General Knowledge
What is the world’s largest desert by area?
Sahara Dessert :3
What was the name of the ancient trade route that connected the East with the West?
The Silk Road
What is the name for the non-mutual relationship between species, where one species benefits at the expense of the other?
Parasitism
Who played the character of Jack Dawson in the movie, “Titanic”?
Leonardo DiCaprio
Which band's signature song is "Dancing Queen"?
ABBA
What’s the common name for the little lumps that rise up on your skin when you’re cold (or spooked) that, in fact, activate stem cells and trigger hair growth?
Goosebumps
In a famous painting by Johannes Vermeer, the subject is a young woman wearing a particular piece of jewelry, after which the painting is named. What specific gemstone features both in the jewelry and the name of the painting?
Pearl
The Guinness Book of World Records has an entry for the "fastest wing beat of a bird" and the record holder has an astonishing 200 beats/flaps per SECOND. This record-holder is the ruby-throated variety of what type of bird?
Humming bird
What did the red pill do in the Matrix?
A device that disconnects a person's mind from the simulated reality
What year did Britney Spears release her hit song "Toxic"?
2003
What is the currency used in Nigeria?
Naira
Who painted the famous picture “The Starry Night”?
Vincent Van Gogh
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile River
What classic Leo Tolstoy novel, first released serially from 1873-1877, tells the story of a titular woman and her affair with Count Vronsky? Keira Knightley played the title character in a 2012 movie adaptation directed by Joe Wright.
Anna Karenina
Which city is often referred to as the birthplace of jazz?
New Orleans
Who is the current president of France?
Emmanuel Macron
What architectural style, sometimes associated with urban decay and totalitarianism and prevalent from the 1950s to the 1970s, was an extension of modernism, but primarily a reaction to nostalgia in 1940s architecture?
Brutalism
Which biome did nick and judy go in zootopia first where they met the rat?
Tundra
In what language did Franz Kafka typically write?
German
What is the best-selling album of all time?
Michael Jackson's Thriller
What is the capital city of Malaysia?
Kuala Lampur
Which leader succeeded Mikhail Gorbachev, becoming the first president of Russia?
Boris Yeltsin
Big hairy and greater fairy are larger species of what mammals whose name means "little armored ones"?
Armadillos
Marjane Satrapi tells her story of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution in what acclaimed series of graphic novels, which is named after an ancient Iranian city?
Persepolis
What is the real name of rapper Eminem?
Marshall Bruce Mathers III.