Empires and Dynasties
After the fall of Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire ruled lands largely consisting of which region?
a) Turkey
b) Ethiopia
c) Estonia
a) Turkey
In 1842 the Cadbury company produced the first chocolate bar in what country?
a) United States
b) Canada
c) England
c) England
In 1958, who became the youngest chess player ever to attain the rank of grandmaster?
a) Sergey Karjakin
b) Bobby Fischer
c) Judit Polgar
b) Bobby Fischer
Which mammalian mother has the longest gestation period, averaging 22 months?
a) Gorilla
b) Elephant
c) Bottlenose dolphin
b) Elephant
Etymology: the study of ___
a) Pronunciations
b) Word origins
c) Connotations
b) Word origins
Which modern-day region was never part of the Roman Empire?
a) Greece
b) Switzerland
c) Ireland
c) Ireland
Which of these types of chocolate was invented most recently?
a) Milk chocolate
b) Ruby chocolate
c) White chocolate
b) Ruby chocolate
What term is used to describe a situation in which a chess player not in check has no legal moves?
a) Stalemate
b) En passant
c) Castling
a) Stalemate
What animal typically gives birth standing up?
a) Giraffe
b) Sheep
c) Polar bear
a) Giraffe
Entomology: the study of ___
a) Insects
b) Intestines
c) Birds
a) Insects
Which African empire was Rome’s rival during the Punic Wars?
a) Songhai
b) Carthage
c) Kush
b) Carthage
The Mayan and Aztec peoples used cocoa beans not only to make a delicious beverage but also as
a) Dye
b) Fertilizer
c) Currency
c) Currency
How many squares does a chessboard have?
a) 36
b) 64
c) 49
b) 64
Letting the male incubate the eggs, what mama bird leaves the colony for months, traveling up to 100 miles in search of food?
a) Bald eagle
b) Emperor penguin
c) Flamingo
b) Emperor penguin
Ferroequinology: the study of ___
a) Planes
b) Cars
c) Trains
c) Trains
Which dynasty was responsible for finishing the Great Wall of China?
a) Song
b) Yuan
c) Ming
c) Ming
Where are most of the world’s cocoa beans grown?
a) Indonesia
b) Cote d’Ivoire
c) Mexico
b) Cote d’Ivoire
What determines which player starts first in a chess game?
a) Whoever comes first to the board
b) The player with the black pieces always goes first
c) The player with the white pieces always goes first
c) The player with the white pieces always goes first
Which mother frequently moves its cubs from nest to nest so that the young don’t become prey to lions and hyenas?
a) Armadillo
b) Cheetah
c) Meerkat
b) Cheetah
Glottology: the study of ___
a) Languages
b) Arts
c) Mathematics
a) Languages
Which of the following was China’s longest-running dynasty?
a) Han
b) Zhou
c) Shang
b) Zhou
As of 2020, with an annual consumption of about 11 kilograms per person per year, which country consumes the most chocolate?
a) The United Kingdom
b) United States
c) Germany
c) Germany
Where did chess originate?
a) India
b) Russia
c) Italy
a) India
In which species does the father—not the mother—carry fertilized eggs?
a) Chameleon
b) Kangaroo
c) Seahorse
c) Seahorse
Xylology: the study of ___
a) Grass
b) Wood
c) Sugar
b) Wood