General Knowledge
The world’s largest desert (non-polar) is?
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)
Assyrian
B)
Babylonian
C)
Sumerian
D)
Akkadian
Hammurabi’s Babylonian code (18th century BCE) was one of the earliest legal codes, inscribed on stone steles.
English
A)
Jorge Luis Borges
B)
Gabriel García Márquez
C)
Pablo Neruda
D)
Mario Vargas Llosa
Gabriel García Márquez wrote "One Hundred Years of Solitude", a landmark of magical realism and Latin American literature.
General Knowledge
A)
Isaac Newton
B)
Ole Rømer
C)
Christiaan Huygens
D)
Albert Michelson
Ole Rømer, a Danish astronomer, calculated light’s finite speed by observing Jupiter’s moon Io, a breakthrough in physics.
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.
English
A)
Vitamin A
B)
Vitamin C
C)
Vitamin D
D)
Vitamin K
Ultraviolet B radiation converts skin precursors into vitamin D, essential for calcium metabolism and bone health.
General Knowledge
A)
France
B)
England
C)
Scotland
D)
Ireland
The Battle of Hastings saw William the Conqueror defeat King Harold II, bringing Norman rule and cultural transformation to England.
General Knowledge
A)
Socrates
B)
Plato
C)
Aristotle
D)
Cicero
Plato’s *Republic* explored justice, governance, and the ideal state, introducing the idea of philosopher-kings.
General Knowledge
A)
Karl Marx
B)
Friedrich Engels
C)
Vladimir Lenin
D)
Max Weber
Karl Marx wrote *Das Kapital* (1867), a critique of capitalism, laying foundations for Marxist economic and political theory.
General Knowledge
A)
Hera
B)
Athena
C)
Artemis
D)
Aphrodite
The Parthenon, built in the 5th century BCE, was a temple honoring Athena, the patron goddess of Athens.
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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