Sports
Which country hosts the famous cricket tournament "The Ashes"?
A) India
B) Australia
C) South Africa
D) England
What is the largest species of penguin?
A) King Penguin
B) Emperor Penguin
C) Royal Penguin
D) Macaroni Penguin
The Beatles made their first appearance on American television in what year?
A) 1960
B) 1962
C) 1964
D) 1966
C) 1964
The “Iron Curtain” was a term popularized by which historical figure?
A) Harry S. Truman
B) Winston Churchill
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Franklin D. Roosevelt
What compound gives chili peppers their heat?
A) Capsaicinase
B) Lycopene
C) Capsaicin
D) Piperine
What was the first sport ever broadcast on television?
A) Baseball
B) Boxing
C) Tennis
D) Horse Racing
Which insect can survive decapitation for several days?
A) Wasp
B) Cockroach
C) Ant
D) Beetle
What cultural movement was characterized by jazz music, flapper fashion, and speakeasies?
A) The Gilded Age
B) The Beat Generation
C) The Harlem Renaissance
D) The Roaring Twenties
In ancient Rome, what was a triumvirate?
A) A festival
B) A type of gladiator
C) A political alliance of three men
D) A religious cult
What is the culinary term for the Maillard reaction?
A) The curdling of milk
B) The browning of proteins and sugars
C) The crystallization of sugar
D) The breakdown of starch into glucose
What’s the only known poisonous bird?
A) Hoatzin
B) Pitohui
C) Cassowary
D) Secretary Bird
Who was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize, and in what field?
A) Rosalind Franklin – Chemistry
B) Marie Curie – Physics
C) Ada Lovelace – Mathematics
D) Florence Nightingale – Medicine
The Benin Bronzes, a collection of plaques and sculptures, originated in which modern-day country?
A) Ghana
B) Nigeria
C) Kenya
D) Egypt
Which country is the origin of the dish Rendang, a spicy meat stew?
A) Thailand
B) Philippines
C) Indonesia
D) India
What chess move, involving the king and a rook, is the only time two pieces move at once?
A) Check
B) Castling
C) En Passant
D) Pin
Which mammal has the most teeth?
A) Dolphin
B) Giant Armadillo
C) Elephant
D) Narwhal
Which artist is famous for cutting off part of his own ear?
A) Pablo Picasso
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Vincent van Gogh
D) Claude Monet
What empire was ruled by Suleiman the Magnificent?
A) Byzantine Empire
B) Ottoman Empire
C) Roman Empire
D) Persian Empire
What is surimi typically used to make in Japanese cuisine?
A) Noodles
B) Imitation crab meat
C) Fermented bean paste
D) Fish roe
What animal has rectangular pupils?
A) Goat
B) Rabbit
C) Owl
D) Cat
Who wrote The Divine Comedy, which includes Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso?
A) Geoffrey Chaucer
B) Dante Alighieri
C) Homer
D) Virgil
Who was the first ruler to unify Germany into a nation-state in 1871?
A) Otto von Bismarck
B) Kaiser Wilhelm I
C) Frederick the Great
D) Napoleon III