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1
Who was denied the role of Terminator because the director thought he seemed too wholesome?
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Ronald Reagan
Oscar Pistorius
OJ Simpson
2
What is correct name for a group of cows?
Pack
Murder
Dairy
Herd
3
Which democratically elected socialist President of Chile was ousted with the help of the CIA?
Pinochet
Allende
Mussolini
Franco
4
Which of the following is supposed to be the first monotheistic religion?
Toaism
Judaism
Jainisim
Zoroastrianism
5
Who is considered by many to be the father of modern Sociology?
Karl Marx
Ibn Khaldun
Mikhail Bakunin
Noam Chomsky
6
Which of is the deserts is the driest place on earth?
Mohave
Kalahari
Atacama
Sinai
7
The average American spends ____ hours engaging with digital media every day.
.75
9
2
4.5
8
The average four year-old asks around 200 questions per day.
X < 200
X > 400
20
50
9
Which ancient civilization once spread over modern-day Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile?
Maya
Inuit
Inca
Guarani
10
Which American folk icon is alleged to have borrowed 2/3 of their melodies from other songs?
Johnny Cash
Bob Dylan
Tim Buckley
Anita Carter
11
How many spiders does the average person swallow in their sleep?
15
9
24
1
12
Which famous English writer was fond of Ottoman history?
Charles Dickens
Joan Aiken
C.S. Lewis
J.R.R. Tolkein
13
What is the highest-grossing (most profitable) movie ever made?
Titantic
Avatar
The Avengers
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
14
In which country is the next UN Climate Change Conference set to be held?
Brazil
Peru
U.S.A
France
15
Which European capital was home to Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin?
Vienna
Moscow
Berlin
Bratislave
16
The US was behind ___ military interventions in Latin American governments between 1903-1930.
14
23
19
32
17
From whom did the Ottomans buy the cannon that eventually fell the walls of Constantinople?
The Bulgars
The Macedonians
The French
The Hungarians
18
There are more people than there are lifeforms on your skin.
True
False
19
Old Norse has a direct link to the main languages in all of the countries below except...
Finland
Sweden
Norway
Iceland
20
Who was the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
Irene Juliot-Curie
Aretha Franklin
Marie Curie
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
21
How many countries are there in South America?
9
13
11
7
22
The country with the highest number of jailed journalists is _____________.
Turkey
Iran
North Korea
China
23
What is the capital of Australia?
Melbourne
Canberra
Sydney
San Francisco
24
Which of these countries is home to the hottest place on earth?
U.S.A.
Bahrain
Tunisia
Mexico
25
Which part of the brain allows us to read the emotions of others?
Hypothalamus
Hippocampus
Amygdala
Thalamus
26
Who is the person below?
Ban Ki-Moon
Jackie Chan
Kim Jong-il
Ben Bernanke's Cousin
27
The average adult human has ______ kilograms of bacteria in their body.
x = 0
1 < X < 4
X < 1
X > 4
28
Which sensory perception is most strongly tied to memory?
Smell
Sight
Hearing
Touch
29
Who equated boredom with "a desire for desires"?
Che Guevara
Leo Tolstoy
Sir Isaac Newton
Mahatma Gandhi
30
Albert Einstein's first wife, Mileva Maric, was rumored to have helped Einstein in which area?
Mathematics
Physics
Spoken word
Hygeine
31
The term 'Acoustic Kitty' was coined after the CIA tried to use cats to spy on which country?
Russia
Iran
Canada
Vietnam
32
Which country generates the largest amount of energy from wind power?
Spain
Germany
Norway
Denmark
33
____ years from now, every cell in your body will have been renewed.
7
2
20
14
34
Which ancient civilization first made for the first gold coin?
Egyptian
Lydian
Assyrian
Persian
35
Which duo was the first to successfully climb Mt. Everest?
Schmied and Marmet
Norgay and Hillary
Bourdillon and Evans
Campion and Siranli
36
How many languages are still spoken today?
6,912
2,859
258
1527
37
Which country ranks highest in gender equality?
Denmark
U.S.A.
Sweden
Malaysia
38
According to a report released in 2013, the average Americans attention span is ___ seconds.
5
9
12
8
39
Which country has the southern-most city in the world?
New Zealand
South Africa
Chile
Argentina
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Who directed the film The Cut, produced in 2014?
Wes Andersen
Fatih Akin
Alfred Hitchcock
Woody Allen