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) How many martyrs who died during Spanish Civil War were beatified on 28 October 2007?
a) 202
b) 197
c) 498
d) 306
2) Who became the King of Spain in 1975?
a) Juan Carlos
b) Philip II
c) Ferdinand IV
d) Louis XVIII
3) When did Spain win Davis Cup for the first time?
a) 1998
b) 1999
c) 2000
d) 2002
4) Which of the following is not a co-official language in Spain?
a) Basque
b) Catalan
c) Frisian
d) Galician
1. Where was Hernando Cortes born?
a) Medellin, Colombia
b) La Paz
c) Medellin, Spain
d) Tripoli
2. Which university did Hernando Cortes attend?
a) University of Salamanca
b) University of Barcelona
c) University of Madrid
d) University of Florence
3. Which city was founded by Hernando Cortes?
a) Santa Cruz
b) Vera Cruz
c) Santiago
d) Brasilia
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
1. What was Joseph Stalin’s birth name?
(a) Josef Vissarionovich Dzugashvili
(b) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
(c) Leon Trotsky
(d) Nicholas II
2. In which city was Stalin born?
(a) Moscow
(b) St. Petersburg
(c) Gori, Georgia
(d) Berlin
3. What was Stalin’s early education path?
(a) Military Academy
(b) Seminary
(c) School of Engineering
(d) Apprenticeship in Shoemaking