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100

This 1965 film starring Julie Andrews features a family of singing nuns, a flying umbrella, and a hill that “climbs every mountain.”

a) The Sound of Music

b) Mary Poppins

c) The King and I

d) Bedknobs and Broomsticks

a) The Sound of Music

100

This is the result when you divide any number by zero in mathematics, which is undefined.

a) Undefined

b) Infinity

c) Zero

d) Negative

c) Undefined

100

This Italian city is famous for its canals, has no roads, and you might hear a gondolier singing "O Sole Mio" while navigating the waterways.

a) Rome

b) Naples

c) Florence

d) Venice

a) Venice

100

This green, savory paste is a staple of Italian cuisine, traditionally made from fresh basil leaves, pine nuts, garlic, and Parmesan cheese.

a) Parmesan Cheese

b) Chimichurri

c) Marinera

d) Pesto

100

This common term for the plastic or metal tip at the end of a shoelace has a Greek root meaning "little needle" and often saves us from frustrating fraying.

a) Ferrule

b) Grommet

c) Tassel

d) Aglet

200

Which 1977 musical film starred John Travolta as the charming greaser Danny and Olivia Newton-John as the sweet Sandy, forever cementing Summer Nights as a classic duet?

a) Saturday Night Fever

b) Grease

c) Hair Spray

d) Look Who's Talking

b) Grease

200

This process, developed by pioneers like Edward Jenner and Louis Pasteur, introduces a weakened or dead form of a pathogen into the body to stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies.

a) Chemotherapy

b) Antiseptic Surgery

c) Vaccination

d) Gene Therapy

b) Vaccination

200

The lowest and deepest point on Earth's surface is the Challenger Deep, located in the western Pacific Ocean within this famous trench.

a) The Puerto Rico Trench

b) The Sunda Trench

c) The Mariana Trench

d) The Triangle Trench

c) The Mariana Trench

200

This popular frozen dessert, often served in a classic layered Viennese cake named after its creator, is traditionally made with an egg yolk-enriched custard that is cooked and chilled, giving it a texture that makes many people mistakenly believe it is an ice cream..

a) Sorbet

b) Mousse

c) Gelato

d) Tiramisu

b) Mousse

200

I am the most essential element for all organic life on Earth, forming the backbone of sugars, proteins, and DNA. I am in the air as a gas, but I am fixed into living things through photosynthesis

a) Oxygen (O)

b) Carbon (C)

c) Nitrogen (N)

d) Hydrogen (H)

b) Carbon (C) - Carbon is the element that defines organic chemistry and life itself. It forms the versatile chains and rings that make up all biomolecules.

300

This 1985 film, starring Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, features a time machine in the form of a DeLorean, designed by the eccentric Dr. Emmett Brown.

a) The Navigator

b) Risky Business

c) Around the World in 80 Days

d) Back to the Future

300

This element, with the atomic number 79, is known for its rarity and is often associated with wealth and jewelry.

a) Silver

b) Diamond

c) Crystal

d) Gold

300

This is the longest river in the world, flowing northward through northeastern Africa and draining into the Mediterranean Sea. The name comes from a Greek word meaning "valley."

a) The Amazon River

b) The Yangtze River

c) The Mississippi River

d) The Nile River

300

This Polish and Ukrainian soup is traditionally a deep magenta color due to its main ingredient: fermented or pickled beets.

a) Borscht

b) Gazpacho

c) Minestrone

d) Pho

d) Borscht

300

The intense and irrational fear of long words is given an appropriately long name, which many sources claim was coined as a joke to demonstrate the absurdity of the phobia itself.

a) Pentheraphobia

b) Arachibutyrophobia

c) Sesquipedalophobia

d) Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

d) Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

400

This 1982 song by Michael Jackson features the famous lyric “The kid is not my son,” but the song isn't about family—it's a powerful anthem about injustice.

a) Bad

b) Billie Jean

c) Thriller

d) Beat It

b) Billie Jean - Billie Jean became one of Michael Jackson's signature songs, with its haunting beat and unforgettable hook. The lyrics tell the story of a woman claiming that Jackson is the father of her child.

400

This famous scientist developed the theory of general relativity and is best known for his equation E = mc².

a) Isaac Newton

b) Albert Einstein

c) Galileo Galilei

d) Nicola Tesla

b) Albert Einstein

400

Completed in 1372, this famous Italian structure started to sink shortly after construction began because its three-meter-deep foundation was set in unstable, soft subsoil.

a) The Colosseum in Rome

b) The Duomo in Florence

c) The Leaning Tower of Pisa

d) Nevyansk Tower in Russia

c) The Leaning Tower of Pisa

400

What is the name of the popular Guyanese one-pot dish—a cousin to Trinidadian Pelau—that combines rice, peas, meat, and coconut milk, and traditionally gets its unique, deep, earthy brown color from the addition of a bitter-sweet concentrate made from cassava?

a) Rice and Peas

b) Cook-up Rice

c) Cassareep

d) Callaloo

b) Cook-up Rice

400

Which of the following creatures is NOT an insect?

a) Ant

b) Bee

c) Wasp

d) Spider

d) Spider - Spiders are arachnids, not insects. Insects have three body parts (head, thorax, abdomen) and six legs. Spiders have two body parts (cephalothorax and abdomen) and eight legs.

500

This 1990 hit by MC Hammer became a pop culture phenomenon with its catchy lyric, “Stop, Hammer time!” and a signature dance move.

a) 2 Legit 2 Quit

b) U Can't Touch This

c) Pray

d) Jump, Jump!

b) U Cant Touch This - With its iconic beat sampled from Rick James' Super Freak, this track became MC Hammer’s signature song and took over airwaves in the early ‘90s.

500

This phenomenon is responsible for the bending of light when it passes through different media, such as air to water.

a) Diffraction

b) Reflection

c) Refraction

d) Absorption

c) Refraction

500

Distilled from fermented sugarcane juice or molasses, this spirit is strongly associated with the Caribbean islands and was historically the preferred drink of naval sailors.

a) Gin

b) Tequila

c) Vodka

d) Rum

500

The world's first true drive-through was opened in 1947 by this fast-food chain, which used a unique delivery system called the "Speedee Service System" to popularize the 15-cent hamburger.

a) Burger King

b) McDonald's

c) Wendy's

d) In-N-Out Burger

c) McDonald's

500

Though it's a staple in savory dishes and often treated as a vegetable in the kitchen, this tropical food is botanically classified as the largest fruit in the world and grows on a tall herb, not a tree.

a) Avocado

b) Banana

c) Pineapple

d) Coconut

d) Banana

600

This animated movie from Pixar featured a group of toys led by Woody and Buzz Lightyear, and was the first feature-length film made entirely with computer animation.

a) Toy Story

b) A Bug's Life

c) Monsters Inc

d) Finding Nemo

2) Toy Story

600

The small bones in the human ear (the hammer, anvil, and stirrup) are the smallest bones in the body. The largest bone in the human body is the Femur (thigh bone). Which bone is the second-largest?

a) Tibia (shin bone)

b) Humerous (upper arm bone)

c) Fibula (Calf bone)

d) Pelvis (hip bone)

d) Pelvis (Hip Bone) is a structure of fused bones, but it is generally considered the second-largest bony structure after the femur.

600

In the land of the Vatican and famous Italian boot, There stands a famous city wall that circles the whole route. It’s a walled city within a modern nation, A small, ancient republic that avoids complication.

a) Monaco

b) Andorra

c) Liechtenstein

d) San Marino

600

If you order a "wiener schnitzel" and a glass of "Grüner Veltliner" wine, you are most likely dining in the capital city of this Central European country.

a) Switzerland

b) Austria

c) Germany

d) Hungary

b) Austria

600

This small European country produces over 1,200 different varieties of cheese, including classics like Brie, Camembert, and Roquefort, earning it the nickname "Pays de Fromages" (The Land of Cheeses)

a) France

b) Italy

c) Switzerland

d) Germany

a) France