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Question 1: What is the capital city of Australia?
Sydney
Melbourne
Canberra
Brisbane
Question 2: What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Ag
Au
Fe
Gd
Question 3: How many continents are there on Earth?
5
6
7
8
Question 4: Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Vincent van Gogh
Leonardo da Vinci
Pablo Picasso
Michelangelo
Question 5: What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Question 6: Which planet in our solar system is known as the "Red Planet"?
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
Question 7: How many days are in a leap year?
364
365
366
367
Question 8: What is the primary gas found in the air we breathe?
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Carbon Dioxide
Hydrogen
Question 9: In which country would you find the Great Pyramids of Giza?
Sudan
Mexico
Egypt
Peru
Question 10: What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Titanium
Quartz
Diamond
Granite
Question 11: How many players are on the field for one soccer (football) team?
9
10
11
12
Question 12: Which mammal is known to have the most powerful bite relative to its size?
Lion
Hippopotamus
Grizzly Bear
Hyena
Question 13: What is the tallest land animal in the world?
Elephant
Giraffe
Ostrich
Camel
Question 14: What color do you get when you mix blue and yellow?
Green
Purple
Orange
Brown
Question 15: Which ancient civilization built Machu Picchu?
Aztec
Maya
Inca
Olmec
Question 16: What is the freezing point of water in Celsius?
-10°C
0°C
32°C
100°C
Question 17: Which musical instrument has 88 keys?
Harpsichord
Accordion
Piano
Pipe Organ
Question 18: What is the national currency of Japan?
Yuan
Won
Yen
Ringgit
Question 19: Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?
Charles Dickens
William Shakespeare
Jane Austen
Mark Twain
Question 20: Which organ in the human body pumps blood?
Lungs
Liver
Brain
Heart
Question 21: What is the largest mammal currently living on Earth?
African Bush Elephant
Blue Whale
Colossal Squid
Sperm Whale
Question 22: What does the Roman numeral "X" represent?
5
10
50
100
Question 23: Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
United Kingdom
Spain
France
Germany
Question 24: How many sides does a hexagon have?
5
6
7
8
Question 25: What is the boiling point of pure water at sea level in Celsius?
90°C
100°C
110°C
212°C
Question 26: Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
Russia
Australia
Canada
Norway
Question 27: What is the powerhouse of the human cell?
Nucleus
Ribosome
Mitochondria
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Question 28: In what year did the Titanic sink?
1905
1912
1918
1923
Question 29: What is the capital city of Canada?
Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Ottawa
Question 30: Which element has the atomic number 1?
Helium
Hydrogen
Carbon
Oxygen
Question 31: Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
Buzz Aldrin
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
Michael Collins
Question 32: Officially recognized by Guinness World Records, what is the longest river in the world?
Amazon River
Nile River
Yangtze River
Mississippi River
Question 33: How many bones are in the adult human body?
186
206
226
256
Question 34: Which famous scientist formulated the Theory of General Relativity?
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Nikola Tesla
Stephen Hawking
Question 35: What is the official language of Brazil?
Spanish
Portuguese
French
English
Question 36: Which blood type is known as the universal red blood cell donor?
A positive
AB positive
O negative
B negative
Question 37: What is the capital of New Zealand?
Auckland
Christchurch
Wellington
Queenstown
Question 38: Which bird is capable of flying backwards?
Hummingbird
Swift
Kingfisher
Woodpecker
Question 39: In which year did World War II officially end?
1943
1944
1945
1946
Question 40: What is the currency of the United Kingdom?
Euro
Pound Sterling
Franc
Crown
Question 41: Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Venus
Mercury
Earth
Mars
Question 42: What is the primary ingredient in traditional hummus?
Lentils
Chickpeas
Black beans
Fava beans
Question 43: Who developed the first successful polio vaccine in 1953?
Alexander Fleming
Louis Pasteur
Jonas Salk
Edward Jenner
Question 44: Which country is native home to wild kangaroos?
South Africa
New Zealand
Australia
Madagascar
Question 45: What is the name of the ancient Greek god of the sea?
Zeus
Hades
Poseidon
Apollo
Question 46: How many chambers are inside the human heart?
2
3
4
6
Question 47: What is the smallest country in the world by land area?
Monaco
San Marino
Vatican City
Liechtenstein
Question 48: Which metal element remains a liquid at standard room temperature?
Mercury
Lead
Tin
Gallium
Question 49: In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
1987
1989
1991
1993
Question 50: Which US state is the largest by land area?
Texas
California
Alaska
Montana
Question 51: What is the official national animal of Scotland?
Red Deer
Unicorn
Golden Eagle
Highland Cow
Question 52: Who discovered penicillin in 1928?
Alexander Fleming
Marie Curie
Robert Koch
Joseph Lister
Question 53: What is the capital city of Turkey?
Istanbul
Ankara
Izmir
Antalya
Question 54: Which element on the periodic table has the chemical symbol "Sn"?
Silver
Tin
Antimony
Silicon
Question 55: How many valves does a standard modern trumpet have?
2
3
4
5
Question 56: What is the largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago?
Oahu
Maui
Hawaii (The Big Island)
Kauai
Question 57: Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Rosalind Franklin
Marie Curie
Mother Teresa
Ada Lovelace
Question 58: Which African nation was formerly known as Abyssinia?
Sudan
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Somalia
Question 59: In the game of chess, which piece can move only diagonally?
Rook
Bishop
Knight
Pawn
Question 60: What is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall?
Niagara Falls
Victoria Falls
Angel Falls
Iguazu Falls
Question 61: Which English author wrote 1984 and Animal Farm?
Aldous Huxley
George Orwell
H.G. Wells
Ray Bradbury
Question 62: What is the standard SI unit of electrical resistance?
Volt
Ampere
Ohm
Watt
Question 63: What is the de facto capital city of Switzerland?
Zurich
Geneva
Bern
Basel
Question 64: Which organ produces insulin in the human body?
Liver
Spleen
Pancreas
Gallbladder
Question 65: How many total squares are on a standard chess board?
48
64
72
100
Question 66: What is the everyday common name for the chemical compound sodium chloride?
Baking soda
Table salt
Epsom salt
Chalk
Question 67: Which country hosted the 2016 Summer Olympic Games?
China
United Kingdom
Brazil
Japan
Question 68: What weather phenomenon does the Beaufort scale measure?
Earthquakes
Wind speed
Ocean depth
Air pressure
Question 69: Who served as the first President of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Question 70: What is the outermost protective layer of human skin called?
Dermis
Hypodermis
Epidermis
Endoderm
Question 71: A nectarine is a smooth-skinned genetic variant of which fruit?
Plum
Peach
Apricot
Apple
Question 72: What is the deepest surveyed location in the world's oceans?
Java Trench
Mariana Trench (Challenger Deep)
Puerto Rico Trench
Sunda Trench
Question 73: Which classical composer wrote The Four Seasons?
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Antonio Vivaldi
Ludwig van Beethoven
Question 74: What is the capital city of Brazil?
Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo
Brasília
Salvador
Question 75: What is the only mammal species capable of true, sustained flight?
Flying Squirrel
Bat
Sugar Glider
Colugo
Question 76: What is the northernmost capital city of a sovereign state?
Reykjavik
Akureyri
Oslo
Helsinki
Question 77: Within the standard ABO and Rh blood group system, which blood type is the rarest?
B negative
O negative
AB negative
A negative
Question 78: Which 1815 battle marked the definitive military defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte?
Battle of Austerlitz
Battle of Leipzig
Battle of Waterloo
Battle of Trafalgar
Question 79: What is the systematic chemical name for laughing gas?
Nitrogen dioxide
Nitrous oxide
Nitric oxide
Sulfur hexafluoride
Question 80: In which modern nation was the ancient Battle of Marathon fought?
Turkey
Greece
Italy
Egypt
Question 81: What linguistic term describes a word, sentence, or number that reads the same backward as forward?
Anagram
Palindrome
Acronym
Homonym
Question 82: Which metallic element possesses the highest melting point?
Titanium
Platinum
Tungsten
Osmium
Question 83: What is the capital city of Mongolia?
Astana
Ulaanbaatar
Tashkent
Bishkek
Question 84: Who was the second human being to step foot on the Moon?
Buzz Aldrin
Pete Conrad
Alan Shepard
John Young
Question 85: Which letter does not appear anywhere on the official Periodic Table of Elements?
Q
J
X
Z
Question 86: How many hearts does an octopus have?
1
2
3
4
Question 87: In what year did the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster take place?
1984
1986
1989
1991
Question 88: What is the federal capital territory and capital city of Nigeria?
Lagos
Abuja
Kano
Ibadan
Question 89: What does the musical direction "piano" literally translate to in Italian?
Sweet
Soft / Quiet
Fast
Grand
Question 90: Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World stood on the island of Rhodes?
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Colossus of Rhodes
Temple of Artemis
Statue of Zeus
Question 91: What chemical compound constitutes the primary component of limestone and marble?
Silicon dioxide
Calcium carbonate
Aluminum oxide
Iron sulfide
Question 92: Which 1919 treaty formally concluded the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers?
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Utrecht
Question 93: What is the largest landlocked nation by geographical area on Earth?
Mongolia
Kazakhstan
Chad
Bolivia
Question 94: Which ancient Roman poet authored the national epic The Aeneid?
Ovid
Homer
Virgil
Horace
Question 95: What is the approximate speed of light through a vacuum?
150,000 km/s
300,000 km/s
450,000 km/s
600,000 km/s
Question 96: Which sub-Saharan African country was the first to achieve independence from colonial rule in 1957?
Kenya
Ghana
Nigeria
Senegal
Question 97: What is the deepest freshwater lake on the planet?
Lake Superior
Lake Victoria
Lake Baikal
Lake Tanganyika
Question 98: Which 17th-century French mathematician formulated the famous "Last Theorem" proven in 1994?
Pierre de Fermat
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Leonhard Euler
René Descartes
Question 99: What is the official International System (SI) base unit for measuring luminous intensity?
Lumen
Lux
Candela
Watt
Question 100: Founded in 301 AD, which nation is recognized as the world's oldest surviving sovereign republic?
San Marino
Switzerland
Greece
Iceland