1. The 'Mona Lisa' is currently the most valuable painting in the world. TRUE... it's worth $100 million 2. The largest single museum in the world is located in Russia. FALSE... the American Museum of Natural History is in New York City 3. The largest art gallery in the world is located in the United States. FALSE... the Winter Palace & Hermitage is in Leningrad, USSR 4. More people speak 'English' than any other language in the world. FALSE... 695 million people speak 'Mandarin' in Northern China 5. There are 120,000 words in the English language. FALSE... 490,000 words + 300,000 technical terms 6. The Bible is the world's all-time best selling copyright book. TRUE... and the Guinness Book of World Records is second 7. $1 million is the greatest advance royalty paid for any book. FALSE... James Clavell was advanced $5 million for 'Whirlwind' 8. Dorothy Straight was the youngest author (commercially published book). TRUE... she wrote 'How the World Began' at the age of 4 9. Charles Schultz's 'Peanuts' was the longest lasting comic strip. FALSE... Rudolph Dirks' 'Katzenjammer Kids' still holds the record 10. Charles Schultz's 'Peanuts' had the largest syndication. TRUE 11. The largest library in the world is located in England. FALSE... the Library of Congress is in Washington, D.C. 12. $332,800 is the highest price ever paid for a single page of advertising. TRUE... for the back cover of Parade Magazine 13. An organ is the largest and loudest musical instrument in the world. TRUE... the 'Auditorium Organ' is located in Atlantic City, N.J. 14. The most difficult musical instrument is the French Horn. TRUE... the Ukelele is the easiest, according to the experts 15. Michael Jackson was paid the highest amount at one location while on tour. FALSE... Bruce Springsteen in '84, $117 million, 4 nights at L.A. Colesium 16. The largest opera house in the world is located in the United States. TRUE... Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, New York City 17. Songs written by Paul McCartney sold the most single records. TRUE... 43 of his songs sold at least 1 million records 18. The largest theater stage in the world is in the United States. TRUE... Ziegfeld Room, Bally Hotel in Reno, Nevada 19. Actor Red Skelton has the longest run of one-man shows. FALSE... Victor Borge, 849 shows of Comedy in Music (1953 to 1956) 20. Singer Dolly Parton received the highest pay for a single performance. TRUE... she earned $400,000 for a single concert 21. Paul Harvey is the most heard broadcaster on radio in the world. FALSE... Larry King broadcasts to 272 stations in all 50 states 22. Kenny Rogers received the highest pay for a single taping of TV. TRUE... $2 million from HBO in 1983 23. Tom Selleck's $220,000/Magnum P.I. set the record for T.V. performers. FALSE... Carroll O'Connor earned $275,000 for each Archie Bunker's show 24. Actor Marlon Brando received the highest pay in cinema history. FALSE... Sylvester Stallone received $12 million for Rocky IV