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History

  1. 1

    Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?

    easy

    Answer

    Armstrong

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong?oldid=1365168332

  2. 2

    In which aircraft did the Wright brothers make the first sustained powered flight, at Kitty Hawk in 1903?

    easy

    Answer

    The Wright Flyer

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Flyer?oldid=1365193365

  3. 3

    Was democracy in ancient Athens direct or representative?

    easy

    Answer

    Direct, rather than representative

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_democracy?oldid=1364574459#Ecclesia

  4. 4

    How many ships did Columbus take on his first voyage west in 1492?

    easy

    Answer

    Three

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyages_of_Christopher_Columbus?oldid=1365538919#First_voyage_(1492%E2%80%931493)

Film and television

  1. 5

    What is the name of the cowboy toy in Toy Story?

    easy

    Answer

    Woody

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_(Toy_Story)?oldid=1365518273

  2. 6

    Which television series follows a time-travelling character called the Doctor?

    easy

    Answer

    Doctor Who

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who?oldid=1364705726#Premise

  3. 7

    Which series is set on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos?

    easy

    Answer

    Game of Thrones

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones?oldid=1365331574

  4. 8

    Which television show made the phrase Winter is coming famous?

    easy

    Answer

    Game of Thrones

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Is_Coming?oldid=1360938095

Music

  1. 9

    Which band recorded Hey Jude?

    easy

    Answer

    Beatles

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Jude?oldid=1364208072#Trident_Studios_recording

  2. 10

    Which singer released the album 21?

    easy

    Answer

    Adele

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_(Adele_album)?oldid=1365033642

  3. 11

    Which instrument did Louis Armstrong famously play?

    easy

    Answer

    Trumpet

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Armstrong?oldid=1365359824#Horn_playing_and_early_jazz

  4. 12

    What do you call singing with no instruments at all?

    easy

    Answer

    A cappella

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_cappella?oldid=1365603117

Sport

  1. 13

    How many rings appear on the Olympic symbol?

    easy

    Answer

    Five

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_symbols?oldid=1360606769

  2. 14

    What object is passed between runners in a relay race?

    easy

    Answer

    Baton

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relay_race?oldid=1364453292

  3. 15

    Which chess piece can jump over other pieces?

    easy

    Answer

    The knight

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_(chess)?oldid=1356911932#Movement

  4. 16

    How many players from each basketball team are on the court, excluding substitutes?

    easy

    Answer

    Five players

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball?oldid=1363065141

Food and drink

  1. 17

    Which country is the origin of pizza in its modern form?

    easy

    Answer

    Italy

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza?oldid=1363440412#History

  2. 18

    What is tofu primarily made from?

    easy

    Answer

    Soybeans

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofu?oldid=1365068098#Elsewhere

  3. 19

    Which fruit supplies the oil in extra-virgin oil?

    easy

    Answer

    Olives

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_oil?oldid=1365854242

Animals and nature

  1. 20

    How many legs does a spider have?

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    Answer

    Eight

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider?oldid=1364088427#Locomotion

  2. 21

    What kind of animals are dolphins?

    easy

    Answer

    Marine mammals

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin?oldid=1362237439#Impacts_of_climate_change

  3. 22

    What are groups of lions called?

    easy

    Answer

    Prides

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion?oldid=1362805420

  4. 23

    A queen, workers, drones, and a hive all point to what kind of bees?

    easy

    Answer

    Honey bees

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee?oldid=1364236029#Sexes_and_castes

Space and astronomy

  1. 24

    What is the largest planet in our solar system?

    easy

    Answer

    Jupiter

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter?oldid=1364889806

  2. 25

    Which natural satellite orbits Earth?

    easy

    Answer

    The Moon

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon?oldid=1365616761

  3. 26

    What do astronauts wear outside a spacecraft to survive?

    easy

    Answer

    Space suit

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_suit?oldid=1358061362

  4. 27

    Which space telescope launched in 1990 and transformed astronomy from low Earth orbit?

    easy

    Answer

    The Hubble Space Telescope

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope?oldid=1366001248

Language and words

  1. 28

    What punctuation mark ends a direct question?

    easy

    Answer

    Question mark

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question_mark?oldid=1365255154

  2. 29

    What humorous plural is sometimes used for moose?

    easy

    Answer

    Meese

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_plurals?oldid=1359743235#Apophonic_plurals

  3. 30

    Which punctuation mark can indicate the elision of one or more sounds?

    easy

    Answer

    The apostrophe

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe?oldid=1365606732#As_a_mark_of_elision

  4. 31

    What is an abbreviation made from the first letters of a phrase, such as NASA, called?

    easy

    Answer

    An acronym

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym?oldid=1364213132

Inventions and discovery

  1. 32

    Which invention lets people see distant objects in space?

    easy

    Answer

    A telescope

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescope?oldid=1352125963

  2. 33

    What machine did Johannes Gutenberg improve for mass-producing books?

    easy

    Answer

    Movable-type printing press

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press?oldid=1364130523#History

  3. 34

    What links a keyboard, a ribbon, and a carriage return?

    easy

    Answer

    A typewriter

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typewriter?oldid=1365428254

Art

  1. 35

    What material is traditionally shaped by a potter on a wheel?

    easy

    Answer

    Clay

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potter's_wheel?oldid=1365184248

  2. 36

    Which artist painted The Starry Night?

    easy

    Answer

    Vincent van Gogh

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starry_Night?oldid=1364457162

  3. 37

    How are Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans widely regarded?

    easy

    Answer

    A canonical symbol of Pop art

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell's_Soup_Cans?oldid=1364150627

Mythology

  1. 38

    What creature has the body of a lion and the head of a human being?

    easy

    Answer

    A sphinx

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphinx?oldid=1365707219#Asia

  2. 39

    What creature is half human and half horse?

    easy

    Answer

    The centaur

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaur?oldid=1365026168#Creation_of_centaurs

  3. 40

    Which hero completed twelve labors?

    easy

    Answer

    Heracles

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labours_of_Hercules?oldid=1365952767#Aftermath

Geography

  1. 41

    What is the largest ocean on Earth?

    easy

    Answer

    The Pacific Ocean

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean?oldid=1365892953

  2. 42

    Which mountain is the highest above sea level?

    easy

    Answer

    Mount Everest

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest?oldid=1365907460

  3. 43

    Which river runs through London?

    easy

    Answer

    The River Thames

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Thames?oldid=1365965350

General knowledge

  1. 44

    What is frozen water called?

    easy

    Answer

    Ice

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice?oldid=1364560962

  2. 45

    What is the result of division called?

    easy

    Answer

    The quotient

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_(mathematics)?oldid=1363470529

  3. 46

    On which date does the Gregorian calendar year begin?

    easy

    Answer

    January 1

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_year?oldid=1354854738

  4. 47

    What is the dot-and-dash communication system called?

    easy

    Answer

    Morse code

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code?oldid=1364531517#Operator-led_change_from_graphical_to_audible_code

Chemistry

  1. 48

    What element has the chemical symbol O?

    easy

    Answer

    Oxygen

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen?oldid=1356586589

  2. 49

    What does an atomic nucleus consist of?

    easy

    Answer

    Protons and neutrons

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_nucleus?oldid=1358772000

U.S. states

  1. 50

    What is the largest U.S. state by area?

    easy

    Answer

    Alaska

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska?oldid=1365622598

  2. 51

    Which mountain in Alaska is the highest peak in North America?

    easy

    Answer

    Denali

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali?oldid=1365843900

  3. 52

    By what common name is California's state flag known?

    easy

    Answer

    The Bear Flag

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_California?oldid=1363976680

Christmas

  1. 53

    On which date is Christmas primarily observed?

    easy

    Answer

    December 25

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas?oldid=1366046623

  2. 54

    At what part of Christmas Eve is Santa said to bring gifts?

    easy

    Answer

    late evening and overnight hours

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus?oldid=1365103587

  3. 55

    What are small stocking gifts often called?

    easy

    Answer

    stocking stuffers or stocking fillers

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_stocking?oldid=1364964814

  4. 56

    What feature lets Rudolph guide the reindeer team?

    easy

    Answer

    luminous red nose

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer?oldid=1359550617

  5. 57

    Who composed the ballet The Nutcracker?

    easy

    Answer

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker?oldid=1360923021

Halloween

  1. 58

    Which immigrants brought many Halloween customs to North America?

    easy

    Answer

    Irish and Scottish immigrants

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween?oldid=1364130825

  2. 59

    Which house light can signal that Halloween candy is available?

    easy

    Answer

    porch lights

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick-or-treating?oldid=1365391958

  3. 60

    Which body part is not allowed during apple bobbing?

    easy

    Answer

    arms

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_bobbing?oldid=1361752994

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