Sports
100 Points: Which sport is known worldwide as "The Beautiful Game" and features the World Cup?
A) Basketball
B) Tennis
C) Football (Soccer)
D) Baseball
C) Football (Soccer)
What ancient civilization is famous for building the Pyramids of Giza?
A) The Romans
B) The Mayans
C) The Ancient Greeks
D) The Ancient Egyptians
D) The Ancient Egyptians
What is the chemical formula for water?
A) CO2
B) H2O2
C) H2O
D) O2
C) H2O
What is the capital city of Poland?
A) Kraków
B) Warsaw
C) Gdańsk
D) Wrocław
B) Warsaw
What cinematic universe features characters like Iron Man, Thor, and Black Widow?
A) The DC Extended Universe
B) The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)
C) The Star Wars Universe
D) The MonsterVerse
B) The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)
How many players are on the court for a single team during a standard basketball game?
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
B) 5
In what year did World War II officially end?
A) 1918
B) 1939
C) 1945
D) 1950
C) 1945
What cellular organelle is famously known as the "powerhouse of the cell"?
A) Nucleus
B) Ribosome
C) Chloroplast
D) Mitochondria
D) Mitochondria
Measuring just 0.49 square kilometers, what is the smallest independent country in the world by land area?
A) Monaco
B) San Marino
C) Liechtenstein
D) Vatican City
D) Vatican City
Which massive global pop star is known for her record-breaking "Eras Tour"?
A) Beyoncé
B) Ariana Grande
C) Taylor Swift
D) Dua Lipa
C) Taylor Swift
In tennis, what word is used to indicate a score of zero?
A) Nil
B) Love
C) Blank
D) Deuce
B) Love
Who was the British Prime Minister during the majority of the Second World War?
A) Neville Chamberlain
B) Winston Churchill
C) Clement Attlee
D) Margaret Thatcher
B) Winston Churchill
What is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere?
A) Oxygen
B) Nitrogen
C) Argon
D) Carbon dioxide
B) Nitrogen
There are only two entirely landlocked countries in South America. One is Paraguay. Which of the following is the other?
A) Bolivia
B) Colombia
C) Peru
D) Uruguay
A) Bolivia
What video game series involves a protagonist named Ash catching "pocket monsters"?
A) Digimon
B) Yu-Gi-Oh!
C) Pokémon
D) Beyblade
C) Pokémon
Which country has won the most FIFA Men's World Cup titles in history?
A) Germany
B) Argentina
C) Brazil
D) Italy
C) Brazil
Which Soviet leader introduced the reform policies of "Glasnost" (openness) and "Perestroika" (restructuring), which ultimately helped lead to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989?
A) Nikita Khrushchev
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Mikhail Gorbachev
D) Leonid Brezhnev
C) Mikhail Gorbachev
What is the specific name of the green pigment found in plants that is responsible for capturing light energy during photosynthesis?
A) Melanin
B) Chlorophyll
C) Carotene
D) Hemoglobin
B) Chlorophyll
Which continent is home to the Sahara Desert?
A) Asia
B) Africa
C) South America
D) Australia
B) Africa
In the hit Netflix show Stranger Things, what is the name of the dark, alternate dimension?
A) The Nether
B) The Void
C) The Underworld
D) The Upside Down
D) The Upside Down
What is the only city in the world to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games?
A) London
B) Tokyo
C) Beijing
D) Paris
C) Beijing
Which famous scientist, born in Warsaw, was the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields?
A) Nicolaus Copernicus
B) Albert Einstein
C) Marie Skłodowska-Curie
D) Rosalind Franklin
C) Marie Skłodowska-Curie
There are only two elements on the periodic table that are liquid at standard room temperature. Name one of them.
A) Mercury
B) Gold
C) Iron
D) Sodium
A) Mercury (Note: Bromine is the other one)
What is the only country in the world that does not have a rectangular national flag?
A) Switzerland
B) Japan
C) Nepal
D) Vatican City
C) Nepal
In 2020, what South Korean thriller made history by becoming the first non-English language film to win the Oscar for Best Picture?
A) Minari
B) Parasite
C) Train to Busan
D) Oldboy
B) Parasite