Space
Which planet rotates on its side, giving it extremely unusual seasons?
A. Uranus
B. Jupiter
C. Mercury
D. Venus
Uranus
Which cranial nerve is primarily responsible for the sense of smell?
A. Optic nerve
B. Olfactory nerve
C. Vagus nerve
D. Trigeminal nerve
Olfactory nerve
Which European capital is built across 14 islands connected by bridges?
A. Stockholm
B. Lisbon
C. Athens
D. Warsaw
Stockholm
Which artist is famous for his bronze sculpture The Thinker?
A. Auguste Rodin
B. Henry Moore
C. Constantin Brâncuși
D. Alberto Giacometti
Auguste Rodin
Why did the man take a ladder to the bar?
He heard the drinks were on the house.
Which planet has the shortest year, completing one orbit around the Sun in about 88 Earth days?
A. Mercury
B. Venus
C. Mars
D. Neptune
Mercury
Which part of the nervous system controls many automatic functions, such as heart rate and digestion?
A. Autonomic nervous system
B. Skeletal system
C. Somatic sensory system only
D. Visual cortex
Autonomic nervous system
Which African country was formerly known as Abyssinia?
A. Ethiopia
B. Ghana
C. Sudan
D. Tanzania
Ethiopia
Which artist painted water lilies in a famous series of works inspired by his garden in France?
A. Edgar Degas
B. Paul Cézanne
C. Claude Monet
D. Henri Matisse
Claude Monet
Find the missing number.
81, 27, 9, __, 1
A. 6
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
3
What is the name of the region beyond Neptune containing many icy bodies, including Pluto?
A. Asteroid Belt
B. Kuiper Belt
C. Van Allen Belt
D. Orion Belt
Kuiper Belt
Which chamber of the heart pumps oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body?
A. Right atrium
B. Right ventricle
C. Left atrium
D. Left ventricle
Left ventricle
The Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, is primarily located in which country?
A. Peru
B. Chile
C. Argentina
D. Bolivia
Chile
Which Norwegian artist created The Scream?
A. Edvard Munch
B. Gustav Klimt
C. Wassily Kandinsky
D. Egon Schiele
Edvard Munch
What is the name of the boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing can escape?
A. Solar boundary
B. Event horizon
C. Light ring
D. Gravity wall
Event horizon
What is the name of the point in a planet's orbit when it is closest to the Sun?
A. Aphelion
B. Perihelion
C. Equinox
D. Solstice
Perihelion
What is the name of the membrane that surrounds and protects the heart?
A. Pleura
B. Peritoneum
C. Pericardium
D. Meninges
Pericardium
Which sea has no land coastline and is instead defined by ocean currents?
A. Baltic Sea
B. Sargasso Sea
C. Red Sea
D. Black Sea
Sargasso Sea
Which artist is known for cutting out colourful paper shapes late in his career, including The Snail?
A. Henri Matisse
B. Marc Chagall
C. Paul Klee
D. Henri Rousseau
Henri Rousseau
Which country has coastlines along both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans?
A. Kenya
B. South Africa
C. Angola
D. Mozambique
South Africa
Which two planets in our Solar System have no moons?
A. Earth and Mars
B. Mercury and Venus
C. Venus and Neptune
D. Mercury and Jupiter
Mercury and Venus
What is the name of the natural pacemaker of the heart?
A. Atrioventricular node
B. Sinoatrial node
C. Aorta
D. Septum
Sinoatrial node
Which country has the city of Timbuktu, historically an important centre of trans-Saharan trade and scholarship?
A. Niger
B. Mali
C. Chad
D. Senegal
Mali
Which artist painted American Gothic, featuring a farmer holding a pitchfork beside a woman?
A. Edward Hopper
B. Grant Wood
C. Norman Rockwell
D. Andrew Wyeth
Grant Wood
Which Renaissance artist created the bronze statue David before Michelangelo made his famous marble version?
A. Donatello
B. Bernini
C. Ghiberti
D. Verrocchio
Donatello