Inventors & Inventions
Who invented the telephone?
A) Nikola Tesla
B) Alexander Graham Bell
C) Thomas Edison
D) Guglielmo Marconi
✅ Answer: B) ) Alexander Graham Bell
WHOSE PORTRAIT IS ON OVER 200 DIFFERENT BANK NOTES IN OVER 30 COUNTRIES?
A - KING CHARLES
B - QUEEN ELIZABETH II
C - FIDEL CASTRO
D - QUEEN NOOR
✅ Answer: B - QUEEN ELIZABETH II
“I came, I saw, I conquered.”
A) Julius Caesar
B) Napoleon Bonaparte
C) Genghis Khan
D) Alexander the Great
✅ Answer: A) Julius Caesar
Which Canadian park lets you walk among towering sandstone pillars called “hoodoos” and is famous for dinosaur fossils?
A) Banff National Park
B) Dinosaur Provincial Park
C) Jasper National Park
D) Pacific Rim National Park
✅ Answer: B) Dinosaur Provincial Park
Paella is a traditional dish from which country?
A) France
B) Spain
C) Italy
D) Greece
🟩 Answer: B) Spain
What invention is Alexander Fleming famous for?
A) X-ray
B) Insulin
C) Penicillin
D) Anesthesia
✅ Answer: C) Penicillin
THE FIRST COUNTRY TO USE PAPER CURRENCY WAS?
A - INDIA
B - GERMANY
C - JAPAN
D - CHINA
✅ Answer: D - CHINA
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
A) John F. Kennedy
B) Margaret Thatcher
C) Ronald Reagan
D) Winston Churchill
✅ Answer: C) Ronald Reagan
Where in Canada can you visit the southernmost tip of the mainland, a spot famous for birdwatching and butterfly migrations?
A) Point Pelee National Park
B) Cape Spear
C) Niagara Falls
D) White Rock
✅ Answer: A) Point Pelee National Park
What is the main ingredient in the Japanese dish miso soup?
A) Seaweed
B) Soybean paste
C) Tofu
D) Rice
🟩 Answer: B) Soybean paste
Nikola Tesla is most associated with which technology?
A) Direct current
B) Alternating current
C) Radar
D) Diesel engine
✅ Answer: B) Alternating current
WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL CURRENCY OF ARGENTINA?
A - PESO
B - POUND
C - RUPEE
D - DINAR
✅ Answer: A - PESO
“Let them eat cake!” is often (though falsely) attributed to:
A) Queen Victoria
B) Catherine the Great
C) Marie Antoinette
D) Eleanor of Aquitaine
✅ Answer: C) Marie Antoinette
Which vibrant city is built on an island in the Saint Lawrence River and is famous for its French flair and poutine?
A) Vancouver
B) Toronto
C) Montreal
D) Ottawa
✅ Answer: C) Montreal
Which country is the origin of the dish "poutine"?
A) France
B) USA
C) Canada
D) Belgium
🟩 Answer: C) Canada
Who patented the first practical incandescent lightbulb?
A) Thomas Edison
B) Benjamin Franklin
C) James Watt
D) Joseph Swan
✅ Answer: A) Thomas Edison
THE KIWI IS FEATURED ON THE ONE DOLLAR COIN OF WHICH COUNTRY?
A - AUSTRALIA
B - NEW ZEALAND
C - SUDAN
D - SINGAPORE
✅ Answer: B - NEW ZEALAND
“Give me liberty, or give me death!” was declared by:
A) Paul Revere
B) Benjamin Franklin
C) Thomas Paine
D) Patrick Henry
✅ Answer: D) Patrick Henry
Where can you find gigantic flowerpot-shaped rocks carved by the Bay of Fundy’s famous tides, so strong you can walk on the ocean floor at low tide?
A) Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick
B) Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia
C) Fundy National Park
D) Gros Morne National Park
✅ Answer: A) Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick
Which spice, derived from a flower, is the most expensive in the world by weight?
A) Cardamom
B) Saffron
C) Cinnamon
D) Vanilla
🟩 Answer: B) Saffron
What revolutionary technology did Tim Berners-Lee invent in 1989?
A) Bluetooth
B) Email
C) The World Wide Web
D) Fiber optics
✅ Answer: C) The World Wide Web
WHICH FAMOUS POP GROUP SANG "MONEY MONEY MONEY" IN 1976
A - BEE GEES
B - CARPENTERS
C - ROLLING STONES
D - ABBA
✅ Answer: D - ABBA
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
C) Harry S. Truman
D) Herbert Hoover
✅ Answer: B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which huge Arctic island, home to Canada’s capital of Nunavut, is known for polar bears, Inuit culture, and breathtaking northern lights?
A) Baffin Island
B) Ellesmere Island
C) Vancouver Island
D) Newfoundland
✅ Answer: A) Baffin Island
"Jollof rice," a popular dish in West Africa, is most commonly associated with which two countries?
A) Nigeria and Ghana
B) Kenya and Ethiopia
C) Mali and Senegal
D) Morocco and Algeria
🟩 Answer: A) Nigeria and Ghana