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1. What is the smallest bone in the human body? Reveal Answer Stapes (in the ear). 2. Which planet has the highest average surface temperature in our solar system? Reveal Answer Venus. 3. What is the largest internal organ in the human body? Reveal Answer Liver. 4. In Greek mythology, who was the god of the sea? Reveal Answer Poseidon. 5. What is the capital of Australia? Reveal Answer Canberra. 6. Which French artist is known for his painting “Impression, Sunrise”? Reveal Answer Claude Monet. 7. What is the longest river in Africa? Reveal Answer Nile River. 8. Which chemical element has the symbol “Sn” on the periodic table? Reveal Answer Tin. 9. Who wrote the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”? Reveal Answer Harper Lee. 10. Which American president issued the Emancipation Proclamation? Reveal Answer Abraham Lincoln. 11. In which country would you find the ancient city of Machu Picchu? Reveal Answer Peru. 12. What is the capital city of South Korea? Reveal Answer Seoul. 13. What is the largest desert in the world? Reveal Answer The Sahara Desert. 14. Who is the author of the book “1984”? Reveal Answer George Orwell. 15. In which city did the famous composer Ludwig van Beethoven live? Reveal Answer Vienna, Austria. 16. What is the largest bone in the human body? Reveal Answer Femur (thigh bone). 17. Which famous scientist formulated the three laws of motion? Reveal Answer Sir Isaac Newton. 18. Which planet is often referred to as the “Red Planet”? Reveal Answer Mars. 19. Who painted the famous artwork “The Starry Night”? Reveal Answer Vincent van Gogh. 20. In which year did World War I begin? Reveal Answer 1914. 21. What is the official language of Brazil? Reveal Answer Portuguese. Reveal Answer Neil Armstrong. 23. Which African country is the most populous? Reveal Answer Nigeria. 24. Which famous playwright wrote the tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”? Reveal Answer William Shakespeare. 25. What is the largest ocean on Earth? Reveal Answer Pacific Ocean. 26. What is the study of fungi called? Reveal Answer Mycology. 27. Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? Reveal Answer Michelangelo. 28. In Greek mythology, who was the goddess of love and beauty? Reveal Answer Aphrodite. 29. What is the longest river in the United States? Reveal Answer Missouri River. 30. What is the capital city of Canada? Reveal Answer Ottawa. 31. Who wrote the famous novel “Pride and Prejudice”? Reveal Answer Jane Austen. 32. In which year did the Berlin Wall fall? Reveal Answer 1989. 33. Which instrument has 47 strings and seven pedals? Reveal Answer Concert harp. 34. Which planet in our solar system has the most moons? Reveal Answer Jupiter. 35. Who painted the famous artwork “The Last Supper”? Reveal Answer Leonardo da Vinci. 36. What is the world’s largest coral reef system called? Reveal Answer Great Barrier Reef. 37. What is the capital of Spain? Reveal Answer Madrid. 38. Which scientist developed the theory of relativity? Reveal Answer Albert Einstein. 39. In which country was the philosopher Confucius born? Reveal Answer China. 40. What is the chemical symbol for gold on the periodic table? Reveal Answer Au. 41. Who wrote the novel “The Catcher in the Rye”? Reveal Answer J.D. Salinger. 42. In Greek mythology, who was the god of war? Reveal Answer Ares. 43. Which African country was formerly known as Abyssinia? Reveal Answer Ethiopia. 44. What is the largest planet in our solar system? Reveal Answer Jupiter. 45. Who painted the famous artwork “The Persistence of Memory”? Reveal Answer Salvador Dalí. 46. Which country is both an island and a continent? Reveal Answer Australia. 47. What is the capital city of Egypt? Reveal Answer Cairo. 48. Which Italian city is famous for its leaning tower? Reveal Answer Pisa. 49. Which ocean is the saltiest? Reveal Answer Atlantic Ocean. 50. What is the study of insects called? Reveal Answer Entomology. 51. Who is the author of the book “The Great Gatsby”? Reveal Answer F. Scott Fitzgerald. 52. In which city would you find the Alhambra, a famous palace and fortress complex? Reveal Answer Granada, Spain. 53. What is the largest living bird species? Reveal Answer Ostrich. 54. Which famous scientist discovered the law of gravity? Reveal Answer Sir Isaac Newton. 55. Who painted the famous artwork “Guernica”? Reveal Answer Pablo Picasso. 56. In which year did World War II end? Reveal Answer 1945. 57. Which famous composer wrote the “Moonlight Sonata”? Reveal Answer Ludwig van Beethoven. 58. What is the capital city of Italy? Reveal Answer Rome. 59. Who is the main antagonist in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy? Reveal Answer Sauron. 60. Which African country is the most linguistically diverse? Reveal Answer Cameroon. 61. Which planet in our solar system has the shortest day? Reveal Answer Jupiter. 62. Who painted the famous artwork “The Birth of Venus”? Reveal Answer Sandro Botticelli. 63. What is the tallest mountain in Africa? Reveal Answer Mount Kilimanjaro. 64. Which English physicist discovered the law of electromagnetism? Reveal Answer James Clerk Maxwell. 65. In Greek mythology, who was the goddess of wisdom? Reveal Answer Athena. 66. What is the largest species of penguin? Reveal Answer Emperor penguin. 67. Which American president served the shortest term in office? Reveal Answer William Henry Harrison. 68. Who wrote the novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude”? Reveal Answer Gabriel Garcia Marquez. 69. In which country is the ancient city of Petra located? Reveal Answer Jordan. 70. What is the largest moon in our solar system? Reveal Answer Ganymede (moon of Jupiter). 71. What is the capital city of Russia? Reveal Answer Moscow. 72. Which German philosopher wrote “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”? Reveal Answer Friedrich Nietzsche. 73. What is the process by which plants convert sunlight into energy called? Reveal Answer Photosynthesis. 74. Who painted the famous artwork “The Girl with a Pearl Earring”? Reveal Answer Johannes Vermeer. 75. In which year did the United States declare its independence? Reveal Answer 1776. 76. What is the official language of China? Reveal Answer Mandarin Chinese. 77. Which river flows through the Grand Canyon? Reveal Answer Colorado River. 78. Who is the author of the book “The Odyssey”? Reveal Answer Homer. 79. What is the largest species of shark? Reveal Answer Whale shark. 80. In which city would you find the Colosseum? Reveal Answer Rome, Italy. 81. What is the capital city of Argentina? Reveal Answer Buenos Aires. 82. In which year did the Titanic sink? Reveal Answer 1912. 83. What is the national animal of Canada? Reveal Answer Beaver. 84. Which famous artist is known for his painting “The Scream”? Reveal Answer Edvard Munch. 85. What is the largest glacier in the world? Reveal Answer Lambert Glacier (Antarctica). 86. What is the capital of France? Reveal Answer Paris. 87. Who discovered penicillin? Reveal Answer Alexander Fleming. 88. In which country was the philosopher Socrates born? Reveal Answer Greece. 89. Which planet is known as the “Morning Star” or “Evening Star”? Reveal Answer Venus. 90. Who painted the famous artwork “The Creation of Adam”? Reveal Answer Michelangelo. 91. In which year did the Cold War end? Reveal Answer 1991. 92. Which Scottish scientist is known for his invention of the telephone? Reveal Answer Alexander Graham Bell. 93. In which city is the Louvre Museum located? Reveal Answer Paris, France. 94. What is the largest volcano in the world? Reveal Answer Mauna Loa (Hawaii, United States). 95. Who was the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom? Reveal Answer Margaret Thatcher. 96. Which famous composer wrote the “Symphony No. 9”? Reveal Answer Ludwig van Beethoven. 97. In which country is the ancient city of Athens located? Reveal Answer Greece. 98. What is the capital city of South Africa? Reveal Answer Pretoria (administrative capital), Cape Town (legislative capital), and Bloemfontein (judicial capital). 99. What is the smallest planet in our solar system? Reveal Answer Mercury. 100. Who painted the famous artwork “Mona Lisa”? Reveal Answer Leonardo da Vinci. 101. In which year did the United States enter World War II? Reveal Answer 1941. 102. Which river flows through Paris? Reveal Answer Seine River. 103. Who is the author of the book “Crime and Punishment”? Reveal Answer Fyodor Dostoevsky. 104. In which country was the philosopher Plato born? Reveal Answer Greece. 105. Which planet has the most complex ring system? Reveal Answer Saturn. 106. What is the capital city of Germany? Reveal Answer Berlin. 107. Who discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection? Reveal Answer Charles Darwin. 108. What is the national bird of the United States? Reveal Answer Bald eagle. 109. Which famous artist is known for his painting “The Persistence of Memory”? Reveal Answer Salvador Dalí. 110. In which year did the United States land the first man on the moon? Reveal Answer 1969. 111. Which river is the longest in the world? Reveal Answer Nile River. 112. Who is the author of the book “Don Quixote”? Reveal Answer Miguel de Cervantes. 113. What is the capital city of China? Reveal Answer Beijing. 114. What is the largest species of bear? Reveal Answer Polar bear. Sharing is Caring:
