GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
CANBERRA
What form of the verb is paired with has/have?
e.g. has eaten, have forgotten
past participle
Which is the smallest country in the UK?
WALES
smallest: the stapes (located in the middle ear) / biggest: femur
In which language does "konnichiwa" mean "hello"?
Japanese
Which currency do they use in Northern Ireland?
THE STERLING POUND
Is this sentence right? If not, fix it.
If it were right what you say, Peter would be that happy?
WRONG
If it were right what you say, WOULD Peter be that happy?
Which is the biggest state in the USA?
ALASKA
The rock carving in Mt. Rushmore, South Dakota depicts the faces of which four U.S. Presidents?
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln
Before founding Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg created a website that allowed users to compare the attractiveness of two people side by side. What was the name of this website?
Facemash (2003)
Alaska before becoming part of the United States of America belonged to...
Russia
Complete the following sentence:
Three-fourths of the book (was/were) damaged by the fire.
was (book is singular so 3/4 of it is "less than singular")
In which country is Machu Picchu (the site of ancient Inca ruins) located?
Peru
What is the meaning of UNESCO?
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
TRUE or FALSE: The official national animal of Scotland is the unicorn.
True
HAWAII
Use the future perfect continuous tense of the verb for this sentence:
Sheila ................................... (work) for a few hours already when you arrive tomorrow morning.
Sheila will have been working for a few hours already when you arrive tomorrow morning.
Which mountain range is the longest in the world?
The Andes (in South America)
Name one country aside from the Philippines that presently uses peso as its currency?
Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominica Republic, Mexico, Uruguay
Who painted “The Persistence of Memory”?
Salvador Dali
Which country produces the most coffee in the world?
The following sentence is an example of which figure of speech:
Analia, Althea, and Audrey are always arresting alligators around Albany.
alliteration (repetition of beginning sound)
In which year did the Titanic sink?
1912
From what movie does the famous phrase "Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get" come from?
Forrest Gump
What word both means "a man's personal male attendant (responsible for his clothes and appearance)" and "a person employed to park cars"?
valet