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100

Which U.S. city hosted the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

  • A. Boston
  • B. Philadelphia 
  • C. New York
  • D. Washington, D.C.

Answer: What is Philadelphia?

100

Who was known as "The King of Rock and Roll"?

  • A. Frank Sinatra
  • B. Elvis Presley 
  • C. Buddy Holly
  • D. Chuck Berry

Answer: Who is Elvis Presley?

100

Which country is famous for the Eiffel Tower?

  • A. Italy
  • B. France 
  • C. Spain
  • D. Belgium

Answer: What is France?

100

Who wrote The Great Gatsby?

  • A. Ernest Hemingway
  • B. F. Scott Fitzgerald 
  • C. John Steinbeck
  • D. John Updike

Answer: Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?

100

Which planet is famous for its prominent rings?

  • A. Mars
  • B. Saturn 
  • C. Venus
  • D. Mercury

Answer: What is Saturn?

200

Which president was nicknamed "Ike"?

  • A. Harry Truman
  • B. Dwight D. Eisenhower 
  • C. Richard Nixon
  • D. Douglas MacArthur

Answer: Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?

200

Which actress starred as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind?

  • A. Bette Davis
  • B. Vivien Leigh 
  • C. Audrey Hepburn
  • D. Grace Kelly

Answer: Who is Vivien Leigh?

200

Which river runs through London?

  • A. Seine
  • B. Thames 
  • C. Danube
  • D. Rhine

Answer: What is the Thames?

200

Which fictional detective lived at 221B Baker Street?

  • A. Hercule Poirot
  • B. Sherlock Holmes 
  • C. Sam Spade
  • D. Philip Marlowe

Answer: Who is Sherlock Holmes?

200

What is the main gas that humans breathe in to survive?

  • A. Carbon dioxide
  • B. Oxygen 
  • C. Hydrogen
  • D. Nitrogen

Answer: What is oxygen?

300

The Underground Railroad helped enslaved people escape primarily to which destination?

  • A. The American South
  • B. Canada and free states 
  • C. Mexico
  • D. Europe

Answer: What are Canada and the free states?

300

Which comedian was famous for his character "The Little Tramp"?

  • A. Buster Keaton
  • B. Charlie Chaplin 
  • C. Laurel
  • D. Oliver Hardy

Answer: Who is Charlie Chaplin?

300

Which country is home to the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu?

  • A. Peru 
  • B. Chile
  • C. Brazil
  • D. Argentina

Answer: What is Peru?

300

Who wrote The Count of Monte Cristo?

  • A. Victor Hugo
  • B. Alexandre Dumas 
  • C. Jules Verne
  • D. Gustave Flaubert

Answer: Who is Alexandre Dumas?

300

Which animal is the largest mammal on Earth?

  • A. African elephant
  • B. Blue whale 
  • C. Giraffe
  • D. Orca

Answer: What is the blue whale?

400

Which event directly led to the United States entering World War II?

  • A. The sinking of the Lusitania
  • B. The attack on Pearl Harbor 
  • C. The invasion of France
  • D. The bombing of Hiroshima

Answer: What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?

400

Which actor played the title role in Lawrence of Arabia?

  • A. Gregory Peck
  • B. Peter O'Toole 
  • C. Charlton Heston
  • D. Kirk Douglas

Answer: Who is Peter O'Toole?

400

Which city is divided by the Bosphorus Strait, with part of it in Europe and part in Asia?

  • A. Athens
  • B. Istanbul 
  • C. Cairo
  • D. Moscow

Answer: What is Istanbul?

400

Which novel features the characters Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy?

  • A. Jane Eyre
  • B. Pride and Prejudice 
  • C. Sense and Sensibility
  • D. Wuthering Heights

Answer: What is Pride and Prejudice?

400

What is the name of the smallest bone in the human body?

  • A. Femur
  • B. Stapes 
  • C. Tibia
  • D. Ulna

Answer: What is the stapes?

500

Which U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

  • A. Roe v. Wade
  • B. Brown v. Board of Education 
  • C. Miranda v. Arizona
  • D. Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer: What is Brown v. Board of Education?

500

Which actress won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen?

  • A. Helen Mirren 
  • B. Judi Dench
  • C. Meryl Streep
  • D. Maggie Smith

Answer: Who is Helen Mirren?

500

Which African lake is traditionally considered one of the sources of the Nile River?

  • A. Lake Victoria 
  • B. Lake Chad
  • C. Lake Tanganyika
  • D. Lake Malawi


Answer: What is Lake Victoria?

500

Who wrote The Brothers Karamazov?

  • A. Leo Tolstoy
  • B. Fyodor Dostoevsky 
  • C. Anton Chekhov
  • D. Ivan Turgenev

Answer: Who is Fyodor Dostoevsky?

500

Which scientist is famous for formulating the three laws of motion?

  • A. Albert Einstein
  • B. Isaac Newton 
  • C. Galileo Galilei
  • D. Nikola Tesla

Answer: Who is Isaac Newton?

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