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100

Which British prime minister gained the nickname “Iron Lady”?

A. Diana

B. Theresa May

C. Angela Merkel

D. Margaret Thatcher

Answer: D. Margaret Thatcher

100

Which books is said to have contributed so much to popular feeling against slavery that it is sometimes cited among the causes of the American Civil War?

A. Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp

B. Gone with the Wind

C. Ben Hur

D. Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer: D. Uncle Tom’s Cabin

100

What year did the modern Olympics start?

A. 122 BCE

B. 1642 CE

C. 1896 CE

D. 1968 CE

Answer: C. 1896 CE

100

What are the five joined inland seas of North America called?

A. the Large Lakes

B. the Great Lakes

C. the Superb Lakes

D. the Major Lakes

Answer: B. the Great Lakes

100

Who is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Ares?

A. Jupiter

B. Mercury

C. Mars

D. Minerva

Answer: C. Mars

200

Which monarch of the United Kingdom also became the first empress of India?

A. Elizabeth ll

B. Victoria 

C. Boudicca

D. Anne

Answer: B. Victoria

200

Who compiled the stories known in English as the Tales of Mother Goose?

A. Lewis Carrol

B. The Grimm Brothers

C. Hans Christian Andersen 

D. Charles Perrault

Answer: D. Charles Perrault

200

Who composed Moonlight Sonata?

A. Johann Sebastian Bach

B. Johannesburg Brahms

C. Ludwig van Beethoven

D. Richard Wagner

Answer: C. Ludwig van Beethoven

200

In what country is the death penalty for crime forbidden?

A. India

B. Belarus

C. the United States

D. Australia

Answer: D. Australia

200

How many items are in a "baker’s dozen"?

A. 10

B. 12

C. 13

D. 24

Answer: C. 13

300

He was the last Russian emperor. He and his family were killed by the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution.

A. Paul

B. Nicholas ll 

C. Alexander l

D. Alexander lll

Answer: B Nicholas ll

300

Which American writer is considered the originator of the modern detective story?

A. Herman Melville

B. Mark Twain

C. Harriet Beecher Stowe

D. Edger Allan Poe

Answer: D. Edger Allan Poe

300

Episkuros, calcio, and melees were early forms of which popular sport?

A.boxing

B.gymnastics

C. football (soccer)

D. fencing

Answer: C. football (soccer)

300

Which of these monuments is located in South Dakota?

A. Marine Corps War Memorial

B. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial

C. Montezuma Castle National Monument

D. Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Answer. D. Mount Rushmore National Memorial

300

What is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States?

A. Yale University

B. College of William & Mary

C. Cornell University

D. Harvard University

Answer: D. Harvard University

400

She was the first woman to serve as chancellor of Germany, and she kept the country’s borders open during one of Europe’s biggest refugee crises.

A. Tarja Halonen

B. Angela Merkel

C. Rosa Luxembourg

D. Sheffield Graf

Answer: B. Angela Merkel

400

Who is the protagonist in Crime and Punishment?

A. Alyosha

B. Raskolinikov

C. Prince Myshkin

D. Stavrogin

Answer: B. Raskolinikov

400

In what state do the New York Giants play their home games?

A. Connecticut

B. New York

C. New Jersey

D. Massachusetts

Answer: C. New Jersey

400

Which region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan, whose name is derived from the Tatar term for “sleeping land,” is notorious for the length and severity of its winters?

A. Murmansk

B. Karelia

C. Siberia

D. Caucasus

Answer: C. Siberia

400

From what language does the word "vinegar" come?

A. Urdu

B. Russian 

C. French 

D. Bororo

Answer: C. French

500

How many U.S. presidents owned enslaved people during their lifetimes?

A. 8

B. 10

C. 11

D. 12

Answer: D. 12

500

In which play by Shakespeare do witches play an important role?

A. King Lear

B. Hamlet

C. Macbeth

D. Othello

Answer: C. Macbeth

500

What event led to the 1980 Olympic boycott, the largest in the Games’ history?

A. worldwide economic depression

B. Arab-Israeli wars

C. the Iran-Iraq War

D. the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan

Answer: D. the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan

500

In what country is Swahili widely spoken?

A. Kenya

B. Belgium

C. Libya

D. Angola

Answer: A. Kenya

500

What does the name "ukulele" mean in Hawaiian?

A. small guitar

B. small bug fiddle 

C. jumping flea

D. Island banjo

Answer: C. jumping flea

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