Food/Drink
Which cheese is traditionally used in a Greek salad?
a) Feta
b) Halloumi
c) Kefalotyri
d) Ricotta
Feta
Which country has the most volcanoes in the world?
a) Indonesia
b) Iceland
c) Japan
d) USA
USA with 165. Mostly in Alaska, Hawaii, and the Pacific Northwest.
Edvard Munch’s famous painting is titled:
a) The Scream
b) The Cry
c) The Shout
d) The Wail
The Scream
Who directed the film Psycho?
a) Alfred Hitchcock
b) Stanley Kubrick
c) Orson Welles
d) David Lean
Alfred Hitchcock
What part of the cell contains DNA?
a) Nucleus
b) Cytoplasm
c) Ribosome
d) Cell wall
Nucleus
What gives red wine its color?
a) The grape skins
b) The grape seeds
c) Added dye
d) The type of barrel
The grape skins
The city of Petra, carved into rock, is in which modern country?
a) Jordan
b) Egypt
c) Turkey
d) Greece
Jordan
Who wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude?
a) Gabriel García Márquez
b) Jorge Luis Borges
c) Mario Vargas Llosa
d) Isabel Allende
Gabriel García Márquez
In The Godfather, what animal’s head is left in a bed as a warning?
a) Dog
b) Cow
c) Horse
d) Pig
Horse
Which element has the chemical symbol “K”?
a) Potassium
b) Krypton
c) Calcium
d) Phosphorus
Potassium
Which spice comes from the bark of a tree?
a) Nutmeg
b) Cinnamon
c) Cloves
d) Cardamom
Cinnamon
Which river flows through Paris?
a) Seine
b) Loire
c) Rhine
d) Rhône
Seine
In Greek mythology, who flew too close to the sun?
a) Icarus
b) Theseus
c) Perseus
d) Achilles
Icarus
Which of these actresses has won the most Oscars?
a) Katharine Hepburn
b) Meryl Streep
c) Ingrid Bergman
d) Bette Davis
Katherine Hepburn
How many pairs of chromosomes do humans normally have?
a) 22
b) 23
c) 24
d) 25
23
Which Italian dessert means “pick me up”?
a) Panna cotta
b) Tiramisu
c) Cannoli
d) Zabaglione
Tiramisu
What percentage of the Earth's population lives in the Northern Hemisphere?
a) 50%
b) 65%
c) 80%
d) 90%
90%
What is the name of the artform which allowed the unconscious mind to express itself, often resulting in the depiction of illogical or dreamlike scenes and ideas?
a) Pointillism
b) Surrealism
c) Cubism
d) Fauvism
Surrealism
Which 1952 film is famous for a Gene Kelly dance sequence in which he dances down a residential street?
a) An American in Paris
b) On the Town
c) Singin’ in the Rain
d) Top Hat
Singin' in the Rain
Which organ in the human body produces insulin?
a) Liver
b) Pancreas
c) Kidney
d) Stomach
Pancreas
In which country did the potato originate?
a) Peru
b) Ireland
c) Spain
d) Mexico
Peru
Which desert covers much of northern China and southern Mongolia?
a) Gobi
b) Taklamakan
c) Kalahari
d) Atacama
Gobi desert
Which novel opens with the line: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…?
a) Great Expectations
b) A Tale of Two Cities
c) Les Misérables
d) War and Peace
A Tale of Two Cities
Which animated film features the character Edna Mode?
a) Frozen
b) The Incredibles
c) Shrek 2
d) Toy Story
The Incredibles
Which planet has the strongest winds in the Solar System?
a) Neptune
b) Saturn
c) Jupiter
d) Mars
Neptune