Basic Knowledge
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100
What is the most durable food in the world?
Honey
100
During the Battle of Britain, the British Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots demonstrated suspiciously accurate night-flying skills. To conceal the use of top-secret radar technology (Chain Home), what common garden vegetable did the British government publicly credit for the pilots' exceptional night vision?
Carrot
100
Which London district is the Prime Meridian named after, as it has officially passed through it since 1884?
Greenwich
100
Who invented the light bulb?
Thomas Alva Edison
100
Who holds the record for the most Olympic medals of all time, with a total of 28?
Michael Phelps
200
People often write a supplementary note after the text—P.S.What exactly does P.S. stands for?
Post Scriptum
200
During plague epidemics, doctors wore a so-called plague mask with a long beak. What was this mask used for?
To mask the smell of death
(the mask was filled with various herbs precisely to mask the smell)
200
Which U.S. state is the northernmost?
Alaska
200
Who invented the first steam engine, which was later significantly improved by James Watt, starting the Industrial Revolution?
Thomas Newcomen
200
What is the exact distance of a marathon in kilometers?
42.195 km or rounded 42.2
300
What exactly does the abbreviation of the German car manufacturer BMW stand for?
Bayerische Motoren Werke
300
In Medieval Europe, which class of people was legally required to wear a distinctive pointed hat, a practice often enforced by local laws?
Jews
300
What is the capital city of Estonia
Tallinn
300
Who was the monk from Moravia (Czechia) who discovered the laws of inheritance and is now called the 'Father of Genetics'?"
Gregor Johann Mendel
300
What is this sport called?
Cycle ball
400
What do the blue and white sections in the BMW logo symbolize?
The colors of the Free State of Bavaria
400
Which famous English monarch had six wives, executed two of them, and became famous for radically changing the religious situation in England just so he could get divorced?
Henry VIII.
400
How many countries in total does Spain border and which ones are they? (Include territories in Africa and microstates)
5 (Portugal, France, Andorra, Gibraltar(UK), Morocco)
400
Which French scientist created the vaccine against rabies ?
Louis Pasteur
500
Why were carrots originally bred to be the orange color we know today?
In honor of the Dutch Royal House (the House of Orange-Nassau in the 17th century)
500
What was the name of the German-Russian goldsmith and jeweler who, under commission from Tsar Alexander III in 1885, created the first of the famous Imperial Easter eggs for the Russian Tsars?
Peter Carl Fabergé
500
Which European country governs the world's largest island, Greenland?
Denmark
500
Who made the first controlled flight in 1903?
The Wright brothers
600
The Bluetooth technology was named after a historical figure. Who was it?
Danish King Harald Bluetooth
600
Which Roman Emperor was famously so cruel and unstable that he allegedly appointed his favourite horse, Incitatus, as a Roman Consul?
Caligula
600
There are only two "double-landlocked" countries in the world – meaning they are landlocked and surrounded entirely by other landlocked countries. Which ones are they?
Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan
600
Which famous female scientist discovered the chemical elements Polonium and Radium
Marie Curie-Skłodowska
700
What was the original purpose of the tiny smallest pocket on the right side of blue jeans?
For pocket watches
700
What is the name for the Chinese imperial palace complex in Beijing, which served as the home of emperors for nearly 500 years, and into which entry was strictly forbidden to commoners?
Forbidden city
700
Which country in the world is spread across the largest number of islands?
Sweden (267 570)
700
Which Hollywood actress and inventor co-created the technology (frequency hopping) that later made Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS possible?"
Hedy Lammar
800
Which creature is the official national animal of Scotland?
Unicorn
800
The famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra committed suicide. How exactly did she do it?
Let herself be bitten by a snake
800
Which country in the world has the most time zones?
France
800
Who created the Periodic Table of Elements in 1869 after supposedly seeing it in a dream?
Dmitri Mendeleev
900
Why have tennis balls been mostly yellow since 1972?
To be more visible on color television
900
Ancient Romans had an ingenious, yet disgusting, method for cleaning and whitening their clothes. What did they use due to its ammonia content?
Urine
900
Which country in the world is located in all four hemispheres (Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western) at the same time?
Kiribati
900
Who discovered the first antibiotic, Penicillin, in 1928 after leaving a petri dish by a window by mistake?
Alexander Fleming
1000
In which country (modern-day state) was coffee first discovered and first prepared as a drink
Ethiopia
1000
What year did tea start to be imported into Europe, and who brought it?
1610 (Dutch people)
1000
Which country does this flag belong to?
Belize
1000
Who invented vulcanized rubber (the type of rubber that doesn't melt in heat) and has a famous tire company named after him today?
Charles Goodyear