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🌍 General Knowledge

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10 questions. Get 8 right to earn 10 minutes. All 10 right = +5 bonus. They start easy and get harder as you go, so treat the first few as a warm-up. Every one you miss comes back with the answer and why.

1. What is the capital city of Pakistan?

IslamabadKarachiLahorePeshawar

2. How many continents are there, most commonly taught?

SevenNineFiveSix

3. What is the correct term for the huge collection of stars, including our Sun, that we belong to?

A galaxyA solar systemA constellationA nebula

4. Which invention, made practical by Thomas Edison and others in the late 1800s, gave people electric light in their homes?

The electric lightbulbThe telegraphThe radioThe battery

5. Which ocean lies between Africa, Asia and Australia?

The Indian OceanThe Atlantic OceanThe Pacific OceanThe Southern Ocean

6. Which mountain range, running through several South American countries, is the longest mountain range on land?

The AndesThe RockiesThe AlpsThe Himalayas

7. The Wright brothers made history in 1903 by achieving what?

The first telephone callThe first radio broadcastThe first car journeyThe first powered aeroplane flight

8. Which continent is also a single country, and the smallest of the seven continents?

AustraliaAntarcticaSouth AmericaEurope

9. Buddhism traces its origins to the teachings of a spiritual teacher known as the Buddha, who lived in which part of the world?

Southern EuropeEast AsiaThe Middle EastThe Indian subcontinent

10. Which scientist accidentally discovered a mould that killed bacteria in his lab, leading to the antibiotic penicillin?

Alexander FlemingJonas SalkLouis PasteurEdward Jenner

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