History
Which Roman emperor brought about the Pax Romana, a period of peace, prosperity, and expansion for Rome?
A. Augustus
B. Nero
C. Tiberius
D. Galba
Answer: A. Augustus
Who wrote Don Quixote?
A. Homer
B. Miguel de Cervantes
C. Alexandre Dumas
D. Herman Melville
Answer: B. Miguel de Cervantes
Which work tells the story of a little marionette brought to life and is perhaps best known as the basis for the 1940 Disney film of the same name?
A. Charlie Brown
B. Pinocchio
C. Peter Pan
D. Spider-Man
Answer: B. Pinocchio
Which of the following countries does not share a land border with India?
A. Afghanistan
B. China
C. Bhutan
D. Myanmar
Answer: A. Afghanistan
What is the name for the style of popular music that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and became the country's dominant music?
A. ska
B. reggae
C. hip-hop
D. rock steady
Answer: B. reggae
Who drafted the U.S. Declaration of Independence?
A. King George lll
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. George Washington
D. Abraham Lincoln
Answer: B. Thomas Jefferson
Which historical event does Charles Dickens’s novel A Tale of Two Cities concern?
A. The French Revolution
B. The American Revolution
C. The Chinese Revolution
D. The Russian Revolution
Answer: A. The French Revolution
Which singer is known as the “King of Rock and Roll”?
A. Elvis Presley
B. Bruce Springsteen
C. Justin Bieber
D. Chuck Berry
Answer: A. Elvis Presley
Beirut is the capital of which country ?
A. Jordan
B. Lebanon
C. Turkey
D. Kuwait
Answer: B. Lebanon
Who composed the ballets Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker?
A. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
B. Johannesburg Brahms
C. Frédéric Chopin
D. Antonio Vivaldi
Answer: A. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
When was December 25 first identified as the date of Christmas?
A. 1st century
B. 3rd century
C. 12th century
D. 19th century
Answer: B. 3rd century
How many chapters are in the Qur’an?
A. 12
B. 47
C. 99
D. 114
Answer: C. 99
How many countries is Sesame Street broadcast in?
A. 3
B. 75
C. 90
D. 120
Answer: D. 120
Which lake is the largest lake in Africa and the main reservoir of the Nile?
A. Lake Chad
B. Lake Victoria
C. Lake Malawi
D. Lake Tanganyika
Answer: B. Lake Victoria
Which of the following is the largest Muslim country in the world by population?
A. Pakistan
B. Indonesia
C. Iran
D. Saudi Arabia
Answer: B. Indonesia
In 1831 who led the only effective, sustained slave rebellion in United States history?
A. Denmark Vesey
B. John Brown
C. Nut Turner
D. Gabriel Prosser
Answer: C. Nut Turner
Which Shakespearean play features the characters Bianca, Cassio and Iago?
A. King Lear
B. Hamlet
C. Romeo and Juliet
D. Othello
Answer: D. Othello
The Olympic torch is a tribute to the fire that burned throughout the ancient Greek Olympic games honoring which goddess?
A. Athena
B. Hestia
C. Artemis
D. Hera
Answer: B. Hestia
What is the smallest country in Central America?
A. El Salvador
B. Guatemala
C. Honduras
D. Nicaragua
Answer: A. El Salvador
In Sanskrit, what word, translated as “self” or “breath,” describes one of the most basic concepts in Hinduism: the universal self, identical with the eternal core of the personality that after death either transmigrates to a new life or attains release from the bonds of existence?
A. Vedanta
B. moksha
C. atman
D. brahman
Answer: C. atman
Which South African president ended apartheid?
A. F. W. De Klerk
B. Nelson Mandela
C. Jacob Zumba
D. P.W. Botha
Answer: F. W. De Klerk
What ancient Greek poet is known chiefly by quotations in other authors’ works?
A. Aeschylus
B. Aristophanes
C. Sappho
D. Hesiod
Answer: C. Sappho
Which sport is thought to have developed from the 18th-century English game of rounders?
A. table tennis
B. baseball
C. football (soccer)
D. bowling
Answer: B. baseball
Which country has the largest number of ancient pyramids?
A. Congo
B. Egypt
C. Mexico
D. Sudan
Answer: D. Sudan
In which year did Kuwait officially grant women the right to vote?
A. 1934
B. 1963
C. 1974
D. 2005
Answer: D. 2005