1. What was Babe Ruth’s real first name?
(a) George
(b) Henry
(c) William
(d) John
2. For which team did Babe Ruth earn the nickname “Babe”?
(a) New York Yankees
(b) Boston Red Sox
(c) Baltimore Orioles
(d) Chicago White Sox
3. What was Babe Ruth’s primary position on the field early in his career?
(a) Outfielder
(b) Pitcher
(c) Shortstop
(d) Catcher
1. In which city was Lionel Messi born?
(a) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
(b) Rosario, Argentina
(c) Madrid, Spain
(d) Lisbon, Portugal
2. At what age did Lionel Messi join FC Barcelona’s youth academy?
(a) 10 years old
(b) 13 years old
(c) 16 years old
(d) 18 years old
3. What is Lionel Messi’s famous nickname?
(a) The Machine
(b) The Bull
(c) El Pulga
(d) The Hammer
1. According to the Gospels, where was Mary Magdalene from?
(a) Nazareth
(b) Bethlehem
(c) Magdala
(d) Jerusalem
2. In the Gospels, how many demons are said to have been cast out of Mary Magdalene?
(a) None
(b) One
(c) Seven
(d) Twelve
3. What did Mary Magdalene, along with other women, do with their resources according to the Gospels?
(a) Built orphanages
(b) Supported Jesus and the disciples
(c) Funded religious festivals
(d) Donated to the temple
1. Plato was a student of which famous philosopher?
(a) Aristotle
(b) Socrates
(c) Pythagoras
(d) Euclid
2. What is the name of one of Plato’s most famous works?
(a) The Symposium
(b) The Meditations
(c) The Republic
(d) The Aeneid
3. Plato’s Academy was one of the earliest institutions of what?
(a) Law
(b) Medicine
(c) Higher Learning
(d) Theater
1. In which country was Louis Pasteur born?
(a) Germany
(b) France
(c) Italy
(d) England
2. What field of science did Louis Pasteur dedicate his life to?
(a) Physics
(b) Chemistry
(c) Mathematics
(d) Geology
3. Louis Pasteur’s work disproved the theory of:
(a) Evolution
(b) Spontaneous generation
(c) Gravity
(d) Relativity
1. In which decade was Oscar Wilde’s most famous play, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” first performed?
(a) 1870
(b) 1880
(c) 1895
(d) 1900
2. What is the name of the hedonistic and cynical character who influences Dorian Gray in “The Picture of Dorian Gray”?
(a) Algernon Moncrieff
(b) Jack Worthing
(c) Lord Henry Wotton
(d) Basil Hallward
3. What famous quote about happiness appears in the preface of “The Picture of Dorian Gray”?
(a) “To be or not to be, that is the question.”
(b) “Elementary, my dear Watson.”
(c) “All happy families resemble one another, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
(d) “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
1. In what year was Pablo Picasso born?
(a) 1881
(b) 1890
(c) 1900
(d) 1910
2. Where was Pablo Picasso born?
(a) France
(b) Spain
(c) Italy
(d) Germany
3. Which artistic movement is most closely associated with Picasso?
(a) Impressionism
(b) Cubism
(c) Surrealism
(d) Pop Art
1. In what country was Fidel Castro the leader for nearly 50 years?
(a) Argentina
(b) Venezuela
(c) Cuba
(d) Mexico
2. What was the name of the revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power in Cuba?
(a) Mexican Revolution
(b) Haitian Revolution
(c) Cuban Revolution
(d) Dominican Revolution
3. What system of government did Fidel Castro establish in Cuba?
(a) Democracy
(b) Communist
(c) Monarchy
(d) Fascism
1. What was Vladimir Lenin’s real name?
(a) Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
(b) Joseph Stalin
(c) Nicholas II
(d) Leon Trotsky
2. In which country was Vladimir Lenin born?
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) Russia
(d) Great Britain
3. Lenin was a key figure in which major historical event?
(a) American Revolution
(b) Russian Revolution
(c) French Revolution
(d) Industrial Revolution
1. What is Michael Jordan’s famous nickname?
(a) The Hammer
(b) The King
(c) The Mailman
(d) Air
2. For which college basketball team did Michael Jordan play?
(a) Duke Blue Devils
(b) North Carolina Tar Heels
(c) UCLA Bruins
(d) Georgetown Hoyas
3. In what year was Michael Jordan drafted into the NBA?
(a) 1984
(b) 1979
(c) 1985
(d) 1988