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Multiple Choice General Knowledge Quiz #1

This is the first instalment of Brainstorm's grand multiple choice quiz, comprising a hundred questions classified under ten categories: History, Geography, Nature and the Environment, Literature, Cinema, Sports, Industry and Innovation, General Science, Philosophy and Religion, and Music and the Arts. Naturally, this is a very challenging quiz; the pass mark is the one above the average. If there are any errors, kindly inform me in the comments. Best of luck to you all!
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1. HISTORY: Which famed Mexican-American War figure was the Commanding General of the United States from 1841 to 1861?
Ulysses S. Grant ✓
Winfield Scott ✓
Zachary Taylor ✓
George Meade ✓
2. HISTORY: Which semi-legendary prince was the first monarch of the medieval Rus, whose dynasty lasted seven centuries?
Oleg ✓
Askold ✓
Igor ✓
Rurik ✓
3. HISTORY: The Plague of Justinian - the first recorded outbreak of a plague pandemic - swept the Old World in which century?
1st century BCE ✓
3rd century CE ✓
6th century CE ✓
9th century CE ✓
4. HISTORY: Which of these modern-day territories or nations was the first to be colonised by the Spanish Empire?
Guam ✓
Cuba ✓
Panama ✓
Florida ✓
5. HISTORY: Which of these Middle Eastern empires was founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BCE?
Babylonia ✓
Sasanian Empire ✓
Akkadian Empire ✓
Achaemenid Empire ✓
6. HISTORY: Lord Palmerston's second tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was marked by the cessation of which major war?
First Opium War ✓
Crimean War ✓
First World War ✓
Emu War ✓
7. HISTORY: Which of these battles occurred first - won by the Persian forces commanded by Xerxes I?
Battle of Teutoburg Forest ✓
Battle of Tours ✓
Battle of Thermopylae ✓
Battle of the Metaurus ✓
8. HISTORY: The Panic of 1893 - one of the worst financial depressions in American history, which gave rise to the free silver movement - plagued which president's tenure?
Benjamin Harrison ✓
Rutherford Hayes ✓
Theodore Roosevelt ✓
Grover Cleveland ✓
9. HISTORY: By the Union of Lublin in 1569, the Kingdom of Poland merged with which other state to form a formidable, multi-ethnic European state?
Kingdom of Sweden ✓
Grand Duchy of Lithuania ✓
Holy Roman Empire ✓
Walachia ✓
10. HISTORY: In which year did the Berlin Airlift - an organised effort by the Western allies to supply West Berlin - initiate?
1945 ✓
1959 ✓
1953 ✓
1948 ✓
11. GEOGRAPHY: Which is the largest Francophone nation by the quantity of proficient French speakers?
France ✓
Algeria ✓
Democratic Republic of the Congo ✓
Egypt ✓
12. GEOGRAPHY: Which is the most populated constituent state of Germany?
Berlin (metropolitan region) ✓
North Rhine-Westphalia ✓
Bayern ✓
Hamburg (metropolitan region) ✓
13. GEOGRAPHY: Which of these countries is the closest to Turkmenistan in terms of the distance between their centres?
Japan ✓
Australia ✓
Germany ✓
Algeria ✓
14. GEOGRAPHY: Clipperton Island and Wallis and Futuna are overseas territories possessed by which country?
United Kingdom ✓
France ✓
Australia ✓
Botswana ✓
15. GEOGRAPHY: Which constituent state of the United States of America is also known as the Hoosier State?
Tenessee ✓
Indiana ✓
Oklahoma ✓
Texas ✓
16. GEOGRAPHY: Which of these country flags is less than 50% blue in colour?
Cabo Verde ✓
El Salvador ✓
Paraguay ✓
Saint Lucia ✓
17. GEOGRAPHY: Which of these stratovolcanoes is situated in Ecuador, making part of the Andes?
Concepción ✓
Mount Mayon ✓
Chimborazo ✓
Mount Elbrus ✓
18. GEOGRAPHY: Which of these seas is located within the Pacific Ocean?
Labrador Sea ✓
Adriatic Sea ✓
Yellow Sea ✓
Sea of Azov ✓
19. GEOGRAPHY: Assuming typical climatic conditions, which of these countries is most likely to have an annual mean temperature of 79°F (26°C)?
New Zealand ✓
Argentina ✓
Slovenia ✓
Indonesia ✓
20. GEOGRAPHY: Which state, forming part of the Southern United States, is the birthplace of such figures as Ray Charles, Jimmy Carter and Bill Elliott?
Kentucky ✓
Georgia ✓
Louisiana ✓
Virginia ✓
21. NATURE & THE ENVIRONMENT: Which botanical group consists of plants with thickened flesh for prevention of water loss?
Xerophytes ✓
Succulents ✓
Ferns ✓
Orchids ✓
22. NATURE & THE ENVIRONMENT: The habitat of the two-toed sloth is primarily located within what part of the world?
Central Africa ✓
Northern South America ✓
Patagonia ✓
Indochina ✓
23. NATURE & THE ENVIRONMENT: 'Equus caballus' is the scientific name for which animal?
Goat ✓
Pig ✓
Horse ✓
Cow ✓
24. NATURE & THE ENVIRONMENT: 'Speleology' is the scientific study of which type of natural feature?
Rivers ✓
Canyons ✓
Valleys ✓
Caves ✓
25. NATURE & THE ENVIRONMENT: Which endangered vulture is the national bird of Bolivia, Chile, Columbia, and Ecuador?
Cape vulture ✓
Bearded vulture ✓
Black vulture ✓
Andean condor ✓
26. NATURE & THE ENVIRONMENT: Which of these trees is not deciduous, but evergreen?
Birch ✓
Ash ✓
Maple ✓
Yew ✓
27. NATURE & THE ENVIRONMENT: What is the biological interaction between two species depending on how much their niches overlap?
Parasitism ✓
Competition ✓
Mutualism ✓
Predation ✓
28. NATURE & THE ENVIRONMENT: In the 1880s, Australia constructed a fence to inhibit the movement of which indigenous species?
Emu ✓
Koala ✓
Dingo ✓
Rupert Murdoch ✓
29. NATURE & THE ENVIRONMENT: Which of these animals are typically carnivorous?
Elk ✓
American bison ✓
Brown tang ✓
Badger ✓
30. NATURE & THE ENVIRONMENT: Which layer of the earth's atmosphere is at the lowest altitude?
Stratosphere ✓
Troposphere ✓
Mesosphere ✓
Thermosphere ✓
31. LITERATURE: Which of the following plays by George Bernard Shaw is centred around Greek mythology?
The Doctor's Dilemma ✓
Caesar and Cleopatra ✓
Pygmalion ✓
Mrs Warren's Profession ✓
32. LITERATURE: At a total of four, which of the Brontë siblings independently wrote the most novels?
Emily Brontë ✓
Charlotte Brontë ✓
Branwell Brontë ✓
Anne Brontë ✓
33. LITERATURE: Which Russian author was the first to use the literary technique of the 'grotesque'?
Leo Tolstoy ✓
Fyodor Dostoevsky ✓
Nikolai Gogol ✓
Anton Chekhov ✓
34. LITERATURE: In 1609, Shakespeare published a quarto comprising all his sonnets. How many did it contain?
24 ✓
184 ✓
154 ✓
454 ✓
35. LITERATURE: Which literary device is used in the following phrase: 'I haven't seen my friend for ages'?
Symbolism ✓
Metaphor ✓
Hyperbole ✓
Simile ✓
36. LITERATURE: Which novel starts with the famous line: "Call me Ishmael"?
Lolita ✓
1984 ✓
The Good Soldier ✓
Moby Dick ✓
37. LITERATURE: Holly Golightly is a charming and self-sufficient female character in which 1955 novel?
The Return of the King ✓
Breakfast at Tiffany's ✓
Beezus and Ramona ✓
The End of Eternity ✓
38. LITERATURE: Which of these French authors was born in 1804, in Paris?
Marquis de Sade ✓
George Sand ✓
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ✓
Honoré de Balzac ✓
39. LITERATURE: Which Shakespeare play features the line: "The course of true love never did run smooth"?
Romeo and Juliet ✓
Othello ✓
A Midsummer Night's Dream ✓
Hamlet ✓
40. LITERATURE: Victor Hugo's 'Les Misérables' is categorised as which type of novel?
Comedy ✓
Horror ✓
Melodrama ✓
Science fiction ✓
41. CINEMA: Which actor starred as Indiana Jones in 'Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark'?
Paul Freeman ✓
Mel Gibson ✓
Harrison Ford ✓
Tom Cruise ✓
42. CINEMA: Which early cinematography device did Thomas Edison pioneer in 1894?
Shotgun Microphone ✓
Kinetoscope ✓
Phenakistiscope ✓
Title Cards ✓
43. CINEMA: Which of the following renowned British actresses was born the earliest?
Audrey Hepburn ✓
Vanessa Redgrave ✓
Julie Andrews ✓
Angela Lansbury ✓
44. CINEMA: The 1957 film 'Paths of Glory' chronicles the lives of soldiers during which major war?
American Civil War ✓
Korean War ✓
First World War ✓
Vietnam War ✓
45. CINEMA: When was 'The Jazz Singer' - the first "talkie" film with a synchronised soundtrack - released?
1897 ✓
1907 ✓
1917 ✓
1927 ✓
46. CINEMA: The first film to gross $1 billion achieved this feat 74 days after its release. Which is it?
Gone With the Wind ✓
Titanic ✓
The Godfather ✓
2001: A Space Odyssey ✓
47. CINEMA: Which of the following films was not directed by Federico Fellini?
La Strada ✓
La Dolce Vita ✓
Amarcord ✓
Cinema Paradiso ✓
48. CINEMA: Which of the following television sitcoms is based on the character of Sam Malone: a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox?
Frasier ✓
Gilmore Girls ✓
Cheers ✓
Seinfeld ✓
49. CINEMA: Released in 1903, which film - directed by Edwin S. Porter - was the first of the action genre?
A Trip to the Moon ✓
The Great Train Robbery ✓
Mary Jane's Mishap ✓
Pride of the Range ✓
50. CINEMA: How many members did the original Monty Python crew comprise?
Three ✓
Four ✓
Eight ✓
Six ✓
51. SPORTS: In standard boxing, the weight division ranging from 168lb (76.2kg) to 175lb (79.4kg) is referred to by which term?
Light Heavyweight ✓
Lightweight ✓
Welterweight ✓
Flyweight ✓
52. SPORTS: Tied with the Boston Celtics, which NBA team has won the most championships, at a total of 17?
Los Angeles Lakers ✓
Detroit Pistons ✓
Philadelphia 76ers ✓
Chicago Bulls ✓
53. SPORTS: In 1964, the first Olympic Games in Asia took place. In which country were they held?
Japan ✓
South Korea ✓
Indonesia ✓
India ✓
54. SPORTS: In golf, which term indicates finishing the hole one shot above par?
Bogey ✓
Eagle ✓
Albatross ✓
Caddie ✓
55. SPORTS: Professional baseball outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. played for which team from 1989 to 1999?
Seattle Mariners ✓
Cincinnati Reds ✓
Chicago White Sox ✓
Boston Red Sox ✓
56. SPORTS: When was the first ever international cricket game played?
1844 ✓
1884 ✓
1924 ✓
1954 ✓
57. SPORTS: With the exception of his stint with A.C. Milan, which number is Italian football (soccer) player Robert Baggio most closely associated with?
10 ✓
4 ✓
19 ✓
1 ✓
58. SPORTS: In tennis, a set ending in a score of 6-0 is called a --------.
Bagel ✓
Doughnut ✓
Muffin ✓
Red Velvet Cake ✓
59. SPORTS: Under which manufacturer did Niki Lauda win his third Formula One World Championship in 1984?
McLaren ✓
Ferrari ✓
Lotus ✓
Brabham ✓
60. SPORTS: Which of the following female gymnasts has won the most medals at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships?
Simone Biles ✓
Larisa Latynina ✓
Olga Korbut ✓
Natalia Kuchinskaya ✓
61. INDUSTRY & INNOVATION: Which industrialist is most infamous for his role in the Homestead strike of 1892?
Henry Clay Frick ✓
Cornelius Vanderbilt ✓
James Fisk ✓
Jay Gould ✓
62. INDUSTRY & INNOVATION: Which of these devices is most closely linked to Nikola Tesla, not Thomas Edison?
Wireless telegraphy ✓
Phonograph ✓
Vitascope ✓
Movie camera ✓
63. INDUSTRY & INNOVATION: In 1979, which electronics company pioneered the Walkman: the first mainstream portable cassette player?
Sony ✓
Samsung ✓
Panasonic ✓
Intel ✓
64. INDUSTRY & INNOVATION: Which economic downturn was partially caused by Andrew Jackson's dissolution of the Second National Bank of the United States?
Panic of 1837 ✓
Panic of 1819 ✓
Panic of 1873 ✓
Panic of 1857 ✓
65. INDUSTRY & INNOVATION: Who is mostly responsible for the creation of the World Wide Web?
Tim Berners-Lee ✓
Larry Page ✓
Steve Wozniak ✓
Al Gore ✓
66. INDUSTRY & INNOVATION: Which of the following was invented first, in 1904?
Tractor ✓
Neon lamp ✓
Ballpoint pen ✓
Frozen food ✓
67. INDUSTRY & INNOVATION: Which industrial process is used to manufacture ammonia?
Haber process ✓
Contact process ✓
Esterification ✓
Electrolysis ✓
68. INDUSTRY & INNOVATION: As of June 2023, which is the second most valuable company in terms of net worth?
Microsoft ✓
Apple ✓
Alphabet ✓
Amazon ✓
69. INDUSTRY & INNOVATION: The Great Western is what type of industrial feature pioneered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel?
Railway ✓
Steamship ✓
Bridge ✓
Skyscraper ✓
70. INDUSTRY & INNOVATION: Which of the following is a system of mass production pioneered in the early 20th century? The other three are made up.
Fordism ✓
Morganism ✓
Otisism ✓
Carverism ✓
71. GENERAL SCIENCE: Which of the following substances is considered to be a desiccator?
Vanadium oxide ✓
Silica gel ✓
Bauxite ✓
Limestone ✓
72. GENERAL SCIENCE: Ascorbic acid is the chemical name for which essential vitamin?
Vitamin B12 ✓
Vitamin A ✓
Vitamin E ✓
Vitamin C ✓
73. GENERAL SCIENCE: The second law of thermodynamics states that the universe is gradually progressing into a maximum state of -----.
Entropy ✓
Magnetism ✓
Temperature ✓
Light ✓
74. GENERAL SCIENCE: How many cubic centimetres are in a millilitre?
1 ✓
10 ✓
100 ✓
1000 ✓
75. GENERAL SCIENCE: Which of the following scientists is linked to the establishment of quantum mechanics?
Niels Bohr ✓
Marie Curie ✓
Isaac Newton ✓
Archimedes ✓
76. GENERAL SCIENCE: Which of the following theories or laws details the emission of electrons when electromagnetic radiation strikes a material?
Photoelectric effect ✓
Coulomb's laws of electrostatics ✓
Brownian motion ✓
Faraday's laws of electrolysis ✓
77. GENERAL SCIENCE: The eighteenth element of the periodic table is classified as which type of substance?
Halogen ✓
Metalloid ✓
Noble Gas ✓
Actinoid ✓
78. GENERAL SCIENCE: The renal artery supplies blood from the heart to which body organs?
Lungs ✓
Kidneys ✓
Ears ✓
Intestines ✓
79. GENERAL SCIENCE: What is the standard SI unit for radioactivity?
Coulomb ✓
Becquerel ✓
Pascal ✓
Candela ✓
80. GENERAL SCIENCE: Which part of the flower produces the pollen grains: the male gametes?
Ovary ✓
Sepal ✓
Nectary ✓
Anther ✓
81. PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION: Which Greek philosopher is known for his claim that 'man is the measure of all things'?
Pythagoras ✓
Protagoras ✓
Zeno of Citium ✓
Diogenes of Sinope ✓
82. PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION: How many practices did the Buddha advise one to follow, in order to achieve enlightenment?
2 ✓
8 ✓
15 ✓
53 ✓
83. PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION: Complete the famous quote coined by French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre: "------- is what you do with what's been done to you".
Commitment ✓
Love ✓
Freedom ✓
This ✓
84. PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION: The English theologian Anselm principally advocated for reform in which city?
Oxford ✓
Canterbury ✓
Swansea ✓
Cardiff ✓
85. PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION: Which logical fallacy appears in the sentence: 'You have no idea what you're talking about; you've only lived here for six months'?
Strawman fallacy ✓
Ad hominem fallacy ✓
Slippery slope fallacy ✓
Appeal to authority fallacy ✓
86. PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION: According to the Quran, which angel appeared in front of Muhammed in his first revelation?
Mika'il ✓
Israfeel ✓
Uriel ✓
Jibrīl ✓
87. PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION: Which of the following Greek philosophers wrote over 25 texts? One of his renowned ones is 'The Republic'.
Socrates ✓
Anaxagoras ✓
Paramenides ✓
Plato ✓
88. PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION: In 1850, German anthropologist Ludwig Feuerbach, famous for his advocation of atheism, wrote which well-known phrase?
"I think therefore I am" ✓
"Man is what he eats" ✓
"To be is to be perceived" ✓
"God is dead" ✓
89. PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION: The Russian political theorist Peter Kropotkin is known for his influence on which ideology?
Fiscal conservatism ✓
Liberalism ✓
Anarchism ✓
Centrism ✓
90. PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION: Which philosophical theory postulates that all empirical objects are dependent on how the mind perceives them?
Empiricism ✓
Absurdism ✓
Transcendental idealism ✓
Stoicism ✓
91. MUSIC & THE ARTS: The Beatles' classic track: 'Yesterday', is featured in which of their albums?
Beatles For Sale ✓
Let It Be ✓
Help! ✓
None (released as a single) ✓
92. MUSIC & THE ARTS: In music, which of the following tempo markings is the fastest, at 168-200bpm?
Lento ✓
Presto ✓
Largo ✓
Grave ✓
93. MUSIC & THE ARTS: In the mid-1480s, Sandro Botticelli executed one of the most famous paintings. Which one of the below is it; the other three are made up.
The Birth of Apollo ✓
The Birth of Minerva ✓
The Birth of Juno ✓
The Birth of Venus ✓
94. MUSIC & THE ARTS: The Notre-Dame de Reims in France is most associated with which type of architecture?
Romanesque ✓
Gothic ✓
Baroque ✓
Neo-futurism ✓
95. MUSIC & THE ARTS: Which of these German music composers was born the earliest, in 1810?
Georg Philipp Telemann ✓
George Frederic Handel ✓
Carl Maria von Weber ✓
Robert Schumann ✓
96. MUSIC & THE ARTS: Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque founded which art movement?
Surrealism ✓
Cubism ✓
Expressionism ✓
Impressionism ✓
97. MUSIC & THE ARTS: Giacomo Puccini's 'Tosca' is categorised under which type of classical music?
Concerto ✓
Sonata ✓
Opera ✓
Cantanta ✓
98. MUSIC & THE ARTS: Which music composer is primarily famed for the 'Boléro'?
Felix Mendelssohn ✓
Maurice Ravel ✓
Georges Bizet ✓
Dmitri Shostakovich ✓
99. MUSIC & THE ARTS: Which of these prominent paintings was completed most recently?
Impression, Sunrise ✓
Girl with a Pearl Earring ✓
Napoleon Crossing the Alps ✓
Guernica ✓
100. MUSIC & THE ARTS: Which 80s rock band released 'The Final Countdown'?
Bon Jovi ✓
Guns N' Roses ✓
Van Halen ✓
Europe ✓
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