General Knowledge
It’s the only continent with no active volcanoes?
What is Australia.
Which gas do plants absorb during photosynthesis?
What is Carbon dioxide.
He came to power 34 days before Franklin D. Roosevelt and left it 19 days after him?
Who is Adolf Hitler.
This Greek mathematician, author of The Elements, is known as the “Father of Geometry.”?
Who is Euclid.
What is the only gemstone produced by a living creature?
What is a pearl.
The name of this branch of mathematics comes from the Arabic word for “reuniting.”?
What is algebra.
What is the speed of light?
What is 299,792,458 m/s.
A 2012 poll by Britain’s National Army Museum voted this man, born in 1732, as the nation’s greatest military enemy?
Who is George Washington.
This English mathematician, credited with inventing calculus, also studied alchemy?
Who is Sir Isaac Newton.
Which chess piece was originally called the "elephant"?
What is the Bishop.
This salsa’s name means “beak of the rooster.”?
What is pico de gallo.
What is the chemical formula for water?
What is H2O.
Who was the first Roman emperor?
Who is Augustus (Octavian)
"Like fractions" have the same this, making it easy to add and subtract them?
What is a Denominator.
How much DNA do humans share with bananas?
What is about 50%.
In which year did World War II end?
What is 1945.
Which organ produces insulin?
What is the Pancreas.
What event triggered World War I?
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. (1914)
In a right triangle, the longest side is called this?
What is a Hypotenuse.
What is synesthesia?
What is a condition where stimulation of one sense triggers another, e.g., seeing colors when hearing music.
Who painted The Starry Night?
Who is Vincent van Gogh.
What is the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere?
What is Nitrogen. (78%)
Who led the Mongol Empire at its peak?
Who is Genghis Khan.
1/2 of 1/2 of 1/4 equals this fraction?
What is 1/16.
Which famous philosopher said, “I think, therefore I am”?
Who is René Descartes.