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AP General Knowledge Quiz
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1
The 2nd largest continent on earth is...
S. America
N. America
Antarctica
Africa
2
The highest recorder temperature ever in North America was recorded at...
Juarez, Mexico
Death Valley, CA
San Antonio, Texas
Sante Fe, New Mexico
3
Which MLB stadium has a brick outfield wall that is covered in Ivy for most of the season?
Fenway Park
Wrigley Field
Dodger Stadium
Yankee Stadium
4
What famous comedian made the Tonight Show the number 1 late night show between 1962 and 1992?
Jay Leno
Johnny Carson
Jack Parr
Jack Benny
5
What actor played the Godfather?
Robert DiNero
Al Pacino
Gregory Peck
Marlon Brando
6
This doctor is regarded as the man who discovered penicillan?
Louise Pasture
Sigmund Frued
Alexander Fleming
Copernicus
7
What was the name of the Senator that led the charge to keep USA out of the League of Nations?
Woodrow Wilson
Sam Rayburn
Nelson Rockefeller
Henry Cabot Lodge
8
What political role did Richard Nixon have in the 1950's?
He was the President
He was the Vice President
He was the Governor of California
He was a US House member
9
Which NFL team is tied with New England having the most Super Bowl titles in history?
Pittsburgh Steelers
Green Bay Packers
Dallas Cowboys
San Francisco 49ers
10
The religion on earth that has the most followers is currently...
Islam
Christianity
Buddhism
Judaism
11
What is the name of the trophy that the Super Bowl winner receives every year?
Stanley Cup
Wannamkaer Trophy
Lombardi Trophy
Commissioners Cup
12
Which of the following was NOT a World War 2 battle?
Tet Offensive
The Bulge
Guadalcanal
D-Day
13
Which professional golf tournament does the winner get a Green Jacket at every year?
The Masters
The British Open
The Players Championship
The US Open
14
This more than doubled the size of the United States in 1803.
The Louisiana Purchase
The Revolutionary War
The Wilmot Proviso
The Mexican Cession
15
Which one of the following men was not a proessional boxer?
Muhammed Ali
Joe Lewis
Walter Payton
Sonny Liston
16
E equals MC squared is formula used in...
Chemistry
Calculus
Physics
Algebra
17
Traditionally, the Dalai Lama is the head of ___________ Buddhism
Mongolian
Chinese
Tibetan
Korean
18
Which American city has NOT hosted an Olympics?
Atlanta
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Chicago
19
Which one of the following wars was a Cold War conflict?
The War on Terrorism
Gulf War I
The Korean War
World War II
20
Who invented the game of basketball?
Abner Doubleday
Dr. James Naismith
Lord Stanley
John Wooden
21
The people of Iran are ethnically...
Persians
Jews
Pakistanis
Arabs
22
What actress has won more Oscars than anyone else?
Audrey Hepburn
Bet Middler
Maryl Streep
Katherine Hepburn
23
What is the number 1 played and watched sport worldwide?
Hockey
Baseball
Basketball
Soccer
24
What is the name of the award given to the best TV shows of the year?
Emmy's
Grammy's
Tony's
Oscars
25
This radio play had many Americans in a panic when it first aired in October of 1938?
War of the Worlds
Gone with the Wind
Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs
Psycho
26
This is the longest TV show?
The Simpsons
The Cosby Show
I love Lucy
Gunsmoke
27
Which one of the following Presidents was NOT a general at some point in his military career?
Theodore Roosevelt
Ulysses S. Grant
George Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
28
Who was President at the start of the Great Depression
Franklin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Herbert Hoover
29
The Pope's headquarters are at...
Vatican City
Avignon
New York City
Venice
30
Which of the following is NOT an ancient, indigenous people group of central or south America?
Aztecs
Incas
Aborigines
Mayas
31
The people that live in Saharan Africa are ethnically ____________.
Tribal
Black Africans
Arabs
Dutch
32
Who performed the famous comedy sketch "Who's on first?"?
The Smothers Brothers
Abbot and Costello
Sigfrued and Royd
Burns and Allen
33
A squared plus B squared equals C squared...
Achum's Razor
Newton's Laws
Socratic Seminar
Pythagrean Theorum
34
Which one of the following professional athletes was NOT a golfer?
Jack Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer
Jimmy Conner
Tiger Woods
35
This comedy show made its debut in 1975 and it still runs even today?
The Tonight Show
The Simpsons
SCTV
Saturday Night Live
36
What is the number 1 grossing movie of all time?
Avatar
Titanic
The original Star Wars
Gone with the Wind
37
Which country listed below has an absolute monarchy in the modern era?
Great Britain
Libya
Saudi Arabia
Norway
38
What city is the capital of Thailand?
Bangkok
Karachi
Dien Bien Pho
Souel
39
Who did the USA beat in the 1980 Olympic Gold medal hockey game?
Canada
Soviet Union
Sweden
Finland
40
Which 2 states are tied for having the most Presidents come from there (6 each)?
Ohio and Virginia
California and Virginia
New York and Ohio
New York and California
41
Which of the following is NOT a monotheistic religion?
Christianity
Hinduism
Sikhism
Islam
42
Who was President of the United States in 1800?
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
43
The Great Wall of China was built to keep invaders from what country out?
Tibet
Mongolia
Korea
Russia
44
What is NOT an enumerated power of Congress?
Punishing Piracy on the high seas
Establishing national schools
Creating and regulating a Post Office
Declaring War
45
Which of the following was NOT a slave state that remained faithful to the Union?
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
Maryland
46
The Los Angeles Dodgers moved from what city to LA in 1958?
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Philadelphi
Brooklyn
47
Which college basketball team has the most men's basketball titles?
UCLA
Duke
Kentucky
Indiana
48
This man is regarded as the father of modern economics?
Adam Smith
Karl Marx
Donal Trump
Carl Aichen
49
Who was the first Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court?
Roger Taney
John Jay
Oliver Wendell Holmes
John Marshall
