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Until 1800, New York _________ (call)...  

a) New Amsterdam  

b) New Hampshire 

c) New Liberty

was called

a) New Amsterdam

100

The Star Wars films _________ (direct) by.... 

a) George Lucas 

b) Steven Spielberg 

c) Stanly Kubrick

was directed

a) George Lucas

100

The smart phone __________ (invent) by... 

a) Apple 

b) Nokia  

c) IBM

was invented

c) IBM

100

Animals that eat both plants and meat ________ (call) .... 

a) herbivores  

b) carnivores  

c) omnivores

are called

c) omnivores

100

The Sistine Chapel ________ (paint) by.... 

a) Michelangelo.  

b) Tintoretto. 

c)  da Vinci

was painted

a) Michelangelo

200

The Italian flag _________ (design) by .... 

a) Garibaldi  

b) Mussolini  

c) Napoleon

was designed  

c) Napoleon

200

Football __________ (play) for the first time by .... 

a) the British 

b) the Romans 

c) the Greeks

was played

a) the British

200

The electric chair __________ (invent) by... 

a) a teacher  

b) a dentist  

c) a politician

was invented

b) a dentist

200

In the early 1700s, the first photo ________(take) by .... 

a) the Chinese   

b) The British.  

c) The French

was taken

c) the French

200

The Greek goddess of victory ______ (call).... 

a) Adidas  

b) Reebok

c) Nike

is called

c) Nike

300

In 1886, the Statue of Liberty ________ (give) to the United States by .... 

a) Great Britain.  

b) France.  

c) Germany

was given

b) France

300

The Lord of the Rings films _________ (direct) by.... 

a) Steven Spielberg   

b) James Cameron  

c) Peter Jackson

was directed

c) Peter Jackson

300

The ball point pen _______ (invent) by ....   

a) Mr Biro  

b)  Mr Bic  

c)  Mr Parker

was invented

a)Mr Biro

300

The law of gravity _________(discover) by .... 

a) Newton   

b) Einstein.  

c) Galileo

was discovered

a) Newton

300

Tofu ________ (make) of .... 

a) goat's milk.   

b) cow's milk.  

c) soya milk

is made

c) soya milk

400

The Titanic _______ (build) in... 

a) Belfast. 

b) New York.  

c). Portsmouth

was built

a) Belfast

400

Chess ________ (invent) by... 

a) the Egyptians   

b) the Indians   

c) the Chinese

was invented

c) the Chinese

400

The first type of Internet connection _________ (develop) by ... 

a) the British military  

b) the Russian military 

c) the US military

was developed

c) the US military

400

Saturn's rings _______ (discover) by ... 

a) Newton   

b) Einstein.  

c) Galileo

were discovered

c) Galileo

400

Polar bears ________ (find)  in .... 

a)  the South Pole  

b) Alaska  

c)  Antartica

are found

b) Alaska

500

Which month ________ (name) after a Roman Emperor?  

a) August.  

b) July.  

c) January

was named

a) August

500

Originally, Mickey Mouse ________ (know) as .... 

a) Malcom Mouse   

b) Mortimer Mouse   

c) Marlon Mouse

was known

b) Mortimer Mouse

500

The first airplane ______ (fly) by .... 

a) Charles Lindbergh  

b) The Wright brothers  

c) Santos-Dumont

was flown

b) The Wright brothers

500

How much of the world ___________ (cover) by water? 

a) 71%  

b) 81% 

c) 91%

is covered

a) 71%

500

The first Olympic games _______ (hold) in.... 

a) Istambul   

b) Rome  

c) Athens

were held

c) Athens

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