GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Who was the Ancient Greek God of the Sun?
Apollo
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
What is the smallest unit of matter?
Atom
In what year did World War II end?
1945
What game studio makes the Red Dead Redemption series?
Rockstar Games
How many dots appear on a pair of dice?
42
In what country is the Chernobyl nuclear plant located?
Ukraine
What is the scientific theory that explains the origin of the universe?
The Big Bang Theory
What year was the United Nations established?
1945
Kratos is the main character of what video game series?
God of War
Which country has the highest life expectancy?
Hong Kong
True or false: Halloween originated as an ancient Irish festival.
True
How many elements are in the periodic table?
118
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie
What character have both Robert Downey Jr. and Benedict Cumberbatch played?
Sherlock Holmes
What is acrophobia a fear of?
Heights
Which is the only continent with land in all four hemispheres?
Africa
What is the name of the world's first artificial satellite?
Sputnik 1
Which powerful Mongol ruler conquered a vast empire stretching from Asia to Europe?
Genghis Khan
What is the longest-running Broadway musical?
The Phantom of the Opera
What is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that reads the same backward as forward?
Palindrome
What is the smallest U.S. state by area?
Rhode Island
Who discovered that the Earth revolves around the sun?
Nicolaus Copernicus
What was the code name for the Allied invasion of Normandy?
Operation Overlord
In the wildly popular 2011 series “Game of Thrones,” what is the sigil of House Stark?
Direwolf