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100
What is the most spoken language in the world?
Mandarin Chinese
100
What colour is the flag that indicates the winner in a motor race?
Checkered flag
100
Jess Day, Nick Miller, Winston Bishop and Schmidt are all characters on what TV show?
New Girl
100
What was the first nation to send an astronaut to space?
The Soviet Union - The first person in space was Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who completed one orbit of Earth on April 12, 1961
100
Who painted the "Starry Night"
Vincent Van Gogh
200
Name a language that is written/read from right to left?
Arabic, Hebrew, Persian (Farsi), and Urdu. Other languages like Aramaic, Azeri, Kurdish (Sorani), Syriac, and some varieties of N'Ko
Japanese/Korean: While now often written left-to-right, traditional Japanese and Korean were written vertically
200
Who is the host of "The Amazing Race"?
Phil Keoghan
200
Whitney Houston went to the top of the music charts in 1992 with which Dolly Parton song?
I will always love you
200
What disease was also called "the Black Death"?
The bubonic plague
200
Who painted the Sistine Chapel?
painted by Michelangelo
300
What is the name for a person who speaks multiple languages? (3+)
a) Lexicographer
b) Polyglot
c) Linguist
d) Grammarian
b) Polyglot
300
Which athlete won the largest number of gold medals at the Olympic Games?
- Michael Phelps
- Usain Bolt
- Maria Sharapova
- Yusuf Bolt
Michael Phelps - he has 28 medals
300
In the news recently, this couple was found to be having an affair. Who was performing at said concert?
Coldplay - Chris Martin
300
What is Amerigo Vespucci famous for?
Inspiring the term "America"
300
Who drew the famous illustration known as "Vitruvian Man"?
Leonardo da Vinci
400
True or False: More than half of the world's languages have no written form.
True
400
What sport is the women in this clip playing?
Chess
400
Which rapper did Kendrick Lamar take aim at in his 2024 single, “Not Like Us”?
Drake
400
What leader came to power in Cuba after the Cuban Revolution?
Fidel Castro
400
Who is known for writing Macbeth, Othello, and A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
500
From what language is the word 'oasis' said to have originated?
Ancient Egyptian
500
In what country is the biggest tennis tournament, “Wimbledon” taking place?
United Kingdom
500
Which movie is the tag line "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die" from?
The Princess Bride
500
What political party was Mao Zedong the leader of?
The Chinese Communist Party
500
'The Phantom of the Opera' is set in which city?
Paris
600
What is the name for the Japanese logographic script based on Chinese characters?
Kanji
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600
In what team did Shaquille O'Neal start his career?
- Orlando Magic
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Philadelphia Sixers
- Miami Heat
Orlando Magic
600
What Bridgerton star plays Fiyero in the film adaptation of Wicked?
Jonathan Bailey
600
Who is often called "the father of the atomic bomb"?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
600
Named "Girl With Balloon" before it was partially shredded at a 2018 auction, "Love Is in the Bin" is an artwork that sold for $25.4 million in 2021, by what one-named artist?
Banksy
"Love in the bin" is seen as a commentary on the commercialization of art and the idea that the true value of art can be lost when it's treated as a commodity.
700
Which two languages were featured on the Rosetta Stone?
The Rosetta Stone features the same text in three scripts: Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic script, and Ancient Greek. This trilingual inscription was crucial for deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs, as the Greek text provided a key to understanding the previously unknown hieroglyphic and demotic scripts.
700
Which baseball player is the leader in the number of goals scored in the history of the World Series?
- Pete Rose
- Babe Ruth
- Michael Jordan
- Manny Ramirez
Babe Ruth
700
What singer famously performed with an albino Burmese python at the MTV Video Music Awards?
Britney Spears
700
What pioneering English woman is considered the founder of modern nursing?
Florence Nightingale
700
Which artist, known for his famous "wet-on-wet" painting technique, his joy of Painting, and drew inspiration from his time in Alaska while serving in the US Air Force?
Bob Ross
He is also known for his afro and "happy little clouds."