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1
Who sculpted The David?
Michelangelo
Modigliani
Tintoretto
Donatello
2
Who took part in the invention of the Internet:
The U.S navy
The CIA
The U.S army
Al Gore
3
Who is the author of the novel 1984?
T.S Eliot
James Joyce
George Orwell
Charles Dickens
4
Who painted The Starry Night?
Vicent Van Gogh
Paul Gauguin
Paul Cézzane
Claude Monet
5
What do people speak in Afghanistan:
Farsi
Kurdish
Arabic
Baloochi
6
This bank is in Iceland:
Islandsbanki
CITIBANK
HypoVereinsbank
Banca Mifel
7
Which is the capital of Hungary?
Praga
Helsinki
Budapest
Sofia
8
It's India's national flower:
Lotus
Daffodil
Rose
Water lily
9
Who was the British army officer who lead the Arab Revolt agains the Ottoman Empire during WWI?
Lawrence of Arabia
Vasco de Gama
Winston Churchill
T.E Lawrence
10
Who invented the color TV?
Mario Molina
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Edison
Guillermo González Camarena
11
Who came up with the heliocentrism theory?
Newton
Leondardo Da Vinci
Galileo Galilei
Copernicus
12
These are the official languages of Switzerland
English & German
Italian, French, German
Italian, French, German, Romanche
Esperanto, Spanish, Vasque
13
It's Ozzy Osbourne's daughter?
Kelly Osbourne
Katherine Osborne
Sharon Osbourne
Diane Osborne
14
Who wrote "The Fault in our Stars"?
Jojo Moyes
John Green
Verónica Murguía
J.K Rowling
15
Who wrote a song called "Lemonade"?
Beyoncé
Lady Gaga
Adelle
Taylor Swift
16
Who's the Prime Minister of Canada
Justin Trudeau
Christy Clark
Al Gore
Stephen Harper
17
Who said the famous phrase: "I think, therefore I am"?
Jean- Paul Sartre
Rosseau
Rene Descartes
Simone Deveauvoir
18
It's one of the fruits that grows almost everywhere in the world:
blackberries:
apple
papaya
lingonberries
19
Who has recently won the Nobel price for peace?
Malala Yousafzai
Martin Luther King
Al Gore
Mahatma Gandhi
20
From this animal comes the best and most expensive coffee in the world:
manatee
kopi luwak
civet
kiwi
21
Where does the art of origami come from?
China
Japan
Vietnam
South Korea
22
Who wrote the Divine Comedy?
Roberto Saviano
Dante Alighieri
Italo Calvino
A. Bocelli
23
Where is famous tennis player Andre Agassi from?
Iraq
Russia
Iran
Japan
24
Where's the "Sagrada familia" basilica?
Barcelona, Spain
Sevilla, Spain
Puglia, Italy
Brescia, Italy
25
How many horcruxes are there?
5
8
9
7
26
This traditional Cantonese dish recently became popular all over the media:
Chop suey
Mooncakes
Dim Sum
Youtiao
27
What year did Mickey Mouse make his debut?
1870
1928
1900
1950
28
What year did the Spaniards arrive in Mexico?
1521
1523
1348
1200
29
It's one of the world's most expensive bottled-waters:
Evian
Voss
Kona nagari
Fiji
30
This country holds one of the largest open gold pits
Kasakhstan
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Kyrgyzstan
31
She's rather known as the queen of pop:
Katy Perry
Britney Spears
Rihana
Madonna
32
Who painted "Spring"?
Remedios Varo
Da Vinci
Boticelli
Tiziano
33
It's a French car brand:
Chevrolet
Lincoln
Peugot
Citroën
34
It's the world's most expensive currency:
British pound
Kuwaiti dinar
Qatari Dinar
Bahraini dinar
35
Famous Venetian traveller who spent 17 years in China:
Mother Theresa
Genghis Khan
Alexander the great
Marco polo
36
Who where the first explorers to discover North America?
Black Beard (the pirate)
Stallin
The Vikings
Christopher Columbus
37
This city has the largest amount of sushi restaurantes per capita after Tokyo:
Colombo
Daka
Tel Aviv
Riyadh
38
It's one of the most read books of all time
The Bible
The Diary of Anne Frank
Civilization and its discontents
The Green Mile
39
When did WWII end?
1939
1942
1929
1945
40
Which is the cultural festival carried out in Oaxaca every year?
Guelaguetza
Carnaval de Oaxaca
Cervantino
Alfeñique
41
This galaxy contains our solar system:
Andromeda
Milky way
Nebula
Whirlpool
42
It's the director of Interstellar movie:
Quentin Tarantino
Steven Spielberg
Christopher Nolan
Woody Alen
43
What year did Canada get independence from the UK?
1982
1800
1960
1980
44
Where's the International Criminal Court?
HAGUE
San Cristóbal Huichochitlán
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
45
This precious stone can be easily found in Colombia:
Diamond
Emerald
Rubi
Sapphire
46
Which is the most sold music album of all time?
Jailhouse Rock, Elvis Presley
Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park
Thriller, Michael Jackson
Perfetto, Eros Ramazzoti
47
Which is the tallest building in the world?
Shanghai tower
Petronas towers
Burj Khalifa
Empire state
48
This country ranks first in education:
Denmark
Japón
China
Finland
49
Where does the snow leopard mostly live in?
The Swiss Alps
Alaska
North of India and Pakistan
China and Russia
50
Which is the largest desert in the world?
Rajasthan
The Atacama
The Sahara
The Gobi