIMES the number of times a day every practicing Muslim must pray. 25 (5 duties; prayer 5 times per day)
#11. Height, in stories, of the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong. 70
#12. Number of different people who have been Prime Minister of Canada, from MacDonald to Chretien. 20
#13. How many times Brazil's teams have been World Cup soccer champions. 5 (as of 2002).
#14. Value, in Rupiah, of the bill with an orang utan on the back. (Alternate: the value in dollars of the US bill showing McKinley.) 500
#15. Number of justices on the US Supreme Court. 9
#16. Highest possible number of degrees of latitude -- i.e., the latitude of the North or South Pole. 90
#17. Wind speed, in Miles Per Hour, of the highest wind ever recorded on Earth (at Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, USA.) 231
#18. Worldwide total number of Reactors for Nuclear Power in operation on 1 January 1997. 437
#19. If Nichiyobi (Sunday) is day 1 in Japan, what number is Kinyobi. 6 (Nichi, Getsu, Ka, Sui, Moku, Kin, Do)
#20. International Direct-Dial Country Code for Kenya. 254
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