Science
What is the chemical formula for ordinary table salt?
NaCl (Sodium Chloride)
Who was the first human to travel into outer space?
A. Neil Armstrong
B. Yuri Gagarin
C. Alan Shepard
D. John Glenn
Yuri Gagarin
Which famous nurse became known as the “Lady with the Lamp”?
A. Clara Barton
B. Florence Nightingale
C. Edith Cavell
D. Mary Seacole
Florence Nightingale
During this festival, people in one country traditionally throw colored powder and water at one another. Which festival is it?
A. Diwali
B. Holi
C. Vesak
D. Navratri
Holi
What do you call a man with no body and no nose?
Nobody knows!
If you are standing in a moving elevator and it suddenly accelerates upward, what happens to your apparent weight?
A. It decreases
B. It increases
C. It stays exactly the same
D. You become weightless
It increases
Who was the first Black American to win an Academy Award for acting?
A. Sidney Poitier
B. Hattie McDaniel
C. Dorothy Dandridge
D. James Earl Jones
Hattie McDaniel
This woman was a Polish-born scientist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity and discovered two elements. Who was she?
A. Ada Lovelace
B. Marie Curie
C. Rosalind Franklin
D. Lise Meitner
Marie Curie
If you were in Thailand and suddenly found people joyfully splashing water on each other in the streets, which festival would you likely be experiencing?
A. Loy Krathong
B. Songkran
C. Vesak
D. Phi Ta Khon
Songkran
Which country launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1?
A. United States
B. Germany
C. Soviet Union
D. China
Soviet Union
If the pH of a solution changes from 3 to 5, the solution becomes:
A. More acidic
B. Less acidic
C. More alkaline and equally strong
D. Completely neutral
Less acidic
Who was the first athlete to run a mile in under four minutes?
A. Jesse Owens
B. Roger Bannister
C. Steve Prefontaine
D. Jim Ryun
Roger Bannister
Which scientist's observations with a telescope helped support the idea that Earth was not the center of the universe?
A. Galileo Galilei
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Michael Faraday
D. Gregor Mendel
Galileo Galilei
Why are red envelopes traditionally given during Chinese New Year?
A. To represent good luck and prosperity
B. To symbolize mourning
C. To announce a wedding
D. To represent the harvest
To represent good luck and prosperity
Which Canadian author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013?
A. Margaret Atwood
B. Alice Munro
C. Anne Carson
D. Carol Shields
Alice Munro
A person has difficulty seeing objects clearly that are far away but can see nearby objects. What condition is this most consistent with?
A. Hyperopia
B. Myopia
C. Presbyopia
D. Color blindness
Myopia
Which country was the first to introduce compulsory national health insurance?
A. United Kingdom
B. Canada
C. Germany
D. France
Germany
Which famous economist wrote The Wealth of Nations?
A. Karl Marx
B. John Maynard Keynes
C. Adam Smith
D. David Ricardo
Adam Smith
If someone offers you mochi during a Japanese celebration, what are they giving you?
A. A rice-based sweet
B. A type of tea
C. A noodle dish
D. A fermented drink
A rice-based sweet
I am a Scottish celebration featuring bagpipes, dancing, and a famous midnight toast to a poet. What am I?
A. Highland Games
B. Burns Night
C. Hogmanay
D. St. Andrew's Day
Burns Night
If you put a sealed bottle of water in a freezer, why can the bottle crack or burst?
A. Water contracts dramatically when it freezes
B. Ice occupies more volume than liquid water
C. The bottle becomes magnetic
D. Water loses all its mass
Ice occupies more volume than liquid water
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
A. Plymouth
B. Jamestown
C. Boston
D. Roanoke
Jamestown
Which Canadian physician helped discover insulin alongside Frederick Banting?
A. Norman Bethune
B. Charles Best
C. Wilder Penfield
D. Frederick G. Banting
Charles Best
I am a Japanese tradition where people gather beneath flowering trees in spring. What am I?
A. Obon
B. Hanami
C. Tanabata
D. Setsubun
Hanami
A car travels around a curve at constant speed. Is the car accelerating?
A. No, because its speed is constant
B. Yes, because its direction is changing
C. No, because acceleration only occurs when speeding up
D. Only if the road is wet
Yes, because its direction is changing