What was Marie Curie famous for?

She discovered Radium and X Rays.

Who were abolitionists?

People who wanted slavery to be made illegal

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1
Who was the first woman to win the Nobel prize?
Marie Curie
Ada Lovelace
Princess Diana
Mother Teresa
2
What did Charles Dickens write about?
Lower class
Middle class
Higher class
All of the above
3
In what year were Skittles first sold in the US?
1960
1963
1949
1974
4
Who was elected after Washington, and what party was he?
John Adams, Federalist
John Adams, Democratic-Republican
Thomas Jefferson, Democratic-Republican
Thomas Jefferson, Federalist
5
What was the name of the street that Sherlock Holmes lived on?
122 Spongebob St
Yellow Brick Road
221B Baker Street
12th Baker Street
6
Which of these books is not written by Charles Dickens?
OLIVER TWIST
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
7
The Lord of the Rings has its basis in the Mythology of which people?
Vikings / Norse
Greeks
Germanic tribes
Huns
8
In Herman Melville’s classic novel, what is the name of the great white whale hunted obsessively by Captain Ahab?
Ghost Whale
Moby Dick
Grim Reaper
Sir Jones
9
How many colonies were there in the year 1776?
14
13
40
50
10
Who owned the Titantic
The White Star Line
P&O
Blue Ribbon
Cunard
11
What ended World War 1?
Treaty of Versailles
Emancipation Proclamation
Bill of Rights
The Constitution of the US
12
Gettysburg was the turning point of the Civil War.
True
False
13
What ancient Greek poem tells the story of the Trojan War and is considered the oldest surviving work of Western lit?
The Illiad
One of those
The Odyssey
Ancient Mariner
14
Who was the father of the constitution?
James Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
James Madison
15
Who invented the lightbulb
Wright brothers
Nikola Tesla
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
16
What novel by author Joseph Conrad inspired the 1979 film Apocalypse Now?
Typhoon
Heart of Darkness
17
Name the 1927 film that was the first 'talkie'.
Becky Sharp
Jazz Hands
Singin' in the Rain
The Jazz Singer
18
Who invented the GPS
Bradford Parkinson
Roger L. Easton
Gladys West
Ivan A. Getting
19
A suffragette is...
someone who says women should vote
someone who says women should stay at home
someone who says that women are virtuous.
someone who says that women should work for equal pay
20
Who Wrote The Catcher in the Rye
Herman Melville
George Orwell
J.D. Salinger
Jane Austen
21
When was the first YouTube video uploaded?
2003
2004
2006
2005
22
Which country was the first to give women the right to vote?
America
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
23
When the Declaration of Independence was signed, which famous face was not in attendance?
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
24
Louisa May Alcott wrote which of the following novels?
Tom Sawyer
Little Women
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Catcher in the Rye
25
In The Secret Garden, the door to the garden has been locked for?
Ten years
Hundreds of years
Seven years
Fifteen years
26
Who was the first human in space?
Sally Ride
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Lightyear
Yuri Gagarin
27
Louisa May Alcott was the first author to write about a heroine as a...
native American.
shining ideal.
woman.
believable imperfect person.
28
When did the Berlin Wall fall?
1987
1990
1989
1996
29
What Mark Twain character rides a raft down the Mississippi River with an escaped slave?
Ralph Peabody
Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer
Taylor Swift
30
The title of what Ray Bradbury Sci Fi classic derives from the temperature at which paper ignites?
Fahrnenheit 350
Fahrenheit 452
Fahrenheit 500
Fahrenheit 451
31
The direct cause of World War 1 was the assassination of:
Archduke Ferdinand
Nathan Enns
Abelard Baldhart
Bernardo Schaeffer
32
Why was the Eiffel Tower built?
Just because
For the Prime Minister's birthday in 1589
For the World’s Fair in 1889
To commemorate Louis XIV
33
Who invented the printing press?
Thomas Edison
Johannes Gutenburg
Ignatius Loyola
Benjamin Franklin
34
Who was a suffragette?
Lillian Wald
Thomas Nast
Ida Tarbell
Susan B. Anthony
35
Which country elected the first female president?
Argentina
Ireland
Australia
France
36
Now you know who the second man on the moon was, but who was the third?
James Irwin
Charles Conrad
Michael Collin
David Scott
37
When did Amelia Earhart disappear?
1937
1915
1927
1931
38
The first email was sent in ____.
1971
1961
1991
1981
39
Who invented the TELEPHONE:
Alexander Graham Bell
Eli Whitney
Louis Pasteur
James Watt
40
When did the Suffragette movement start?
1898
2003
1903
1905
41
Which person developed the World Wide Web along with the first web browser and web server?
Tim Berners-Lee
Steve Jobs
Bill Gates
Gordon Moore
42
Jane Austen wrote a classic love story about Mr. Darcy and _____________.
Jane Bennett
Emma Woodhouse
Jayne Eyre
Elizabeth Bennett
43
From which country was Nelson Mandela from
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Mozambique
Angola
44
What was Marie Curie famous for?
She discovered the antibiotic penicillin.
She was the inventor of the pedal bicycle.
She discovered Radium and X Rays.
She invented the television and the first recording device.
45
What empire had control of the most land area during their peak reign?
Qing Dynasty
Russian Empire
Mongol Empire
British Empire
46
What team won the first ever Super Bowl?
Saints
Panthers
Patriots
Packers
47
Who were abolitionists?
Politicians who passed the Fugitive Slave Act
People who owned slaves on their plantations
People who wanted slavery to be made illegal
People who led the slaves along the Underground Railroad
48
Known as ‘The Universal Ruler’, this warrior led his people into becoming one of the greatest dynasties of all time
King Xerxes
Alexander the Great
Genghis Khan
Vladimir Lenin
49
In 1896, this country revived the Olympic Games
Greece
Canada
Italy
US
50
Which U.S. President was the first ever to appear on TV?
Ronald Reagan
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
51
What horror classic by Oscar Wilde tells the story of a vain young man who remains eternally young?
The Miraculous Tale of Benjamin Button
The Picture of Dorian Gray
52
When did World War 1 begin
1918
1620
1913
1914
53
What kind of animal is Black Beauty?
Raccoon
Badger
Horse
Dolphin
54
CS Lewis created the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe from an image he had of an animal carrying an umbrella: the
A faun
A bird
A beaver
A lion
55
What did Jane Austen often mock in her novels?
The social class system
Cynicism
Rational thought
Sentimentality
56
Facebook was first limited to students at what university?
MIT
Brown
Harvard
Yale
57
What American President served two separate and distinct terms?
Ronald Reagan
Grover Cleveland
George Bush
George Washington
58
When did World War 1 end
2000
1913
1918
1914
59
How did World War II began?
British and American forces had defeated the Italians
when Germany invaded Poland
When Germany declared war in the U.S.
The Allies began a massive invasion of Europe
60
Which of these was not written by Jane Austen?
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
Sense and Sensibility
Emma
61
Which famous canal was opened up in 1869?
Panama Canal
Canals of Bruges
Suez Canal
Suzhou Canals
62
What horror classic by author Mary Shelley is also known as The Modern Prometheus?
The Last Man
Frankenstein
Valperga
63
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle killed off Sherlock Holmes.
True
False
64
Frederick Douglass escaped the shackles of slavery and founded his own abolition newspaper. What was it called?
The North Star
The Southern Star
The Northern Sky
The Union Today
65
What modern classic by author Mario Puzzo tells the story of the Corleone crime family?
The Sopranos
The Godfather
66
What John Steinbeck novel follows the fortunes of the Joads as they cross the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression?
East of Eden
The Grapes of Wrath
Of Mice and Men
Cannery Row
67
In the classic children’s novel The Wizard of Oz, who is the first companion to join Dorothy on the Yellow Brick Road?
None of the above
Lion
Scarecrow
Tin Man
68
What was the first US city to have a subway system?
Phoenix
New York City
Boston
Chicago
69
Was USSR A part of world war 1 and 2?
Yes
No
70
who painted the Mona Lisa
Pablo Picasso
Vincent van Gogh
Claude Monet
Leonardo da Vinci
71
Who first used mustard gas in the war?
Britain
France
Germany
Russia
72
What was the first Nasa launch?
Pioneer 33
A spaceship
Discovery
Pioneer 1
73
Who invented the airplane
Albert Einstein
Wright Brothers
Nikola Tesla
George Washington Carver
74
what was the first animal on the moon
Fox
Alaska
Dog
Cat
75
In The Little Prince, the Little Prince is in love with a rose.
False
True
76
What book focuses on the adventures of Ratty, Badger, Mole and Mr Toad?
The Wind in the Willows
Mrs. Dalloway
East of Eden
The Secret Garden
77
Where did Martin Luthor King Jr give his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
In Selma.
In front of the Washington Mermorial.
In front of the Lincoln mermorial.
In Birmingham, Alabama.
78
What do scholars ascribe as the Maya’s most impressive development?
Advanced stoneworking
Advanced societal hierarchy
The practice of healing
Development of math and astronomy
79
We all know who the first man on the moon was, but who was the second?
Charles Conrad
Buzz Aldrin
Alan Bean
Neil Armstrong
80
The Empire State Building is taller than the Eiffel Tower
True
False
81
World War 2 ended with the unconditional surrender of....
The Allies
The Axis powers
Soviet Union
Japan
82
What is the first line of Herman Melville’s novel Moby-Dick?
It was a dark and stormy night.
Call me Ishmael.
83
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
Manassas
Fort Wagner
Fort Sumter
Antietam
84
Where did Amelia Earhart take off to start her round-the-world journey?
New York City
London
Miami
Tokoyo
85
What famous detective created by writer Agatha Christie is known for his comically oversized moustache?
Inspector Clouseau
Hercule Poirot
86
In Alice and Wonderland, what is the Queen's title?
Queen of Hearts
The Blue Queen
Queen of Spades
Queen of Madness
87
The Magna Carta was written in 1776
False
True
88
The Civil Rights Movement was for what?
To have equal rights in southern states
To have equal rights in Montgomery
To have equal rights in America
To have equal rights in Alabama
89
Who invented the RADIO:
Edward Jenner
Guglielmo Marconi
Henry Bessemer
Henry Ford
90
When was the GPS invented
2000
1973
1956
1980
91
This person was known as one of the most famous "conductors" on the Underground Railroad
Nat Turner
Harriet Tubman
Margaret Garner
Anna J. Cooper
92
What are the names of the 3 wizards in the Lord of the Rings?
Bilbo Baggins, Samwise, Gandalf
Gandalf, Pippen, Smaug
Radagast, Saruman, Gandalf
Saruman, Samwise, Radagast
93
When did the American Civil War end?
1864
1867
1865
1861
94
Obama enacted the EPA.
False
True
95
Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Flemming
Leonardo Fischer
Godwin Harrison
Francois Penicillin
96
What are the 2 cities referenced in Charles Dickens’s novel A Tale of Two Cities?
London and France
London and Paris
Rennes and Paris
Rennes and Belfast
97
Where was Nelson Mandela imprisoned?
Johannesburg State Prison
Transvaal Island
Robben Island
Alcatraz
98
Who built the Empire State Building?
Yasuo Matsui
Gregory Johnson
Stanley Forsythe
William F. Lamb
99
What 3 spirits visit Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol?
The Ghost of Halloween Past, Present, and the future
The Ghost of New Year's Past, Present, and the future
The Ghost of Christmas Past, Present, and the future
The Ghost of the Past, Present, and the future
100
What was the first battle of World War 1
Battle of Marne
Battle of Verdun
Battle of the Somme

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Questions 100

Answers

1
Who was the first woman to win the Nobel prize?
Marie Curie
Ada Lovelace
Princess Diana
Mother Teresa
2
What did Charles Dickens write about?
Lower class
Middle class
Higher class
All of the above
3
In what year were Skittles first sold in the US?
1960
1963
1949
1974
4
Who was elected after Washington, and what party was he?
John Adams, Federalist
John Adams, Democratic-Republican
Thomas Jefferson, Democratic-Republican
Thomas Jefferson, Federalist
5
What was the name of the street that Sherlock Holmes lived on?
122 Spongebob St
Yellow Brick Road
221B Baker Street
12th Baker Street
6
Which of these books is not written by Charles Dickens?
OLIVER TWIST
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
7
The Lord of the Rings has its basis in the Mythology of which people?
Vikings / Norse
Greeks
Germanic tribes
Huns
8
In Herman Melville’s classic novel, what is the name of the great white whale hunted obsessively by Captain Ahab?
Ghost Whale
Moby Dick
Grim Reaper
Sir Jones
9
How many colonies were there in the year 1776?
14
13
40
50
10
Who owned the Titantic
The White Star Line
P&O
Blue Ribbon
Cunard
11
What ended World War 1?
Treaty of Versailles
Emancipation Proclamation
Bill of Rights
The Constitution of the US
12
Gettysburg was the turning point of the Civil War.
True
False
13
What ancient Greek poem tells the story of the Trojan War and is considered the oldest surviving work of Western lit?
The Illiad
One of those
The Odyssey
Ancient Mariner
14
Who was the father of the constitution?
James Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
James Madison
15
Who invented the lightbulb
Wright brothers
Nikola Tesla
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
16
What novel by author Joseph Conrad inspired the 1979 film Apocalypse Now?
Typhoon
Heart of Darkness
17
Name the 1927 film that was the first 'talkie'.
Becky Sharp
Jazz Hands
Singin' in the Rain
The Jazz Singer
18
Who invented the GPS
Bradford Parkinson
Roger L. Easton
Gladys West
Ivan A. Getting
19
A suffragette is...
someone who says women should vote
someone who says women should stay at home
someone who says that women are virtuous.
someone who says that women should work for equal pay
20
Who Wrote The Catcher in the Rye
Herman Melville
George Orwell
J.D. Salinger
Jane Austen
21
When was the first YouTube video uploaded?
2003
2004
2006
2005
22
Which country was the first to give women the right to vote?
America
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
23
When the Declaration of Independence was signed, which famous face was not in attendance?
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
24
Louisa May Alcott wrote which of the following novels?
Tom Sawyer
Little Women
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Catcher in the Rye
25
In The Secret Garden, the door to the garden has been locked for?
Ten years
Hundreds of years
Seven years
Fifteen years
26
Who was the first human in space?
Sally Ride
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Lightyear
Yuri Gagarin
27
Louisa May Alcott was the first author to write about a heroine as a...
native American.
shining ideal.
woman.
believable imperfect person.
28
When did the Berlin Wall fall?
1987
1990
1989
1996
29
What Mark Twain character rides a raft down the Mississippi River with an escaped slave?
Ralph Peabody
Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer
Taylor Swift
30
The title of what Ray Bradbury Sci Fi classic derives from the temperature at which paper ignites?
Fahrnenheit 350
Fahrenheit 452
Fahrenheit 500
Fahrenheit 451
31
The direct cause of World War 1 was the assassination of:
Archduke Ferdinand
Nathan Enns
Abelard Baldhart
Bernardo Schaeffer
32
Why was the Eiffel Tower built?
Just because
For the Prime Minister's birthday in 1589
For the World’s Fair in 1889
To commemorate Louis XIV
33
Who invented the printing press?
Thomas Edison
Johannes Gutenburg
Ignatius Loyola
Benjamin Franklin
34
Who was a suffragette?
Lillian Wald
Thomas Nast
Ida Tarbell
Susan B. Anthony
35
Which country elected the first female president?
Argentina
Ireland
Australia
France
36
Now you know who the second man on the moon was, but who was the third?
James Irwin
Charles Conrad
Michael Collin
David Scott
37
When did Amelia Earhart disappear?
1937
1915
1927
1931
38
The first email was sent in ____.
1971
1961
1991
1981
39
Who invented the TELEPHONE:
Alexander Graham Bell
Eli Whitney
Louis Pasteur
James Watt
40
When did the Suffragette movement start?
1898
2003
1903
1905
41
Which person developed the World Wide Web along with the first web browser and web server?
Tim Berners-Lee
Steve Jobs
Bill Gates
Gordon Moore
42
Jane Austen wrote a classic love story about Mr. Darcy and _____________.
Jane Bennett
Emma Woodhouse
Jayne Eyre
Elizabeth Bennett
43
From which country was Nelson Mandela from
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Mozambique
Angola
44
What was Marie Curie famous for?
She discovered the antibiotic penicillin.
She was the inventor of the pedal bicycle.
She discovered Radium and X Rays.
She invented the television and the first recording device.
45
What empire had control of the most land area during their peak reign?
Qing Dynasty
Russian Empire
Mongol Empire
British Empire
46
What team won the first ever Super Bowl?
Saints
Panthers
Patriots
Packers
47
Who were abolitionists?
Politicians who passed the Fugitive Slave Act
People who owned slaves on their plantations
People who wanted slavery to be made illegal
People who led the slaves along the Underground Railroad
48
Known as ‘The Universal Ruler’, this warrior led his people into becoming one of the greatest dynasties of all time
King Xerxes
Alexander the Great
Genghis Khan
Vladimir Lenin
49
In 1896, this country revived the Olympic Games
Greece
Canada
Italy
US
50
Which U.S. President was the first ever to appear on TV?
Ronald Reagan
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
51
What horror classic by Oscar Wilde tells the story of a vain young man who remains eternally young?
The Miraculous Tale of Benjamin Button
The Picture of Dorian Gray
52
When did World War 1 begin
1918
1620
1913
1914
53
What kind of animal is Black Beauty?
Raccoon
Badger
Horse
Dolphin
54
CS Lewis created the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe from an image he had of an animal carrying an umbrella: the
A faun
A bird
A beaver
A lion
55
What did Jane Austen often mock in her novels?
The social class system
Cynicism
Rational thought
Sentimentality
56
Facebook was first limited to students at what university?
MIT
Brown
Harvard
Yale
57
What American President served two separate and distinct terms?
Ronald Reagan
Grover Cleveland
George Bush
George Washington
58
When did World War 1 end
2000
1913
1918
1914
59
How did World War II began?
British and American forces had defeated the Italians
when Germany invaded Poland
When Germany declared war in the U.S.
The Allies began a massive invasion of Europe
60
Which of these was not written by Jane Austen?
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
Sense and Sensibility
Emma
61
Which famous canal was opened up in 1869?
Panama Canal
Canals of Bruges
Suez Canal
Suzhou Canals
62
What horror classic by author Mary Shelley is also known as The Modern Prometheus?
The Last Man
Frankenstein
Valperga
63
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle killed off Sherlock Holmes.
True
False
64
Frederick Douglass escaped the shackles of slavery and founded his own abolition newspaper. What was it called?
The North Star
The Southern Star
The Northern Sky
The Union Today
65
What modern classic by author Mario Puzzo tells the story of the Corleone crime family?
The Sopranos
The Godfather
66
What John Steinbeck novel follows the fortunes of the Joads as they cross the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression?
East of Eden
The Grapes of Wrath
Of Mice and Men
Cannery Row
67
In the classic children’s novel The Wizard of Oz, who is the first companion to join Dorothy on the Yellow Brick Road?
None of the above
Lion
Scarecrow
Tin Man
68
What was the first US city to have a subway system?
Phoenix
New York City
Boston
Chicago
69
Was USSR A part of world war 1 and 2?
Yes
No
70
who painted the Mona Lisa
Pablo Picasso
Vincent van Gogh
Claude Monet
Leonardo da Vinci
71
Who first used mustard gas in the war?
Britain
France
Germany
Russia
72
What was the first Nasa launch?
Pioneer 33
A spaceship
Discovery
Pioneer 1
73
Who invented the airplane
Albert Einstein
Wright Brothers
Nikola Tesla
George Washington Carver
74
what was the first animal on the moon
Fox
Alaska
Dog
Cat
75
In The Little Prince, the Little Prince is in love with a rose.
False
True
76
What book focuses on the adventures of Ratty, Badger, Mole and Mr Toad?
The Wind in the Willows
Mrs. Dalloway
East of Eden
The Secret Garden
77
Where did Martin Luthor King Jr give his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
In Selma.
In front of the Washington Mermorial.
In front of the Lincoln mermorial.
In Birmingham, Alabama.
78
What do scholars ascribe as the Maya’s most impressive development?
Advanced stoneworking
Advanced societal hierarchy
The practice of healing
Development of math and astronomy
79
We all know who the first man on the moon was, but who was the second?
Charles Conrad
Buzz Aldrin
Alan Bean
Neil Armstrong
80
The Empire State Building is taller than the Eiffel Tower
True
False
81
World War 2 ended with the unconditional surrender of....
The Allies
The Axis powers
Soviet Union
Japan
82
What is the first line of Herman Melville’s novel Moby-Dick?
It was a dark and stormy night.
Call me Ishmael.
83
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
Manassas
Fort Wagner
Fort Sumter
Antietam
84
Where did Amelia Earhart take off to start her round-the-world journey?
New York City
London
Miami
Tokoyo
85
What famous detective created by writer Agatha Christie is known for his comically oversized moustache?
Inspector Clouseau
Hercule Poirot
86
In Alice and Wonderland, what is the Queen's title?
Queen of Hearts
The Blue Queen
Queen of Spades
Queen of Madness
87
The Magna Carta was written in 1776
False
True
88
The Civil Rights Movement was for what?
To have equal rights in southern states
To have equal rights in Montgomery
To have equal rights in America
To have equal rights in Alabama
89
Who invented the RADIO:
Edward Jenner
Guglielmo Marconi
Henry Bessemer
Henry Ford
90
When was the GPS invented
2000
1973
1956
1980
91
This person was known as one of the most famous "conductors" on the Underground Railroad
Nat Turner
Harriet Tubman
Margaret Garner
Anna J. Cooper
92
What are the names of the 3 wizards in the Lord of the Rings?
Bilbo Baggins, Samwise, Gandalf
Gandalf, Pippen, Smaug
Radagast, Saruman, Gandalf
Saruman, Samwise, Radagast
93
When did the American Civil War end?
1864
1867
1865
1861
94
Obama enacted the EPA.
False
True
95
Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Flemming
Leonardo Fischer
Godwin Harrison
Francois Penicillin
96
What are the 2 cities referenced in Charles Dickens’s novel A Tale of Two Cities?
London and France
London and Paris
Rennes and Paris
Rennes and Belfast
97
Where was Nelson Mandela imprisoned?
Johannesburg State Prison
Transvaal Island
Robben Island
Alcatraz
98
Who built the Empire State Building?
Yasuo Matsui
Gregory Johnson
Stanley Forsythe
William F. Lamb
99
What 3 spirits visit Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol?
The Ghost of Halloween Past, Present, and the future
The Ghost of New Year's Past, Present, and the future
The Ghost of Christmas Past, Present, and the future
The Ghost of the Past, Present, and the future
100
What was the first battle of World War 1
Battle of Marne
Battle of Verdun
Battle of the Somme