Random General Knowledge

1. **Question:** What is the capital of France?

- **Answer:** Paris

2. **Question:** Who wrote “Romeo and Juliet”?

- **Answer:** William Shakespeare

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

- **Answer:** Jupiter

4. **Question:** In what year did World War II end?

- **Answer:** 1945

5. **Question:** What is the chemical symbol for gold?

- **Answer:** Au

6. **Question:** Who painted the Mona Lisa?

- **Answer:** Leonardo da Vinci

7. **Question:** What is the powerhouse of the cell?

- **Answer:** Mitochondria

8. **Question:** Who developed the theory of relativity?

- **Answer:** Albert Einstein

9. **Question:** Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

- **Answer:** Mars

10. **Question:** What is the currency of Japan?

- **Answer:** Japanese Yen

11. **Question:** Who is the author of “To Kill a Mockingbird”?

- **Answer:** Harper Lee

12. **Question:** What is the largest ocean on Earth?

- **Answer:** Pacific Ocean

13. **Question:** Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
- **Answer:** Marie Curie

14. **Question:** What is the longest river in the world?

- **Answer:** Nile River

15. **Question:** In which year did the Titanic sink?

- **Answer:** 1912

16. **Question:** What is the capital of Australia?

- **Answer:** Canberra
17. **Question:** Who painted “Starry Night”?
- **Answer:** Vincent van Gogh

18. **Question:** What is the smallest prime number?

- **Answer:** 2

19. **Question:** Who is known as the “Father of Computer Science”?

- **Answer:** Alan Turing

20. **Question:** What is the largest mammal in the world?

- **Answer:** Blue Whale

21. **Question:** Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?
- **Answer:** Japan

22. **Question:** Who wrote “1984”?

- **Answer:** George Orwell

23. **Question:** What is the capital of Brazil?

- **Answer:** Brasília

24. **Question:** What is the chemical symbol for water?

- **Answer:** H2O

25. **Question:** Which gas do plants absorb during photosynthesis?

- **Answer:** Carbon dioxide

26. **Question:** Who is the current President of the United States?

- **Answer:** (As of my last knowledge update in January 2022) Joe Biden

27. **Question:** What is the main ingredient in guacamole?

- **Answer:** Avocado

28. **Question:** In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?

- **Answer:** 1989

29. **Question:** Who wrote “The Great Gatsby”?

- **Answer:** F. Scott Fitzgerald

30. **Question:** What is the largest desert in the world?

- **Answer:** Antarctica

31. **Question:** Who discovered penicillin?

- **Answer:** Alexander Fleming

32. **Question:** What is the currency of China?

- **Answer:** Chinese Yuan Renminbi

33. **Question:** What is the largest bird in the world?

 - **Answer:** Ostrich

34. **Question:** Which planet is known as the “Morning Star” or “Evening Star”?
- **Answer:** Venus

35. **Question:** Who painted “The Persistence of Memory”?

- **Answer:** Salvador Dalí

36. **Question:** What is the speed of light in a vacuum?

- **Answer:** Approximately 299,792 kilometers per second

37. **Question:** In which country is the Great Barrier Reef located?

- **Answer:** Australia

38. **Question:** What is the smallest bone in the human body?

- **Answer:** Stapes (in the ear)

39. **Question:** Who is the Greek god of the sea?

- **Answer:** Poseidon

40. **Question:** What is the currency of India?

- **Answer:** Indian Rupee

41. **Question:** Who was the first woman in space?

- **Answer:** Valentina Tereshkova

42. **Question:** What is the capital of South Africa?

- **Answer:** Pretoria (administrative), Bloemfontein (judicial), Cape Town (legislative)

43. **Question:** Who composed “The Four Seasons”?

- **Answer:** Antonio Vivaldi

44. **Question:** What is the primary component of Earth’s atmosphere?

- **Answer:** Nitrogen

45. **Question:** In which year did the Apollo 11 mission land on the Moon?
- **Answer:** 1969

46. **Question:** What is the largest island in the world?

- **Answer:** Greenland

47. **Question:** Who wrote “The Catcher in the Rye”?

- **Answer:** J.D. Salinger

48. **Question:** What is the capital of Canada?

- **Answer:** Ottawa

49. **Question:** What is the largest species of big cat?

- **Answer:** Siberian Tiger
50. **Question:** Who is known as the “Father of Modern Physics”?
- **Answer:** Albert Einstein

51. **Question:** What is the currency of Mexico?

- **Answer:** Mexican Peso

52. **Question:** Which element has the chemical symbol Fe?

- **Answer:** Iron

53. **Question:** Who painted “The Last Supper”?

- **Answer:** Leonardo da Vinci

54. **Question:** What is the process by which plants make their own food?
- **Answer:** Photosynthesis

55. **Question:** Who is the author of “Pride and Prejudice”?

- **Answer:** Jane Austen

56. **Question:** What is the largest moon in our solar system?

- **Answer:** Ganymede (a moon of Jupiter)

57. **Question:** In which country was the game chess invented?

- **Answer:** India

58. **Question:** What is the largest fish in the world?

- **Answer:** Whale Shark

59. **Question:** Who was the first man to step on the Moon?
- **Answer:** Neil Armstrong

60. **Question:** What is the capital of Russia?

- **Answer:** Moscow

61. **Question:** Who is the goddess of wisdom in Greek mythology?

- **Answer:** Athena

62. **Question:** What is the currency of Japan?

- **Answer:** Japanese Yen

63. **Question:** Who wrote “The Odyssey”?

- **Answer:** Homer

64. **Question:** In which year did the Titanic sink?

- **Answer:** 1912

65. **Question:** What is the main gas responsible for the greenhouse effect?
- **Answer:** Carbon dioxide

66. **Question:** Who is the current Prime Minister of Japan?

- **Answer:** (As of my last knowledge update in January 2022) Yoshihide Suga
67. **Question:** What is the smallest prime number?
- **Answer:** 2

68. **Question:** Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
- **Answer:** Marie Curie

69. **Question:** What is the capital of Australia?

- **Answer:** Canberra

70. **Question:** Who is known as the “Father of Computer Science”?

- **Answer:** Alan Turing

71. **Question:** What is the largest mammal in the world?

- **Answer:** Blue Whale

72. **Question:** Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

- **Answer:** Mars

73. **Question:** What is the currency of South Korea?

- **Answer:** South Korean Won

74. **Question:** Who painted “American Gothic”?

- **Answer:** Grant Wood

75. **Question:** Who is the author of “One Hundred Years of Solitude”?

- **Answer:** Gabriel García Márquez

76. **Question:** In which year did the Titanic set sail on its ill-fated maiden voyage?
- **Answer:** 1912

77. **Question:** What is the currency of Switzerland?

- **Answer:** Swiss Franc

78. **Question:** Who is known as the “Father of Medicine”?

- **Answer:** Hippocrates

79. **Question:** What is the smallest prime number greater than 10?
- **Answer:** 11

80. **Question:** Which gas do plants release during photosynthesis?

- **Answer:** Oxygen

81. **Question:** What is the main component of Earth’s core?

- **Answer:** Iron

82. **Question:** Who wrote “The Little Prince”?

- **Answer:** Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
83. **Question:** In which year did the first manned moon landing occur?
- **Answer:** 1969

84. **Question:** What is the largest rainforest in the world?

- **Answer:** Amazon Rainforest

85. **Question:** Who is the author of “The War of the Worlds”?

- **Answer:** H.G. Wells

86. **Question:** What is the largest desert on Earth by area?

- **Answer:** Antarctica (technically a cold desert)

87. **Question:** Who composed the “Moonlight Sonata”?

- **Answer:** Ludwig van Beethoven

88. **Question:** What is the main ingredient in hummus?

- **Answer:** Chickpeas

89. **Question:** In which year did the European Union (EU) officially adopt the euro
currency?
- **Answer:** 2002

90. **Question:** Who is the creator of the theory of evolution by natural selection?
- **Answer:** Charles Darwin

91. **Question:** What is the largest volcano in our solar system?

- **Answer:** Olympus Mons (on Mars)

92. **Question:** Which planet is known as the “Blue Planet”?

- **Answer:** Earth

93. **Question:** Who wrote “The Iliad”?

- **Answer:** Homer

94. **Question:** What is the currency of Brazil?

- **Answer:** Brazilian Real

95. **Question:** What is the chemical symbol for silver?

- **Answer:** Ag

96. **Question:** Who is the author of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”?
- **Answer:** Douglas Adams

97. **Question:** In which year did the French Revolution begin?

- **Answer:** 1789

98. **Question:** What is the capital of Argentina?

- **Answer:** Buenos Aires
99. **Question:** Who discovered electricity?
- **Answer:** Benjamin Franklin

100. **Question:** What is the largest moon of Saturn?

- **Answer:** Titan