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100

Who played the King in the movie “The King and I”?

Yule Brynner

100

What was the first self-contained electric guitar called

Les Paul guitar

100

What was the name of the first successful artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?

Sputnik 1

100

What is the Capital of Czech Republic?

Prague

100

KARL MARX WAS ONCE A CORRESPONDENT FOR WHAT NEW YORK NEWS PAPER?

THE NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE.

200

Name Scarlett O’Hara’s home in the movie “Gone with the Wind”?

 Tara

200

What international organization was founded in 1945 to maintain world peace and security?

United Nations

200

Who invented the polio vaccine in the 1950s?

Dr. Jonas Salk

200

What is the Capital of Sweden ?

Stockholm

200

THE ANGLO-ZANZIBAR WAR OF 1896 IS THE SHORTEST WAR ON RECORD LASTING HOW LONG 

38 MINUTES

300

Who was the young girl in “National Velvet”?

Elizabeth Taylor

300

Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1940 for his role in "The Philadelphia Story"?

James Stewart

300

Which famous novel by J.D. Salinger was published in 1951?

The Catcher in the Rye

300

What is the Capital of Denmark  ?

Copenhagen

300

NAPOLEON WAS ONCE ATTACKED BY WHAT ANIMAL?

RABBITS- So his chief officer Alexandre Berthier brought 3,000 rabbits to begin the hunt. Unfortunately, these rabbits were tame farm animals and instead of seeing Napoleon as a threat they saw him as a source of food. All 3,000 rabbits then descended on Napoleon, who ran away and locked himself inside his carriage. 

400

What was the name of the scary movie by Alfred Hitchcock with the famous shower scene at the Bates Motel?

Psycho

400

What was the name of the first electronic general-purpose computer

ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)

400

Which groundbreaking DNA structure was discovered by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953?

 Double helix

400

what is the Capital of Syria?


Damascus

400

IN 1912, A PARIS ORPHANAGE HELD A RAFFLE TO RAISE MONEY WHAT WAS THE PRIZE?

 LIVE BABIES

500

Which famous actor played Inspector Clouseau in the “Pink Panther”?

Peter Sellers

500

Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1945 for his discovery of cosmic radiation?

Percy Williams Bridgman

500

Who was the first person to break the sound barrier in level flight in 1952?

Chuck Yeager

500

what is the Capital of New Zealand ?

Wellington

500

THE 1666 GREAT FIRE OF LONDON DESTROYED AT LEAST 13,500 HOUSES, BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE DIED

 ONLY 8 PEOPLE WERE KILLED