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1
What year did the Berlin Wall come down?
1989
1999
1986
1998
2
What does a carnivore eat?
plants, animals, algae, and fungi
meat
plants
vegetables and fruit
3
Where is the White House located?
Fairfax, Virginia
Seattle, Washington
New York City
Washington D.C.
4
Which type of doctor would you see if you are having eye problems?
neurologist
ophthalmologist
rheumatologist
dermatologist
5
Where is the green light located on a traffic light?
bottom
middle
top
6
Who has the most bones, a young child or an adult?
an adult
a young child
7
How many matches are in a standard pack?
20
25
26
18
8
Who wrote the book "Alice in Wonderland"?
Lewis Carroll
Suzanne Collins
Andy Griffiths
J.K Rowling
9
Horses hooves are made up of the same substance as what part of your body?
teeth
fingernails
bones
skin
10
When water is a solid, it:
sinks
stays still
suspends in the middle
floats
11
On the periodic table, what element is represented by the letters “Ti”?
timony
trontium
tin
titanium
12
What is the name of Harry Potter's pet owl?
Hagrid
Hedwig
Dobby
Ron
13
Where is Timbuktu?
South America
Asia
Africa
North America
14
According to her enemies, which ancient queen tested venomous snakebites on her prisoners?
Dido
Queen of Englannd
Cleopatra
Queen of Sheba
15
In what state is the Lincoln Home National Historic site?
Virginia
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
16
In Roman gladiator shows, lions and tigers are pitted against each other. Which cat won the most fights?
lions
tigers
17
What is the currency of Japan?
Yen
Yuan
Krona
Won
18
Which male animal gives birth to babies?
echidna
dolphin
seahorse
platypus
19
What year did this ship sink in?
1918
1912
1916
1914
20
How many pockets does a snooker table have?
6
8
2
4
21
How many people died in 9/11?
3081
2996
2057
1000
22
Dead people's toenails continue to grow (true) (false)
false
true
23
What instrument is used for seeing objects at the surface of water from a submarine underwater?
telescope
kaleidoscope
spectroscope
periscope
24
How is the number 5 written in Roman numerals?
V
IIIII
IX
X
25
Are dolphins fish, mammals, amphibians, or reptiles?
mammals
reptiles
amphibians
fish
26
How many minutes are in a day?
1500
965
1860
1440
27
In "EastEnders", which actress plays the character Kat Slater?
June Brown
Jessie Wallace
Jacqueline Jossa
Kellie Bright
28
If you suffer from xenophobia, what do you have a fear of?
drugs
the sun
sleeping
foreigners
29
Which genre of music has composers such as Beethoven, Mozart, and Chopin?
jazz
folk
classical
country & western
30
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Gabriela Mistral
Malala Yousafzai
Mother Teresa
Marie Curie
31
Bats are the only mammals that can fly. (true) (false)
false
true
32
What colour is Del Boy's car in "Only Fools and Horses"?
blue
black
red
yellow
33
Which American president was assassinated in Dallas in 1963?
George Bush
John F Kennedy
Franklin D Roosevelt
Robert Nixon
34
In the "Beauty and the Beast", why did the fairy turn the prince into a beast?
He refused to shelter her from a storm
He stole her daughter away
He cut down her woodland home
He said that he wouldn’t marry her
35
How many vowels are in the word beautify?
4
5
6
3
36
Which is heavier, gold or silver?
silver
gold
37
What is the spanish word for mouth?
boca
mano
codo
pie
38
I am a body of land surrounded by water on all sides. What landform am I?
hill
plateau
mountain
island
39
What are the three particles that are found inside an atom? protons, neutrons and...
electrons
magnets
magnetrons
gravitons
40
Which animal kills the most people in Africa?
buffalo
hippopotamus
crocodiles
lion
41
How many continents are there in the world?
7
8
6
5
42
Which month has 28 days?
all of them
May
February
the first 6
43
NASA's current space telescope is called what?
Hubble Space Telescope
Doppler Weather Hub
Frontier Space Monitor
Galaxy Space Telescope
44
In a deck of playing cards, the only king without a moustache is...
the king of diamonds
the king of spades
the king of hearts
the king of queens
45
Who is the author of "Black Beauty"?
Anna Sewell
Louisa May Alcott
Virginia Woolf
Margaret Atwood
46
What is the capital of Canada?
Quebec
Ontario
Toronto
Ottawa
47
What two letters don't appear on the telephone dial?
Q, W
W, Z
V, Z
Q, Z
48
Which 2017 song became the first to rack up over three billion views on YouTube?
Sorry
Hello
Uptown Funk
Despacito
49
Which entertainer performed "At Last" for the 2012 Presidential Inaugural Ball?
Celine Dion
Aretha Franklin
Adele
Beyonce'
50
A fossil has the same shape as the original object, but is chemically similar to what?
wood
soil
bone
rock
51
What kind of disaster are you likely to find in the Pacific Northwest?
earthquakes
volcanos
hurricanes
tidal waves
52
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Neil Black
Neil Armstrong
Neil Whittaker
Neil Smith
53
What is the plural form of "mongoose"?
mongooses
mongoose
mongi
mongeese
54
Without water your body won’t be able to function normally (true) (false)
false
true
55
I am a body of water covering most of the Earth. What body of water am I?
ocean
lake
sea
river
56
What is the name of the lion in “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”?
Simba
Aslan
Mufasa
Toothless
57
What year did WWII end?
1945
1946
1949
1944
58
How many keys does a standard piano have?
66
86
98
88
59
How much of the water on Earth can we drink?
25%
50%
10%
1%
60
Which company was founded by Jeff Bezos in July 1994?
Walmart
Apple
Amazon
Ebay
61
How much of your body weight is water?
50%-70%
10%-15%
20%-30%
80%-90%
62
What does, “Veni, vedi, vici,” mean in English?
return, try, do
think, understand, know
I came, I saw, I conquered
Try, try, try again
63
Which of the following instruments is a member of the woodwind family?
trumpet
bassoon
Violin
trombone
64
What percent of the earth's surface is covered in water?
75
95
50
25
65
When did World War I end?
1920
1917
1918
1919
66
What did the scarecrow ask for in "The Wizard of Oz"?
a brain
courage
to get back home
a heart
67
What can you personally do to reduce your water use?
turn off the water when brushing your teeth
reduce meat consumption
install aerators in faucets
plant drought tolerant landscaping
68
What is the complementary colour of green?
purple
blue
red
yellow
69
What is the first element on the periodic table?
lithium
hydrogen
helium
oxygen
70
"When You Wish Upon a Star" is from which Disney film?
Lady and the Tramp
Cinderella
Pinocchio
Snow White
71
Which is the correct spelling of the word that means a large group of animals ?
herd
heard
hurd
hird
72
Where will you find the majority of the Earth's water?
in oceans
in ice caps
in glaciers
in lakes
73
Which is the longest running musical in the world?
Mamma Mia
Chicago
Les Miserables
The Phantom of the Opera
74
What are the 3 planets closest to the sun?
Mercury, Venus, Earth,
Venus, Mercury, Mars
Mercury, Saturn, Mars
Saturn, Earth, Neptune
75
Joseph Haydn is sometimes called the father of what type of music?
marching
classical
baroque
symphony
76
What's the opposite of the word fresh?
expired
rotten
old
stale
77
In Greek mythology, which God is the ruler of the sea?
Poseidon
Oceanus
Triton
Neptune
78
Which famous building did Guy Fawkes try to blow up?
Big Ben
The Tower of London
The Houses of Parliament
Buckingham Palace
79
When referring to a USB port, what do the letter USB stand for?
united shared business
universal serial bus
universal saving bit
unified saved binary
80
What was the best selling video game of all time as of 2020?
GTA IV
Minecraft
Tetris
Wii Sports
81
What is the chemical formula of the molecule, water?
H2O
H3O
What's a chemical formula?
O2H
82
How many sheets are in a standard roll of toilet paper?
5000
1000
100
150
83
Which chess piece can only move diagonally?
bishop
queen
knight
rook
84
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed music during which period?
Renaissance
Classical
Baroque
Romantic
85
In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?
left
right
86
What’s the main obstacle to taking photos in Antarctica in mid-winter?
the ice breaks
It’s too cold
animals attack
There’s no light
87
In what habitat would you find a meerkat?
desert
grasslands
jungle
fauna
88
In a Bloody Mary drink, which of these is NOT an ingredient?
vodka
tomato juice
salt
sugar
89
In 2006, which of the traditional planets of the solar system was relegated to dwarf-planet status?
Mercury
Venus
Pluto
Mars
90
Kiev is the capital of what European country?
Ukraine
Russia
Poland
Georgia
91
What do we call the currency in Australia?
euro
franc
dollar
pound