History
In which year did WWII end?
1945
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago?
Pangaea
What was Pixars first feature length film?
Toy Story (1995)
What is the largest mammal on Earth
Blue whale
Who wrote Hamlet?
William Shakespeare
Which ancient Greek city-state was famous for its warrior culture?
Sparta
Which Ocean is surrounded by the "Ring of Fire"
The Pacific Ocean
Which 2019 South Korean Film Became the first non-English language film to win Best Picture?
Parasite
What is the largest organ of the human body?
The skin
Which detective was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
Sherlock Holmes
What was the name of the ancient trade network connecting China with the Mediterranean?
The Silk Road
What mineral is the main component of sand on most beaches?
Quartz
What is the name of the hotel in Stanley Kubrick's The Shinning
The Overlook Hotel
What is the green pigment in plant that captures sunlight?
Chlorophyll
Which gothic novel by Bram Stoker was published in 1897?
Dracula
Which Sumerian king is the hero of the oldest known epic poem?
Gilgamesh
What is the term for the zone where one tectonic plate slides beneath another?
A subduction zone
Which Japanese animator directed Spirited Away?
Hayao Miyazaki
which part of the brain controls balance and coordination?
The cerebellum
Who wrote The Handmaids Tale?
Margaret Atwood
Which Greek historian is often called the “Father of History”?
Herodotus
What do geologists call a rock’s tendency to split along flat, parallel planes, common in slate?
Cleavage
Which 1927 film is generally credited as the first feature with synchronized dialogue
The Jazz Singer
What are the four nucleotide bases found in DNA
Adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine
Which novel is subtitled The Modern Prometheus?
Frankenstein