GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Abdelhaq

Geography

100

This desert is the largest hot desert on Earth, covering much of North Africa

Sahara Desert

200

This river flows through London

Thames

300

This river forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico.
 

The Rio Grande

400

This plateau in Asia is often called “the Roof of the World.”
 

the Tibetan Plateau

500

This mountain in Tanzania is the highest peak in Africa.

Mount Kilimanjaro

Science

100

The process plants use to make food from sunlight.
 

Photosynthesis

200

This force keeps planets orbiting the Sun.

Gravity

300

This gas makes up about 78% of Earth’s atmosphere.

Nitrogen

400

This part of the cell contains DNA and controls cell activities.

Cell Nucleus

500

The center of our solar system.
 

The Sun

History

100

In 1969, this NASA mission first landed humans on the Moon.

Apollo 11 Moon Landing

200

This famous ship sank on its maiden voyage in 1912.

 Sinking of the RMS Titanic?

300

This revolution began in 1789 and led to the overthrow of the monarchy.
 

The French Revolution

400

This famous speech by Martin Luther King Jr. was delivered in Washington, D.C., in 1963.
Response: What is ?

The'I Have a Dream speech'

500

This explorer completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth, though he died during the journey.

 Ferdinand Magellan

SCIENTISTS 1

100

This Greek mathematician and inventor famously said, “Eureka!” after discovering a method to measure volume.
 

Archimedes

200

This physicist is considered the “father of the atomic bomb.”
 

J. Robert Oppenheimer

300

This French chemist is considered the father of modern chemistry and helped develop the law of conservation of mass.

Antoine Lavoisier
 

400

This American scientist and inventor held over 1,000 patents, including the phonograph and improvements to the light bulb.
 

Thomas Edison

500

This American biologist helped discover the structure of DNA along with Francis Crick.
 

James Watson

SCIENTISTS 2

100

This English scientist formulated the laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation.
 

Isaac Newton

200

This Polish astronomer proposed that the Earth orbits the Sun, not the other way around.
 

Nicolaus Copernicus

300

This Italian scientist improved the telescope and supported the heliocentric theory.
 

Galileo Galilei

400

This Serbian-American inventor helped develop the modern alternating current electrical system.
 

Nikola Tesla

500

This scientist discovered penicillin in 1928.
 

Alexander Fleming