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100

Who is commonly referred to as the person who created the first printing press?

Johannes Gutenberg

100

Where did Albert Einstein live before moving to the United States?

a. France

b. Germany

c. Switzerland

d. Italy

Germany

100

True or False? 

Sections of Albert Einstein's brain are on display at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia.

True

100

What was the capital city of the Inca Empire?

Cuzco

200

How many legs do butterflies have?


a. 8

b. 4

c. 6

d. 10

6

200

How old was Juliet when she died?

a. 13

b. 11

c. 16

d. 20

13

200

In which museum would you find the original Mona Lisa? 

a. the metropolitan museum of art

b. El prado

c. the Louvre

d. Museum D'Orsay 

the louvre

200

True or false

The nuclear disaster in Chernobyl was in June 1987

False

300

What is considered the largest empire in history? 


A. The mongol empire

b. Aztec empire

c. British empire

d. Russian empire

THE MONGOL EMPIRE

300

When was the Declaration of Independence (US) signed? 

a. May 20, 1700

b. August 2, 1776

c. July 4, 1782

d. February 11, 1801

August 2, 1776

300

Which city is Michelangelo's David in?

a. Rome

b. Paris

c. Florence

d. Athens

Florence

300

India gained independence from Britain in 1937

False

400

Who sent Christopher Columbus to explore the New World? 

a. John II of Aragon

b. Charles VIII of France

c. Henri IV of Castile

d. King Ferdinand of Spain 

King Ferdinand of Spain

400

The first Olympic Games took place in the __________ century B.C.

a. 22nd

b. 13th

c. 5th

d. 8th 

8th

400

One of these museums is NOT in Latin America.

a. Museo Jumex

b. Museo de arqueología de alta montaña

c. Museo Sorolla

d. Museo Larco

Museo Sorolla

400

Which was the first country to use paper money?


a. Japan

b. Greece

c. Italy

d. China

China

500

This planet has a collective 53 moons, making it the planet in our solar system with the most number of moons. 

a. Saturn

b. Jupiter

c. Venus

d. Mercury

Saturn

500

What are the Wright brothers famous for?

Inventing the airplane

500

True or false

The Museum of Natural History features a 94-foot-long model of a blue whale.


True

500

The Maya Empire was centered in what is now which country?

a. El Salvador

b. Guatemala

c. México

d. Nicaragua

Guatemala