Inspira

Art & Literature

100

Who painted the Mona Lisa?  

A) Michelangelo  

B) Leonardo da Vinci  

C) Raphael  

D) Botticelli  

B) Leonardo da Vinci  

200

Which Shakespeare play features the characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?  

A) Hamlet  

B) Macbeth  

C) Othello  

D) King Lear  

A) Hamlet  

300

Which American author wrote “The Grapes of Wrath”?  

A) John Steinbeck  

B) Ernest Hemingway  

C) F. Scott Fitzgerald  

D) William Faulkner  

A) John Steinbeck  

400

Which Dutch painter is known for “The Night Watch”?  

A) Vermeer  

B) Rembrandt  

C) Van Gogh  

D) Frans Hals  

B) Rembrandt  

500

Which epic poem begins with “Sing, O Muse, of the wrath of Achilles”?  

A) The Odyssey  

B) The Iliad  

C) Aeneid  

D) Beowulf  

B) The Iliad  

Music

100

Which band released the album “Abbey Road” in 1969?  

A) The Rolling Stones  

B) The Beatles  

C) The Who  

D) Led Zeppelin  

B) The Beatles  

200

Which composer wrote the “Moonlight Sonata”?  

A) Mozart  

B) Beethoven  

C) Chopin  

D) Bach  

B) Beethoven  

300

Which American singer is known as the “Queen of Soul”?  

A) Diana Ross  

B) Aretha Franklin  

C) Whitney Houston  

D) Ella Fitzgerald  

B) Aretha Franklin  

400

Which opera by Bizet features the famous “Habanera” aria?  

A) Carmen  

B) La Bohème  

C) Don Giovanni  

D) Tosca  

A) Carmen  

500

Which jazz musician pioneered bebop with hits like “Salt Peanuts”?  

A) Miles Davis  

B) Charlie Parker  

C) Dizzy Gillespie  

D) John Coltrane  

C) Dizzy Gillespie  

Sports

100

Which sport uses a puck instead of a ball?  

A) Soccer  

B) Hockey  

C) Lacrosse  

D) Rugby  

B) Hockey  

200

Which NBA player was known as “The Mailman” because he always delivered points?  

A) Karl Malone  

B) Charles Barkley  

C) Shaquille O’Neal  

D) Magic Johnson  

A) Karl Malone  

300

Which country won the FIFA World Cup in 2010, defeating the Netherlands in the final?  

A) Brazil  

B) Germany  

C) Spain  

D) Italy  

C) Spain  

400

Which golfer was the first to win the Masters Tournament five times, achieving his fifth victory in 2019?  

A) Jack Nicklaus  

B) Tiger Woods  

C) Arnold Palmer  

D) Phil Mickelson

B) Tiger Woods  

500

Which country hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896?  

A) France  

B) Greece  

C) Italy  

D) Germany  

B) Greece  

Science & Technology

100

What is the chemical symbol for water?  

A) H2O  

B) CO2  

C) O2  

D) NaCl  

A) H2O

200

Which scientist is credited with formulating the three laws of motion in the 17th century?  

A) Galileo Galilei  

B) Isaac Newton  

C) Johannes Kepler  

D) Albert Einstein  

B) Isaac Newton  

300

What is the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere?  

A) Oxygen  

B) Nitrogen  

C) Carbon dioxide  

D) Hydrogen  

B) Nitrogen  

400

Which scientist discovered penicillin in 1928?  

A) Louis Pasteur  

B) Alexander Fleming  

C) Jonas Salk  

D) Joseph Lister  

B) Alexander Fleming  

500

Which American computer scientist co‑founded Intel and is known for “Moore’s Law,” predicting the doubling of transistors on microchips approximately every two years?  

A) Gordon Moore  

B) Robert Noyce  

C) Andy Grove  

D) Bill Gates  

A) Gordon Moore  

Geography

100

What is the largest country in the world by land area?  

A) Canada  

B) Russia  

C) China  

D) United States  

B) Russia

200

Which European river flows through ten countries, including Germany, Austria, and Hungary, before emptying into the Black Sea?  

A) Rhine  

B) Danube  

C) Seine  

D) Volga  

B) Danube  

300

Which U.S. state is nicknamed the “Sunshine State”?  

A) California  

B) Florida  

C) Arizona  

D) Texas  

B) Florida  

400

Which mountain range separates Europe from Asia?  

A) Alps  

B) Himalayas  

C) Urals  

D) Andes  

C) Urals  

500

Which African desert is the oldest in the world, estimated to have existed for at least 55 million years?  

A) Sahara  

B) Namib  

C) Kalahari  

D) Libyan  

B) Namib