Pop Culture
Which band was lead singer Freddie Mercury in?
A) The Rolling Stones
B) Queen
C) Led Zeppelin
D) The Beatles
B) Queen
Which animal is known as "man's best friend"?
A) Cat
B) Dog
C) Horse
D) Parrot
B) Dog
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
A. Jupiter
B. Venus
C. Mercury
D. Mars
A. Jupiter
Who was the first person in the world to walk on the moon?
A. Buzz Aldrin
B. Kanye West
C. Neil Amstrong
D. Yuri Gagarin
C. Neil Amstrong
This mountain is the tallest on Earth.
A) Kilimanjaro
B) Everest
C) Fuji
D) Denali
B) Everest
What is the name of Jake Peralta's tough but fair commanding officer in Brooklyn Nine-Nine?
A) Terry Jeffords
B) Raymond Holt
C) Rosa Diaz
D) Gina Linetti
B) Raymond Holt
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What does "Hakuna matata" mean?
A) Hello friend
B) No worries
C) Thank you
D) Good hunting
B) No worries
What is the largest organ in the human body?
A) Heart
B) Liver
C) Skin
D) Lungs
C) Skin
This famous British passenger liner sank in 1912 after striking an iceberg on its maiden voyage.
A) Lusitania
B) Britannic
C) Titanic
D) Olympic
C) Titanic
This is the largest ocean on Earth, covering more than 60 million square miles.
A) Atlantic Ocean
B) Indian Ocean
C) Arctic Ocean
D) Pacific Ocean
D) Pacific Ocean
Which acclaimed director is known for the visually stunning 1994 film Chungking Express?
A) John Woo
B) Wong Kar-wai
C) Tsui Hark
D) Stephen Chow
B) Wong Kar-wai
What was the code name of the secret U.S. research project during World War II that developed the atomic bomb?
The Manhattan Project
Which is the most abundant element in the universe?
A) Oxygen
B) Carbon
C) Hydrogen
D) Nitrogen
C) Hydrogen
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What was the name of the international group formed to maintain world peace after World War I?
The League of Nations
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago?
Pangea
Which pop star is known as the "Queen of Pop"?
Madonna
Who was the shortest-serving U.S. president?
A) William Henry Harrison
B) James A. Garfield
C) Zachary Taylor
D) John F. Kennedy
A) William Henry Harrison
In 1996, a sheep became the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell. What was the name of that sheep?
Dolly
Which scientist is credited with discovering penicillin in 1928?
A) Louis Pasteur
B) Joseph Lister
C) Alexander Fleming
D) Karthy Jones
C) Alexander Fleming
This landlocked country in South America is bordered by five nations
Bolivia
Which singer famously performed with an albino Burmese python at the MTV Video Music Awards?
Britney Spears
What was the name of the 9th-century Frankish king who was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in 800 AD?
Charlemagne
A physical phenomenon showing that two uncharged metal plates placed close together in a vacuum will attract each other due to quantum fluctuations, demonstrating the existence of zero-point energy.
The ______ effect
Casimir
Which Greek goddess was the Parthenon dedicated to?
Athena
To the nearest million, what is Tunisia's population?
12 million