Literary Anecdotes
Geography
MCAT Practice
Music
PotPourri
100

The original title of this 1953 dystopian novel was "The Fireman", but it was changed before released.

Fahrenheit 451

100

This country is 2nd in population with 1.4 billion people. 

India

100

The buoyant force of an object depends on this property of the liquid in which it rests.

The density of the liquid

100

This Composer wrote Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.

Mozart

100

This sport, similar to baseball, is very popular in Australia, England and India.

Cricket

200

This 1945 novels movie rights were bought by the CIA in an effort to "combat the culture of communism". The novel was also banned from several communist states for the opposite reason.

Animal Farm

200

This US State is the largest of all the States by landmass.

Alaska

200

According to Freudian theory, the self-identity develops here.

The ego

200

This is the ballet written by Tchaikovsky that is generally performed around Christmas.

Nutcracker Suite

200

After successfully modifying one of his personally-owned cars to outperform stock models, this man would pursue an automobile manufacturing venture of his own.

Ferruccio Lamborghini

300

This 1897 novels radio adaptation caused public hysteria as some believed the story was real.

War of the Worlds

300

This South American country does not border Brazil.

(2 Options)

Ecuador or Chile

300

If an individual were to sustain a significant injury to their right cerebral hemisphere, this side of the body might be impacted by somatosensory loss of functioning

The left side of the body

300
Beethoven wrote this many symphonies.
Nine
300

This was the first product that Nintendo ever sold.

Playing Cards
400

This 1960 children's book was banned in China for portraying Marxism in a bad light. It did this by showing the main character forcing his possession onto others.

Green Eggs and Ham

400

This country is home to the coldest inhabited place on Earth that isn't in Russia.

Canada (Fort Good Hope, NWT)

400

This is the pH of the solution if:
[H3O]+ = 10-4 M

4

400

This stringed instrument is usually played standing up or sitting on a high stool.

Double Bass

400

This is the actual measure of time that a "jiffy" represents.

One Trillionth of a second

500

This 1612 novel is still considered the best selling novel of all time (500 million copies). This novel proves that Chivalry will never die!

Don Quixote

500

This country is home of the worlds greatest sheer vertical drop.

Canada (Baffin Island)

500

When a double slit experiment is set up underwater, this happens to the interference fringes when compared to the experiment performed in air.

The interference fringes are closer together

500

This Romantic Era child protégé, born in Warsaw (Poland), preferred to perform in the dark. After his death, his heart would be preserved in Poland, where it remains to this day.  

Chopin

500

This bill denomination is the highest in the world, issued in Zimbabwe.

One Hundred Trillion Dollars