Pop Culture
Which artist performed the 2021 hit single “Peaches” featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon?
A) Justin Bieber
B) The Weeknd
C) Bruno Mars
D) Shawn Mendes
Answer: A) Justin Bieber
Which continent is home to the Amazon Rainforest?
A) Africa
B) Asia
C) South America
D) Australia
Answer: C) South America
What is the value of 8² − 4²?
Answer: 48
Who was the first President of South Africa after the end of apartheid?
A) Jacob Zuma
B) Nelson Mandela
C) Thabo Mbeki
D) F.W. de Klerk
Answer: B) Nelson Mandela
What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
Answer: A clock
Which film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2020?
A) 1917
B) Nomadland
C) Parasite
D) Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Answer: C) Parasite
Which country is home to the city of Timbuktu, historically famous as a center of trade and learning?
A) Mali
B) Niger
C) Senegal
D) Burkina Faso
Answer: A) Mali
If 5x − 3 = 22, what is x + 4?
Answer: 11
The Magna Carta, a foundational document for modern democracy, was signed in which year?
A) 1066
B) 1215
C) 1492
D) 1649
Answer: B) 1215
What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano (or keyboard)
Which singer became the youngest artist in history to headline the Glastonbury Festival in 2019?
A) Billie Eilish
B) Lorde
C) Olivia Rodrigo
D) Dua Lipa
Answer: A) Billie Eilish
Which country has the city of Dubrovnik, known as the “Pearl of the Adriatic”?
A) Italy
B) Croatia
C) Slovenia
D) Montenegro
Answer: B) Croatia
A fair die is rolled. What is the probability of rolling a number divisible by 3?
Answer: 1/3
Which empire constructed the Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
A) Persian
B) Roman
C) Babylonian
D) Assyrian
Answer: C) Babylonian
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A penny
Which video game series holds the record as the highest-grossing media franchise of all time?
A) Super Mario
B) Pokémon
C) Call of Duty
D) Grand Theft Auto
B) Pokémon
Which African lake is the deepest on the continent and one of the deepest in the world?
A) Lake Victoria
B) Lake Tanganyika
C) Lake Malawi
D) Lake Chad
Answer: B) Lake Tanganyika
A triangle has angles in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. What is the largest angle?
Answer: 100°
Which naval battle in 1805 ended Napoleon’s plans to invade Britain?
A) Battle of Trafalgar
B) Battle of Waterloo
C) Battle of Leipzig
D) Battle of Austerlitz
Answer: A) Battle of Trafalgar
I am not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
Answer: Fire
Which musician wrote the song “Nothing Compares 2 U”, famously performed by Sinéad O’Connor?
A) David Bowie
B) Sting
C) Prince
D) Elton John
Answer: C) Prince
Which country has the highest number of active volcanoes in the world?
A) Japan
B) Indonesia
C) United States
D) Chile
Answer: B) Indonesia
A sphere has a radius of 6 cm. What is its volume? (Use π ≈ 3.14)
Answer: 3617.3 cm³
Which ancient civilization created the Quipu, a system of knots used for recordkeeping?
A) Maya
B) Inca
C) Olmec
D) Zapotec
Answer: B) Inca
I speak in silence, can be broken without being touched, and can reveal truth or lies. What am I?
Answer: A promise