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General Knowledge Trivia Questions

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1. What is the capital of France?


2. Who wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet"?


3. What is the largest planet in our solar system?


4. In which year did Christopher Columbus first voyage to the Americas?


5. Who painted the Mona Lisa?


6. What is the currency of Japan?


7. What is the chemical symbol for gold?


8. Who is known as the "Father of Modern Physics"?


9. What is the smallest prime number?


10. Which gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere during photosynthesis?

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1. Paris  2. William Shakespeare  3. Jupiter  4. 1492  5. Leonardo da Vinci
6. Japanese Yen  7. Au  8. Albert Einstein  9. 2  10. Carbon dioxide (CO2)

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11. What is the largest mammal in the world?


12. In which continent is the Sahara Desert located?


13. What is the national flower of Japan?


14. Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?


15. Who wrote the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"?


16. What is the chemical symbol for silver?


17. Which gas do humans primarily exhale when they breathe?


18. What is the tallest mountain in the world?


19. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?


20. What is the primary function of the mitochondria in a cell?

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11. Blue whale  12. Africa  13. Cherry Blossom (Sakura)  14. Mars  15. Harper Lee
16. Ag  17. Carbon dioxide (CO2)  18. Mount Everest  19. Amelia Earhart  20. Energy production (ATP synthesis)

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21. Which two gases make up the majority of Earth's atmosphere?


22. What is the largest organ in the human body?


23. Who was the first President of the United States?


24. What is the chemical symbol for water?


25. Which two elements make up water?


26. What is the symbol for the element iron?


27. Who painted "Starry Night"?


28. What is the largest ocean in the world?


29. In which country is the Great Barrier Reef located?


30. Who is the author of "The Great Gatsby"?

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21. Nitrogen and oxygen  22. Skin  23. George Washington  24. H2O  25. Hydrogen and oxygen  26. Fe  27. Vincent van Gogh  28. Pacific Ocean  29. Australia  30. F. Scott Fitzgerald

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31. What is the smallest planet in our solar system?


32. What is the chemical symbol for carbon?


33. Who wrote the "Harry Potter" series?


34. Which gas do plants give off during photosynthesis?


35. What is the world's second-largest continent by land area?


36. Which gas do car engines primarily emit?


37. Who is known as the "Father of Modern Philosophy"?


38. What is the largest species of penguin?


39. Which planet is known as the "Evening Star" or "Morning Star"?


40. Who wrote "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"?

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31. Mercury  32. C  33. J.K. Rowling  34. Oxygen (O2)  35. Africa  36. Carbon dioxide (CO2)  37. René Descartes  38. Emperor penguin  39. Venus  40. Mark Twain

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41. What is the chemical symbol for helium?


42. What is the largest desert in the world by area?


43. Who wrote the play "Hamlet"?


44. In which country was the game of chess first played?


45. What is the chemical symbol for lead?


46. Which gas do firefighters use to extinguish fires?


47. What is the national flower of the United States?


48. Who painted "The Persistence of Memory"?


49. What is the world's largest fish?


50. In which city is the famous Taj Mahal located?

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41. He  42. Antarctica  43. William Shakespeare  44. India  45. Pb
46. Carbon dioxide (CO2)  47. Rose  48. Salvador Dalí  49. Whale shark
50. Agra, India

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51. What is the chemical symbol for copper?


52. What is the largest bird in the world by height?


53. Which gas is responsible for the Earth's ozone layer?


54. Who wrote "The Catcher in the Rye"?


55. What is the chemical symbol for potassium?


56. In which year did the Titanic sink?


57. What is the national flower of England?


58. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?


59. What is the chemical symbol for sodium?


60. Which gas is known as the "silent killer" because it is colorless and odorless?

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51. Cu  52. Ostrich  53. Ozone (O3)  54. J.D. Salinger  55. K
56. 1912  57. Rose  58. Marie Curie  59. Na  60. Carbon monoxide (CO)

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61. Who wrote "1984"?


62. What is the chemical symbol for nitrogen?


63. What is the highest mountain in North America?


64. In which country was the first successful airplane flight by the Wright brothers?


65. What is the chemical symbol for calcium?


66. What is the largest mammal on land?


67. Who was the first human to travel into space?


68. What is the chemical symbol for magnesium?


69. In which country is the city of Venice located?


70. What is the chemical symbol for chlorine?

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61. George Orwell  62. N  63. Denali (formerly known as Mount McKinley)  64. United States  65. Ca  66. African elephant  67. Yuri Gagarin  68. Mg  69. Italy  70. Cl

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71. Which gas do plants use to convert sunlight into energy during photosynthesis?


72. What is the largest planet in the Milky Way galaxy?


73. Who wrote "Pride and Prejudice"?


74. What is the chemical symbol for neon?


75. What is the deepest ocean in the world?


76. In which country was the game of golf first played?


77. What is the chemical symbol for potassium?


78. Which gas is commonly used in balloons to make them float?


79. Who is the author of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy?


80. What is the chemical symbol for phosphorus?

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71. Carbon dioxide (CO2)  72. None (the Milky Way is a galaxy, not a planet)  73. Jane Austen  74. Ne 75. Pacific Ocean  76. Scotland  77. K  78. Helium (He)  79. J.R.R. Tolkien  80. P

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81. In which year did the Berlin Wall fall, leading to the reunification of Germany?


82. What is the national flower of Canada?


83. Who was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth?


84. What is the chemical symbol for uranium?


85. What is the largest planet in the known universe?


86. Who wrote "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey"?


87. What is the chemical symbol for silver?


88. In which country was the bicycle invented?


89. What is the chemical symbol for tin?


90. Which gas do we breathe in, primarily, to stay alive?

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81. 1989  82. Maple leaf (not a flower, but a national symbol)  83. John Glenn 84. U  85. Jupiter  86. Homer  87. Ag  88. Germany  89. Sn  90. Oxygen (O2)

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91. Who wrote "Moby-Dick"?


92. What is the chemical symbol for sulfur?


93. In which year did the United States declare independence from Britain?


94. What is the national flower of France?


95. Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in two different fields?


96. What is the chemical symbol for zinc?


97. What is the longest river in the world?


98. In which country is the city of Rio de Janeiro located?


99. What is the chemical symbol for silicon?


100. Who is known as the "Father of the Internet"?

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91. Herman Melville  92. S  93. 1776  94. Lily (Fleur-de-lis)  95. Marie Curie  96. Zn  97. Nile River  98. Brazil  99. Si  100. Vinton Cerf