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TOK GKQ Two!
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1
In Greek mythology, what did the monster Argus have 100 of?
eyes
arms
tentacles
ears
2
Thomas Hobbes famously wrote that before the development of society human lives were...
delightful, funloving, and joyful
lonely, miserable, and dark
Nasty, brutish, and long
Nasty, brutish, and short
3
Mt. Everest is part of which mountain range?
Andes
Rockies
Himalayas
Alps
4
Which of the following is the main ingredient in guacamole?
tomatoes
Beans
avocado
cilantro
5
Which visual style is most famously associatied with Pablo Picasso?
Cubism
impressionism
Dada
pointilism
6
Which sea is bordered by Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan?
Mediterranean Sea
Caspian Sea
Red Sea
Aral Sea
7
What is the English translation of the Mexican holiday, "El dia de los muertos"?
Friendship day
The fifth of May
Independence Day
The day of the dead
8
Whose flag is this?
Denmark
France
Germany
The Netherlands
9
Which Russian was returned to Russia by the Germans in 1917 in hope that he would overthrow the Russian Government?
Rasputin
Stalin
Lenin
Trotsky
10
What type of oil was the principal illuminant until it was replaced by petroleum?
canola oil
whale oil
fish oil
olive oil
11
Which Asian archipelago was first a Spanish and then an American colony before gaining its independence in 1946?
Hawaii
Taiwan
Phillipines
Seychelles
12
Which nation is this?
Turkey
Afghanistan
Kazakhstan
Iran
13
The largest island between Sumatra and Mindanao is
Bali
Borneo
Java
Sulawesi
14
Lithuania borders which body of water?
Baltic Sea
Red Sea
Black Sea
North Sea
15
Who did Field Marshal Hindenburg name as chancellor of Germany in 1933?
Schleicher
Papen
Ludendorff
Hitler
16
These words came into English from what language? tornado, mosquito, embargo, armadillo
French
German
Arabic
Spanish
17
The outermost portion of the atmosphere is called the
exosphere
stratosphere
Thermosphere
Mesosphere
18
What is the original meaning of the word "planet"?
Wanderer
Orb
Sphere
World
19
Which of the following was the main cause of the spread of the Black Death in Medieval Europe from 1347 to 1351?
fleas who lived on rats
lice that lived on rats
rats
a miasma
20
90 percent of the cosmic rays that enter the Earth's atmosphere are composed of what subatomic particles?
Protons
Neutron
Muons
Electrons
21
Lake Victoria is the headwaters of which major rivier?
Yangtze
Nile
Mekong
Congo
22
What gulf is southwest of the Zagros Mountains of Iran?
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Aden
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
23
The major use of chiclet latex is in the production of what consumer good?
Silly Putty
licorice
chewing gum
Super Glue
24
"France, army, Josephine" were the last words of which 19th century European?
Bismark
Zola
Hugo
Napoleon
25
The process by which plants emit water vapor though their leaves is known as:
Transpiration
Evaporation
Perspiration
Precipitation
26
Which country won the first-ever soccer World Cup in 1930?
England
Brazil
Uruguay
Italy
27
The application of what increases metal's ductility?
water
light
pressure
heat
28
Which Renaissance artist said that his wife was his art and his chidren the works he "leaves behind"?
Leonardo da Vinci
Donatello
Raphael
Michelangelo
29
Who is this guy?
Elon Musk
Joe Biden
Boris Johnson
Vladmir Putin
30
What is the sun mainly composed of?
Hydrogen
Helium
Nitrogen
Oxygen
31
Which is the world's smallest nation in terms of both population and area?
Grenada
Vatican City
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
32
In the 16th century, this nation held part or all of the following territories: Goa, Calicut, Malacca, Java, and Brazil
Portugal
Spain
The Netherlands
England
33
The American city of Gainsvlille Georgia outlaws the eating of which food with a fork?
Hot dogs
French Fries
Fried Chicken
Tomato soup
34
What is the name for a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different spelling and meaning?
homonym
hominem
homophone
antonym
35
Someone who is apiophobic is irrationally afraid of what?
being outdoors
birds
apes
bees
36
What color is your blood when it’s inside your body?
Blue
It has not color
Green
Red
37
In the Dutch East Indies, the Dutch forced Indonesians to grow this plant from which they could produce a blue dye...
Indigo
Mulberry
tobacco
Anatto
38
Which is the hottest planet in the solar system?
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
39
Who wrote the novel
1984
?
Capote
Orwell
Huxley
Dickens
40
In 1914, Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, was assassinated in what city?
Bucharest
Sofia
Vienna
Sarajevo
41
What area of the Earth's interior above the core forms 83 percent of the planet's volume and 67 percent of its mass?
magma
Crust
mantle
core