General Knowledge
Which is the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific Ocean.
Which ancient civilisation built the famous Great Pyramid of Giza?
Ancient Egypt.
How many continents are there on Earth?
7.
What is the closest star to Earth?
The Sun.
What is the tallest type of tree on Earth?
The Coast Redwood.
What is the smallest continent in the world by land area?
Australia/Oceania
Who was the famous Roman general and statesman who was assassinated on the Ides of March in 44 BC?
What is the capital city of Japan?
Tokyo.
What temperature does water freeze at in Fahrenheit?
32°F.
What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere to make food?
Carbon dioxide.
What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra.
Which Roman emperor legalised Christianity across the empire?
Constantine the Great.
The town of Baarle is notoriously fractured with complex exclaves and enclaves divided between which two European countries?
Belgium and the Netherlands.
What is the primary function of mitochondria in a cell?
Producing energy (ATP).
What is the only mammal capable of true, sustained flight?
The bat.
Which physical published the groundbreaking theory of general relativity in 1915?
Albert Einstein.
What was the primary language of the Byzantine Empire?
Greek.
In which South American country is Angel Falls, the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall, located?
Venezuela.
Which blood vessels carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the rest of the body?
Arteries.
Which layer of Earth's atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
Stratosphere.
What is the unique geographic distinction of the country of Lesotho?
It is the world's southernmost landlocked country.
Which 1st-century Chinese envoy was sent to make contact with the Roman Empire (Da Qin) but turned back at the Persian Gulf after being misled by Parthian sailors?
Gan Ying.
Big Diomede (Russia) and Little Diomede (USA) are separated by just 3.8 kilometres of water in the Bering Strait, yet there is a massive time difference between them during standard time. What is the exact time difference?
21 hours.
Why does time slow down near a massive object like a black hole?
Gravitational time dilation.
Approximately what percentage or proportion of an octopus's total neurons are located in its peripheral nervous system/arms rather than its central brain?
60% ~ 70% (two thirds).