Geography
The Cape of Good Hope lies at the southern tip of which continent?
1. Australia
2. Africa
3. Asia
4. South Amercia
Africa
Which institution confers the Nobel Prize for Literature?
1. The Swedish Academy
2. Nobel Foundation
3. Karolinska Institute
4. Norwegian Nobel Committee
The Swedish Academy
Who was known as the Iron Chancellor?
1. Hermann Goering
2. Winston Churchill
3. Wilhelm II
4. Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck
In what country would you find shish kebab as an everyday food?
1. Turkey
2. Chile
3. India
4. Palau
Turkey
Where is the pharynx located?
1. foot
2. arm
3. neck
4. leg
neck
Serengeti National Park is in which country?
1. Niger
2.Kenya
3. Mali
4. Tanzania
Tanzania
Which Russian writer was forced by his country to decline the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958?
1. Leo Tolstoy
2. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
3. Boris Pasternak
4. Mikhail Sholokhov
Boris Pasternak
Which of these peoples once ruled Norway?
1. Irish
2. Aztecs
3. Romans
4. Vikings
Vikings
What country is renowned for chocolate?
1. Finland
2. Belgium
3. Venezuela
4. Argentina
Belgium
What fraction of the human body is made up of blood?
1. 1/27
2. 1/4
3. 1/2
4. 1/13
1/13
The city of Linz is located in what country?
1. Cyprus
2. Botswana
3. Austria
4. Brazil
Austria
Who was the first writer in Chinese to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
1. Gao Xingjian
2. Amy Tan
3. Zhang Ai Ling
4. Lu Xun
Gao Xingjian
What was the original name of Constantinople?
1. Byzantium
2. Istanbul
3. Athens
4. Tel Aviv
Byzantium
If you were eating "mole poblano", you would most likely be in what country?
1. Colombia
2. Mexico
3. Peru
4. Venezuela
Mexico
Which is the largest joint in a human body?
1. Shoulder
1. Knee
3. Hip
4. Ankle
Knee
Which country has a seaport called Split?
1. Oman
2. Croatia
3. Italy
4. Greece
Croatia
How many chapters are in the Qur’an?
1. 99
2. 47
3. 114
4. 12
114
What country was Vasco da Gama from?
1. Spain
2. Portugal
3. Germany
4. Italy
Portugal
Which famous Middle Eastern dish contains fried, spiced ground chickpeas and/or fava beans in a pita or laffa bread?
1. Kibbeh
2. Hummus
3. Falafel
4. Shawarma
Falafel
Which part of the human eye can be transplanted from a dead donor to a living person?
1. Iris
2. Lens
3. Cornea
4. Retina
Cornea
Which is the highest peak in Africa?
1.Kilimanjaro
2. Mount Batian
3. Toubkal
4. Mount Elgon
Kilimanjaro
Which alphabet is used by nearly 70% of the world’s population?
1. Chinese characters 4. Latin alphabet
2. Bengali alphabet
3. Arabic alphabet
Latin alphabet
Which Roman emperor built the Segovia aqueduct?
1. Trajan
2. Marcus Aurelius
3. Claudius
4. Hadrian
Trajan
Which Hungarian stew made with meat and onions and eaten by Magyar shepherds has been traced to the 9th-century?
1. Goulash
2. Húsleves
3. Főzelék
4. Gombaleves
Goulash
Which is the only organ in the human body that floats?
1. Kidney
2. Lung
3. Liver
4. Abdomen
Lung