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General Knowledge Quiz

06/01/2023

scientist quiz

Which scientist was offered free unlimited beer after receiving a Nobel Prize Award?

Niels Bohr.

After receiving the Nobel Prize Award in Physics in 1922, Niels Bohr became an even more respected personality in Denmark.

As a thank you gift, the Danish beer brand Carlsberg offered Bohr a house near one of their breweries with a very special feature – a private pipeline to the brewery, so that he could enjoy unlimited beer on tap.

spotify band quiz

To what band can you associate this Spotify top songs?

The Outfield.

English Pop-Rock band formed in London in 1984. Throughout the 30 years of activity the band would experiment other sub-genres of rock, but would better be recognized by their main hit “Your Love”, especially after the multiple covers by other bands and the inclusion of the record in the game GTA: Vice City soundtrack.

skid row tents quiz

In what USA city downtown can you find the Skid Row neighbourhood?

Los Angeles.

Located in downtown LA, the Skid Row is one of the biggest homeless neighborhood in the world, having thousands of people. The number of homeless in the region significantly increased in the 1930’s, following the Great Depression.

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wall e

In the Pixar movie WALL-E, what does its name stand for?

Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class.

The movie provides a very strong environmentalist message, since it narrates the story of a robot programmed to clean up our planet, and depicts a post-apocalyptic Earth completely covered in debris and filth.

game console

What is the name of this game console?

Gameboy Advance.

Produced by Nintendo, the Gameboy Advance was released in 2001 as a successor of the Gameboy Color.

 

stalin ussr

Who succeeded Joseph Stalin as the leader of the USSR?

Nikita Khrushchev.

Following Stalin’s death in 1953, the resulting internal power struggle within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union culminated in the election of Nikita Khrushchev, which would lead the party until 1964.

Internally, although largely inneffective, Khrushchev denounced the era of oppression and censorship carried out by his predecessor and tried to implement a series of measures to improve the lives of Soviet citizens.

Externally, Khrushchev enjoyed a few victories, namely the launching of the first artificial satellite (Sputnik I, 1957), the Suez Crisis in 1956 or the Syrian Crisis in 1957. His popularity began to decay after the mishandling of certain matters from a Soviet perspective, such as the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.

planet Earth quiz

What is the only country in the world whose flag does not contain red, white or blue?

Jamaica.

Jamaica is the only two country in the world whose flag does not contain red, white or blue.

Below is the flag of Jamaica.

jamaica flag

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josh radnor how i met your mother

How is this actor called?

Josh Radnor.

Josh Radnor is an American actor born in 1974 in Colombus, Ohio. He is mostly known for his role as Ted Mosby in the TV show How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014), although he has directed and/or starred in other TV shows and movies, such as Liberal Arts (2012) or Mercy Street (2016-2017).

paul cezanne self portrait

To which French painter does this self-portrait belong to?

Paul Cézanne.

Regarded as “their father” by Matisse and Picasso, Cézanne was a Post-Impressionist painter of the 19th and 20th centuries who bridged Impressionism and Cubism, since his very characteristic painting style combined both the ephemeral aspects of the former and the materialism tendencies of the latter.

Which famous figure said this famous quote?

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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was an American Minister and one of the most prominent figures of the civil rights movement in America. He led non-violent movements, marches, protests and boycotts against all forms of racial discrimination felt in the American society and obtained major civil rights victories in Congress.
In 1963, he delivered his most famous I Have A Dream speech in Washington. He rightfully remains a freedom icon to this day.

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