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General Knowledge

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The atmosphere on the planet Mars is predominantly composed on which substance?

a)

Helium

b)

Oxygen

c)

Carbon Dioxide

2.

Which US President was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in August 1961?

(a)  

3.

What was the name of the Portugese explorer who was the first European to reach India by sea, arriving in 1498?

(a)  

4.

Which color appears between violet and green on the spectrum of visible light?

(a)  

5.

In which year was the first generation iPhone released?

a)

2005

b)

2006

c)

2007

d)

2008

6.

Which country is known by the ISO country code 'AZ'?

(a)  

7.

What does absolute monarch mean?

a)

a group of people who control shopping

b)

A single ruler who rules with the opinion of all his subjects

c)

a king/queen who believes their power comes from God

d)

a king/queen who holds all the power in their country

8.

Imperialism is __________.

a)

when a powerful nation uses its resources to help a weaker nation

b)

when a weaker nation invites a powerful nation to help it industrialize

c)

when a powerful nation takes control of the economy and government of a weaker nation

d)

when weak nations join together to fight a strong nation

9.

The purpose of propaganda during World War I was to

a)

censor the press

b)

inform the public

c)

expose antiwar activity

d)

influence public opinion

10.

All business activities needed to create, ship, and sell goods and services across national borders are considered to be

a)

domestic business

b)

international business

c)

global dependency

d)

none of these

11.

If your main method of transportation is by boat and air travel for your business, which of the following should you consider?

a)

Geography of the country

b)

Culture & Customs of the people

c)

Economic Development

d)

Political/Legal Concerns

12.

Invented World Wide Web. With Robert Cailliau, sent first HTTP communication between client and server.

a)

John Backus

b)

Per Brinch Hansen

c)

George Boole

d)

Tim Berners-Lee

13.

Made several founding contributions to computer science, including the ____________ machine computational model, the conceiving of the stored program concept and the designing of the high-speed ACE design. Widely considered as the father of computer science and artificial intelligence.

a)

Alan Turing

b)

An Wang

c)

Konrad Zuse

d)

Willis Ware

14.

What is the candy's logo that says "Taste the rainbow!"

a)

M&M's

b)

Skittles

c)

Sweet Tarts

d)

Pizza

15.

The first person to travel into space was

a)

Neil Armstrong

b)

Yuri Gagarin

c)

Alexey Leonov

d)

John Glenn

16.

When you eject saliva from your mouth you

a)

split

b)

spit

c)

burp

d)

yawn

17.

When you PUT UP WITH a problem, you

a)

can't stand it

b)

can't avoid it

c)

find a solution to it

d)

are in trouble

18.

In darts, when you hit the bulls-eye, this is ____ 50 points

a)

worth

b)

about

c)

counts

d)

results

19.

Jack ___ a brilliant impression of our teacher yesterday.

a)

made

b)

got

c)

did

d)

had

20.

The singer Daniel Johnson is better known ___ Mick Star.

a)

like

b)

as

c)

than

d)

for