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General Knowledge Quiz

Total questions: 132

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many years did Rip Van Winkle sleep? (debatable)

a)

150

b)

25

c)

20

d)

5

e)

30

2.

Sam Altman does NOT agree with which of the following statements ?

a)

We are in the middle of a technological revolution

b)

Everything will get more expensive every year

c)

Taxing income will become inappropriate with AI

d)

A nation-wide equity fund is a good idea

e)

Capital and privately-owned land should be taxed

3.

A Tale of Two Cities (book one) covers someone recovering from:

a)

Attempted suicide

b)

A loss of a family member

c)

Incarceration

d)

A natural disaster

e)

Partial paralysis

4.

Ezra Klein would most agree with what statement?

a)

Having a lot of children is irresponsible

b)

Donald Trump's issue is not his age

c)

We need to break the cycle of negativity in the media

d)

The Netherlands has a good food system

e)

It's not too hard to count up to 20

5.

Hannah Ritchie is known for

a)

Documenting daily life in the 19th century

b)

Advocating for having less children

c)

Writing Counting Up to 20

d)

Writing an adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities

e)

Coining the term "changeable optimism"

6.

What does the first N in NBN stand for?

a)

normalized

b)

national

c)

northern

d)

next

e)

native

7.

What is Bertha?

a)

A care robot

b)

A digging machine

c)

An infamous tunnel

d)

A railway

e)

A shipwreck

8.

Which of the following is described as an arcology

a)

Big Dig

b)

Channel tunnel

c)

Sejong City

d)

Hambantota

e)

NEOM

9.

Where are the Khazar Islands found?

a)

Azerbaijan

b)

Russia

c)

Georgia

d)

Kazakhstan

e)

Turkmenistan

10.

Paro is a robot in the shape of which animal?

a)

Squirrel

b)

Elephant

c)

Seal

d)

Dog

e)

Bear

11.

What does the care robot Pepper do?

a)

Provide counselling

b)

Help lift the elderly

c)

Lead activities

d)

Hug those who are lonely

e)

Watch for seizures

12.

Section 230 regulates what aspect of life?

a)

Social media

b)

News

c)

AI

d)

Internet access

e)

Railway access

13.

Where are the Rohingya people found?

a)

Myanmar

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Egypt

d)

Sudan

e)

Rwanda

14.

What happened at the Boston Marathon?

a)

Someone died from a heart attack

b)

A bombing

c)

A fire broke out

d)

A huge earthquake caused a building to fall

e)

Someone shot into the crowd

15.

What is the Goldilocks hypothesis?

a)

Warm porridge is the best

b)

A compromise is the best way to save a marriage

c)

Moderate use is best for optimal health

d)

One must try various options before deciding on a final solution

e)

There is no one ideal answer

16.

What would you need for haruspicy?

a)

A goblet

b)

A sacrificed animal

c)

A flock of birds

d)

Oracle cards

e)

A crystal ball

17.

What would you need for pyromancy?

a)

A sacrificed animal

b)

A crystal ball

c)

Oracle bones

d)

Dreams

e)

A book

18.

What would you need for astragalomancy?

a)

Dreams

b)

A crystal ball

c)

A book

d)

A goblet

e)

Dice

19.

What would you need for ornithomancy?

a)

A goblet

b)

Birds

c)

Grain

d)

Dreams

e)

Dice

20.

What kind of divination is shown in this painting? (NOTE: this painting is NOT in the curriculum, but it does depict one of the given divination types, so see if you know what it is!)

a)

Comparative horoscopy

b)

Haruspicy

c)

Alectryomancy

d)

Astragalomancy

e)

Scyphomancy

21.

Which of the following is MOST an example of a diviner who is thought to be a portal for the gods to speak through?

a)

Fortune teller

b)

Oracle

c)

Soothsayer

d)

Shaman

e)

Witch

22.

Which of the following originates in the Yoruba religion?

a)

Ifá

b)

Jyotish

c)

I Ching

d)

Bazi

e)

Jiaobei

23.

What would you need for tasseography?

a)

Wax

b)

Tea/coffee

c)

Candy

d)

Tassels

e)

A crystal ball

24.

What do you need for ceromancy?

a)

Wax

b)

Tea/coffee

c)

A guitar

d)

Candy

e)

Tassels

25.

What do you need for bibliomancy?

a)

Water

b)

Candy

c)

Tassels

d)

The bible

e)

A book

26.

The Second Coming

a)

Horace

b)

W. B. Yeats

c)

Robert Frost

d)

Emily Dickinson

e)

Caravaggio

27.

The future - never spoke

a)

Horace

b)

W. B. Yeats

c)

Robert Frost

d)

Emily Dickinson

e)

Caravaggio

28.

The Fortune Teller (c. 1595)

a)

Caravaggio

b)

Georges de la Tour

c)

Michael Vrubel

d)

Julio Romero de Torres

e)

Helena Sofia Schjerfbeck

29.

The Fortune Teller (1922)

a)

Caravaggio

b)

Georges de la Tour

c)

Michael Vrubel

d)

Julio Romero de Torres

e)

Helena Sofia Schjerfbeck

30.

The Fortune Teller (Woman in a Yellow Dress)

a)

Caravaggio

b)

Georges de la Tour

c)

Michael Vrubel

d)

Julio Romero de Torres

e)

Helena Sofia Schjerfbeck

31.

Dreams of Rasputin

a)

Jose Luis Cuevas

b)

Georges Bizet

c)

Suzanne Vega

d)

Benny Spellman

e)

Al Stewart

32.

Nostradamus

a)

Jose Luis Cuevas

b)

Georges Bizet

c)

Suzanne Vega

d)

Benny Spellman

e)

Al Stewart

33.

Trio des Cartes

a)

Jose Luis Cuevas

b)

Georges Bizet

c)

Suzanne Vega

d)

Benny Spellman

e)

Al Stewart

34.

Sea of Rust

a)

Carl Orff

b)

Ted Chiang

c)

C. Robert Cargill

d)

Sam Hughes

e)

Benny Spellman

35.

Fortune Teller

a)

Carl Orff

b)

Ted Chiang

c)

C. Robert Cargill

d)

Sam Hughes

e)

Benny Spellman

36.

Which of the following inventions largely lost popularity after a bad accident?

a)

Rocket mail

b)

Maglev

c)

Zeppelin

d)

Nuclear propulsion

e)

Suspension railway

37.

Which of the following songs is *most* about the Soviet Union?

a)

Wind of Change

b)

Right Here, Right Now

c)

Heal the World

d)

Counting up to 20

e)

Will 2K

38.

Which of the following follows a waltz time signature?

a)

Journey in Satchidananda

b)

To the Unknown Man

c)

Theme from Silk Road

d)

Caribbean Blue

e)

Return to Innocence

39.

Which of the following was conceptually inspired by ancient Tao philosophy?

a)

Journey in Satchidananda

b)

To the Unknown Man

c)

Theme from Silk Road

d)

Caribbean Blue

e)

Return to Innocence

40.

Which of the following is most commonly associated with LoFi music?

a)

Vinyl

b)

Film

c)

Shortwave radio

d)

AM radio

e)

FM radio

41.

What does Dan White say about cassettes?

a)

It's a good way to support small artists

b)

It helps connect with past generations

c)

There sounds like there is more depth

d)

It helps introduce children to older music

e)

It makes recording more meaningful

42.

Where is Stonehenge found?

a)

Wiltshire

b)

Suffolk

c)

Cornwall

d)

Durnham

e)

Isle of Wight

43.

Which of the following restorations was the most recent?

a)

White House

b)

Notre Dame

c)

Shuri Castle

d)

Yellow Crane Tower

e)

Shakespeare's Globe

44.

The Concert of Europe is most famously known as a peaceful example of what?

a)

Unipolarity

b)

Bipolarity

c)

Multipolarity

d)

Core

e)

Periphery

45.

Which of the following companies was acquired by the Taiwanese company Acer?

a)

Sansui

b)

Nokia

c)

RadioShack

d)

Gateway

e)

Polaroid

46.

Who was Callinicus?

a)

Poet who wrote odes to fire

b)

Ancient architect that died in the Great Fire of London

c)

The creator of Greek fire

d)

The person who discovered napalm

e)

The first known fire animator

47.

Which of the following is NOT a type of fire needed for Zoroastrian fire?

a)

From a burning corpse

b)

From a fakir

c)

From a brewer

d)

From a baker

e)

From a volcano

48.

Which of the following is NOT a type of fire needed for Zoroastrian fire?

a)

From a shepherd

b)

From a mint

c)

From a house of a Zoroastrian

d)

From lightning

e)

From a candle

49.

Which of the following artists included a skull in their artwork?

a)

Georges de La Tour

b)

Jan Griffier

c)

Paul Sandby

d)

J.M.W. Turner

e)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

50.

Which of the following artists included a skull in their artwork?

a)

Georges de La Tour

b)

Jan Griffier

c)

Paul Sandby

d)

J.M.W. Turner

e)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

51.

Which of the following songs did not get its name from the creator?

a)

Fire Symphony

b)

Great Balls of Fire

c)

Ring of Fire

d)

Winter Bonfire

e)

Magic Fire Music

52.

Which of the following created a theme song of a film?

a)

Vangelis

b)

Sergei Prokofiev

c)

Johnny Cash

d)

Jerry Lee Lewis

e)

Richard Wagner

53.

Who wrote the poem that contains this excerpt? (Qs 7-10) "What the hand, dare seize the fire?

a)

William Blake

b)

Forrest Gander

c)

Yves Klein

d)

Linda Hogan

e)

Jorie Graham

54.

"My interval is fixed.”

a)

William Blake

b)

Forrest Gander

c)

Yves Klein

d)

Linda Hogan

e)

Jorie Graham

55.

"gone wooly and brown"

a)

William Blake

b)

Forrest Gander

c)

Yves Klein

d)

Linda Hogan

e)

Jorie Graham

56.

"I am wind for the fire."

a)

William Blake

b)

Forrest Gander

c)

Yves Klein

d)

Linda Hogan

e)

Jorie Graham

57.

Who is the speech given by Red Jacket addressed to?

a)

Father

b)

Friend

c)

Brother

d)

Sister

e)

Master

58.

What was the main weapon used by the Italians against Ethiopia?

a)

Bombs

b)

Guns

c)

Starvation

d)

Poison gas

e)

Landmines

59.

Which class does Robert Menzies preach for in his speech?

a)

Upper class

b)

First class

c)

Second class

d)

Middle class

e)

Lower class

60.

Complete the quote from Braveheart: "And ___ in your beds many years from now..."

a)

Sleeping

b)

Dying

c)

Crying

d)

Rotting

e)

Lying

61.

Complete the quote from Independence Day: And you will be launching the ------ aerial battle in this history of mankind.

a)

Largest

b)

Hardest

c)

Longest

d)

Wildest

e)

Riskiest

62.

Complete the quote from Love, Actually: I love that word ''------''

a)

Freedom

b)

Glory

c)

History

d)

Justice

e)

Relationship

63.

Intervision is for what part of the world?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

East Asia

d)

South Asia

e)

Eastern Europe

64.

What happened on Day 3 of the invasion of Ukraine?

a)

Artillery started attacking

b)

A hospital blew up

c)

Bombs were dropped

d)

Ukrainian troops mobilized

e)

Rockets fell on Babi Yar

65.

What happened on Day 4 of the invasion of Ukraine?

a)

Ukraine started taking people captive

b)

A famous building was destroyed

c)

Rockets fell on Babi Yar

d)

Mariupol was attacked

e)

Kiev was attacked

66.

What day did terror take place against children?

a)

Day 3

b)

Day 4

c)

Day 5

d)

Day 9

e)

Day 13

67.

Dmitry Itskov, based on his campaign, is most likely to enjoy which of the following movies?

a)

Schindler's List

b)

Avatar

c)

Star Wars

d)

Metropolis

e)

Anastasia

68.

Developing prosthetic limbs would be MOST a concern of which of the following practices?

a)

Cryonics

b)

Biomechatronics

c)

Regenerative medicine

d)

Senolytics

e)

Digital cloning

69.

A couple who are unable to have children would most likely find comfort in the world of which of the following authors?

a)

William Wordsworth

b)

Lord Alfred Tennyson

c)

Mary Shelley

d)

Ray Bradbury

e)

Ursula K. Le Guin

70.

In The Island of the Immortals, what is Udreba?

a)

A character

b)

A town

c)

A medicine

d)

The island

e)

A disease

71.

The Second Coming refers to which of the following?

a)

Horus

b)

Yudhishthira

c)

King Arthur

d)

Jesus

e)

Charles II

72.

Which of the following people was exiled the largest number of times?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

Leon Trotsky

d)

Dante

e)

Rodrigo Belmonte

73.

How was Anne Frank's journal discovered?

a)

Dropped in the concentration camp

b)

Stolen from their house and later sold

c)

Saved by her father's secretaries

d)

Left in the attic where she lived, discovered during renovations

e)

Anne gave it to a friend before she left

74.

ETBE is used as a replacement for...

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Boron

c)

Carbon

d)

Ethanol

e)

Water

75.

Which company introduced planned obsolescence?

a)

Ford

b)

Oldsmobile

c)

Cadillac

d)

Chevrolet

e)

General Motors

76.

Which of the following was the largest volcanic eruption of the 21st century?

a)

Unzendake

b)

Eyjafjallajokull

c)

Yellowstone

d)

Hunga Tonga

e)

Mount St. Helens

77.

American salons of the 20th century were most commonly associated with which of the following?

a)

Fascism

b)

The suffragette movement

c)

Communism

d)

The LGBTQ+ community

e)

Capitalism

78.

Which of the following authors would most likely have produced a poem following this pattern (based on the title of the poem)?

a)

Dashiel Carrera

b)

Matthew Vollmer

c)

Matthew Tomkinson

d)

Julie Carr

e)

Jean Marc Ah-Sen

79.

A statue dedicated to the term "imagineering" would be most appropriately made out of what material?

a)

Wood

b)

Gold

c)

Aluminum

d)

Silver

e)

Copper

80.

The Tetris Theme is based on a song based on a poem by which of the following people?

a)

Anna Akhmatova

b)

Nikolay Nekrasov

c)

Alexander Pushkin

d)

Ivan Krylov

e)

Samuil Marshak

81.

The LSDJ was famously used for which of the following?

a)

Game Boy

b)

Atari Lynx

c)

Sega Nomad

d)

Nintendo DS

e)

PlayStation Portable

82.

Which of the following games is VR?

a)

Osu

b)

Beatsaber

c)

Guitar Hero

d)

Maimai

e)

Deemo

83.

Which of the following is not on the list in the manifesto of futurism?

a)

Sing the love of danger

b)

Glorify war

c)

Destroy Museums

d)

Encourage new technologies

e)

There is no more beauty except in struggle

84.

The background of Giacomo Balla's work is meant to represent what?

a)

Lightning

b)

Dust

c)

Water

d)

Wind

e)

Concrete

85.

Miyale Ya Blue gets its name from the Swahili word for what?

a)

Blue

b)

Rays

c)

Freedom

d)

Corn

e)

Love

86.

Which of the following does NOT appear in the provided works by David Irvine?

a)

Puft

b)

PacMan

c)

Charlie Brown

d)

Darth Vader

e)

Dumbo

87.

Based on their provided work, Huey Lewis and the News would most likely want to do a concert in which of the following locations?

a)

New York

b)

Las Angeles

c)

San Francisco

d)

Vancouver

e)

Toronto

88.

The Temple of Friendship has connection to which topic?

a)

Imagination

b)

Salons

c)

Writing with constraints

d)

Disney

e)

AI creativity

89.

What is redeployment (in the context of this section)?

a)

Reusing old medical technology for new purposes

b)

Restoring functionality of the brain after coma

c)

Reorganizing neural circuits in the brain

d)

Turning real experiences into hallucinations

e)

Using a catchphrase of another company for your own marketing

90.

The flop of Ragtime could be partially due to the premier of which musical?

a)

Wicked

b)

Oliver!

c)

Fiddler on the Roof

d)

Hadestown

e)

The Lion King

91.

Which of the following is suggested for making a piece sound like sci-fi?

a)

Gongs

b)

Piccolo

c)

Cello

d)

Trumpets

e)

Accordion

92.

Who said that efficient workflows would heavily influence the chiptune music industry?

a)

Inon Zur

b)

Darren Korb

c)

Chase Bethea

d)

Jacob Fox

e)

Nintendo

93.

Which of the following is also a personified being in some cases?

a)

Valhalla

b)

Diyu

c)

Tartarus

d)

Samsara

e)

Nirvana

94.

How many rebirth realms are there in Samsara?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

5

d)

6

e)

7

95.

Which of the following companies is Finnish?

a)

RCA

b)

Polaroid

c)

Nokia

d)

Sansui

e)

Gateway

96.

What is NOT a property of hydrocarbons?

a)

Nonpolar

b)

High melting and boiling temperatures

c)

Poorly soluble in polar solvents

d)

Hydrophobic

e)

Do not contain functional groups

97.

Which of the following is NOT a source of biodiesel?

a)

Algae

b)

Unrefined vegetable oil

c)

Animal fat

d)

Used cooking oil

e)

Soybean

98.

The Sun is what kind of star?

a)

Yellow dwarf

b)

Red giant

c)

White dwarf

d)

Neutron star

e)

Brown dwarf

99.

Which of the following volcanoes produced the largest explosion in recorded history?

a)

Mount Vesuvius

b)

Tambora

c)

Krakatoa

d)

Hunga Tonga

e)

Eyjafjallajokull

100.

What is the standard temperature for cryonics? (in ̊C)

a)

-214

b)

-147

c)

-196

d)

-86

e)

-38

101.

Which of the following is NOT a senolytic drug?

a)

Dasatinib

b)

Quercetin

c)

Fisetin

d)

Navitoclax

e)

Verapamil

102.

The N in SCNT stands for what?

a)

Neural

b)

Nuclear

c)

Nomadic

d)

Nitrogen

e)

Nano

103.

Which of the following historical figures spent 23 years in exile from France?

a)

Charles II

b)

Louis XVIII

c)

Henry VII

d)

Richard the Lionheart

e)

Kimba the White Lion

104.

The Belarus Free Theatre's presence in Belarus is best described as:

a)

Prominent

b)

Everyday

c)

Sparse

d)

Minimal

e)

Nonexistent

105.

Franz Kafka ordered his friend to do what with his works after his death?

a)

Give them to a family member

b)

Burn them

c)

Donate them to a local library

d)

Send them to a student

e)

Publish them

106.

Hirokazu Tanaka arranged the music for which video game?

a)

Doom

b)

Tetris

c)

Super Mario Bros

d)

Undertale

e)

Minecraft

107.

Which of the following had the first continuous soundtrack?

a)

Space Invaders

b)

Pac-Man

c)

Super Mario Bros

d)

World of Warcraft

e)

Halo

108.

Which of the following game features Alice climbing up a tree?

a)

Maimai

b)

Beatmania

c)

Deemo

d)

Just dance

e)

Tap Tap Revenge

109.

The artwork from which this piece comes from was created by which artist?

a)

Gojira

b)

Christian Holland

c)

Cyrus Kabiru

d)

Flying Lotus

e)

Tom Lehrer

110.

The song by Five Stars compares what to an atomic bomb?

a)

Anger

b)

A person

c)

An angry dog

d)

Arguments

e)

Fire

111.

The song by Golden Gate Quartet is a reference to which belief system?

a)

Ancient Greek mythology

b)

Ancient Egyptian mythology

c)

Hinduism

d)

Christianity

e)

Judaism

112.

The show Fallout is based on...

a)

A video game

b)

A novel

c)

A movie

d)

A board game

e)

A selection of poems

113.

Which of the following is not speculated to be an ingredient in Greek fire?

a)

Pine resin

b)

Napalm

c)

Calcium phosphide

d)

Sulfur

e)

Niter

114.

In 'Winter Bonfire', the boy's chorus features in which movement?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

6

e)

9

115.

Which of the following people created their work as a homage to Igor Stravinski?

a)

Claude Debussy

b)

George Handel

c)

halyosy

d)

Katy Perry

e)

Oliver Knussen

116.

(Connection to another section here) an artist to painted a work in In Futurity, Someone Prophetic Sees also created which of the following works?

a)

Great Fire of London

b)

Fire Paintings

c)

Magdalen with a Smoking Flame

d)

The Moon in Smoke

e)

Red Plastic

117.

Which of the following people created a work portraying Guy Fawkes Night?

a)

Jan Griffier

b)

Paul Sandby

c)

Georges de la Tour

d)

Yves Klein

e)

Alberto Burri

118.

Which of the following people created what is considered one of the most widely anthologized poems in the English language?

a)

Marriane Moore

b)

William Blake

c)

Jorie Graham

d)

Linda Hogan

e)

Forrest Gander

119.

The Moon in Smoke features which profession?

a)

Medic

b)

Firefighter

c)

Warrior

d)

Oracle

e)

Navigator

120.

The final total of purification iterations for all of the Zoroastrian fires is...

a)

13

b)

1128

c)

567

d)

2295

e)

24

121.

The work by Linda Hogan focuses on:

a)

Environmental destruction

b)

Family heritage

c)

Animal rights

d)

The destructive nature of fire

e)

The explosive nature of the women's rights movement

122.

For a while all that came out was ----- (complete the line)

a)

Answers

b)

Fire

c)

Pain

d)

Language

e)

Quiet

123.

Which of the following literary classics involves a 'Recalling to Life'? (Difficulty 1)

a)

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austin

b)

A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

c)

Moby Dick - Herman Melville

d)

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

e)

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

124.

What percentage of female climate experts, as suggested by a Guardian survey, are in support of having fewer children? (Difficulty 2)

a)

2%

b)

12%

c)

20%

d)

45%

e)

46%

125.

A view of 'Changeable Optimism', in a global lens, is most applicable to tackling... (Difficulty 3)

a)

Climate Change

b)

Poverty

c)

The Wealth Gap

d)

Space-exploration Shortcomings

e)

Malnourishment

126.

Donald Trump, as described as Ezra Klien, best matches the word... (Difficulty 4)

a)

Powerful

b)

Insensitive

c)

Numb

d)

Senile

e)

Marxist

127.

The Yield Gap is best described as a gap of inequality in... (Difficulty 5)

a)

Land

b)

Money

c)

Business

d)

Farming

e)

Technology

128.

Rip Van Winkle's story involves a game of... (Difficulty 6)

a)

Hopscotch

b)

Archery

c)

Knucklebones

d)

Pick-up Sticks

e)

Nine-pin Bowling

129.

The Indigenous Color Wheel reflects a cycle most seen in which of the following historical periods? (Difficulty 7)

a)

The 100 Years War

b)

The Industrial Revolution

c)

The Colonization of the Americas

d)

The Paleogene

e)

The Era of the Great Spirit

130.

The response of fans to David Cassidy's rewriting of EFX can best be described as... (Difficulty 8)

a)

Impulsive

b)

Hopeless

c)

Genuine

d)

Kind

e)

Apathetic

131.

The name of the setting of Kirby and the Forgotten Land, The New World, fits which descriptor best? (Difficulty 9)

a)

Fitting

b)

Insensitive

c)

Optimistic

d)

Pessimistic

e)

Satirical

132.

Henry George's proposition of a 'Land-value tax' would, if enacted, most support the development of which of the following megaprojects? (Difficulty 10)

a)

California HSR

b)

The Human Genome Project

c)

Sejong City

d)

The Khazar Islands

e)

Australia-Asia Power Link