General Information Flashcards
- The first nation to launch a satellite and a man to space was _____.
a. The United States of America b. Chinese Taipei
b. The United Kingdom
c. Japan
d. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
d
- Taiwan’s official name is ______.
was ______.
a. Republic of China
b. Chinese Taipei
c. Republic of Taiwan
d. Kuomintang
a
- Who was the author of Catcher in the Rye?
a. Henry Thoreau
b. Matthew Emerson
c. J.D. Salinger
d. William Faulkner
c
- What was the most downloaded song on iTunes in
the year 2012?
a. “Starships” – Nicky Minaj
b. “Call me Maybe” – Carly Rae Jepsen
c. “Payphone” – Maroon 5
d. “What Makes You Beautiful” – One Direction
b
- Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago narrowly lost a presidential election against which candidate?
a. Joseph Estrada
b. Gloria Arroyo
c. Corazon Aquino
d. Fidel Ramos
d
- Who was the Japanese emperor that presided over Japan’s transition towards modernization?
a. Hirohito
b. Mutsuhito
c. Jimmu
d. Amaterasu
b
- When was the Ateneo founded?
a. 1901
b. 1764
c. 1829
d. 1859
d
- When a human is infected with the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), may occur.
a. HIV/AIDS
b. Sore Eyes
c. Warts
d. Smallpox
c
- Which celebrity is the father of Kim Kardashian’s child?
a. Jay-Z
b. Kanye West
c. Kris Humphries
d. Kris Jenner
b
- The South and North Korea are separated at which parallel?
a. 39th parallel
b. 43rd parallel
c. 38th parallel
d. 29th parallel
c
- Which writer wrote Historie de ma vie and became
famous in history for his womanizing?
a. Henry XIII
b. Giacomo Casanova
c. Maximilien de Robespierre
d. Amerigo Vespucci
b
- The Ottoman Empire had its beginnings where?
a. Anatolia
b. Syria
c. Persia
d. Constantinople
a
- Which is the 12th longest river in the world?
a. Yangtze
b. Amazon
c. Mississippi
d. Mekong
d
- During the Seven Years’ War, which country
occupied Manila and most of Luzon?
a. The Netherlands
b. Spain
c. France
d. Great Britain
d
- Which is not part of the United Kingdom?
a. Scotland
b. Wales
c. Ireland
d. England
c
- What is inscribed on the gates of hell in Dante’s
Inferno?
a. “Through me you go into a city of weeping; through me you
go into eternal pain; through me you go amongst the lost
people”
b. “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.”
c. “Thence we came forth to rebehold the stars.”
d. “Hope not ever to see heaven again.”
b
- Who is the current manager of Reading Football
Club?
a. Arsene Wenger
b. Bryan McDermott
c. Sir Alex Ferguson
d. Nigel Adkins
d
- Who was the communist revolutionary who led a
revolution in Cuba, died in Bolivia, and then was
immortalized in countless T-shirts and merchandise?
a. Vladimir Lenin
b. Ernesto “Che” Guevara
c. Mao Zedong
d. Leon Trotsky
b
- Which was the last dynasty to rule over China?
a. Zhou
b. Tang
c. Han
d. Qing
d
- Where are white blood cells in the human body
made?
a. Bone Marrow
b. Thymus Gland
c. Spine
d. Spleen
a
- Which celebrity/personality has the most number of
Twitter followers?
a. Lionel Messi
b. Justin Bieber
c. Lady Gaga
d. Barack Obama
b
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un was educated
where?
a. Switzerland
b. North Korea
c. U.K.
d. China
a
- Who made St. Peter’s Baldachin or Ciborium in St.
Peter’s Basilica?
a. Michelangelo
b. Gian Lorenzo Bernini
c. Raphael
d. Sandro Botticelli
b
- On the feast day of whom did the Imperial Japanese Army invade the Philippines?
a. San Isidro Labrador
b. The Black Nazarene
c. Francis Xavier
d. The Immaculate Conception
d
- In the War of the Austrian Succession, Frederick the Great of Prussia took what part of Habsburg Austria and made it
part of Prussia?
a. Silesia
b. Venice
c. Vienna
d. Salzburg
a
