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🟢 Easy Level General Knowledge Questions
Perfect for elementary students, beginners, and warm-up rounds. These easy GK questions cover basic facts that everyone should know.
Geography – Easy Level
EASY
Q1: What is the capital of France?
Answer: Paris
EASY
Q2: Which is the largest ocean in the world?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
EASY
Q3: How many continents are there?
Answer: Seven
EASY
Q4: Which country has the most natural lakes?
Answer: Canada
EASY
Q5: What is the smallest country in the world?
Answer: Vatican City
Science – Easy Level
EASY
Q6: What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere?
Answer: Carbon dioxide
EASY
Q7: How many legs does a spider have?
Answer: Eight
EASY
Q8: What is the center of an atom called?
Answer: Nucleus
EASY
Q9: Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Answer: Mars
EASY
Q10: What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Answer: Diamond
History – Easy Level
EASY
Q11: Who was the first President of the United States?
Answer: George Washington
EASY
Q12: In which year did World War II end?
Answer: 1945
EASY
Q13: Which ancient wonder of the world was located in
Egypt?
Answer: The Great Pyramid of Giza
EASY
Q14: Who invented the telephone?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
EASY
Q15: Which ship sank in 1912?
Answer: Titanic
Sports – Easy Level
EASY
Q16: How many players are on a basketball team on the
court at one time?
Answer: Five
EASY
Q17: Which sport is known as “the beautiful game”?
Answer: Soccer (Football)
EASY
Q18: How often are the Summer Olympic Games held?
Answer: Every four years
EASY
Q19: In which sport would you perform a slam dunk?
Answer: Basketball
EASY
Q20: What is the maximum score possible in ten-pin
bowling?
Answer: 300
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Literature & Arts – Easy Level
EASY
Q21: Who wrote “Romeo and Juliet”?
Answer: William Shakespeare
EASY
Q22: What is the first book in the Harry Potter series?
Answer: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s
Stone (or Sorcerer’s Stone in the US)
EASY
Q23: Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
EASY
Q24: How many strings does a standard guitar have?
Answer: Six
EASY
Q25: Which Disney movie features the song “Let It Go”?
Answer: Frozen
Animals & Nature – Easy Level
EASY
Q26: What is the largest mammal in the world?
Answer: Blue whale
EASY
Q27: Which animal is known as the King of the Jungle?
Answer: Lion
EASY
Q28: How many hearts does an octopus have?
Answer: Three
EASY
Q29: What do pandas mainly eat?
Answer: Bamboo
EASY
Q30: Which bird is unable to fly?
Answer: Penguin (also ostrich, emu, etc.)
Food & Culture – Easy Level
EASY
Q31: What is the main ingredient in guacamole?
Answer: Avocado
EASY
Q32: Which country is famous for pizza?
Answer: Italy
EASY
Q33: What spice is derived from the Crocus flower?
Answer: Saffron
EASY
Q34: Which drink is made from fermented grapes?
Answer: Wine
EASY
Q35: What is the most consumed beverage in the world
after water?
Answer: Tea
Technology & Modern World – Easy Level
EASY
Q36: What does “WWW” stand for?
Answer: World Wide Web
EASY
Q37: Which company created the iPhone?
Answer: Apple
EASY
Q38: What does “USB” stand for?
Answer: Universal Serial Bus
EASY
Q39: What does “AI” stand for in technology?
Answer: Artificial Intelligence
EASY
Q40: Which programming language is named after a type of
coffee?
Answer: Java
Mathematics – Easy Level
EASY
Q41: What is 15% of 200?
Answer: 30
EASY
Q42: What is the value of Pi to two decimal places?
Answer: 3.14
EASY
Q43: How many sides does a hexagon have?
Answer: Six
EASY
Q44: What is 12 x 12?
Answer: 144
EASY
Q45: What is the square root of 64?
Answer: 8
General Facts – Easy Level
EASY
Q46: How many days are there in a leap year?
Answer: 366
EASY
Q47: What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Answer: Au
EASY
Q48: Which vitamin is produced when skin is exposed to
sunlight?
Answer: Vitamin D
EASY
Q49: What is the longest river in the world?
Answer: Nile River
EASY
Q50: How many minutes are in a full day?
Answer: 1,440 minutes
🟡 Medium Level General Knowledge Questions
Great for middle school students, high schoolers, and those looking for a moderate challenge. These medium difficulty GK questions require more specific knowledge and thinking.
Geography – Medium Level
MEDIUM
Q51: Which African country was formerly known as
Abyssinia?
Answer: Ethiopia
MEDIUM
Q52: What is the capital of New Zealand?
Answer: Wellington
MEDIUM
Q53: Which mountain range contains Mount Everest?
Answer: Himalayas
MEDIUM
Q54: What is the deepest point in Earth’s oceans?
Answer: Mariana Trench
MEDIUM
Q55: Which two countries share the longest international
border?
Answer: Canada and the United States
MEDIUM
Q56: Which European country has the most time zones?
Answer: France (12 time zones including
overseas territories)
MEDIUM
Q57: What is the capital of Kazakhstan?
Answer: Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana)
MEDIUM
Q58: Which desert is the largest in Asia?
Answer: Gobi Desert
MEDIUM
Q59: Which strait separates Europe and Asia?
Answer: Bosphorus Strait
MEDIUM
Q60: What is the driest place on Earth?
Answer: Atacama Desert in Chile
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Science – Medium Level
MEDIUM
Q61: What is the study of earthquakes called?
Answer: Seismology
MEDIUM
Q62: Which element has the chemical symbol ‘Fe’?
Answer: Iron
MEDIUM
Q63: What is the name of the process by which plants make
their food?
Answer: Photosynthesis
MEDIUM
Q64: How many chambers does a human heart have?
Answer: Four
MEDIUM
Q65: What is the speed of light in a vacuum?
Answer: 299,792,458 meters per second
(approximately 300,000 km/s)
MEDIUM
Q66: What is the chemical formula for water?
Answer: H₂O
MEDIUM
Q67: Which blood type is known as the universal donor?
Answer: O-negative
MEDIUM
Q68: What is the powerhouse of the cell?
Answer: Mitochondria
MEDIUM
Q69: Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Answer: Mercury
MEDIUM
Q70: What is the study of fungi called?
Answer: Mycology
History – Medium Level
MEDIUM
Q71: In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?
Answer: 1989
MEDIUM
Q72: Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Answer: Neil Armstrong
MEDIUM
Q73: Which empire was ruled by Julius Caesar?
Answer: Roman Empire
MEDIUM
Q74: In which year did India gain independence?
Answer: 1947
MEDIUM
Q75: Who wrote the Communist Manifesto?
Answer: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
MEDIUM
Q76: Which war was fought between 1914-1918?
Answer: World War I
MEDIUM
Q77: Who was the first female Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher
MEDIUM
Q78: Which ancient civilization built Machu Picchu?
Answer: Inca
MEDIUM
Q79: In which year did the American Civil War end?
Answer: 1865
MEDIUM
Q80: Who was known as the “Iron Lady”?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher
Sports – Medium Level
MEDIUM
Q81: Which country has won the most FIFA World Cups?
Answer: Brazil (5 times)
MEDIUM
Q82: In which sport would you perform a slam, block, and
spike?
Answer: Volleyball
MEDIUM
Q83: How many Grand Slam tournaments are there in tennis?
Answer: Four (Wimbledon, US Open, French
Open, Australian Open)
MEDIUM
Q84: Which athlete has won the most Olympic gold medals?
Answer: Michael Phelps (23 gold medals)
MEDIUM
Q85: In which sport is the term “love” used to mean zero?
Answer: Tennis
MEDIUM
Q86: Which sport is played at Wimbledon?
Answer: Tennis
MEDIUM
Q87: How many players are on a hockey team on the ice at
one time?
Answer: Six
MEDIUM
Q88: In which sport would you use a shuttlecock?
Answer: Badminton
MEDIUM
Q89: Which country hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics?
Answer: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
MEDIUM
Q90: What is the maximum break in snooker?
Answer: 147
Literature & Arts – Medium Level
MEDIUM
Q91: Who wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird”?
Answer: Harper Lee
MEDIUM
Q92: Which artist cut off his own ear?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
MEDIUM
Q93: What is the first line of Charles Dickens’ “A Tale
of Two Cities”?
Answer: “It was the best of times, it was the
worst of times”
MEDIUM
Q94: Which composer wrote “The Four Seasons”?
Answer: Antonio Vivaldi
MEDIUM
Q95: In which museum would you find the Mona Lisa?
Answer: The Louvre Museum, Paris
MEDIUM
Q96: Who wrote “1984”?
Answer: George Orwell
MEDIUM
Q97: Which period of art is characterized by distorted
figures and abstract forms?
Answer: Cubism
MEDIUM
Q98: Who composed “The Magic Flute”?
Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MEDIUM
Q99: Which novel begins with “Call me Ishmael”?
Answer: Moby Dick
MEDIUM
Q100: Who painted “The Starry Night”?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
Animals & Nature – Medium Level
MEDIUM
Q101: What is a group of lions called?
Answer: A pride
MEDIUM
Q102: Which mammal is known to have the most powerful
bite?
Answer: Hippopotamus
MEDIUM
Q103: What is the largest species of shark?
Answer: Whale shark
MEDIUM
Q104: How long is the gestation period of an elephant?
Answer: 22 months
MEDIUM
Q105: Which bird is the symbol of peace?
Answer: Dove
MEDIUM
Q106: What is the fastest land animal?
Answer: Cheetah
MEDIUM
Q107: Which animal has the longest lifespan?
Answer: Bowhead whale (can live over 200
years)
MEDIUM
Q108: What is the only mammal capable of true flight?
Answer: Bat
MEDIUM
Q109: Which snake is the longest in the world?
Answer: Reticulated python
MEDIUM
Q110: What is a group of wolves called?
Answer: A pack
Food & Culture – Medium Level
MEDIUM
Q111: What is the main ingredient in traditional Japanese
miso soup?
Answer: Soybean paste (miso)
MEDIUM
Q112: Which country invented ice cream?
Answer: China (though the modern version is
often attributed to Italy or France)
MEDIUM
Q113: What does the term “al dente” mean in cooking?
Answer: Cooked to be firm to the bite
MEDIUM
Q114: Which spice is the most expensive by weight?
Answer: Saffron
MEDIUM
Q115: What is the traditional Scottish dish made from
sheep’s organs?
Answer: Haggis
MEDIUM
Q116: Which country is famous for inventing chocolate?
Answer: Mexico (by the Mayans and Aztecs)
MEDIUM
Q117: What is the main ingredient in hummus?
Answer: Chickpeas
MEDIUM
Q118: Which country is the largest producer of coffee?
Answer: Brazil
MEDIUM
Q119: What type of pastry is used to make profiteroles?
Answer: Choux pastry
MEDIUM
Q120: Which fruit is known as the “king of fruits”?
Answer: Durian
Technology & Modern World – Medium Level
MEDIUM
Q121: Who founded Microsoft?
Answer: Bill Gates and Paul Allen
MEDIUM
Q122: What does “HTTP” stand for?
Answer: HyperText Transfer Protocol
MEDIUM
Q123: Which social media platform was originally called
“The Facebook”?
Answer: Facebook
MEDIUM
Q124: What does “GPU” stand for?
Answer: Graphics Processing Unit
MEDIUM
Q125: Which company developed the Android operating
system?
Answer: Google
MEDIUM
Q126: What is the maximum number of characters in a
traditional SMS text message?
Answer: 160 characters
MEDIUM
Q127: Which technology company has the stock ticker
symbol “AAPL”?
Answer: Apple
MEDIUM
Q128: What does “VPN” stand for?
Answer: Virtual Private Network
MEDIUM
Q129: Which programming language is known for its use in
data science and machine learning?
Answer: Python
MEDIUM
Q130: What is the term for malicious software designed to
damage computers?
Answer: Malware
Mathematics – Medium Level
MEDIUM
Q131: What is the next prime number after 7?
Answer: 11
MEDIUM
Q132: What is 25% of 80?
Answer: 20
MEDIUM
Q133: What is the area of a circle with radius 5?
Answer: 25π (approximately 78.54)
MEDIUM
Q134: What is the sum of interior angles in a triangle?
Answer: 180 degrees
MEDIUM
Q135: If x = 3, what is 2x² + 5x – 1?
Answer: 32
MEDIUM
Q136: What is the square root of 144?
Answer: 12
MEDIUM
Q137: What is 7 factorial (7!)?
Answer: 5,040
MEDIUM
Q138: What is the perimeter of a rectangle with length 8
and width 5?
Answer: 26
MEDIUM
Q139: What is 3/4 expressed as a decimal?
Answer: 0.75
MEDIUM
Q140: How many sides does a dodecagon have?
Answer: 12
General Facts – Medium Level
MEDIUM
Q141: What is the most abundant gas in Earth’s
atmosphere?
Answer: Nitrogen (about 78%)
MEDIUM
Q142: Which organ in the human body produces insulin?
Answer: Pancreas
MEDIUM
Q143: What is the currency of Japan?
Answer: Yen
MEDIUM
Q144: How many bones are in an adult human body?
Answer: 206
MEDIUM
Q145: Which planet is the hottest in our solar system?
Answer: Venus
MEDIUM
Q146: What is the hardest rock?
Answer: Diamond
MEDIUM
Q147: Which blood cells help fight infection?
Answer: White blood cells
MEDIUM
Q148: What is the study of weather called?
Answer: Meteorology
MEDIUM
Q149: Which metal is liquid at room temperature?
Answer: Mercury
MEDIUM
Q150: What is the most spoken language in the world?
Answer: Mandarin Chinese
🔴 Hard Level General Knowledge Questions
Challenging questions for advanced students, adults, and quiz experts. These hard GK questions test deeper knowledge and analytical thinking.
Geography – Hard Level
HARD
Q151: Which country has the most UNESCO World Heritage
Sites?
Answer: Italy (58 sites as of 2023)
HARD
Q152: What is the smallest independent nation in the
world by land area?
Answer: Vatican City (0.17 square miles)
HARD
Q153: Which African country was never colonized by
European powers?
Answer: Ethiopia (except for a brief Italian
occupation 1936-1941)
HARD
Q154: What is the deepest lake in the world?
Answer: Lake Baikal in Russia (1,642 meters
deep)
HARD
Q155: Which city is known as the “Pearl of the Orient”?
Answer: Manila, Philippines
HARD
Q156: What is the only country that borders both the
Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf?
Answer: Iran
HARD
Q157: Which strait connects the Black Sea and the Sea of
Marmara?
Answer: Bosphorus Strait
HARD
Q158: What is the highest waterfall in the world?
Answer: Angel Falls in Venezuela (979 meters)
HARD
Q159: Which country has the most active volcanoes?
Answer: Indonesia
HARD
Q160: What is the name of the supercontinent that existed
300 million years ago?
Answer: Pangaea
Science – Hard Level
HARD
Q161: What is the most abundant element in the universe?
Answer: Hydrogen
HARD
Q162: What is the study of the structure and function of
cells called?
Answer: Cytology
HARD
Q163: Which physicist developed the theory of relativity?
Answer: Albert Einstein
HARD
Q164: What is the smallest unit of matter that retains
the properties of an element?
Answer: Atom
HARD
Q165: What is the process by which plants convert light
energy into chemical energy?
Answer: Photosynthesis
HARD
Q166: Which subatomic particle has a negative charge?
Answer: Electron
HARD
Q167: What is the term for the change of state from gas
to liquid?
Answer: Condensation
HARD
Q168: Which planet has the most moons?
Answer: Saturn (146 confirmed moons as of
2023)
HARD
Q169: What is the chemical symbol for potassium?
Answer: K
HARD
Q170: What is the study of heredity called?
Answer: Genetics
History – Hard Level
HARD
Q171: Which treaty ended World War I?
Answer: Treaty of Versailles
HARD
Q172: Who was the last Tsar of Russia?
Answer: Nicholas II
HARD
Q173: In which year did the French Revolution begin?
Answer: 1789
HARD
Q174: Which empire was known as the “Sick Man of Europe”?
Answer: Ottoman Empire
HARD
Q175: Who wrote “The Art of War”?
Answer: Sun Tzu
HARD
Q176: Which ancient wonder of the world was located in
Alexandria?
Answer: Lighthouse of Alexandria (Pharos of
Alexandria)
HARD
Q177: Which battle marked the end of Napoleon’s Hundred
Days?
Answer: Battle of Waterloo
HARD
Q178: What was the name of the ship on which Charles
Darwin made his famous voyage?
Answer: HMS Beagle
HARD
Q179: Which dynasty ruled China during the construction
of the Forbidden City?
Answer: Ming Dynasty
HARD
Q180: What was the code name for the D-Day landings in
World War II?
Answer: Operation Overlord
Sports – Hard Level
HARD
Q181: Which golfer has won the most major championships?
Answer: Jack Nicklaus (18 majors)
HARD
Q182: In which sport is the Vince Lombardi Trophy
awarded?
Answer: American Football (NFL Super Bowl)
HARD
Q183: Which athlete is known as “The Flying Finn”?
Answer: Paavo Nurmi
HARD
Q184: What is the oldest tennis tournament in the world?
Answer: Wimbledon (1877)
HARD
Q185: Which Formula 1 driver has won the most world
championships?
Answer: Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher
(7 each)
HARD
Q186: In cricket, what does LBW stand for?
Answer: Leg Before Wicket
HARD
Q187: Which basketball player scored 100 points in a
single NBA game?
Answer: Wilt Chamberlain
HARD
Q188: What is the length of a marathon race?
Answer: 26.2 miles (42.195 kilometers)
HARD
Q189: Which country has won the most Olympic gold medals
in ice hockey?
Answer: Canada
HARD
Q190: In which year were the first modern Olympic Games
held?
Answer: 1896 (Athens, Greece)
Literature & Arts – Hard Level
HARD
Q191: Who wrote “One Hundred Years of Solitude”?
Answer: Gabriel García Márquez
HARD
Q192: Which painting is also known as “La Gioconda”?
Answer: Mona Lisa
HARD
Q193: Who composed “The Ring of the Nibelung”?
Answer: Richard Wagner
HARD
Q194: Which novel begins with “In a hole in the ground
there lived a hobbit”?
Answer: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
HARD
Q195: Who painted “Guernica”?
Answer: Pablo Picasso
HARD
Q196: Which poet wrote “The Waste Land”?
Answer: T.S. Eliot
Philosophy & Religion – Hard Level
HARD
Q197: Who wrote “Being and Nothingness”?
Answer: Jean-Paul Sartre
HARD
Q198: Which philosopher is known for the concept of the
“Übermensch” (Superman)?
Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche
HARD
Q199: What is the oldest monotheistic religion?
Answer: Judaism
HARD
Q200: Who founded the school of thought known as
Stoicism?
Answer: Zeno of Citium
HARD
Q201: Which Greek philosopher was the teacher of
Alexander the Great?
Answer: Aristotle
HARD
Q202: What are the Four Noble Truths in Buddhism?
Answer: The truth of suffering, the cause of
suffering, the end of suffering, and the path to end suffering
HARD
Q203: Who wrote “Critique of Pure Reason”?
Answer: Immanuel Kant
HARD
Q204: What is the sacred text of Hinduism?
Answer: The Vedas
HARD
Q205: Which philosopher proposed the theory of the
“social contract”?
Answer: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (also Thomas
Hobbes and John Locke)
HARD
Q206: What is the name of the Chinese philosophy
emphasizing harmony with the Tao?
Answer: Taoism
Technology & Innovation – Hard Level
HARD
Q207: Who is considered the father of artificial
intelligence?
Answer: Alan Turing
HARD
Q208: What programming language was developed at Bell
Labs in 1972 and is still widely used today?
Answer: C
HARD
Q209: Which company developed the first commercially
available transistor?
Answer: Bell Laboratories
HARD
Q210: What was the name of the first successful
high-level programming language?
Answer: FORTRAN
HARD
Q211: Who invented the World Wide Web?
Answer: Tim Berners-Lee
HARD
Q212: What does CRISPR stand for in gene editing
technology?
Answer: Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short
Palindromic Repeats
HARD
Q213: Which company created the first commercial
microprocessor?
Answer: Intel
HARD
Q214: What is quantum entanglement?
Answer: A phenomenon where pairs of particles
remain connected even when separated by large distances
HARD
Q215: What does API stand for in computing?
Answer: Application Programming Interface
HARD
Q216: Who co-founded Apple Inc. with Steve Jobs and
Ronald Wayne?
Answer: Steve Wozniak
Business & Economics – Hard Level
HARD
Q217: Who wrote “The Wealth of Nations”?
Answer: Adam Smith
HARD
Q218: What economic system is based on the principle
“from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”?
Answer: Communism
HARD
Q219: What is the term for the total value of goods and
services produced within a country in a year?
Answer: Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
HARD
Q220: Which economist proposed the theory of comparative
advantage?
Answer: David Ricardo
HARD
Q221: What financial institution is known as the “lender
of last resort” in the United States?
Answer: The Federal Reserve (Fed)
HARD
Q222: What is the term for a market where there are only
a few sellers?
Answer: Oligopoly
HARD
Q223: Which British economist authored “The General
Theory of Employment, Interest and Money”?
Answer: John Maynard Keynes
HARD
Q224: What is the term for a sustained period of
declining prices?
Answer: Deflation
HARD
Q225: Who is considered the father of modern management
theory?
Answer: Peter Drucker
HARD
Q226: What stock market crash occurred on October 29,
1929, leading to the Great Depression?
Answer: Black Tuesday
Movies & Entertainment – Hard Level
HARD
Q227: Which film won the first Academy Award for Best
Picture in 1929?
Answer: Wings
HARD
Q228: Who directed the 1941 film “Citizen Kane”?
Answer: Orson Welles
HARD
Q229: Which actor has received the most Oscar nominations
without winning?
Answer: Peter O’Toole (8 nominations)
HARD
Q230: What is the highest-grossing film of all time (not
adjusted for inflation)?
Answer: Avatar (as of 2023)
HARD
Q231: Which director made the “Three Colors” trilogy?
Answer: Krzysztof Kieślowski
HARD
Q232: In what year was the first television broadcast
made?
Answer: 1927
HARD
Q233: Which actor played the role of Hannibal Lecter in
“The Silence of the Lambs”?
Answer: Anthony Hopkins
HARD
Q234: Who was the first African American to win an
Academy Award?
Answer: Hattie McDaniel
HARD
Q235: Which film features the character HAL 9000?
Answer: 2001: A Space Odyssey
HARD
Q236: What was the first feature-length animated film?
Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Music & Performing Arts – Hard Level
HARD
Q237: Which composer was deaf when he completed his Ninth
Symphony?
Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven
HARD
Q238: Which musical instrument has 88 keys?
Answer: Piano
HARD
Q239: Which rock band released the album “The Dark Side
of the Moon”?
Answer: Pink Floyd
HARD
Q240: Who is known as the “King of Pop”?
Answer: Michael Jackson
HARD
Q241: Which musical composition by Ravel was originally
commissioned as a ballet?
Answer: Boléro
HARD
Q242: Which famous playwright wrote “Romeo and Juliet”?
Answer: William Shakespeare
HARD
Q243: Who composed the opera “The Magic Flute”?
Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
HARD
Q244: Which ballet is based on a story by E.T.A.
Hoffmann?
Answer: The Nutcracker
HARD
Q245: Which band’s original members included John Lennon,
Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr?
Answer: The Beatles
HARD
Q246: Who is considered the “Father of Classical Music”?
Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Famous People & World Leaders – Hard Level
HARD
Q247: Who was the first female Prime Minister of India?
Answer: Indira Gandhi
HARD
Q248: Which US President appeared on the television show
“Laugh-In”?
Answer: Richard Nixon
HARD
Q249: Who was known as the “Iron Lady” of British
politics?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher
HARD
Q250: Which revolutionary led the Cuban Revolution in the
1950s?
Answer: Fidel Castro
HARD
Q251: Who was the first human to journey into outer
space?
Answer: Yuri Gagarin
HARD
Q252: Which South African activist spent 27 years in
prison before becoming president?
Answer: Nelson Mandela
HARD
Q253: Who was the founder of Microsoft?
Answer: Bill Gates
HARD
Q254: Which physicist developed the theory of general
relativity?
Answer: Albert Einstein
HARD
Q255: Who was the longest-reigning British monarch?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth II
HARD
Q256: Which civil rights leader delivered the “I Have a
Dream” speech?
Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.
Astronomy & Space – Hard Level
HARD
Q257: What is the name of the galaxy that contains our
solar system?
Answer: Milky Way Galaxy
HARD
Q258: Which planet has the Great Red Spot?
Answer: Jupiter
HARD
Q259: What is the name of the force that binds particles
together to form the nucleus of an atom?
Answer: Strong nuclear force
HARD
Q260: What is the largest moon in our solar system?
Answer: Ganymede (a moon of Jupiter)
HARD
Q261: What was the name of the first human-made satellite
launched into orbit?
Answer: Sputnik 1
HARD
Q262: What is the phenomenon where nothing, not even
light, can escape a region of space?
Answer: Black hole
HARD
Q263: Which space probe visited all four gas giant
planets in our solar system?
Answer: Voyager 2
HARD
Q264: What is the name of the closest star to our solar
system?
Answer: Proxima Centauri
HARD
Q265: Which spacecraft carried the first humans to land
on the Moon?
Answer: Apollo 11
HARD
Q266: What is the name of the theory describing the
origin of the universe?
Answer: The Big Bang Theory
Language & Linguistics – Hard Level
HARD
Q267: What is the most widely spoken language in the
world by total number of speakers?
Answer: English
HARD
Q268: Which language has the largest vocabulary?
Answer: English
HARD
Q269: What is the term for a word that reads the same
backward as forward?
Answer: Palindrome
HARD
Q270: Which writing system consists of characters that
represent syllables?
Answer: Syllabary (examples include Japanese
Hiragana and Katakana)
HARD
Q271: What is the language family that includes Hindi,
Bengali, and Persian?
Answer: Indo-European
HARD
Q272: What is the term for a word formed by combining
parts of two or more existing words?
Answer: Portmanteau
HARD
Q273: What is the oldest known written language?
Answer: Sumerian cuneiform
HARD
Q274: Which language has the most native speakers in the
world?
Answer: Mandarin Chinese
HARD
Q275: What term describes the systematic study of meaning
in language?
Answer: Semantics
HARD
Q276: What is the artificial language created for
international communication by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887?
Answer: Esperanto
Geography & World Landmarks – Hard Level
HARD
Q277: Which European country is known as “the Land of
Fire and Ice”?
Answer: Iceland
HARD
Q278: What is the ancient city carved into rose-colored
stone in Jordan?
Answer: Petra
HARD
Q279: Which Scandinavian city is built across 14 islands?
Answer: Stockholm, Sweden
HARD
Q280: Which mountain range separates Europe from Asia?
Answer: Ural Mountains
HARD
Q281: What is the largest coral reef system in the world?
Answer: Great Barrier Reef, Australia
HARD
Q282: Which waterfall is known as “the Smoke that
Thunders” in local language?
Answer: Victoria Falls
HARD
Q283: Which river runs through Budapest, dividing the
city into Buda and Pest?
Answer: Danube River
HARD
Q284: What is the highest waterfall in the world?
Answer: Angel Falls, Venezuela
HARD
Q285: Which desert covers most of northern Africa?
Answer: Sahara Desert
HARD
Q286: Which ancient temple complex in Cambodia is the
largest religious monument in the world?
Answer: Angkor Wat
Science & Inventions – Hard Level
HARD
Q287: Who invented the World Wide Web?
Answer: Tim Berners-Lee
HARD
Q288: What scientific principle states that energy cannot
be created or destroyed, only transformed?
Answer: The First Law of Thermodynamics (Law
of Conservation of Energy)
HARD
Q289: Who is credited with inventing the telephone?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
HARD
Q290: What is the term for the rate of change of velocity
with respect to time?
Answer: Acceleration
HARD
Q291: Which scientist developed the theory of evolution
by natural selection?
Answer: Charles Darwin
HARD
Q292: What is the name of the process by which plants
convert light energy to chemical energy?
Answer: Photosynthesis
HARD
Q293: Who invented dynamite?
Answer: Alfred Nobel
HARD
Q294: What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Answer: Au (from the Latin ‘aurum’)
HARD
Q295: Who is known as the “father of modern chemistry”?
Answer: Antoine Lavoisier
HARD
Q296: What is the process of splitting an atomic nucleus
called?
Answer: Nuclear fission
Literature & Mythology – Hard Level
HARD
Q297: Who wrote “War and Peace”?
Answer: Leo Tolstoy
HARD
Q298: In Norse mythology, what is the name of Thor’s
hammer?
Answer: Mjölnir
HARD
Q299: Who wrote “Pride and Prejudice”?
Answer: Jane Austen
HARD
Q300: In Greek mythology, who was the messenger of the
gods?
Answer: Hermes
HARD
Q301: Which literary work begins with the line “Call me
Ishmael”?
Answer: Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
HARD
Q302: Who wrote “The Divine Comedy”?
Answer: Dante Alighieri
HARD
Q303: In Egyptian mythology, who is the god of the dead?
Answer: Osiris
HARD
Q304: Which ancient Greek epic poem tells the story of
Odysseus’s journey home after the Trojan War?
Answer: The Odyssey
HARD
Q305: Who is the author of “One Hundred Years of
Solitude”?
Answer: Gabriel García Márquez
HARD
Q306: In Hindu mythology, who is the destroyer god in the
Trimurti?
Answer: Shiva
Food & Cuisine – Hard Level
HARD
Q307: What is the national dish of Spain?
Answer: Paella
HARD
Q308: Which type of pasta’s name means “little worms” in
Italian?
Answer: Vermicelli
HARD
Q309: What is the main ingredient in traditional mole
sauce from Mexico?
Answer: Chocolate
HARD
Q310: Which French wine region is known for producing
Chardonnay and Pinot Noir?
Answer: Burgundy
HARD
Q311: What is the name of the Japanese rice wine?
Answer: Sake
HARD
Q312: What cheese is traditionally used in a classic
Greek Moussaka?
Answer: Kefalotiri (or Parmesan as a
substitute)
HARD
Q313: Which herb is the main flavor in pesto sauce?
Answer: Basil
HARD
Q314: What is the primary ingredient in traditional
Scottish haggis?
Answer: Sheep’s heart, liver, and lungs
HARD
Q315: Which country is credited with inventing ice cream?
Answer: China
HARD
Q316: What is the fermented cabbage dish that is a staple
in Korean cuisine?
Answer: Kimchi
Art & Architecture – Hard Level
HARD
Q317: Who designed the Sydney Opera House?
Answer: Jørn Utzon
HARD
Q318: Which artist painted “Starry Night”?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
HARD
Q319: Who designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao,
Spain?
Answer: Frank Gehry
HARD
Q320: Which Renaissance artist sculpted the statue of
David?
Answer: Michelangelo
HARD
Q321: What architectural style is the Notre Dame
Cathedral in Paris?
Answer: French Gothic
HARD
Q322: Which Spanish artist is known for his surrealist
works and melting clocks?
Answer: Salvador Dalí
HARD
Q323: Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Answer: Michelangelo
HARD
Q324: Which architect is known for designing the
Fallingwater house?
Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright
HARD
Q325: What art movement is characterized by bold colors
and distorted forms to evoke emotional response?
Answer: Expressionism
HARD
Q326: Who painted “The Persistence of Memory”?
Answer: Salvador Dalí
Sports & Athletics – Hard Level
HARD
Q327: Which country has won the most FIFA World Cup
tournaments?
Answer: Brazil (5 times)
HARD
Q328: In which city were the first modern Olympic Games
held?
Answer: Athens, Greece (1896)
HARD
Q329: Who holds the record for the most Grand Slam tennis
titles?
Answer: Novak Djokovic (24 as of 2024)
HARD
Q330: Which boxer was known as “The Greatest” and “The
Louisville Lip”?
Answer: Muhammad Ali
HARD
Q331: How many players are on a standard water polo team?
Answer: 7 players
HARD
Q332: In which sport would you perform a Fosbury Flop?
Answer: High jump
HARD
Q333: Which country invented table tennis (ping pong)?
Answer: England
HARD
Q334: What is the distance of a full marathon race?
Answer: 26.2 miles (42.195 kilometers)
HARD
Q335: Which horse has won the most Kentucky Derby races?
Answer: No horse has won more than one; Eddie
Arcaro and Bill Hartack are the leading jockeys with 5 wins each
HARD
Q336: Who holds the world record for the men’s 100m
sprint?
Answer: Usain Bolt (9.58 seconds)
World History & Civilizations – Hard Level
HARD
Q337: Which treaty ended World War I?
Answer: Treaty of Versailles
HARD
Q338: Who was the first Emperor of China?
Answer: Qin Shi Huang
HARD
Q339: In which year did the Russian Revolution take
place?
Answer: 1917
HARD
Q340: What was the name of the ancient trade route
connecting the East and West?
Answer: The Silk Road
HARD
Q341: Which civilization built the ancient city of Machu
Picchu?
Answer: Inca
HARD
Q342: Who was the female Pharaoh of Egypt who ruled for
more than two decades?
Answer: Hatshepsut
HARD
Q343: Which year is known as the “Year of Revolutions” in
European history?
Answer: 1848
HARD
Q344: What was the name of the first successful British
colony in North America?
Answer: Jamestown
HARD
Q345: Which battle marked the end of Napoleon’s rule in
1815?
Answer: Battle of Waterloo
HARD
Q346: Who was the leader of the Indian independence
movement against British rule?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
Law & Politics – Hard Level
HARD
Q347: How many amendments are there in the United States
Constitution?
Answer: 27
HARD
Q348: What is the term for a legal document that protects
an invention?
Answer: Patent
HARD
Q349: Which political philosopher wrote “The Social
Contract”?
Answer: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
HARD
Q350: What is the highest court in the United Kingdom?
Answer: The Supreme Court of the United
Kingdom
HARD
Q351: What document began with “When in the Course of
human events…”?
Answer: The United States Declaration of
Independence
HARD
Q352: Which city houses the International Court of
Justice?
Answer: The Hague, Netherlands
HARD
Q353: What is the term for a legal prohibition against
the publication or distribution of material?
Answer: Injunction
HARD
Q354: Who wrote “The Prince,” a treatise on political
power?
Answer: Niccolò Machiavelli
HARD
Q355: Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits
“cruel and unusual punishments”?
Answer: Eighth Amendment
HARD
Q356: What is the oldest written constitution still in
use today?
Answer: The Constitution of San Marino (1600)
Technology & Computing – Hard Level
HARD
Q357: Who is considered the father of modern computer
science?
Answer: Alan Turing
HARD
Q358: What does the acronym “HTTPS” stand for?
Answer: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
HARD
Q359: In what year was Bitcoin created?
Answer: 2009
HARD
Q360: Which programming language was developed at Google
and announced in 2009?
Answer: Go (Golang)
HARD
Q361: What is the name of the first electronic
general-purpose computer?
Answer: ENIAC (Electronic Numerical
Integrator and Computer)
HARD
Q362: Which technology company was originally called
“Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company”?
Answer: IBM
HARD
Q363: What does the acronym “CAPTCHA” stand for in
computing?
Answer: Completely Automated Public Turing
test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
HARD
Q364: Who founded the Free Software Foundation in 1985?
Answer: Richard Stallman
HARD
Q365: What is the name of the quantum computing concept
where qubits exist in multiple states simultaneously?
Answer: Superposition
HARD
Q366: Which company developed the first commercially
available mouse?
Answer: Apple
HARD
Q367: What is the term for a security vulnerability that
exists from the day a system is released?
Answer: Zero-day vulnerability
HARD
Q368: Which famous equation is fundamental to information
theory?
Answer: Shannon’s entropy equation
HARD
Q369: What was the first web browser called?
Answer: WorldWideWeb (later renamed Nexus)
HARD
Q370: What encryption algorithm is widely used for
securing internet communications?
Answer: AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)
HARD
Q371: Which company released the first commercial
transistor in 1948?
Answer: Bell Laboratories
Business & Economics – Hard Level
HARD
Q372: What economic theory suggests that government
spending is necessary to maintain full employment?
Answer: Keynesian economics
HARD
Q373: Who is known as the father of modern economics?
Answer: Adam Smith
HARD
Q374: What is the economic term for when a company is the
only seller in a market?
Answer: Monopoly
HARD
Q375: Which financial index tracks 30 large, publicly
traded companies on the New York Stock Exchange?
Answer: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)
HARD
Q376: What economic concept describes the total market
value of all goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific time
period?
Answer: Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
HARD
Q377: Which economist proposed the theory of “creative
destruction”?
Answer: Joseph Schumpeter
HARD
Q378: What is the name for the economic situation when
prices are rising while economic growth is slowing?
Answer: Stagflation
HARD
Q379: Which organization sets international trade rules
and mediates trade disputes between nations?
Answer: World Trade Organization (WTO)
HARD
Q380: What economic theory suggests that tax cuts for
businesses and the wealthy will benefit everyone through increased investment and job
creation?
Answer: Supply-side economics (or
trickle-down economics)
HARD
Q381: Which famous business book by Dale Carnegie was
published in 1936?
Answer: How to Win Friends and Influence
People
HARD
Q382: What is the term for the measure of income
inequality within a nation?
Answer: Gini coefficient
HARD
Q383: Which economist’s name is associated with the
“invisible hand” concept?
Answer: Adam Smith
HARD
Q384: What is the economic term for when a company can
decrease its production costs by increasing its output?
Answer: Economies of scale
HARD
Q385: Which financial crisis began in 2007 due to the
collapse of the subprime mortgage market in the US?
Answer: The Great Recession
HARD
Q386: What is the term for the economic situation where
there is a decrease in the general price level of goods and services?
Answer: Deflation
Environmental Science & Ecology – Hard Level
HARD
Q387: Which gas is responsible for the largest percentage
of the greenhouse effect?
Answer: Water vapor
HARD
Q388: What is the term for the layer in the atmosphere
that absorbs most of the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation?
Answer: Ozone layer
HARD
Q389: What is the most abundant greenhouse gas in Earth’s
atmosphere?
Answer: Water vapor
HARD
Q390: Which marine ecosystem is often referred to as the
“rainforest of the sea” due to its biodiversity?
Answer: Coral reefs
HARD
Q391: What is the name of the environmental disaster that
occurred in Bhopal, India in 1984?
Answer: Bhopal gas tragedy (Union Carbide gas
leak)
HARD
Q392: Which biome has the highest biodiversity?
Answer: Tropical rainforest
HARD
Q393: What is the name for the process by which plants
convert light energy into chemical energy?
Answer: Photosynthesis
HARD
Q394: Which international treaty, signed in 1987, aimed
to protect the ozone layer?
Answer: Montreal Protocol
HARD
Q395: What is the term for species that have a
disproportionately large effect on their environment relative to their abundance?
Answer: Keystone species
HARD
Q396: Which book, published in 1962, is credited with
launching the modern environmental movement?
Answer: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
HARD
Q397: What is the term for the process by which chemicals
are concentrated in increasing amounts at higher trophic levels in a food chain?
Answer: Biomagnification
HARD
Q398: What term describes the formation of a lake or pond
through the process of plant succession?
Answer: Ecological succession
HARD
Q399: Which environmental phenomenon causes the death of
aquatic life due to a reduction in dissolved oxygen in the water?
Answer: Eutrophication
HARD
Q400: What is the name of the theory that states that
large continents have drifted apart over millions of years?
Answer: Continental drift theory
HARD
Q401: Which type of cloud forms at the highest altitude?
Answer: Cirrus clouds
Health & Medicine – Hard Level
HARD
Q402: Which hormone regulates blood glucose levels and is
deficient in type 1 diabetes?
Answer: Insulin
HARD
Q403: What is the medical term for high blood pressure?
Answer: Hypertension
HARD
Q404: Which part of the brain is primarily responsible
for coordinating voluntary movement?
Answer: Cerebellum
HARD
Q405: What is the largest gland in the human body?
Answer: Liver
HARD
Q406: What is the medical term for inflammation of the
liver?
Answer: Hepatitis
HARD
Q407: Which vitamin is produced when skin is exposed to
sunlight?
Answer: Vitamin D
HARD
Q408: What is the medical term for a heart attack?
Answer: Myocardial infarction
HARD
Q409: Which disease was declared eradicated worldwide in
1980 by the World Health Organization?
Answer: Smallpox
HARD
Q410: What is the technical name for the kneecap?
Answer: Patella
HARD
Q411: Which scientist discovered penicillin in 1928?
Answer: Alexander Fleming
HARD
Q412: What is the longest bone in the human body?
Answer: Femur (thigh bone)
HARD
Q413: Which medical procedure involves removing a section
of tissue for examination?
Answer: Biopsy
HARD
Q414: What is the medical term for a stroke?
Answer: Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
HARD
Q415: Which blood vessels carry blood away from the
heart?
Answer: Arteries
HARD
Q416: What is the name of the protein responsible for
carrying oxygen in red blood cells?
Answer: Hemoglobin
Animals & Wildlife – Hard Level
HARD
Q417: Which is the only mammal capable of true flight?
Answer: Bat
HARD
Q418: What is the scientific name for the largest species
of big cat?
Answer: Panthera tigris altaica (Siberian
tiger)
HARD
Q419: Which bird has the largest wingspan of any living
bird?
Answer: Wandering albatross
HARD
Q420: What is the only venomous snake native to the UK?
Answer: Adder (Vipera berus)
HARD
Q421: What is the collective noun for a group of ravens?
Answer: An unkindness
HARD
Q422: Which animal has the longest gestation period?
Answer: African elephant (22 months)
HARD
Q423: What is the only marsupial native to North America?
Answer: Virginia opossum
HARD
Q424: Which sea creature has three hearts?
Answer: Octopus
HARD
Q425: What is the fastest land animal?
Answer: Cheetah
HARD
Q426: Which animal never sleeps?
Answer: Bullfrog
HARD
Q427: What is the only mammal that can’t jump?
Answer: Elephant
HARD
Q428: Which insect has the most complex eyes?
Answer: Dragonfly
HARD
Q429: What is the largest living arthropod?
Answer: Japanese spider crab
HARD
Q430: Which animal has the largest brain relative to body
size?
Answer: Ant
HARD
Q431: What is the only bird known to fly backwards?
Answer: Hummingbird
Mathematics & Logic – Hard Level
HARD
Q432: What is the name of the famous unsolved
mathematical problem related to prime numbers?
Answer: Riemann Hypothesis
HARD
Q433: In mathematics, what is the value of the golden
ratio (φ) to two decimal places?
Answer: 1.62
HARD
Q434: Which mathematician formulated the concept of “Game
Theory”?
Answer: John von Neumann
HARD
Q435: What is the name of the sequence where each number
is the sum of the two preceding ones?
Answer: Fibonacci sequence
HARD
Q436: Who is known for the famous incompleteness theorems
in mathematical logic?
Answer: Kurt Gödel
HARD
Q437: What is the name of the problem involving the
optimal route for visiting multiple cities?
Answer: Traveling Salesman Problem
HARD
Q438: In calculus, what does the fundamental theorem
relate?
Answer: Derivatives and integrals
HARD
Q439: What is Fermat’s Last Theorem?
Answer: No three positive integers a, b, and
c can satisfy the equation a^n + b^n = c^n for any integer value of n greater than 2
HARD
Q440: Which mathematical principle states that among
competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected?
Answer: Occam’s Razor
HARD
Q441: What is the name of the curved surface that can be
formed by folding a rectangular piece of paper?
Answer: Developable surface
HARD
Q442: What is the term for a number that can be expressed
as a fraction of two integers?
Answer: Rational number
HARD
Q443: Which famous mathematician is known for his work on
prime numbers and the Zeta function?
Answer: Bernhard Riemann
HARD
Q444: What is the name of the problem that asks whether a
certain class of algorithms can solve all problems they are designed to solve?
Answer: P versus NP problem
HARD
Q445: What is the name of the paradox concerning a set
that contains all sets that do not contain themselves?
Answer: Russell’s paradox
HARD
Q446: Which mathematical constant is defined as the ratio
of a circle’s circumference to its diameter?
Answer: Pi (π)
Movies & Entertainment – Hard Level
HARD
Q447: Who directed the 1941 film “Citizen Kane”?
Answer: Orson Welles
HARD
Q448: Which actor has received the most Academy Award
nominations without winning?
Answer: Peter O’Toole (8 nominations)
HARD
Q449: Which film holds the record for winning the most
Academy Awards?
Answer: Titanic (tied with Ben-Hur and The
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King at 11)
HARD
Q450: Who was the first African American to win the
Academy Award for Best Actor?
Answer: Sidney Poitier (for “Lilies of the
Field” in 1964)
HARD
Q451: Which famous director is known for films like
“Psycho,” “Vertigo,” and “The Birds”?
Answer: Alfred Hitchcock
HARD
Q452: What was the first feature-length animated film
ever released?
Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
HARD
Q453: Which actress has won the most Academy Awards for
acting?
Answer: Katharine Hepburn (4 Oscars)
HARD
Q454: What was the first foreign-language film to win the
Academy Award for Best Picture?
Answer: Parasite (2019)
HARD
Q455: Who composed the iconic theme music for the James
Bond films?
Answer: John Barry
HARD
Q456: Which 1972 film’s production was plagued with
problems including typhoons, heart attacks, and the lead actor’s breakdown?
Answer: Apocalypse Now
HARD
Q457: Who was the first female director to win the
Academy Award for Best Director?
Answer: Kathryn Bigelow (for “The Hurt
Locker” in 2010)
HARD
Q458: Which 1998 film holds the record for the most weeks
at #1 at the box office?
Answer: Titanic
HARD
Q459: Which actor has portrayed James Bond in the most
films?
Answer: Roger Moore (7 films)
HARD
Q460: What was the first film to be released in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Answer: Iron Man (2008)
HARD
Q461: Which legendary film director was known as “The
Master of Suspense”?
Answer: Alfred Hitchcock
Philosophy & Ethics – Hard Level
HARD
Q462: Which ancient Greek philosopher is known for his
theory of forms?
Answer: Plato
HARD
Q463: Who is the author of “Beyond Good and Evil” and
“Thus Spoke Zarathustra”?
Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche
HARD
Q464: Which philosophical concept is described as “I
think, therefore I am”?
Answer: Cogito, ergo sum (by René Descartes)
HARD
Q465: Which ancient Chinese philosopher is known for his
work “Tao Te Ching”?
Answer: Laozi (Lao Tzu)
HARD
Q466: Who developed the concept of the “Übermensch”
(Superman)?
Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche
HARD
Q467: Which philosopher wrote “The Republic,” describing
an ideal society ruled by philosopher-kings?
Answer: Plato
HARD
Q468: What philosophical concept refers to the inherent
lack of meaning in life?
Answer: Nihilism
HARD
Q469: Which philosopher proposed the concept of “the
categorical imperative”?
Answer: Immanuel Kant
HARD
Q470: Who coined the term “existentialism”?
Answer: Jean-Paul Sartre
HARD
Q471: Which ancient Greek philosopher was the teacher of
Alexander the Great?
Answer: Aristotle
HARD
Q472: Which philosopher is associated with the
utilitarian concept “the greatest happiness for the greatest number”?
Answer: Jeremy Bentham
HARD
Q473: Which philosophy advocates that the highest good is
pleasure and the absence of pain?
Answer: Epicureanism
HARD
Q474: Who wrote the philosophical work “Being and
Nothingness”?
Answer: Jean-Paul Sartre
HARD
Q475: Which school of philosophy emphasizes endurance of
pain and hardship without complaint?
Answer: Stoicism
HARD
Q476: Who is known for his statement “God is dead” in his
work “The Gay Science”?
Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche
Fashion & Design – Hard Level
HARD
Q477: Which famous fashion designer was known as “The
Kaiser” in the fashion industry?
Answer: Karl Lagerfeld
HARD
Q478: Which design movement emerged in the 1920s and
emphasized geometric shapes and bright colors?
Answer: Art Deco
HARD
Q479: Who designed the iconic “Little Black Dress”?
Answer: Coco Chanel
HARD
Q480: Which fashion house was the first to use the
interlocking “CC” logo?
Answer: Chanel
HARD
Q481: What design movement began in the 1950s and
featured clean lines and organic forms?
Answer: Mid-century modern
HARD
Q482: Which Italian fashion designer was killed outside
his Miami Beach home in 1997?
Answer: Gianni Versace
HARD
Q483: What type of textile printing technique uses wax to
resist dye and create patterns?
Answer: Batik
HARD
Q484: Which designer is credited with inventing the
miniskirt in the 1960s?
Answer: Mary Quant
HARD
Q485: What is the term for the design principle that
states form should follow function?
Answer: Functionalism
HARD
Q486: Which German design school founded by Walter
Gropius in 1919 had a profound influence on modern design?
Answer: Bauhaus
HARD
Q487: Which fashion designer is famous for his red-soled
shoes?
Answer: Christian Louboutin
HARD
Q488: What is the Japanese art of paper folding called?
Answer: Origami
HARD
Q489: Which French fashion designer is known for
pioneering the “New Look” in 1947?
Answer: Christian Dior
HARD
Q490: What is the traditional artistic printing technique
where ink is applied to a block and transferred to paper?
Answer: Woodblock printing
HARD
Q491: Which fashion magazine was first published in 1892
and is considered one of the world’s most influential?
Answer: Vogue
Transportation & Vehicles – Hard Level
HARD
Q492: Who is credited with inventing the first practical
automobile powered by an internal combustion engine?
Answer: Karl Benz
HARD
Q493: Which aircraft manufacturer produced the first
commercial jetliner?
Answer: De Havilland (Comet)
HARD
Q494: What was the name of the first spacecraft to land
humans on the Moon?
Answer: Eagle (Apollo 11 Lunar Module)
HARD
Q495: Which car manufacturer created the first
mass-produced hybrid vehicle?
Answer: Toyota (Prius)
HARD
Q496: What was the first passenger ocean liner to be
built with a steel hull?
Answer: SS Inman (or City of Paris)
HARD
Q497: Which high-speed passenger train holds the world
rail speed record?
Answer: TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse)
HARD
Q498: What was the name of the first nuclear-powered
submarine?
Answer: USS Nautilus
HARD
Q499: Who invented the modern helicopter and successfully
flew it in 1939?
Answer: Igor Sikorsky
HARD
Q500: Which iconic Italian car was originally designed
for racing but became a popular luxury sports car?
Answer: Ferrari
HARD
Q501: What was the first successfully mass-produced
American automobile?
Answer: Oldsmobile Curved Dash
HARD
Q502: Which aerospace company built the Saturn V rocket
used in the Apollo missions?
Answer: Boeing (with North American Aviation)
HARD
Q503: What was the first supersonic passenger airliner?
Answer: Concorde
HARD
Q504: Which German engineer invented the diesel engine?
Answer: Rudolf Diesel
HARD
Q505: What was the name of the first orbital space
station?
Answer: Salyut 1
HARD
Q506: Which automobile manufacturer was the first to use
an assembly line for mass production?
Answer: Ford Motor Company
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EXPERT
Q507: In quantum physics, what principle states that it
is impossible to know both the position and momentum of a particle with perfect
accuracy?
Answer: Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
EXPERT
Q508: Which art movement that originated in early 20th
century Italy emphasized speed, technology, youth, and violence?
Answer: Futurism
EXPERT
Q509: In literature, who is the only author to have won
the Booker Prize three times?
Answer: J.M. Coetzee
EXPERT
Q510: Which chemical element was discovered in the
mineral samarskite and named after a Russian mining engineer?
Answer: Samarium
EXPERT
Q511: In classical music, what is the term for a
six-voice fugue?
Answer: Hexafugue
EXPERT
Q512: What mathematical phenomenon describes when
seemingly random data exhibits striking patterns?
Answer: Benford’s Law
EXPERT
Q513: Which historical battle of 1575 is considered one
of the greatest Ottoman naval victories?
Answer: Battle of Lepanto
EXPERT
Q514: In botany, what is the technical term for plants
that complete their lifecycle in two growing seasons?
Answer: Biennials
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