Trivia 1
Which is the smallest and the biggest country in the world?
a) Vatican and Russia
b) Nauru and China
c) Monaco and Canada
d) Malta and The USA
e) San Marino and India
a) Vatican and Russia
Which Brasilian president was known by the nickname of Jango?
a) Jânio Quadros
b) Jacinto Anjos
c) Getúlio Vargas
d) João Figueiredo
e) João Goulart
e: João Goulart.
Nowadays, how many chemical elements are there in the Periodic Table?
a) 113
b) 109
c) 108
d) 118
e) 92
d: 118.
What is the minimum number of players in a soccer match?
a) 8
b) 10
c) 9
d) 5
e) 7
e: 7.
Which are the two dates celebrated in November in Brazil?
a) Independence of Brazil and Flag Day.
b) Proclamation of the Republic and Black Awareness Day.
c) Doctor's Day and Saint Luke's Day.
d) Day of the Dead and National Book Day
e) Black Friday and Tree Day
b: Proclamation of the Republic and Black Awareness Day.
Who painted the Guernica painting?
a) Paul Cézanne
b) Pablo Picasso
c) Diego Rivera
d) Tarsila do Amaral
e) Salvador Dalí
b: Pablo Picasso.
How long does it take for the sunlight to hit the Earth?
a) 12 minutes
b) 1 day
c) 12 hours
d) 8 minutes
e) 12 seconds
d: 8 minutes.
Which is Che Guevara's nationality?
a) Cuban
b) Peruvian
c) Panamanian
d) Bolivian
e) Argentinian
e: Argentinian.
Which is the height of the net on the male and female volleyball games respectively?
a) 2.4 for both
b) 2.5 m and 2.0 m
c) 1.8 m and 1.5 m
d) 2.45 m and 2.15 m
e) 2.43 m and 2.24 m
e: 2.43 m and 2.24 m.
"twenty past six”. What time is it?
a) 12:06
b) 6:20
c) 2:20
d) 6:02
e) 12:20
b: 6:20.
Which is the highest peak in Brazil?
a) Neblina Peak
b) Paraná Peak
c) Roraima Mount
d) Friburgo's Major Peak
e) Bandeira Peak
a: Neblina Peak.
Where in Asia the Portuguese languague is one of the official langauges?
a) India
b) The Philippines
c) Mozambique
d) Macau
e) Portugal
d: Macau.
Which period of the prehistory was the fire discovered in?
a) Neolithic
b) Paleolithic
c) Metal Ages
d) Polished Stone Ages
e) Middle Ages
b: Paleolithic.
How did men explain the origin of things in the past?
a) by Philosophy
b) by Biology
c) by Mathemathics
d) by Astronomy
e) by Mithology
e: By Mithology.
Which is the correct order of the planets in the Solar System?
a) Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
b) Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
c) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
d) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
d) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Which was Aleijadinho's real name?
a) Alexandrino Francisco Lisboa
b) Manuel Francisco Lisboa
c) Alex Francisco Lisboa
d) Francisco Antônio Lisboa
e) Antônio Francisco Lisboa
e: Antônio Francisco Lisboa.
What is the theme of the famous speech "I Have a Dream" by Marting Luther King?
a) Race equality
b) Justice for the disadvantaged
c) Religious intolerance
d) Peace Nobel prize
e) Fight against Apartheid.
a: Race equality
Which world leader was known as the Iron Lady?
a) Dilma Rousseff
b) Angela Merkel
c) Margaret Thatcher
d) Hillary Clinton
e) Christine Lagarde
c: Margaret Thatcher.
Who was the scientist who discovered the vaccine for rabies?
a) Marie Curie
b) Blaise Pascal
c) Louis Pasteur
d) Antoine Lavoisier
e) Charles Darwin
c: Louis Pasteur.
What is the name of the vessels that transport the blood from the heart to the extremities of the body?
a) veins
b) atria
c) ventricles
d) arteries
e) auricles
d: arteries.
Which is the world's biggest archipelago?
a) the Philippines
b) Indonesia
c) the Bahamas
d) Finland
e) the Maldives
b: Indonesia.
Which metal is represented by the chemical symbol Au?
a) Copper
b) Silver
c) Mercury
d) Gold
e) Manganese
d: Gold.
Which century was the European continent devastated by the Bubonic plague in?
a) In the 10th Century
b) In the 11th Century
c) In the 12th Century
d) In the 13th Century
e) In the 14th Century
e: In the 14th Century.
Which city held the Eco-92, The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development?
a) Buenos Aires
b) Rio de Janeiro
c) Montevideo
d) Asunción
e) Caracas
b: Rio de Janeiro.
What is the Brexit?
a) the exit of the UK of Euro Zone.
b) the exit of the UK of the European Union
c) the exit of England of the UK
d) the end of the monarchy in the UK
e) the change of government system in the UK
b: the exit of the UK of the Euorpean Union