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100

Which leaf appears on the Canadian flag?
A) Oak          B) Maple
C) Birch        D) Cedar

B) Maple ✅

200

Which device first used the slogan “Think Different”?
A) iPhone         B) iMac
C) iPod            D) Apple Watch

B) iMac ✅

The iMac first used the slogan “Think Different,” which was featured in Apple's advertising campaigns starting in 1997.

300

Which spacecraft made SpaceX the first private company to send astronauts to the International Space Station?
A) Falcon 1         B) Dragon
C) Starship         D) Falcon Heavy

B) Dragon ✅

The Dragon spacecraft, specifically the Crew Dragon variant, was used by SpaceX to become the first private company to send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in May 2020.

400

Which film became the first to gross over $2 billion worldwide?
A) Avatar
B) Titanic
C) Avengers: Endgame
D) Star Wars: The Force Awakens

A) Avatar ✅

Released in 2009, James Cameron's science fiction epic became the first film in history to cross the $2 billion mark worldwide, achieving the milestone in January 2010. 

500

Which popular sneaker brand was named after a Greek goddess?

Nike 

• In Greek mythology, Nike was the winged goddess who personified victory in all fields, including battle, athletics, and the arts.
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Numbers

100

In Chinese weddings, people often give money in amounts ending in which number for good luck?
A) 6        B) 8      C) 9      D) 2

B) 8 ✅

The Chinese word for the number 8, bā, sounds like the word for "wealth" or "to prosper"

200

In Japanese culture, which number combination is considered especially unlucky?
A) 49       B) 66       C) 44      D) 14

A) 49 ✅

• The number 4 is pronounced shi, which is also the word for "death" 
• The number 9 is pronounced ku, which is also the word for "suffering" or "agony" 

When combined, the number 49 is pronounced shiku, which sounds like "painful death" or "to suffer and die" 

300

In Italian culture, which number is considered unlucky?
A) 4               B) 13
C) 17             D) 23

C) 17 ✅

In Italy, the number 17 is considered unlucky because its Roman numeral, XVII, can be rearranged to spell “VIXI,” meaning “I have lived,” a phrase associated with death. 

400

Which number is often called “the golden ratio”?
A) 1.5                B) 1.414
C) 1.618             D) 1.732

C) 1.618 ✅

The golden ratio, also known as the golden number, golden proportion is a ratio between two numbers that equals approximately 1.618 

500

What is the atomic number of GOLD on Periodic Table?

79

World

100

Which Asian country is nicknamed “The Land of the Morning Calm”?
A) Japan         B) South Korea
C) China         D) Malaysia 

B) South Korea ✅

The nickname "Land of the Morning Calm" refers to South Korea due to its scenic beauty and tranquil atmosphere, particularly in the mornings.

200

The world’s driest place, the Atacama Desert, is in which country?

A) Peru                  B) Chile
C) Namibia            D) Argentina

B) Chile ✅

300

The city of Fez is one of the world’s oldest Islamic capitals. Where is it?

A) Egypt                B) Morocco
C) Tunisia              D) Algeria

B) Morocco ✅

Fez has been called the "Mecca of the West" and the "Athens of Africa". It is also considered the spiritual and cultural capital of Morocco.

400

Which country has more pyramids than Egypt?
A) Sudan                 B) Ethiopia
C) Libya                  D) Chad

A) Sudan ✅

The ancient kingdom of Kush, which ruled the area of modern-day Sudan, built between 200 and 255 pyramids, far more than the roughly 138 found in Egypt. 

500

Which European country is home to Transylvania, the land of Dracula legend?

 

Romania

Food

100

What is the main ingredient in the Filipino dessert “Halo-Halo”?

A) Ice cream           B) Crushed ice
C) Gelatin               D) Ube jam

B) Crushed ice

200

Which country is the origin of the dish “Pavlova”? 

A) USA                 B) New Zealand
C) England           D) Austria

B) New Zealand

(it was named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. Taking the form of a cake-like circular block of baked meringue, pavlova has a crisp crust and soft, light inside.)

300

Which Mexican dish uses corn dough wrapped in corn husks?

A) Tamales            B) Enchiladas
C) Quesadillas       D) Chilaquiles

A) Tamales

400

In which country did “Tandoori chicken” originate?

A) Pakistan             B) India
C) Bangladesh        D) Afghanistan

B) India

500

What spice is Madagascar the world's largest export of?

vanilla

(Madagascar produces roughly 70–80% of the world’s natural vanilla supply)

Women

100

The term “Haute Couture” originated in which European capital, where many female designers rose to fame?
A) Milan         B) London
C) Paris         D) Madrid

C) Paris ✅

200

Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest?
A) Junko Tabei
B) Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
C) Wanda Rutkiewicz
D) Arlene Blum

A) Junko Tabei ✅

The Japanese mountaineer reached the summit on May 16, 1975, as the leader of a Japanese all-female expedition.

300

Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
A) Amelia Earhart
B) Bessie Coleman
C) Jacqueline Cochran
D) Valentina Tereshkova

A) Amelia Earhart ✅

400

Which woman led the French army to victory during the Hundred Years’ War?
A) Joan of Arc
B) Catherine de Medici
C) Eleanor of Aquitaine
D) Anne of Brittany

A) Joan of Arc ✅

500

Which 20th-century fashion designer first made women’s trousers fashionable?
 

Coco Chanel

In the 1920s, Chanel pioneered and popularized women's pants as a stylish fashion garment. 

Men

100

What was Leonardo da Vinci’s dominant hand?

A) Right    B) Left    C) Both    D) None

B) Left

200

What was Albert Einstein’s first language?
A) English        B) Hebrew
C) German       D) Italian

C) German

300

Which male YouTuber became the first to reach 100 million subscribers?
A) PewDiePie
B) MrBeast
C) Markiplier
D) Logan Paul

A) PewDiePie

(PewDiePie was the first individual content creator to do so in August 2019.)

400

Who created the first car company to mass-produce automobiles?
A) Karl Benz                B) Henry Ford
C) Ferdinand Porsche    D) Enzo Ferrari

B) Henry Ford

500

Which male explorer gave the Pacific Ocean its name?

Ferdinand Magellan

(After sailing through the turbulent waters of the Strait of Magellan, he reached a vast, calm ocean and called it Mar Pacifico, which means "peaceful sea".)

Internet

100

The term “blog” comes from what original phrase?
A) Byte Log          B) Web Log
C) Word Log         D) Binary Log

B) Web Log ✅

The word blog is short for "weblog" (a combined version of the words “web” and “log”)

200

Which app was originally called “Musical.ly”?
A) TikTok          B) Dubsmash
C) Vine             D) Likee

A) TikTok ✅

ByteDance bought Musical.ly in 2017 and rebranded it as TikTok, which gained popularity worldwide. 

300

What does “HTTP” stand for?
A) Hyper Text Transmission Program
B) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
C) High Tech Text Process
D) Hyperlink Transfer Page

B) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol ✅

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the foundation of the World Wide Web, and is used to load webpages using hypertext links.

400

Which company first created Bluetooth technology?
A) Ericsson           B) Nokia
C) Intel                D) Samsung

A) Ericsson ✅

The Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson first developed Bluetooth technology in 1994.

500

What year did Google launch Gmail?

2004

On April 1, 2004, Gmail was launched with one gigabyte (GB) of storage space .