The second full moon of a month.

The Italian scientist Galileo Galilei:

Was friends with the Pope but was twice accused of heresy.

Gravitational Waves are:

Space-time waves from the impact of black holes colliding.

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1
The famous last words of Julius Caesar are:
Ut malediceret tibi Brute.
Rex, tuus sum ego .
Itaque tandem Caesar.
Et tu, Brute?
2
Which of the following was not an Ancient Wonder of the World?
The Lighthouse of Alexandria
The Great Wall of China
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
3
What is a blue moon?
Umm .... a moon that is blue?
The moon during a lunar eclipse.
The second full moon of a month.
A super moon which occurs during the winter.
4
The three most dangerous sharks to humans are:
Bull, Great White, Tiger
Great White, Blue, and Mako
Great White, Greenland, Tiger
Great White, Tiger, Mako
5
The capital of Turkey today was once known as:
Constantinople
Istanbul
Byzantine
Medina
6
What is a group of owls called?
A gaggle
A parliament
A constellation
A cloud
7
What is the capital of Mongolia?
Erdenet
Ulaanbaatar
Kathmandu
Karachi
8
The most financially successful film franchise of all time is:
The Alien-Predator franchise
Star Wars
Harry Potter
The Marvel Cinematic Universe
9
Who wrote the book Crime and Punishment?
Thomas Hobbes
Niccolo Machiavelli
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Leo Tolstoy
10
The highest waterfall in the world is:
Niagara Falls
Angel Falls
Victoria Falls
Iguazu Falls
11
The planet closest in size to Earth is:
Mercury
Venus
Neptune
Mars
12
The longest living stars are called:
Solipotent Dwarfs
Black Dwarfs
Red Dwarfs
White Dwarfs
13
Neutron stars that spin exceedingly fast are called:
Pulsars
Neutrinos
Celestial Rotaries
Nebulae
14
The English War of the Roses was fought between:
The Lancasters and the Yorks.
The Stuarts and the Jacobites
The Plantagenets and the Tudors
Oliver Cromwell and King Charles the First.
15
The Hundred Years' War lasted for how long?
... 100 years?
88 years
99 years
116 years
16
What is the the bird that can fly the fastest horizontally?
Merganser
Albatross
Peregrine Falcon
Swift
17
The second highest mountain in the world is:
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Fiji
Mauna Kea
K2
18
Which of the following big cats cannot roar?
Puma
Jaguar
Cheetah
Leopard
19
The Italian scientist Galileo Galilei:
Was a rival with the Pope.
Was the greatest philosopher of his time.
Was friends with the Pope but was twice accused of heresy.
Was a self-sworn enemy of the Church.
20
The Taj Mahal was built to be a:
Palace
Mausoleum
Marketplace
Temple
21
Gravitational Waves are:
Ripples of light caused by a supernova.
Systematic pulses of matter from pulsars.
Ripples in space-time caused by the Big Bang
Space-time waves from the impact of black holes colliding.
22
Who wrote the poem Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening?
Lord George Byron
Sylvia Plath
Robert Frost
Mark Twain
23
The famous pirate Blackbeard's birth name was:
Jack Rackham
Samuel Bellamy
Edward Teach
Ned Low
24
Which of the following is not a crustacean?
Chinese Mitten Crab
Krill
Woodlouse
Tardigrade
25
What is the deepest lake in the world?
Lake Baikal
Lake Superior
The Caspian Sea
Great Slave Lake

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