Welcome to our newest general knowledge marathon! This trivia quiz will ask you all kinds of questions and you better have some answers or you're out! But don't worry, because failing will only make you restart from the last level you reached! There are 25 questions divided into 5 levels, you must reach the next level to restart from it. Will you make it all the way? Good luck!
Welcome to Level 1!
LET'S BEGIN!
Who composed the opera 'Carmen'?
Georges Bizet
Ludwig van Beethoven
Giuseppe Verdi
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
What is the smallest prime number greater than 100?
101
103
107
109
In which year did the Bay of Pigs invasion occur?
1961
1963
1965
1969
What was the original name of New York City?
New Amsterdam
New Holland
New England
New Oxford
Which planet is closest in size to Earth?
Venus
Mercury
Neptune
Mars
Welcome to Level 2! You can now start from this level if you get a question wrong
I'M READY!
Who composed the 'Moonlight Sonata'?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach
Franz Schubert
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Who wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'?
Jane Austen
Charlotte Brontë
Mary Shelley
Emily Brontë
Which philosopher wrote 'Critique of Pure Reason'?
Immanuel Kant
Friedrich Nietzsche
Søren Kierkegaard
Jean-Paul Sartre
In which year did the Chernobyl disaster occur?
1984
1986
1988
1991
In which year did the construction of the Berlin Wall BEGIN?
1961
1955
1945
1971
Welcome to Level 3! You can now start from this level if you get a question wrong
I'M READY!
In which city was the famous Titanic built?
Belfast
Southampton
Glasgow
Liverpool
In the context of computer networking, what does the acronym LAN stand for?
Local Area Network
Large Access Network
Long Antenna Node
Limited Area Net
Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming
Louis Pasteur
Marie Curie
Jonas Salk
What is the capital of Estonia?
Tallinn
Vilnius
Riga
Helsinki
What is the heaviest naturally occurring element?
It is the heaviest naturally occurring element in the universe and is naturally radioactive. Its nucleus is unstable, so the element is in a constant state of decay, seeking a more stable arrangement.
Uranium
Plutonium
Osmium
Iridium
Welcome to Level 4! You can now start from this level if you get a question wrong
I'M READY!
Who composed the Four Seasons concertos?
Antonio Vivaldi
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gioachino Rossini
Who was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth?
Neil Armstrong
John H. Glenn
Alan Shepard
Gus Grissom
In which year did India gain independence from British rule?
1947
1950
1942
1961
The 'Hagia Sophia' is located in which city?
Istanbul
Cairo
Edinburgh
Athens
Who discovered the circulation of blood in the human body?
William Harvey
John Locke
Isaac Newton
Hippocrates
Welcome to Level 5, the final level! You can now start from this level if you get a question wrong
I'M READY!
What does the acronym LASER stand for?
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Light Absorption by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Rays
Light Absorption by Stimulated Emission of Rays
Who was the ruler of France during the Louisiana Purchase?
Charles de Gaulle
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XVI
Henry IV
The term 'Renaissance' originated from which language?
French
Italian
German
Danish
What is the periodic table symbol for silver?
Sl
Si
Ag
Au
Which ancient civilization is credited with the invention of the water clock, or clepsydra?
The oldest documentation of the water clock is the tomb inscription of the 16th century BC Egyptian court official Amenemhet, which identifies him as its inventor.
The Egyptians
The Babylonians
The Romans
The Greeks
Don't give up so early...
It's still early, so no reason to stop yet! We all make mistakes sometimes, it doesn't mean you can't get a second chance. Click on 'Try Again" and then "restart from last level" to try again from the highest level you've reached.
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Congratulations! You made it all the way to the end, and you're a winner in our books! Superb work, our dear reader, well done. You have bested all five parts of our Trivia Marathon! You must be a walking encyclopedia. We hope you enjoyed our marathon!
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