Art & Artists
Who painted the "Mona Lisa"?
Leonardo da Vinci
Who is the Greek god of the sea?
Poseidon
Which planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury
Who is credited with inventing the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
What is the most commonly used letter in the English alphabet?
E
Which artist is famous for cutting off part of his own ear?
Vincent van Gogh
In Norse mythology, who is the god of thunder?
Thor
What is the name of NASA's rover that landed on Mars in 2021?
Perseverance
Who invented the light bulb?
Thomas Edison
What do you call a word that reads the same backward as forward?
A palindrome
What art movement is Salvador Dalí most associated with?
Surrealism
What creature has a lion's body and an eagle's head?
A Griffin
What is the name of the galaxy that contains our solar system?
The Milky Way
What did the Wright brothers invent?
The first successful motor-operated airplane
What is the longest word in the English language without a vowel?
"Rhythms"
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
Who was the Greek hero known for his "Achilles' heel"?
Achilles
What is the term for a star's collapse into an incredibly dense point from which nothing can escape?
A black hole
Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?
Tim Berners-Lee
What language has the most native speakers in the world?
Mandarin Chinese
Which Dutch artist painted "The Night Watch"?
Rembrandt
In Egyptian mythology, who is the god of the afterlife and the dead?
Osiris
What is the name of the boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing can escape?
The event horizon
Which inventor designed the first practical typewriter and also co-developed the QWERTY keyboard layout?
Christopher Latham Sholes
What is the term for a word that is spelled the same but has different meanings depending on pronunciation (e.g., "lead")?
A heteronym