World History/Geography
World Culture
Spanish Art and Literature
Animal Facts
English-language Literature
100
What continent contains the fewest countries?
Antarctica
100
Which country is credited for the creation of bagels?
Poland
100
What is considered to be the first modern novel?
Don Quixote
100
What animal has the highest total biomass on Earth?
Cattle
400–420 million tonnes
Antarctic Krill
380 million tonnes
100
Which American poet wrote The Raven?
Edgar Allan Poe
200
What ancient civilization built Machu Picchu?
(or as mom would say, Mt. Pikachu)
The Inca
200
What is the official language of Iran?
Persian
200
The real name of Don Quixote was...
Alonso Quijano
200
Rank the following from oldest to youngest:
Trees, crabs, sharks
1. Sharks
2. Trees
3. Crabs
200
What novel is famous for the green light at the end of a dock?
The Great Gatsby
300
Which three US states have the most railroad miles?
1. Texas - 10,506
2. Illinois - 7,152
3. Ohio - 5,132
300
What is the most widely consumed beverage in the world after water?
Tea
300
Which Spanish artist was a co-founder of the Cubist movement?
Pablo Picasso
300
which disease is caused by a deficiency of Ascorbic acid?
Scurvy
300
Which author wrote Invisible Man, a landmark novel about identity and social invisibility?
Ralph Ellison
400
Which river runs through Baghdad?
Tigris River
400
What are the top 5 most spoken languages in the world? (Native + Second languages)
1. English — ~1.5 billion speakers
2. Mandarin Chinese — ~1.1 billion
3. Hindi — ~600–700 million
4. Spanish — ~580 million
5. French — ~320 million
400
Who painted this?
Diego Velázquez
400
Which tree can live for thousands of years and is found in California?
Bristlecone pine
400
Which poet is famous for starting many poems with “Because I could not stop for Death…”?
Emily Dickinson
500
What country has the most time zones?
France (including overseas territories)
500
What country has the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites?
Italy or China
500
What novel popularized magical realism?
One Hundred Years of Solitude
500
What animal says "meow"?
Cats
500
Which novel is told through the memories of Jim Burden about a Bohemian immigrant girl?
My Ántonia by Willa Cather