History
What war was sparked by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
a) the Cold War
b) WWI
c) WWII
d) the Civil War
How many legs does a spider have?
a) 6
b) 8
c) 10
d) 12
b) 8
What is the largest continent by land area?
a) africa
b) asia
c) europe
d) north america
b) asia
Who plays Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
a) chris evans
b) robert downey jr
c) tom holland
d) hugh jackman
b) RDJ
a) atlantic
b) indian
c) pacific
d) arctic
c) Pacific
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?
a) Stalin
b) Khrushchev
c) Lenin
d) Gorbachev
a) Stalin
What gas do plants take in from the air?
a) oxygen
b) hydrogen
c) carbon dioxide
d) nitrogen
c) carbon dioxide
What river runs through the city of Paris?
a) danube
b) seine
c) thames
d) rhine
b) seine
Who directed the film Jaws?
a) James Cameron
b) George Lucas
c) Steven Spielberg
d) Ridley Scott
c) Steven Spielberg
Which country is the largest in the world?
a) Canada
b) Russia
c) US
d) China
b) Russia
What year did the Berlin Wall fall?
a) 1989
b) 1889
c) 1972
d) 1986
a) 1989
What state is the Grand Canyon located?
a) utah
b) new mexico
c) airzona
d) colorado
c) arizona
Which U.S. state is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”?
A) Michigan
B) Wisconsin
C) Minnesota
D) Alaska
c) Minnesota
Which actress voiced Jessie in Toy Story 2, 3 and 4
a) Reese Witherspoon
b) Julia Louis-Dreyfus Joan Cusack
c) Ellen DeGeneres
d) Joan Cusack
How many states does the Appalachian Trail cross?
a) 9
b) 11
c) 22
d) 14
d) 14
The Black Death wiped out an estimated one-third of Europe's population during which century?
a) 13t
b) 15th
c) 14th
d) 11th
c) 14th
Which planet has the most moons?
a) earth
b) saturn
c) jupiter
d) mars
b) saturn
What mountain range separates Europe and Asia?
a) Himalayas
b) Andes
c) Ural Mountains
d) Alps
c) Ural Mountains
In the Truman Show, what's Truman's job before he realizes his life is a tv show?
a) insurance salesman
b) TV producer
c) accountant
d) mailman
a) insurance salesman
What magazine darkened OJ Simpson's mug shot before placing it on its cover in 1994?
a) people
b) the New yorker
c) time
d) Newsweek
c) Time
Who discovered penicillin in 1928?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Alexander Fleming
d) Louis Pasteur
c) Alexander Fleming
a) declarative
b) exclamatory
c) interrogative
d) imperative
d) imperative
Which country has the most official langauges?
a) india
b) south africa
c) bolivia
d) switzerland
b) south africa (11 official languages)
What was the first animated film ever nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards?
a) the lion king
b) beauty and the beast
c) toy story
d) snow white and the seven dwarfs
b) beauty and the beast
Which of the following animals was the first vertebrate ever cloned (using embryonic cells)?
a) frog
b) sheep
c) monkey
d) cow
a) frog