Once again, we are determined to challenge your minds and your knowledge with one of our general knowledge marathons! Prepare for 25 questions divided into 5 levels. As always, a mistake will disqualify you, and as always, you can restart from the highest level you've reached! Are you ready?
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Welcome to Level 1! You can now restart from this level.
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2 of 30
Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
United States
Canada
Russia
Australia
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What term describes the total value of all goods and services produced over a specific time period within a country's borders?
Gross National Product (GNP)
Net Export
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
4 of 30
The traditional Maori are indigenous people of which country?
New Zealand
Fiji
Samoa
Australia
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The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln in what year?
1865
1863
1814
1798
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The concept of "Hygge," meaning a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality, is from which country?
Switzerland
Belgium
Denmark
Sweden
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8 of 30
Who is considered the pioneer of Cubism?
Vincent van Gogh
Claude Monet
Pablo Picasso
Salvador Dali
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Which cheese is traditionally used for making the original Pizza Margherita?
Mozzarella
Parmesan
Cheddar
Gorgonzola
10 of 30
What was the name of the first artificial Earth satellite?
Hubble Space Telescope
Apollo 11
Sputnik 1
Voyager 1
11 of 30
Which animal has the longest gestation period?
Giraffe
Blue Whale
Rhinoceros
African Elephant
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Sfumato is a painting technique for softening the transition between colors, mimicking an area beyond what the human eye is focusing on, or the out-of-focus plane. Who invented it?
Michelangelo
Titian
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
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14 of 30
Which country is the site of the ancient city of Timbuktu, known as a historical center for trade and Islamic scholarship?
Egypt
Somalia
Mali
Ethiopia
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The Treaty of Westphalia, signed in 1648, ended which major European conflict?
It remains one of the longest and most brutal wars in human history, with more than 8 million casualties resulting from military battles as well as from the famine and disease caused by the conflict.
The Napoleonic Wars
The Hundred Years' War
The Thirty Years' War
The War of the Spanish Succession
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Which U.S. constitutional amendment abolished slavery?
The 19th Amendment
The 13th Amendment
The 11th Amendment
The 15th Amendment
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"The Garden of Earthly Delights" is a triptych painted by which artist?
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Leonardo da Vinci
Hieronymus Bosch
Jan van Eyck
18 of 30
The Hagia Sophia was originally built as a cathedral in which city?
Istanbul
Rome
Jerusalem
Athens
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20 of 30
The "Gadsden Purchase" of 1853 acquired land for the United States from which country?
Canada
Russia
France
Mexico
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Which country is known for inventing the dish "ceviche"
Peru
Spain
Brazil
Mexico
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What is the scientific name of the common domestic cat?
Ursus arctos
Equus caballus
Felis catus
Canis lupus
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Which city is considered the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world?
10,000 BCE – 8000 BCE.
Paris
Athens
Damascus
Jerusalem
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Which artist is known for the technique of pointillism, a painting technique in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image?
Pablo Picasso
Jackson Pollok
Claude Monet
Georges Seurat
25 of 30
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26 of 30
The Rigveda, one of the oldest known religious texts, is associated with which religion?
Judaism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Zoroastrianism
27 of 30
When was the wreckage of the HMS Titanic found on the bottom of the ocean's floor?
1992
1985
1995
2005
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In economics, What is "quantitative easing"?
A policy to increase taxes to reduce inflation
A monetary policy used by central banks to increase the money supply by buying government securities or other securities from the market
A trade policy to reduce import quotas
A fiscal policy to reduce government spending
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Which city is known as the "Venice of the North"?
Amsterdam
Copenhagen
Oslo
St. Petersburg
30 of 30
Fugu, a dish famously known for its potential lethality if not prepared correctly, is made from what?
Pufferfish
Sea urchin
Octopus
Stonefish
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