Epic 25 Question Trivia Challenge

We've made another epic trivia challenge for you, with 25 questions taken from all walks of life, getting harder as you get higher. Do you have the (general) knowledge for this test? Well, only leaping straight into this pool of questions will lead you to the answers...
 
 
Who wrote "The Art of War"?
Sun Tzu
Confucius
Laozi
Mencius
 
 
What is the smallest prime number greater than 100?
101
103
107
109
 
 
Who is the Greek god of the underworld?
Hades
Zeus
Poseidon
Ares
 
 
Which chemical element has the symbol 'Fe'?
Iron
Fluorine
Francium
Salt
 
 
Which U.S. state was an independent republic before joining the Union?
Texas
California
Vermont
Hawaii
 
 
What is the longest river in Asia?
Yangtze
Yellow
Mekong
Ganges
 
 
Who painted "The Birth of Venus"?
Sandro Botticelli
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
 
 
According to legend, how did Alexander the Great untie the famous Gordian knot?
He couldn't and failed
He sliced it open with his sword
He used the advice of Aristotle to open it
He solved it himself
 
 
In what year was the first Nobel Prize awarded?
1901
1878
1912
1907
 
 
At 7,310 ft (2,228 meters), which of these is the tallest mountain in Australia?
Mount Kosciuszko
Mount Bogong
Mount Ossa
Mount Zeil
 
 
What is the SECOND largest planet in our solar system?
Saturn
Jupiter
Uranus
Neptune
 
 
How many books are there in the New Testament?
27
33
39
12
 
 
In the movie "Back to the Future," what year does Marty McFly travel back to?
1955
2015
1945
1965
 
 
Which ancient civilization built the city of Machu Picchu?
Inca
Aztec
Maya
Olmec
 
 
Who was the Russian composer of the opera "Eugene Onegin"?
Modest Mussorgsky
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Sergei Rachmaninoff
 
 
What is the rarest blood type in the world?
AB negative
O negative
A positive
B positive
 
 
Complete the line from "A Midsummer Night's Dream": "Lord, what fools these ________ be!"
mortals
humans
villagers
kings
 
 
What is the term for a group of owls?
Parliament
Library
Chorus
Flock
 
 
How much larger (by area) is the Pacific ocean compared to the Atlantic?
About twice as large
About 3 times as large
About 150% of the Atlantic
About 120% of the Atlantic
 
 
Napoleon once fled for his life as many _________ attacked him and his men
Wolves
Rabbits
Cats
Giraffes
 
 
What was the name of the sun god in Egyptian mythology?
Ra
Anubis
Horus
Set
 
 
Which apostle famously denied Jesus three times?
Peter
Judas
Thomas
John
 
 
Which 1984 film features the character named "Axel Foley"?
Beverly Hills Cop
Lethal Weapon
Midnight Run
Rocky III
 
 
In which play would you find the characters Vladimir and Estragon?
Waiting for Godot
The Homecoming
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
No Exit
 
 
Which artist is known for the painting "The Sleeping Gypsy"?
Henri Rousseau
Paul Cézanne
Edgar Degas
Georges Seurat
 
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