World Geography
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
What was the name of the period of cultural and intellectual growth that took place in Europe during the 14th to 17th centuries?
Renaissance
What is the nearest star to Earth?
Proxima Centauri
In what country is Franz Kafka’s novel “The Trial” set?
Czechoslovakia.
What is the study of language called?
Linguistics.
What is the name of the famous island prison off the coast of San Francisco?
Alcatraz
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?
Joseph Stalin
What is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas called?
Evaporation
Who wrote the novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray”?
Oscar Wilde
What is the term for a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?
Antonym
What is the name of the famous Italian city known for its canals and gondolas?
Venice
What was the name of the political movement in Russia that gave rise to the Soviet Union?
Bolsheviks
What is the name for the process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first?
Sublimation
What is the title of the first book in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy?
“The Fellowship of the Ring”.
What is the term for the study of the meaning of words?
Semantics
What is the name of the famous waterfall located on the border of Brazil and Argentina?
iguazu Falls
Who was the leader of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century?
Genghis Khan
What is the name for the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation?
Radioactivity
Who wrote the novel “The Color Purple”
Alice Walker.
What is the name for a word that is spelled differently but has the same meaning and pronunciation as another word?
Homophone
What is the name of the famous mountain range that runs along the western coast of South America?
Andes Mountains
What was the name of the period of religious conflict in Europe that took place from 1618 to 1648?
Thirty Years’ War
What is the name for the process by which light is bent when it passes through a prism?
Refraction
Who wrote the novel “The Sun Also Rises”?
Ernest Hemingway.
What is the name for a word that is used to describe or modify a noun or pronoun?
Adjective