Geography
What is the capital of Finland?
a. Oslo
b. Helsinki
c. London
d. Madrid
b. Helsinki
In which year was the atomic bomb dropped in Hiroshima?
a. 1944
b. 1945
c. 1955
d. 1957
b. 1945
How many squares does a chessboard have?
a. 62
b. 64
c. 58
d. 70
b. 64
Which of the following animals are extinct?
a Tiger
b Elephant
c Mongoose
d Dodo
d Dodo
In which country is the Leaning Tower of Pisa located?
a. England
b. Spain
c. France
d. Italy
d. Italy
Name the mountain range in Asia, bordering India
a. Kunlun
b. Hengduan
c. Tianshan
d. Himalayas
d. Himalayas
What are the colours of the Scottish flag?
a Red, white and blue
b Blue and white
c Red and white
d Red and blue
b Blue and white
What the FBI stands for?
a. Federal Branch of Intelligence
b. Federal Bureau of Intelligence
c. Federal Bureau of Investigation
d. Federal Branch of Investigation
c. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hg is the periodic symbol for which element?
a. Mercury
b. Lead
c. Potassium
d. Hafnium
a. Mercury
Which chess piece can't move in a straight line?
a. Rook
b. Knight
c. King
d. Bishop
b. Knight
Who was the first man to climb Everest?
a Sir Edmund Hilary
b Sir Ralph Fiennes
c Richard Branson
d Richard Littlejohn
a Sir Edmund Hilary
In which country would you find the Maori people?
a. Africa
b. Malaysia
c. New Zealand
d. Russia
c. New Zealand
Where is the Empire State Building?
a San Francisco
b Toronto
c New York
d Chicago
c New York
Yellow fever is spread by?
a. Rabbit
b. Rabies
c. Flies
d. Water
c. Flies
What's a supernova?
a. An underwater volcano
b. An intense lightning storm
c. The explosion of a star
d. The eye of a tornado
c. The explosion of a star
Which of the following is not a Great Lake?
a Superior
b Michigan
c Eerie
d Lucerne
d Lucerne
What year was the Great Fire of London in?
a 1066
b 1996
c 1666
d 1215
c 1666
If you suffer from ____a, you are afraid of foreigners.
a. Nomophobia
b. Xenophobia
c. Spectrophobia
d. Arachibutyrophobia
b. Xenophobia
What kind of mosquito carries malaria?
a. Dog
b. Anopheles Mosquitoes
c. Rebit
d. None of These
b. Anopheles Mosquitoes
What's the smallest country in the world?
a. Monaco
b. Liechtenstein
c. Vatican City
d. San Marino
c. Vatican City
Which country has the longest coastline?
a. Canada
b. Norway
c. Indonesia
d. Russia
a. Canada
What is the name of the volcano which devastated Pompeii?
a. Mayon
b. Eyjafjallajökull
c. Kelimutu
d. Mount Vesuvius
d. Mount Vesuvius
Where do the Oscars take place?
a London
b Los Angeles
c New York
d Cannes
b Los Angeles
What do you call molten rock before it has erupted?
a. Igneous rock
b. Basalt
c. Magma
d. Pumice
c. Magma
Magma is a molten rock that is still underground. It has not yet come up and erupted at the Earth's surface. ... But if that magma makes it to the surface, then we call it lava.
Which of the following countries is closest to the South Pole?
a. Libya
b. Finland
c. South Africa
d. Mexico
c. South Africa