General Knowledge
The Rosetta Stone was key to deciphering what script?
A) Sanskrit
B) Hieroglyphics
C) Cuneiform
D) Linear B
The Rosetta Stone (1799) allowed scholars to decode Egyptian hieroglyphics using its Greek translation.
English
A)
District Court
B)
Supreme Court
C)
Court of Appeals
D)
Constitutional Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is the highest federal court, with final authority on constitutional and federal law interpretation.
General Knowledge
A)
Banting & Best
B)
Watson & Crick
C)
Pasteur & Koch
D)
Curie & Curie
Frederick Banting and Charles Best discovered insulin in 1921, revolutionizing treatment of diabetes and saving millions of lives.
General Knowledge
A)
Ankara
B)
Byzantium
C)
Istanbul
D)
Smyrna
Constantinople was renamed Istanbul officially in 1930 after the establishment of the Republic of Turkey under Atatürk.
General Knowledge
A)
Avogadro
B)
Mendeleev
C)
Dalton
D)
Rutherford
Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic Table in 1869, arranging elements by properties and predicting undiscovered ones accurately.
General Knowledge
A)
Churchill
B)
Stalin
C)
Roosevelt
D)
Truman
Winston Churchill used the term “Iron Curtain” in 1946 to describe the division of Eastern and Western Europe.
General Knowledge
A)
Babylonian
B)
Assyrian
C)
Sumerian
D)
Hittite
The Code of Hammurabi, Babylonian king’s laws from 1754 BCE, is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length.
General Knowledge
Lead's chemical symbol is Pb, from its Latin name 'plumbum,' reflecting historic use in pipes and construction.
General Knowledge
A)
Sahara
B)
Gobi
C)
Kalahari
D)
Arabian
The Sahara Desert in Africa is the largest hot desert, covering 9.2 million sq km, though Antarctica is the largest overall desert.
General Knowledge
A)
Kurds
B)
Armenians
C)
Jews
D)
Palestinians
The Balfour Declaration by Britain expressed support for a national home for Jews in Palestine, shaping Middle Eastern geopolitics.
General Knowledge
A)
India
B)
Pakistan
C)
Afghanistan
D)
Nepal
The Indus Valley Civilization (2600–1900 BCE) was centered in present-day Pakistan, with sites like Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa.
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