What is the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere?
Nitrogen
Which African country has the largest population?
Nigeria
Which empire was ruled by Julius Caesar?
The Roman Republic (later Roman Empire)
Which scientist wrote the book "A Brief History of Time"
Stephen Hawking
Vermilion is a shade of which color?
Red
What branch of science studies heredity?
Genetics
What is the driest continent on Earth?
Antarctica
Which ancient civilization built the Machu Picchu complex?
The Inca Empire
Who composed "5th Symphony"?
Ludwig van Beethoven
What are the two main ingredients of mayonnaise?
Oil and egg yolk
What type of bond involves the sharing of electrons?
Covalent bond
What is the name of the sea bordered by Saudi Arabia and Africa?
The Red Sea
Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Which musical tells the story of a young woman transforming from a flower girl into a high society lady?
My Fair Lady
What food group is a cucumber technically in?
fruits
What element is essential for hemoglobin to carry oxygen?
Iron
Which New England state produces the majority of the country’s lobsters?
Maine
Whose painting "Irises" was sold to Alan Bond in 1987?
Vincent van Gogh's
Which Broadway musical is set during the French Revolution?
Les Misérables
Which Canadian province is the setting for the novel "Anne of Green Gables"?
Prince Edward Island
What part of the electromagnetic spectrum is used in MRI scans?
Radio waves
In which U.S. state can you find a river nicknamed the "River of No Return"?
Idaho
What modern day country is the Lighthouse of Alexandria located in?
Egypt
Which musical features the song “The Room Where It Happens”?
Hamilton
What is a truffle?
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What physicist introduced the uncertainty principle?
Werner Heisenberg
What strait separates Asia and North America?
The Bering Strait
Who was the longest-reigning pharaoh of Egypt, ruling for over 66 years during the 19th Dynasty?
Ramses II
Who wrote the novel East of Eden?
John Steinbeck
What does the prefix "pseudo" mean?
False
What layer of the Sun is visible during a total solar eclipse?
The corona
What is the world´s newest country
The newest country in the world is South Sudan, which gained its independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011. It is the most recent internationally recognized country and became a member of the United Nations shortly after its independence.
Alexander the Great was the leader of which empire?
The Macedonian
What author created the character of Tom Gradgrind?
Charles Dickens
What gives beer its distinctive bitter flavour?
Hops
What term describes an organism that makes its own food using sunlight or chemicals?
Autotroph
What is the name of the current that warms Western Europe?
The Gulf Stream
What was the very first ship sunk in action in World War II?
The Athena
Which musical follows the life of the King of Siam?
The King and I
The ghost pepper is cultivated in what country?
Bangladesh
What is the SI unit of force?
Newton
Which U.S. state shares a border with the most other states?
Tennessee (8)
Which US state was the first to secede from the Union in 1860?
South Carolina
Who wrote the modernist novel Mrs. Dalloway?
Virginia Woolf
In astronomy, what is a singularity?
The center of a black hole![]()
What phenomenon causes Earth’s axis to wobble over long periods of time?
Precession
Which country contains the most deserts (hot and cold)?
China
What was the ultimate destination for most travelers of the Underground Railroad?
Canada
What Russian author wrote Crime and Punishment?
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Of the 88 keys on a piano, how many are black?
36