General Knowledge
The ancient Olympic Games were held in honor of?
A) Apollo
B) Ares
C) Zeus
D) Hermes
The ancient Olympics, starting in 776 BCE, were held at Olympia in honor of Zeus, king of the Greek gods.
General Knowledge
A)
CO2
B)
Nitrogen Oxides
C)
CFCs
D)
Methane
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) destroy stratospheric ozone, allowing harmful UV radiation to reach Earth, first observed in Antarctica.
General Knowledge
A)
Venus
B)
Mars
C)
Jupiter
D)
Saturn
Mars is called the Red Planet due to iron oxide (rust) on its surface that gives it a reddish appearance.
English
A)
Newton
B)
Einstein
C)
Galileo
D)
Kepler
Isaac Newton described three laws of motion in *Principia Mathematica* (1687), forming the basis of classical mechanics.
General Knowledge
A)
Charles Dickens
B)
William Shakespeare
C)
Jane Austen
D)
Mark Twain
Shakespeare wrote Hamlet, one of his greatest tragedies.
General Knowledge
A)
Ferdinand Magellan
B)
Francis Drake
C)
Vasco da Gama
D)
James Cook
Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe (1519–1522); although he died en route, the voyage completed the circuit.
General Knowledge
A)
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
B)
Deoxyribose Nitrogen Acid
C)
Double Nucleic Acid
D)
Deoxyribonitric Acid
DNA, or Deoxyribonucleic Acid, carries genetic instructions in living organisms, forming the blueprint of biological development.
General Knowledge
A)
Nucleus
B)
Ribosome
C)
Mitochondrion
D)
Golgi Apparatus
Mitochondria generate energy in the form of ATP through cellular respiration, hence called the cell’s powerhouse.
General Knowledge
A)
Akbar
B)
Jahangir
C)
Shah Jahan
D)
Aurangzeb
Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, completed in 1648 in Agra. This is a well-documented historical or scientific.
General Knowledge
A)
Amelia Earhart
B)
Bessie Coleman
C)
Valentina Tereshkova
D)
Harriet Quimby
Amelia Earhart completed her solo flight across the Atlantic in 1932, becoming a symbol of aviation and women’s achievement.
General Knowledge
A)
Mahavira
B)
Siddhartha Gautama
C)
Confucius
D)
Zoroaster
Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, founded Buddhism in India in the 5th–4th century BCE. This is a well-documented historical or scientific.
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