What is the capital of the United States?
a) New York
b) Los Angeles
c) Washington, D.C.
d) Chicago
c) Washington, D.C
Which animal is known as the “King of the Jungle”?
A) Tiger
B) Lion
C) Elephant
D) Gorilla
B) Lion
Who wrote the play Hamlet?
A) Mark Twain
B) Jane Austen
C) Charles Dickens
D) William Shakespeare
D) William Shakespeare
What do you call a group of lions?
a) Flock
b) School
c) Pack
d) Pride
d) Pride
Which is the longest river in the world?
a) Amazon
b) Nile
c) Mississippi
d) Yangtze
b) Nile
What is the capital of Australia?
a) Sydney
b) Melbourne
c) Canberra
d) Brisbane
c) Canberra
Which country hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896?
A) France
B) Greece
C) Italy
D) United States
B) Greece
What is the capital of Argentina?
a) Buenos Aires
b) Santiago
c) Lima
d) Montevideo
a) Buenos Aires
What do you call a baby kangaroo?
A) Calf
B) Joey
C) Cub
D) Kit
B) Joey
Which gas is most abundant in the Earth's atmosphere?
a) Oxygen
b) Carbon dioxide
c) Nitrogen
d) Hydrogen
c) Nitrogen
Who wrote the novel Pride and Prejudice?
A) Emily Brontë
B) Jane Austen
C) Charlotte Brontë
D) Mary Shelley
B) Jane Austen
In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?
a) 1987
b) 1988
c) 1989
d) 1990
c) 1989
Which metal is the best conductor of electricity?
a) Copper
b) Silver
c) Gold
d) Aluminum
b) Silver
What is the primary function of red blood cells?
A) To fight infections
B) To carry oxygen
C) To regulate temperature
D) To form blood clots
B) To carry oxygen
Which language is the most widely spoken in South America?
a) Portuguese
b) Spanish
c) French
d) English
b) Spanish
What is the longest river in Asia?
A) Mekong
B) Yangtze
C) Ganges
D) Indus
B) Yangtze
Who composed the 'Four Seasons'?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Antonio Vivaldi
d) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Antonio Vivaldi
What is the name of the effect that causes light to bend around objects?
A) Reflection
B) Refraction
C) Diffraction
D) Dispersion
C) Diffraction
Which country has the longest coastline in the world? a) Australia
b) Russia
c) Canada
d) United States
c) Canada
Which ancient civilization is credited with the invention of writing?
A) Egyptians
B) Sumerians
C) Indus Valley
D) Mesoamericans
B) Sumerians
Which empire was ruled by Charlemagne?
a) Byzantine Empire
b) Holy Roman Empire
c) Ottoman Empire
d) Carolingian Empire
d) Carolingian Empire
Which city is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world?
a) Athens
b) Jerusalem
c) Damascus
d) Rome
c) Damascus
Which ancient philosopher wrote 'The Republic'?
a) Aristotle
b) Socrates
c) Plato
d) Epicurus
c) Plato
Which mathematician is known for formulating the concept of the "imaginary unit" I?
A) Carl Friedrich Gauss
B) Leonhard Euler
C) René Descartes
D) John von Neumann
A) Carl Friedrich Gauss
Which treaty ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648?
a) Treaty of Westphalia
b) Treaty of Versailles
c) Treaty of Utrecht
d) Treaty of Tordesillas
a) Treaty of Westphalia