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Despite his health problems and recent surgery, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed on Monday his attendance at the upcoming...

United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA)

100

Civil rights activist. Fought for equal treatment of blacks and whites - Gave the famous "I have a dream" speech.

Martin Luther King

100

How is ToK assessed by the IB?

  • write an essay 
  • give a presentation
100

Beethoven, Bach, Tchaikovsky and Vivaldi are part of which genre...

 Classical

100

Which one of Prince's songs reached highest on the music charts for over 4 months?

Purple Rain

200

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel promised to annex nearly a third of the occupied West Bank if voters returned him to power in the election this week. His plan would annex territory along the border with...

Jordan

200

Prime minister of the UK since July 2019.

Boris Johnson

200

A good ... is crafted to be open, general and about knowledge. It uses TOK vocabulary, and merits discussion and multiple perspectives rather than a single, definitive response.

KNOWLEDGE QUESTION

200

Originally one of the lead vocalists of N'Sync - Later became an actor and solo artist - he has won 9 Grammy Awards and 4 Emmy Awards. Married to actress Jessica Biel.

Justin Timberlake

200

Which email service is owned by Microsoft?

Hotmail

300

The Food and Drug Administration in the US warned which company that it had been illegally marketing its products?

Juul

or

Juul Labs

300

Born in Calcuta, she is known for many charitable works, including helping people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy, orphanages, and schools. Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

Mother Teresa

300

List the 8 ways of knowing

Sense perception, Language, Reason, Emotion, Memory, Imagination, Faith, Intuition

300

In 2019 she attained mainstream success with the release of her album "Cuz I love you". Aside from singing, she was the voice of Lydia in the movie "Ugly Dolls".

Lizzo

300

Who is the most successful UK solo artist in the US since 1977?

Elton John

400

On Monday, China reported that, due to the outbreak of a disease, the price of which food was almost 50 percent higher than it was 6 months ago, causing somewhat of a crisis in the international market?

Pork

400

She has already broken new ground as a pregnant woman—and then a new mother—leading a nation. This 38-year-old Prime Minister showed the world her fullness as a leader as she empathetically navigated the country through the worst terror attack in its history, after 50 people were killed at two mosques in Christchurch in March.

Jacinda Ardern

or 

Prime Minister of New Zealand

400

List the 8 Areas of Knowledge

Natural sciences, Human sciences, History, Mathematics, Arts, Indigenous Knowledge, Religious Knowledge, Ethics

400

Long Beach, Compton, the Bronx (NYC), and Miami are considered the geographical centres of which genre

RAP

400

"All Shook Up" is a song that topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1957. Who was the singer?

Elvis Presley

500

President Trump ousted John Bolton, his national security adviser, last week, days after he stopped the president from signing a peace agreement with...


Lebron James

500

In September 2018, this 16-year-old started skipping school on Fridays so she could protest government inaction on climate change at her country's Parliament. Her sit-ins called “Fridays for Future”, have garnered the support of over 1 million people and earned her a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.

Greta Thunberg

or 

The girl from Sweden

500

"The most meaningful human knowledge is subjective, personal knowledge—about which people don’t necessarily agree, about which in fact they usually disagree, about which they cannot be made to agree by evidence and logical argument. Knowledge may be about what exists; or about how things behave; or about why they exist or behave as they do." 

This passage is from which text read in class?


Two Kinds of Knowledge: Maps and Stories

or 

Maps and Stories

or

Two Kinds of Knowledge

500

Finish the song: 

"When you're weary, feeling small
When tears are in your eyes, I'll dry them all
I'm on your side, oh, when times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like ....

a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

500

What is Maggie's full complete name?

MARGARETE MARIA DE MORAES