General Knowledge Marathon

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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Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
United States
Russia
Canada
Australia
 
 
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)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Net Export
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
 
 
The traditional Maori are indigenous people of which country?
New Zealand
Australia
Fiji
Samoa
 
 
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln in what year?
1863
1865
1798
1814
 
 
The concept of "Hygge," meaning a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality, is from which country?
Denmark
Sweden
Switzerland
Belgium
 
 
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Who is considered the pioneer of Cubism?
Pablo Picasso
Salvador Dali
Claude Monet
Vincent van Gogh
 
 
Which cheese is traditionally used for making the original Pizza Margherita?
Mozzarella
Cheddar
Parmesan
Gorgonzola
 
 
What was the name of the first artificial Earth satellite?
Voyager 1
Sputnik 1
Apollo 11
Hubble Space Telescope
 
 
Which animal has the longest gestation period?
African Elephant
Blue Whale
Rhinoceros
Giraffe
 
 
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?
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
Titian
 
 
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Which country is the site of the ancient city of Timbuktu, known as a historical center for trade and Islamic scholarship?
Mali
Ethiopia
Somalia
Egypt
 
 
The Treaty of Westphalia, signed in 1648, ended which major European conflict?
The Hundred Years' War
The War of the Spanish Succession
The Thirty Years' War
The Napoleonic Wars
 
 
Which U.S. constitutional amendment abolished slavery?
The 13th Amendment
The 11th Amendment
The 15th Amendment
The 19th Amendment
 
 
"The Garden of Earthly Delights" is a triptych painted by which artist?
Hieronymus Bosch
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Leonardo da Vinci
Jan van Eyck
 
 
The Hagia Sophia was originally built as a cathedral in which city?
Istanbul
Athens
Rome
Jerusalem
 
 
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The "Gadsden Purchase" of 1853 acquired land for the United States from which country?
Mexico
Russia
Canada
France
 
 
Which country is known for inventing the dish "ceviche"
Brazil
Spain
Mexico
Peru
 
 
What is the scientific name of the common domestic cat?
Canis lupus
Felis catus
Ursus arctos
Equus caballus
 
 
Which city is considered the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world?
Jerusalem
Athens
Damascus
Paris
 
 
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?
Claude Monet
Georges Seurat
Jackson Pollok
Pablo Picasso
 
 
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The Rigveda, one of the oldest known religious texts, is associated with which religion?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Judaism
Zoroastrianism
 
 
When was the wreckage of the HMS Titanic found on the bottom of the ocean's floor?
1985
1992
1995
2005
 
 
In economics, What is "quantitative easing"?
A fiscal policy to reduce government spending
A monetary policy used by central banks to increase the money supply by buying government securities or other securities from the market
A policy to increase taxes to reduce inflation
A trade policy to reduce import quotas
 
 
Which city is known as the "Venice of the North"?
Amsterdam
St. Petersburg
Copenhagen
Oslo
 
 
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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