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History

  1. 1

    During which dynasty of ancient Egypt were the pyramids at Giza built?

    hard

    Answer

    The Fourth Dynasty

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giza_pyramid_complex?oldid=1365733545

  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

    During the Second World War, was British rationing limited to food?

    medium

    Answer

    Not restricted to food (clothes and petrol were rationed too)

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationing_in_the_United_Kingdom?oldid=1362715826

  4. 4

    Which people established a medieval settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows?

    hard

    Answer

    Norse

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Anse_aux_Meadows?oldid=1364840253

Film and television

  1. 5

    Which movie princess has a pet tiger named Rajah?

    medium

    Answer

    Jasmine

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmine_(Aladdin)?oldid=1365337923#Miscellaneous

  2. 6

    Who portrayed Black Panther in the Marvel films?

    medium

    Answer

    Boseman

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chadwick_Boseman?oldid=1364779395

  3. 7

    In Stranger Things, which brand of frozen waffles does Eleven love?

    medium

    Answer

    Eggo

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleven_(Stranger_Things)?oldid=1365316305#Cultural_impact

  4. 8

    Which 1937 film was the first cel animated feature film?

    medium

    Answer

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film)?oldid=1366025454

Music

  1. 9

    Which singer released the album 21?

    easy

    Answer

    Adele

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

  2. 10

    What does practicing with a metronome help a musician keep?

    easy

    Answer

    A steady tempo

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metronome?oldid=1362031250

  3. 11

    Which composer continued writing music after becoming profoundly deaf?

    easy

    Answer

    Beethoven

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven?oldid=1366046655#Deafness

Sport

  1. 12

    What color jersey is worn by the leader of the Tour de France?

    medium

    Answer

    Yellow

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_jersey_statistics?oldid=1365978446

  2. 13

    In what year were the first modern Olympic Games held?

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    Answer

    1896

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games?oldid=1364372974

  3. 14

    In volleyball, how many team contacts are allowed before returning the ball?

    medium

    Answer

    Three

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball?oldid=1365019713#Gameplay

  4. 15

    Which seven-event contest is the women's combined event in outdoor athletics?

    hard

    Answer

    The heptathlon

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptathlon?oldid=1363151664

Food and drink

  1. 16

    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. 17

    Which microorganisms does a sourdough starter contain?

    medium

    Answer

    Wild yeast and lactobacilli

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sourdough?oldid=1363690678#Starter

  3. 18

    What is polenta made from?

    medium

    Answer

    Boiled cornmeal

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polenta?oldid=1362858594

  4. 19

    Which coffee-brewing device uses a plunger and metal mesh filter?

    medium

    Answer

    French press

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_press?oldid=1364555358#Design_history

Animals and nature

  1. 20

    How is an animal that eats both plants and meat classified?

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    Answer

    An omnivore

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnivore?oldid=1360714649

  2. 21

    What is the only continent without native ants?

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    Answer

    Antarctica

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant?oldid=1363713132#Distribution_and_diversity

  3. 22

    Name the process by which plants lose water vapor through their leaves.

    medium

    Answer

    Transpiration

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpiration?oldid=1325504463

Space and astronomy

  1. 23

    Which natural satellite orbits Earth?

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    Answer

    The Moon

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

  2. 24

    Astronauts in orbit still feel Earth's gravity. Why do they float?

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    Answer

    They are in free fall, falling around Earth together with their craft

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weightlessness?oldid=1362025557#Weightlessness_in_Newtonian_mechanics

  3. 25

    What did the Voyager 1 probe photograph as the Pale Blue Dot?

    medium

    Answer

    Earth

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot?oldid=1361316128

Language and words

  1. 26

    What punctuation mark ends a direct question?

    easy

    Answer

    Question mark

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

  2. 27

    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

  3. 28

    What is the study of where words come from and how they change called?

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    Answer

    Etymology

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology?oldid=1363804367

  4. 29

    What is an inherently funny word?

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    Answer

    A word that is humorous without context

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inherently_funny_word?oldid=1360309630

Inventions and discovery

  1. 30

    Which device turns sunlight directly into electricity?

    medium

    Answer

    A solar cell

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cell?oldid=1361196839

  2. 31

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

    easy

    Answer

    A typewriter

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

  3. 32

    What kind of traffic signal did Garrett Morgan design?

    hard

    Answer

    A manually operated traffic signal

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Morgan?oldid=1361168428#Traffic_signal

Art

  1. 33

    After a quarrel with Gauguin, what did Vincent van Gogh cut off?

    easy

    Answer

    Part of his own left ear

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh?oldid=1365516977

  2. 34

    Which Spanish artist co-founded Cubism with Georges Braque?

    easy

    Answer

    Pablo Picasso

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso?oldid=1365390373#Rose_Period%3A_1904%E2%80%931906

  3. 35

    Who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring?

    medium

    Answer

    Johannes Vermeer

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_with_a_Pearl_Earring?oldid=1361287529

Mythology

  1. 36

    Who is the Greek god of the sea?

    easy

    Answer

    Poseidon

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidon?oldid=1365255239#Origins

  2. 37

    What is Excalibur?

    easy

    Answer

    The mythical sword of King Arthur

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur?oldid=1365284110

  3. 38

    Name the winged horse born from Medusa’s blood.

    easy

    Answer

    Pegasus

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus?oldid=1352387540

  4. 39

    What immense and central sacred tree appears in Norse cosmology?

    medium

    Answer

    Yggdrasil

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil?oldid=1359574504

Geography

  1. 40

    Which Japanese city is officially called the Tokyo Metropolis?

    medium

    Answer

    Tokyo

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo?oldid=1365982412

  2. 41

    What is the capital of Thailand?

    medium

    Answer

    Bangkok

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok?oldid=1366053999#Government

  3. 42

    Which river passes through Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade?

    medium

    Answer

    The Danube

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube?oldid=1364618141#Geography

General knowledge

  1. 43

    Which month is the tenth in the Julian and Gregorian calendars?

    easy

    Answer

    October

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October?oldid=1359863433

  2. 44

    Why does a mirror reverse left and right only in the way we describe it?

    hard

    Answer

    The third axis (front-back) is reversed

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_image?oldid=1341408793#In_three_dimensions

  3. 45

    The word alphabet comes from the first two letters of which alphabet?

    medium

    Answer

    The Greek alphabet (alpha and beta)

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet?oldid=1366003767#Etymology

Chemistry

  1. 46

    What element has the chemical symbol O?

    easy

    Answer

    Oxygen

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

  2. 47

    What is it called when a solid turns straight into a gas without melting first?

    medium

    Answer

    Sublimation

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublimation_(phase_transition)?oldid=1362966876

  3. 48

    Distillation separates a liquid mixture by boiling it, followed by what?

    medium

    Answer

    The condensation of the vapors

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distillation?oldid=1360136339

  4. 49

    What substance is dry ice the solid form of?

    easy

    Answer

    Carbon dioxide

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_ice?oldid=1364696874

U.S. states

  1. 50

    Which state was the most recent to join the Union, on August 21, 1959?

    medium

    Answer

    Hawaii

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii?oldid=1362956921

  2. 51

    Which person are both Washington state and the national capital named after?

    easy

    Answer

    George Washington

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_(state)?oldid=1364216063

  3. 52

    Which city is California's state capital?

    easy

    Answer

    Sacramento

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento%2C_California?oldid=1366001702

Christmas

  1. 53

    Besides a real evergreen, what other kind of Christmas tree do many families put up?

    easy

    Answer

    An artificial tree

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tree?oldid=1360640779

  2. 54

    Peppermint is the typical flavor of which striped Christmas candy?

    easy

    Answer

    candy cane

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_cane?oldid=1361377062

  3. 55

    Who composed the ballet The Nutcracker?

    easy

    Answer

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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

  4. 56

    When was The One Horse Open Sleigh published?

    medium

    Answer

    September 1857

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle_Bells?oldid=1365209071

Halloween

  1. 57

    Samhain is one of four Gaelic seasonal festivals. Name one of the other three.

    hard

    Answer

    Imbolc, Bealtaine or Lughnasa

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain?oldid=1352542447

  2. 58

    Which bog lights share their name with jack-o'-lanterns?

    hard

    Answer

    will-o'-the-wisps

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack-o'-lantern?oldid=1365159595

  3. 59

    What are Day of the Dead home altars called?

    medium

    Answer

    ofrendas

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead?oldid=1365909421

Thanksgiving

  1. 60

    Which bird is the centerpiece of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner?

    easy

    Answer

    Turkey

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)?oldid=1364510851

  2. 61

    What was Squanto's Wampanoag tribal affiliation?

    medium

    Answer

    the Patuxet tribe

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squanto?oldid=1361840059

  3. 62

    Approximately how long ago was the turkey domesticated?

    hard

    Answer

    2,000 years ago

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_(bird)?oldid=1365991138

Easter

  1. 63

    Holy Week mourns the betrayal of Jesus on which day?

    hard

    Answer

    Spy Wednesday

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter?oldid=1363685824

  2. 64

    What does the traditional red color on Easter eggs remember?

    medium

    Answer

    the blood of Christ

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg?oldid=1362510918

  3. 65

    Which three-day observance begins on Maundy Thursday?

    medium

    Answer

    the Paschal Triduum

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maundy_Thursday?oldid=1364136415

  4. 66

    What candle is newly blessed and lit every Easter?

    easy

    Answer

    a new Paschal candle

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschal_candle?oldid=1348563141

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