1. The Silk Road was not a single road, but a network primarily connecting China to which region?
A. Northern Europe
B. Sub-Saharan Africa
C. The Mediterranean Basin
D. Southeast Asia
What came first?
A. The first commercial television broadcast
B. The first frozen food sold commercially
C. The first commercial airline flight
D. The first traffic light
1. The saola, sometimes called the “Asian unicorn,” is native to which region?
A. The Himalayas
B. The Amazon Basin
C. Vietnam and Laos
D. Southern China
2. Which famous route helped spread Buddhism from India into East Asia?
A. Amber Road
B. Silk Road
C. Royal Road
D. Via Appia
2. What was the primary objective of the Apollo 8 mission?
A. Test the Lunar Module
B. Perform the first spacewalk
C. Orbit the Moon with a crew
D. Land on the Moon
2. Which rare mammal lays eggs instead of giving live birth?
A. Echidna
B. Platypus
C. Pangolin
D. Aardvark
C. To reduce disk friction and increase glide
3. Route 66 originally connected which two U.S. cities?
A. New York and Los Angeles
B. Chicago and Santa Monica
C. Dallas and San Diego
D. St. Louis and Phoenix
B. Chicago and Santa Monica
A. The first subway system
3. Which space mission famously experienced an oxygen tank explosion in 1970?
A. Gemini 8
B. Apollo 12
C. Apollo 13
D. Skylab 4
C. Apollo 13
3. The kakapo is a rare parrot known for which unusual trait?
A. It migrates thousands of miles
B. It is nocturnal and flightless
C. It mimics human speech perfectly
D. It lives underwater
B. It is nocturnal and flightless
What came first?
A. The telephone
B. The light bulb
C. The phonograph
D. The electric fan
4. What was the first spacecraft to land successfully on Mars?
A. Pathfinder
B. Viking 1
C. Mariner 9
D. Curiosity
4. The axolotl is famous for which extraordinary ability?
A. Producing venom
B. Changing color to blend in
C. Regenerating lost body parts
D. Living without oxygen
D. Oregon
What came first?
A. The first Olympic Games of the modern era
B. The invention of basketball
C. The invention of the automobile
D. The first motion picture
5. Which Soviet mission was the first to land on Venus?
A. Venera 7
B. Luna 9
C. Vostok 6
D. Zond 5
A. Venera 7
5. The vaquita is one of the rarest animals in the world. What type of animal is it?
A. A seal
B. A dolphin
C. A porpoise
D. A whale
C. A porpoise