General Knowledge II

Time

100

How many weeks in a year?

What is 52

200

What is the shortest day of the year?

What is December 22nd?

300

What is the age of the universe?

What is 13.8 billion?

400

When did the Korean War end?

What is never: only a ceasefire was signed?

500

What do BCE and CE stand for?

What is Before Common Era and Common Era?

Writers

100

Who wrote "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina"?

What is Leo Tolstoy?

200

Who started Marvel Comics?

What is Stan Lee?

300

Which Japanese writer committed hari-kari?

What is Yukio Mishima?

400

Who wrote 39 plays, many of which are famous?

What is Shakespeare?

500

Who is Russia's national poet?

What is Alexander Pushkin?

Mixed Bag

100

How many planets are there is our solar system?

What is 8?

200

No long ago, there were 9 planets in our SS: what is the English name of the former planet that is now excluded?

What is Pluto?

300

How many squares does a chess/checkers board have?

What is 64?

400

How many keys does a piano have?

What is 88?

500

"Radar" and "level" are examples of words that are spelled the same backwards and forwards: what are such words called?

What is palindrome?

Capital Cities

100

What is the capital of the Philippines?

What is Manila?

200

What is the capital of Germany?

What is Munich?

300

What is Mexico's capital?

What is Mexico City?

400

What is the capital of Northern Thailand?

What is Chiang Mai?

500

What is India's capital?

What is New Delhi?

Miscellaneous

100

Where will the next Winter Olympics be held?

What is Pyeong Cheong, SK?

200

Who said, "A revolution is not a dinner party."?

What is Mao Zedong?

300

Who is S. Korea's current president?

What is Moon Jaein?

400

How many consonants are there in the English language?

What is 21?

500

Who invented the steam engine?

What is Watt?