General Knoweledge
Which Author wrote Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
which element has te Chemical symbol W
Tungsten
Which country has coastlines on both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf?
Islamic Republic of Iran
Which empire had its capital at Constantinople in 1453?
Byzantine Empire
In music, how many semitones make up an octave?
12
What does the abbreviation UNESCO stand for?
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Which organelle modifies and packages proteins for transport?
Golgi apparatus
What is the world’s deepest lake?
Lake Baikal
Which English king was executed in 1649?
Charles I
Which artist painted The Persistence of Memory, featuring melting clocks?
Salvador Dalí
In Greek mythology, who was condemned to roll a boulder uphill forever?
Sisyphus
What is the name of the boundary around a black hole beyond which light cannot escape?
Event horizon
Which country is completely surrounded by South Africa?
Lesotho
The Defenestration of Prague in 1618 helped trigger which war
Thirty Years’ War
What is the maximum possible break in snooker without a free ball?
147
Which language is the original source of the word “algebra”?
Arabic
What is the process called when a solid changes directly into a gas?
Sublimation
What is the capital of New Zealand?
Wellington
Who was the first emperor of Rome?
Augustus
In an orchestra, which instrument is played by the leader of the string section known as the concertmaster?
Violin
Which author created the detective Hercule Poirot?
Agatha Christie
Which scientist discovered the neutron in 1932?
James Chadwick
Which country was formerly known as Abyssinia?
Ethiopia
What did the oracle tell Achilies before he left for troy? (paraphrasing acceptable)
he could live a long, quiet, and unremarkable life at home in Phthia, or a short, glorious life fighting at Troy that would end in his death
What is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold called?
Kintsugi