General

Question 1

In what country did the first Starbucks open outside of North America?

Answer 1

A. Japan B. Australia C. Italy D. UK

Question 2

Who was the first televised President?

Answer 2

A. George Washington B. Abraham Lincoln C. Franklin D. Roosevelt D. George Bush

Question 3

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

Answer 3

A. Marie Curie
B. Irène Joliot-Curie
C. Claudia Goldin
D. Narges Mohammadi

Question 4

What is the last name of the business tycoon behind the “No. 5” perfume?

Answer 4

A. Wertheimer
B. Chanel
C. Beaux
D. Pavlovich

Question 5

In the Catholic Church, the Bishop of Rome is a title more commonly known as what?

Answer 5

A. Pope
B. Pontiff
C. Patriarch
D. Cardinal

Question 6

In the insurance business, what is the name of a person whose job it is to analyze statistics to calculate risks and price premiums accordingly?

Answer 6

A. Insurance Analyst
B. Data Analyst
C. Underwriter
D. Actuary

Question 7

Who is often credited with creating the world’s first car?

Answer 7

A. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
B. Robert Anderson
C. Karl Benz
D. Gottlieb Daimler

Question 8

Who was the first woman pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic?

Answer 8

A. Amelia Earhart
B. Jacqueline Cochran
C. Bessie Coleman
D. Harriet Quimby

Question 9

When did Facebook first launch?

Answer 9

A. February 4, 2004
B. May 17, 2012
C. September 26, 2006
D. December 2006

Question 10

“Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll,” were the first words spoken on what cable channel that launched at 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981?
What mountains comprise a portion of the historical boundary between Europe and Asia?

Answer 10

A. MTV
B. VH1
C. BET
D. ESPN