General Knowledge
Who wrote *Das Kapital*?
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)
Leprosy
B)
Tuberculosis
C)
Cholera
D)
Typhoid
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the bacterial agent of tuberculosis, a contagious respiratory disease affecting millions worldwide.
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.
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)
Ghana
B)
Mali
C)
Songhai
D)
Kush
Mansa Musa of Mali (14th century) is often regarded as the wealthiest person ever due to immense gold reserves.
General Knowledge
A)
Seleucid
B)
Ptolemaic
C)
Achaemenid
D)
Macedonian
The Library of Alexandria was founded in the 3rd century BCE under the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, becoming a hub of ancient learning.
General Knowledge
A)
Red & Mediterranean
B)
Black & Caspian
C)
Adriatic & Ionian
D)
Arabian & Red
The Suez Canal links the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, allowing direct shipping between Europe and Asia since 1869.
General Knowledge
A)
Marie Curie
B)
Henri Becquerel
C)
Pierre Curie
D)
Ernest Rutherford
Marie Curie, with Pierre, discovered radium and polonium in 1898, pioneering radioactivity research and earning two Nobel Prizes.
General Knowledge
A)
Magic Particle
B)
God Particle
C)
Quantum Particle
D)
Ghost Particle
The Higgs Boson, discovered in 2012, is nicknamed the “God Particle” because it explains how particles acquire mass in physics.
General Knowledge
A)
Roman
B)
Byzantine
C)
Ottoman
D)
Persian
The Hagia Sophia in Constantinople was built under Byzantine Emperor Justinian in 537 CE as a grand cathedral.
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.
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