General Knowledge Quiz

What is the distance from Earth to the Sun?

• 100 million miles

• 120 million kilometers

• 150 million kilometers

• 180 million miles

 Who built Machu Picchu in the Peruvian Andes?

• The Inca

• The Aztecs

• The Maya Civilization

• The Moche Culture

Nearly all fossils are preserved in what type of rock?

• Igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Volcanic rock

The first curved U.S. coin in 2014 featured baseball.

• True

• False

What do you call a group of flamingos?

• A flock

• A pod

• A flamboyance

• A gaggle

What event started World War II?

• The German invasion of France

• The invasion of Poland by Germany

• The signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

• The annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany

What is the speed of light in a vacuum?

• 299,792,000 m/s

• 300,000,000 m/s

• 299,990,000 m/s

• 299,792,458 meters per second

Which South American country is the world’s biggest coffee producer, fuels the morning everywhere?

• Brazil
• Argentina
• Colombia
• Peru

South America has more nations than Africa.

• True
• False

The number of bones in an infant is more than that of an average human.

• False
• True