GENERAL QUIZ

Question 1

What is the more popular name for the portrait officially titled “La Gioconda,” painted in Florence in 1503?

Accepted Answer

Mona Lisa

Question 2

What alcoholic beverage is made from juniper berries?

Accepted Answer

Gin

Question 3

What chewy dessert topping is made from tartar and egg whites and often found on pie?

Accepted Answer

Meringue

Question 4

How many bones do sharks have?

Accepted Answer

0

Question 5

What was the first cloned animal?

Accepted Answer

Sheep

Question 6

What country has the highest number of citizens over the age of 65?

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 7

What element does the chemical symbol Au stand for?

Accepted Answer

Gold

Question 8

Which is the only vowel on a standard keyboard that is not on the top line of letters?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 9

What year was the first iPhone released?

Accepted Answer

2007

Question 10

At a restaurant, you’ll see deer meat on the menu under what name?

Accepted Answer

Venison

Question 11

How many colors will you find in a regular bag of M&Ms?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 12

In chess, what direction can a bishop move?

Accepted Answer

Diagonally

Question 13

What year did the Berlin Wall fall?

Accepted Answer

1989

Question 14

How many ribs are in a human body?

Accepted Answer

24

Question 15

What is the highest-grossing Broadway show of all time?

Accepted Answer

The Lion King

Question 16

What is the deadliest mammal?

Accepted Answer

Hippopotamus

Question 17

What flag is this?

Accepted Answer

Chile

Question 18

In Greek mythology, who was known as the messenger of the gods?

Accepted Answer

Hermes

Question 19

What is the longest above-water mountain range?

Accepted Answer

Andes

Question 20

What was the first book published by Jane Austen?

Accepted Answer

Sense and Sensibility

Questions 20