Common Knowledge
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile
Who devised the periodic table of elements?
Dmitri Mendeleev
What is the capital of Brazil?
Brasília
What is the oldest Abrahamic religion?
Judaism
What year did WWII end?
1945
Which month has 28 days?
All of them
Molecule of what element is known as Dihydrogen Monoxide?
Water
What's Pangea? X2 if you tell me how long ago it existed
A supercontinent that is a combination of all of our continents that existed 300,000,000 years ago.
What is Saṃsāra?
The cycle of suffering through rebirth
Who won the cold war?
United States of America
Name all the planets in the solar system from the closest to the farthest from the Sun. (Pluto doesn't count)
Mercury – Venus – Earth – Mars – Jupiter – Saturn – Uranus – Neptune
Name 2 Anabolic hormones
Testosterone, Estrogen, HGH, IGF-1
What is the closest point on Earth to space?
Mount Kilimanjaro
What year was Islam founded?
610 CE
How many years ago did the dinosaurs go extinct and how?
60-66 million years ago, meteorite fell.
When did the Cold War end?
With the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, December 26th 1991
Which device propels particles at a speed approaching the speed of light? If you can name where is the largest one located and which organization owns it then X2 points.
Particle Accelerator / Hadron Collider
Bonus: France / Switzerland, CERN
What are the Capitals of South Africa?
Pretoria - Cape Town - Bloemfontein
What is the first monotheistic religion?
Zoroastrianism
What was the name of the famous civil rights activist best known for her 1955 refusal to move from her seat on a bus?
Rosa Parks
Where did the word "Algebra" come from?
A book written in Arabic called"Al-jabr" by Al-Khwarezmi
Explain the Schrödinger's cat paradox
A thought experiment involving a cat, poison, and a tiny bit of radioactive material attempting to show the paradoxical nature of quantum superposition
How many layers does the atmosphere have and what is its total height? X2 Points if you can name them.
5 layers: Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere.
Practical height -> 100 km
Actual height -> 10,000 km (either works)
What is the famous painting of Jesus Christ and his disciples, who is the artist, and where is it located?
The Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci, Italy
What year did the "Fall of Constantinople" happen? X2 points if you can name who conquered it.
1453, Mehmed II the Conqueror.