General Knowledge Marathon

Welcome to our newest general knowledge marathon! This trivia quiz will ask you all kinds of questions and you better have some answers or you're out! But don't worry, because failing will only make you restart from the last level you reached! There are 25 questions divided into 5 levels, you must reach the next level to restart from it. Will you make it all the way? Good luck!
 
1
Welcome to Level 1!
LET'S BEGIN!
 
2
Who composed the opera 'Carmen'?
Giuseppe Verdi
Ludwig van Beethoven
Georges Bizet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 
3
What is the smallest prime number greater than 100?
103
101
109
107
 
4
In which year did the Bay of Pigs invasion occur?
1965
1969
1961
1963
 
5
What was the original name of New York City?
New Holland
New England
New Amsterdam
New Oxford
 
6
Which planet is closest in size to Earth?
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Neptune
 
7
Welcome to Level 2! You can now start from this level if you get a question wrong
I'M READY!
 
8
Who composed the 'Moonlight Sonata'?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
Franz Schubert
 
9
Who wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'?
Charlotte Brontë
Jane Austen
Emily Brontë
Mary Shelley
 
10
Which philosopher wrote 'Critique of Pure Reason'?
Søren Kierkegaard
Friedrich Nietzsche
Jean-Paul Sartre
Immanuel Kant
 
11
In which year did the Chernobyl disaster occur?
1986
1991
1988
1984
 
12
Hint
In which year did the construction of the Berlin Wall BEGIN?
1961
1945
1971
1955
 
13
Welcome to Level 3! You can now start from this level if you get a question wrong
I'M READY!
 
14
In which city was the famous Titanic built?
Liverpool
Belfast
Glasgow
Southampton
 
15
Hint
In the context of computer networking, what does the acronym LAN stand for?
Long Antenna Node
Local Area Network
Large Access Network
Limited Area Net
 
16
Who discovered penicillin?
Marie Curie
Alexander Fleming
Louis Pasteur
Jonas Salk
 
17
What is the capital of Estonia?
Vilnius
Tallinn
Helsinki
Riga
 
18
What is the heaviest naturally occurring element?
Osmium
Iridium
Plutonium
Uranium
 
19
Welcome to Level 4! You can now start from this level if you get a question wrong
I'M READY!
 
20
Who composed the Four Seasons concertos?
Antonio Vivaldi
Ludwig van Beethoven
Gioachino Rossini
Johann Sebastian Bach
 
21
Hint
Who was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth?
John H. Glenn
Alan Shepard
Gus Grissom
Neil Armstrong
 
22
Hint
In which year did India gain independence from British rule?
1950
1961
1947
1942
 
23
The 'Hagia Sophia' is located in which city?
Istanbul
Edinburgh
Athens
Cairo
 
24
Hint
Who discovered the circulation of blood in the human body?
Isaac Newton
John Locke
Hippocrates
William Harvey
 
25
Welcome to Level 5, the final level! You can now start from this level if you get a question wrong
I'M READY!
 
26
Hint
What does the acronym LASER stand for?
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Rays
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Light Absorption by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Light Absorption by Stimulated Emission of Rays
 
27
Hint
Who was the ruler of France during the Louisiana Purchase?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Henry IV
Charles de Gaulle
Louis XVI
 
28
The term 'Renaissance' originated from which language?
Italian
Danish
German
French
 
29
What is the periodic table symbol for silver?
Si
Ag
Sl
Au
 
30
Which ancient civilization is credited with the invention of the water clock, or clepsydra?
The Romans
The Babylonians
The Greeks
The Egyptians
 
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