General Knowledge Marathon

 
1
Welcome to Level 1!
LET'S BEGIN!
 
2
What is traditionally the primary ingredient in hummus?
Soybeans
Chickpeas
Black beans
Lentils
 
3
What is the capital of New Zealand?
Auckland
Christchurch
Wellington
Sydney
 
4
Which of these companies was established first?
Microsoft
Apple
Google
IBM
 
5
Which of the following is not one of the "Great Lakes"?
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Powell
Lake Superior
 
6
The first successful printing press was developed by whom?
Thomas Edison
Johannes Gutenberg
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Graham Bell
 
7
Welcome to Level 2!
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8
Which American city is known as the birthplace of jazz?
Chicago
New Orleans
New York City
Detroit
 
9
What is the main ingredient in traditional sauerkraut?
Cabbage
Beetroot
Onion
Cucumber
 
10
What was the first full-length animated film ever released?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
"Dumbo"
"Fantasia"
"Pinocchio"
 
11
Who wrote the play "Death of a Salesman"?
Eugene O'Neill
Arthur Miller
Tennessee Williams
Neil Simon
 
12
The painting "American Gothic" was created by which artist?
Andrew Wyeth
Grant Wood
Edward Hopper
Norman Rockwell
 
13
Welcome to Level 3!
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14
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote?
26th Amendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
15th Amendment
 
15
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Dynonucleic Acid
Dichloronucleic Acid
Deoxynucleic Acid
 
16
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 Rays
Light Absorption by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
 
17
Hint
The Scoville scale is a measurement of what?
Spiciness of peppers
Loudness of sounds
Brightness of stars
Hardness of minerals
 
18
The ancient city of Carthage was located in what modern-day country?
Tunisia
Iran
Egypt
Italy
 
19
Welcome to Level 4!
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20
The Treaty of Versailles was signed in what year?
1919
1945
1911
1965
 
21
Hint
Who was the longest-reigning British monarch before Queen Elizabeth II?
Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth I
King Henry VIII
King George III
 
22
Hint
Who wrote the existentialist work "Being and Time"?
Jean-Paul Sartre
Friedrich Nietzsche
Sรธren Kierkegaard
Martin Heidegger
 
23
What does the Latin phrase "caveat emptor" mean?
Seize the day
In the year of our Lord
After death
Buyer beware
 
24
Who wrote the epic poem about the fall of Lucifer - "Paradise Lost"?
John Keats
William Wordsworth
John Milton
Percy Bysshe Shelley
 
25
Welcome to Level 5, the final level!
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26
What is an octothorpe?
The # symbol
A mythical creature with eight limbs
A poisonous octopus
An eight-sided polygon
 
27
Which of these structures was originally built as a mausoleum?
The Parthenon
The Eiffel Tower
The Sphinx
The Taj Mahal
 
28
Who is credited with inventing the first successful photograph?
Thomas Edison
Louis Daguerre
Alexander Graham Bell
George Eastman
 
29
The Rosetta Stone was instrumental in understanding which ancient language?
Ancient Greek
Sumerian
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Sanskrit
 
30
Hint
Last question: The Fibonacci sequence was named after an Italian mathematician. What is the sequence?
A series where each term decreases by the golden ratio
A series where the next term is the sum of the previous two terms
A series where each term is the product of the previous two terms
A series of prime numbers
 
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