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Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Claude Monet
Leonardo da Vinci
Vincent van Gogh
Pablo Picasso
Who developed the first successful polio vaccine in the 1950s?
Jonas Salk
Thomas Weller
John F. Enders
Frederick Robbins
Which of these is NOT a chess piece?
Rook
Cleric
Bishop
Pawn
The collision of two tectonic plates can produce:
A fault line
Sedimentary rock
An abduction zone
A mountain range
Which painting was NOT made by Vincent van Gogh?
Bedroom in Arles
Starry Night
The Ninth Wave
Café Terrace at Night
True or false: Anatomy considers the forms of macroscopic structures such as organs and organ systems.
True
False
What was the aim of the "Umbrella Revolution" in Hong Kong in 2014?
Universal suffrage
Gaining independence
Lower taxes
Returning to British rule
The Maori hold that which island nation was founded by Kupe, who discovered it under a long white cloud?
Hawaii
Vanuatu
Fiji
New Zealand
Who was the longest-serving senator in US history, serving from 1959 to 2010?
Strom Thurmond
Daniel Inouye
Joe Biden
Robert Byrd
True or false: Russia passed a law in 2013 which outlaws telling children that homosexuals exist.
False
True
Which of the following blood vessels carries deoxygenated blood?
Pulmonary Artery
Aorta
Coronary Artery
Pulmonary Vein
Who is the creator of the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip?
Jim Davis
Bill Watterson
Scott Adams
Charles M. Schulz
What is the scientific name for goldfish?
Betta splendens
Goldfish auratus
Cyprinus rubrofuscus
Carassius auratus
In The Hunger Games, what district were Katniss and Peeta from?
8
5
13
12
How long should soft-boiled eggs be cooked for?
5-7 minutes
11-14 minutes
8-10 minutes
2-4 minutes
In which country would you find the Leshan Giant Buddha, the largest and tallest stone Buddha statue in the world?
India
Vietnam
China
United States of America
Which of these is Kirchoff's first law?
"In an electrical circuit, the total current that enters a junction is equal to the total current that leaves the junction."
"In an electrical circuit, the current is directly proportional to the voltage and inversely proportional to the resistance."
How many bones are in the human body?
306
210
206
300
Which material can primary waves pass through?
Gases only
Solids, liquids, gases
Liquids only
Solids only
True or false: A triathlon is a race consisting of swimming, cycling, and skiing.
False
True
The country of Canada is on which continent?
South America
Africa
Europe
North America
If you get an eagle in golf, how many strokes did you get?
Two under par
One under par
Par
One over par
When did the British hand-over sovereignty of Hong Kong back to China?
1999
1900
1997
1841
Which German field marshal was known as the Desert Fox?
Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen
Wilhelm List
Ernst Busch
Erwin Rommel
3 Comments
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Questions 3 and 12 need attention. In 3, “Bushel” isn’t an answer yet the commentary says it is, and in 12 there are two answers the same (Bill Watterson).
Thanks for bringing those two errors to our attention! We have corrected the typo and replaced the dupe. We really appreciate your help in keeping our quizzes accurate!