CAIT · General Knowledge

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Question 1

1. What is the name of the horse-like animal with black and white stripes?

Question 2

2. What is the name of the comic strip character who eats spinach to increase his strength?

Question 3

3. What is the last name of the first person to set foot on the moon?

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4. What is the name for a cyclone that occurs over land?

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5. What is the term in golf referring to a score of one under par on a particular hole?

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6. What is the last name of the person that was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP)?

Question 7

7. What is the name of the liquid portion of whole blood?

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8. What is the name of the ocean that is located between Africa and Australia?

Question 9

9. What is the only liquid metal at room temperature?

Question 10

10. What was the name of King Arthur's sword?

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11. What is the name of the automobile instrument that measures mileage?

Question 12

12. What is the name of Socrates’ most famous student?

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13. What is the name of the mountain range in which Mount Everest is located?

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14. What is the name of Batman's butler?

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15. What is the only word that the raven says in Edgar Allen Poe's poem 'The Raven'?

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16. What is the last name of the man who first studied genetic inheritance in plants?

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17. What is the palace built in France by King Louis XIV?

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18. What is the name of the small Japanese stove used for outdoor cooking?

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19. What is the last name of the artist who painted 'Guernica'?

Question 20

20. The deepest part of the ocean is located at which trench?

Question 21

21. What is the last name of the author who wrote 'Oliver Twist'?

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22. What is the capital of Chile?

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23. What is the name of the fountain in Rome into which coins are thrown for good luck?

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24. What is the last name of the criminal who was known as 'Scarface'?

Question 25

25. What is the name of the Roman emperor who fiddled while Rome burned?

Question 26

26. What is the name of the Chinese religion founded by Lao Tse?

Question 27

27. For which country is the drachma the monetary unit?

Question 28

28. What is the name of the island on which Napoleon was born?

Question 29

29. In which country is Angel Falls located?

Question 30

30. What is the name of the villainous people who lived underground in H. G. Wells’s book 'The Time Machine'?

Question 31

31. What is the name of the largest desert on Earth?

Question 32

32. What is the last name of the author who wrote 'Brothers Karamazov'?