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Which planet is known as
the "Red Planet"?
Answer: Mars
What is the largest
continent on Earth?
Answer: Asia
Who painted the Mona
Lisa?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
What is the capital city
of Australia?
Answer: Canberra
Which animal is known as
the "king of the jungle"?
Answer: Lion
Who wrote the play Romeo
and Juliet?
Answer: William Shakespeare
In which country is the
Taj Mahal located?
Answer: India
What is the largest organ
in the human body?
Answer: Skin
Who was the first person
to step on the Moon?
Answer: Neil Armstrong
What is the chemical
symbol for the element gold?
Answer: Au
What is the world's
longest river?
Answer: Nile River
Who is the author of the
Harry Potter book series?
Answer: J.K. Rowling
What is the capital city
of Canada?
Answer: Ottawa
Who painted the famous
artwork "The Starry Night"?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
What is the largest ocean
on Earth?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
Which country is known as
the "Land of the Rising Sun"?
Answer: Japan
What is the main
ingredient in chocolate?
Answer: Cocoa beans
Who is the Greek god of
thunder?
Answer: Zeus
What is the capital city
of Italy?
Answer: Rome
Which two gases make up
the majority of Earth's atmosphere?
Answer: Nitrogen and oxygen
Who painted the ceiling
of the Sistine Chapel?
Answer: Michelangelo
What is the largest
animal on Earth?
Answer: Blue whale
Who wrote the famous
novel "Pride and Prejudice"?
Answer: Jane Austen
In which country was the
game of chess invented?
Answer: India
What is the capital city
of France?
Answer: Paris
Who is the creator of the
theory of relativity?
Answer: Albert Einstein
Which country is known
for its pyramids?
Answer: Egypt
What is the currency of
Japan?
Answer: Yen
Who painted the famous
artwork "The Last Supper"?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
What is the largest
desert in the world?
Answer: Sahara Desert
Which planet is known as
the "Giant of our Solar System"?
Answer: Jupiter
Who is the Greek goddess
of wisdom?
Answer: Athena
What is the capital city
of Spain?
Answer: Madrid
Who wrote the novel
"To Kill a Mockingbird"?
Answer: Harper Lee
What is the highest
mountain in the world?
Answer: Mount Everest
Which country is famous
for the Great Wall?
Answer: China
What is the capital city
of Brazil?
Answer: BrasÃlia
Who is the artist behind
the painting "The Persistence of Memory"?
Answer: Salvador DalÃ
What is the largest lake
in Africa?
Answer: Lake Victoria
Who invented the
telephone?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
Which country is known
for its tulips and windmills?
Answer: Netherlands
What is the capital city
of Russia?
Answer: Moscow
Who is the author of the
novel "The Great Gatsby"?
Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald
What is the tallest
mountain in North America?
Answer: Denali (also known as Mount McKinley)
Which city is known as
the "Eternal City"?
Answer: Rome
Who is the Greek god of
the sea?
Answer: Poseidon
What is the capital city of
South Africa?
Answer: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
Who painted the famous
artwork "The Scream"?
Answer: Edvard Munch
What is the largest
country by land area?
Answer: Russia
Who is the author of the
play "Hamlet"?
Answer: William Shakespeare
Which country is known as
the "Land of Fire and Ice"?
Answer: Iceland
What is the capital city
of China?
Answer: Beijing
Who wrote the novel
"1984"?
Answer: George Orwell
What is the largest
waterfall in the world?
Answer: Angel Falls
Which country is famous
for its kangaroos and koalas?
Answer: Australia
What is the capital city
of Germany?
Answer: Berlin
Who is the artist behind
the painting "The Starry Night"?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
What is the largest country
in South America?
Answer: Brazil
Which country is known as
the "Land of Smiles"?
Answer: Thailand
Who is the author of the
play "Macbeth"?
Answer: William Shakespeare
What is the capital city
of Egypt?
Answer: Cairo
Who painted the famous
artwork "Girl with a Pearl Earring"?
Answer: Johannes Vermeer
What is the largest
island in the world?
Answer: Greenland
Which country is known
for its fjords?
Answer: Norway
What is the capital city
of Greece?
Answer: Athens
Who is the author of the
novel "Moby-Dick"?
Answer: Herman Melville
What is the largest city
in the United States?
Answer: New York City
Which country is known
for its flamenco dancing?
Answer: Spain
What is the capital city
of India?
Answer: New Delhi
Who is the artist behind
the painting "The Persistence of Memory"?
Answer: Salvador DalÃ
What is the largest
rainforest in the world?
Answer: Amazon Rainforest
Which country is famous
for the Colosseum?
Answer: Italy
What is the capital city
of Mexico?
Answer: Mexico City
Who is the author of the
novel "The Catcher in the Rye"?
Answer: J.D. Salinger
What is the largest city
in Canada?
Answer: Toronto
Which country is known
for its castles and kilts?
Answer: Scotland
What is the capital city
of Turkey?
Answer: Ankara
Who painted the famous
artwork "The Birth of Venus"?
Answer: Sandro Botticelli
What is the largest lake
in North America?
Answer: Lake Superior
Who is the Greek god of
love and beauty?
Answer: Aphrodite
What is the capital city
of Argentina?
Answer: Buenos Aires
Which country is known
for its tulips and windmills?
Answer: Netherlands
Who wrote the novel
"The Lord of the Rings"?
Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien
What is the highest
waterfall in the United States?
Answer: Yosemite Falls
Which country is famous
for the Acropolis?
Answer: Greece
What is the capital city
of Saudi Arabia?
Answer: Riyadh
Who is the artist behind
the painting "The Creation of Adam"?
Answer: Michelangelo
What is the largest ocean
predator?
Answer: Great white shark
Which country is known as
the "Land of the Midnight Sun"?
Answer: Norway
What is the capital city
of South Korea?
Answer: Seoul
Who wrote the play
"The Importance of Being Earnest"?
Answer: Oscar Wilde
What is the largest city
in Australia?
Answer: Sydney
Which country is famous
for the Maasai Mara National Reserve?
Answer: Kenya
What is the capital city
of Thailand?
Answer: Bangkok
Who is the author of the
novel "The Hobbit"?
Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien
What is the largest
stadium in the world?
Answer: Rungrado 1st of May Stadium (North Korea)
Which country is known
for its fiords and Vikings?
Answer: Norway
What is the capital city
of Portugal?
Answer: Lisbon
Who painted the famous
artwork "The Guernica"?
Answer: Pablo Picasso
What is the smallest
country in the world?
Answer: Vatican City
What is the chemical
symbol for the element iron?
Answer: Fe
Who painted the famous
artwork "The Last Supper"?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
What is the capital city
of Japan?
Answer: Tokyo
Which is the largest bone
in the human body?
Answer: Femur (thigh bone)
Who is the author of the
novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"?
Answer: Mark Twain
What is the largest city
in Brazil?
Answer: São Paulo
Who wrote the poem
"The Raven"?
Answer: Edgar Allan Poe
What is the capital city
of Spain?
Answer: Madrid
Which planet is known as
the "Blue Planet"?
Answer: Earth
Who is the Greek goddess
of love and beauty?
Answer: Aphrodite
What is the currency of
the United Kingdom?
Answer: British pound sterling
Who is the author of the
novel "Pride and Prejudice"?
Answer: Jane Austen
What is the largest hot
desert in the world?
Answer: Sahara Desert
Which country is known
for the Angkor Wat temple complex?
Answer: Cambodia
Who painted the famous
artwork "The Persistence of Memory"?
Answer: Salvador DalÃ
What is the capital city
of South Korea?
Answer: Seoul
Who is the Greek god of
the underworld?
Answer: Hades
What is the largest bird
in the world?
Answer: Ostrich
Who wrote the play
"Romeo and Juliet"?
Answer: William Shakespeare
What is the capital city
of Egypt?
Answer: Cairo
Who is the artist behind
the painting "The Starry Night"?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
What is the largest reef system in the world?
Answer: Great Barrier Reef
Which country is known
for its fjords?
Answer: Norway
Who is the author of the
novel "The Catcher in the Rye"?
Answer: J.D. Salinger
What is the capital city
of Mexico?
Answer: Mexico City
Who painted the famous
artwork "The Mona Lisa"?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
What is the largest
continent by population?
Answer: Asia
Which country is known
for its Oktoberfest celebration?
Answer: Germany
Who is the Greek god of
war?
Answer: Ares
What is the capital city
of Canada?
Answer: Ottawa
Who wrote the novel
"To Kill a Mockingbird"?
Answer: Harper Lee
What is the largest waterfall in Africa?
Answer: Victoria Falls
Which country is famous
for the Galapagos Islands?
Answer: Ecuador
Who is the artist behind
the painting "The Girl with a Pearl Earring"?
Answer: Johannes Vermeer
What is the capital city
of Italy?
Answer: Rome
Who is the author of the
novel "1984"?
Answer: George Orwell
What is the highest
mountain in Africa?
Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro
Which country is known as
the "Land of the Midnight Sun"?
Answer: Norway
Who painted the famous artwork "The Guernica"?
Answer: Pablo Picasso
What is the capital city
of Australia?
Answer: Canberra
Who is the Greek goddess
of wisdom?
Answer: Athena
What is the currency of
France?
Answer: Euro
Which country is known
for the Stonehenge monument?
Answer: United Kingdom
Who is the author of the
play "Hamlet"?
Answer: William Shakespeare
What is the largest city
in China?
Answer: Shanghai
Who wrote the novel
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"?
Answer: Lewis Carroll
What is the capital city
of Russia?
Answer: Moscow
Who is the artist behind
the painting "The Birth of Venus"?
Answer: Sandro Botticelli
What is the national
animal of Canada?
Answer: Beaver
Which country is famous
for its Maori culture?
Answer: New Zealand
What is the capital city
of South Africa?
Answer: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
Who is the author of the
novel "The Great Gatsby"?
Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald
What is the largest lake
in South America?
Answer: Lake Titicaca
Which country is known
for its fjords and trolls?
Answer: Norway
What is the capital city
of Germany?
Answer: Berlin
Who is the Greek god of
the sky and thunder?
Answer: Zeus
What is the largest
desert in Asia?
Answer: Gobi Desert
Which country is famous
for the Pyramids of Giza?
Answer: Egypt
Who painted the famous
artwork "The Creation of Adam"?
Answer: Michelangelo
What is the capital city
of Argentina?
Answer: Buenos Aires
Who is the author of the
novel "Moby-Dick"?
Answer: Herman Melville
What is the largest city
in the United States by area?
Answer: Sitka, Alaska
Which country is known
for its tulips and windmills?
Answer: Netherlands
Who wrote the play
"Macbeth"?
Answer: William Shakespeare
What is the capital city
of Turkey?
Answer: Ankara
Who is the artist behind
the painting "The Scream"?
Answer: Edvard Munch
What is the national
animal of Australia?
Answer: Kangaroo
Which country is famous
for the Kremlin?
Answer: Russia
Who is the author of the
novel "Brave New World"?
Answer: Aldous Huxley
What is the largest lake
in Europe?
Answer: Lake Ladoga
Which country is known
for its cheese and windmills?
Answer: Netherlands
What is the capital city
of India?
Answer: New Delhi
Who painted the famous
artwork "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"?
Answer: No artist; it is a book by Stieg Larsson
What is the largest city
in the United Kingdom?
Answer: London
Which country is famous
for the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
Answer: Italy
Who is the Greek god of
music, poetry, and medicine?
Answer: Apollo
What is the currency of
Japan?
Answer: Japanese yen
Which country is known
for its Inca ruins, including Machu Picchu?
Answer: Peru
Who is the author of the
novel "The Odyssey"?
Answer: Homer
What is the capital city
of France?
Answer: Paris
Who painted the famous
artwork "The Water Lilies"?
Answer: Claude Monet
What is the national
animal of the United States?
Answer: Bald eagle
Which country is famous
for its vineyards and tango?
Answer: Argentina
Who is the author of the
novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray"?
Answer: Oscar Wilde
What is the largest city
in South America?
Answer: São Paulo
Which country is known
for its famous archaeological site Petra?
Answer: Jordan
Who wrote the play
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"?
Answer: William Shakespeare
What is the capital city
of China?
Answer: Beijing
Who is the artist behind
the painting "The Thinker"?
Answer: Auguste Rodin
What is the national
animal of China?
Answer: Giant panda
Which country is famous
for its chocolate and watches?
Answer: Switzerland
Who is the Greek goddess
of wisdom and warfare?
Answer: Athena
What is the capital city
of Brazil?
Answer: BrasÃlia
Who wrote the novel
"The Chronicles of Narnia"?
Answer: C.S. Lewis
What is the largest city
in Spain?
Answer: Madrid
Which country is known
for the Colosseum?
Answer: Italy
Who is the author of the
novel "The Hunger Games"?
Answer: Suzanne Collins
What is the national
animal of India?
Answer: Bengal tiger
What is the capital city of Thailand?
Answer: Bangkok
Who painted the famous
artwork "The Night Watch"?
Answer: Rembrandt van Rijn
These
200 general knowledge questions and answers encompass various topics such as
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