General Knowledge Marathon

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