General Knowledge Flashcards
_____ is the English author best known for writing 1984 and Animal Farm, two works that critique totalitarianism and political corruption.
George Orwell
_____ is the river considered the longest in the world, flowing through northeastern Africa and playing a key role in the development of ancient Egyptian civilization.
Nile River
_____ is the iconic structure, built as a tomb for Pharaoh Khufu, that is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and still stands in Egypt today.
The Great Pyramid of Giza
_____ is the philosopher known for his worksNicomachean EthicsandPolitics, and who taught Alexander the Great.
Aristotle
_____ is the 20th-century scientist who developed the theory of relativity and received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the photoelectric effect.
Albert Einstein
_____ is the historical figure who rose to power during the French Revolution, became Emperor of France in 1804, and was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Napoleon Bonaparte
_____ is the famous novel written by George Orwell in 1949, which explores a dystopian society under a totalitarian government and surveillance state.
1984
_____ is the American civil rights leader who gave the famous “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent efforts to combat racial injustice.
Martin Luther King Jr.
_____ is the Greek philosopher who founded the Academy in Athens and wroteThe Republic, a work discussing justice, politics, and the ideal state.
Plato
_____ is the largest planet in the solar system, known for its Great Red Spot and many moons, including Io, Europa, and Ganymede.
Jupiter
_____ is the English monarch, often called the “Merry Monarch,” who was restored to the throne in 1660 after the period of the English Civil War and the Interregnum.
Charles II
_____ is the large stone structure in southern England, made of standing stones arranged in a circle, thought to have been constructed for ceremonial or astronomical purposes.
Stonehenge
_____ is the French military leader and emperor, known for his extensive military campaigns in Europe and for the Napoleonic Code, which influenced legal systems worldwide.
Napoleon Bonaparte
_____ is the American author who wrote the iconic novelMoby-Dick, which explores themes of obsession, revenge, and the human condition.
Herman Melville
_____ is the 16th-century Italian artist and scientist famous for his paintings likeThe Last SupperandMona Lisa, as well as his inventions and anatomical sketches.
Leonardo da Vinci
_____ is the natural philosopher who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, laying the groundwork for classical mechanics.
Isaac Newton
_____ is the Roman general and statesman who became dictator of Rome and was famously assassinated on the Ides of March in 44 BCE.
Julius Caesar
_____ is the city home to the ancient Inca civilization, located in the Andes Mountains of Peru, and known for its historic architecture, including the nearby ruins of Machu Picchu.
Cusco
_____ is the famous Renaissance artist who sculpted the statue ofDavidand painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.
Michelangelo
_____ is the event held in 1969, considered a watershed moment in the history of popular music, which attracted over 400,000 people to a farm in upstate New York.
Woodstock
_____ is the Italian explorer who traveled to China and served in the court of the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan, writing about his experiences inThe Travels of Marco Polo.
Marco Polo
_____ is the ancient civilization that built the pyramids and had a rich cultural influence along the Nile River, with a society based on a polytheistic religion.
Ancient Egypt
_____ is the 19th-century English naturalist who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection and wroteOn the Origin of Species.
Charles Darwin
_____ is the U.S. president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, declaring the freedom of slaves in Confederate states during the American Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
_____ is the German composer who wroteThe Brandenburg Concertos,The Well-Tempered Clavier, andToccata and Fugue in D minor, among many other works.
Johann Sebastian Bach
_____ is the city that served as the capital of the Byzantine Empire for over 1,000 years before it was renamed Istanbul after the Ottoman conquest in 1453.
Constantinople
_____ is the physicist known for his work in electromagnetism, developing the laws of electromagnetism that are summarized in the four Maxwell equations.
James Clerk Maxwell
_____ is the ancient Greek physician, often called the “father of medicine,” who is known for the Hippocratic Oath.
Hippocrates
_____ is the massive wall that stretches across northern England, originally built by the Romans to protect their territory from the Picts in Scotland.
Hadrian’s Wall
_____ is the island nation in East Africa that is famous for its unique biodiversity, including lemurs and chameleons, and is located in the Indian Ocean.
Madagascar
_____ is the Roman god of war, often depicted wearing armor and carrying a spear, who was considered the counterpart of the Greek god Ares.
Mars
_____ is the famous 14th-century English poet who wroteThe Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by pilgrims traveling to the shrine of Thomas Becket.
Geoffrey Chaucer
_____ is the Renaissance polymath who paintedThe Last SupperandMona Lisa, and is known for his notebooks filled with sketches and ideas in engineering, anatomy, and more.
Leonardo da Vinci
_____ is the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, becoming a famous aviator and icon for women’s empowerment in the early 20th century.
Amelia Earhart
_____ is the French queen who was executed during the French Revolution, famously saying “Let them eat cake!” before her death.
Marie Antoinette
_____ is the scientific theory that explains the origin of the universe, stating that it began from an infinitely dense point and expanded over time.
Big Bang Theory
_____ is the American founding father who wrote the majority ofThe Federalist Papersand became the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
Alexander Hamilton
_____ is the first woman to serve as the U.S. Supreme Court Justice, appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1981.
Sandra Day O’Connor
_____ is the largest ocean on Earth, covering more than 63 million square miles and bordered by Asia, Australia, and the Americas.
Pacific Ocean
_____ is the ancient Greek philosopher who is famous for his method of inquiry, which involved asking a series of questions to stimulate critical thinking.
Socrates
_____ is the historic trade route that connected China with Europe, facilitating the exchange of goods, ideas, and culture for over a thousand years.
Silk Road
_____ is the British monarch who reigned for more than 60 years, overseeing the expansion of the British Empire and presiding over the Victorian era.
Queen Victoria
_____ is the novel written by Mary Shelley, which tells the story of a scientist who creates a living being from dead tissue, only to be horrified by his creation.
Frankenstein
_____ is the famous Greek hero who performed twelve labors, including slaying the Nemean Lion and capturing the Golden Hind of Artemis.
Hercules
_____ is the renowned 20th-century Mexican artist, famous for her self-portraits and work influenced by Mexican culture and surrealism.
Frida Kahlo
_____ is the world’s largest desert, covering much of northern Africa.
Sahara Desert
_____ is the ancient Greek philosopher known for his method of questioning and critical thinking, which is still used in modern education.
Socrates
_____ is the largest country by land area in the world, stretching across northern Asia and Europe.
Russia
_____ is the famous speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington in 1963, in which he declared “I have a dream.”
“I Have a Dream”
_____ is the famous American singer known as the “King of Pop,” with iconic albums likeThrillerandBad.
Michael Jackson
_____ is the fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle, known for his sharp mind and use of deduction to solve mysteries.
Sherlock Holmes
_____ is the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932.
Amelia Earhart
_____ is the first human to journey into space, doing so aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft in 1961.
Yuri Gagarin
_____ is the political theory developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, advocating for a classless society and workers’ control over the means of production.
Communism
_____ is the famous mathematician who developed the theory of relativity and helped shape modern physics.
Albert Einstein
_____ is the Greek goddess of wisdom, courage, and warfare, often depicted with an owl.
Athena
_____ is the African-American leader who delivered the”I Have a Dream”speech and played a key role in the Civil Rights Movement.
Martin Luther King Jr.
_____ is the scientist who developed the first successful polio vaccine.
Jonas Salk
_____ is the French emperor who was exiled to the island of Elba, then returned to power for a period known as the Hundred Days.
Napoleon Bonaparte
_____ is the author of the novel1984, which is set in a dystopian future ruled by a totalitarian regime.
George Orwell
_____ is the ancient civilization that built the Great Wall of China to protect against invaders from the north.
Ancient China
_____ is the naturalist who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection and wroteOn the Origin of Species.
Charles Darwin
_____ is the famous Greek hero who participated in the Trojan War and was the central figure in the Iliad.
Achilles
_____ is the world’s largest ocean, covering more than one-third of Earth’s surface.
Pacific Ocean
_____ is the American founding father known as the “Father of the Constitution” for his role in drafting and promoting the U.S. Constitution.
James Madison
_____ is the city that was once the capital of the Byzantine Empire before it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1453.
Constantinople
_____ is the famous Renaissance artist who painted theMona LisaandThe Last Supper, and was also a scientist and inventor.
Leonardo da Vinci
_____ is the Roman god of war, often depicted with a helmet and spear.
Mars
_____ is the first U.S. president to resign from office, following the Watergate scandal.
Richard Nixon
_____ is the leader of the Soviet Union who developed the policy ofglasnostand oversaw the end of the Cold War.
Mikhail Gorbachev
_____ is the name of the ship that carried the Pilgrims to the New World in 1620.
The Mayflower
_____ is the British Prime Minister during most of World War II, known for his leadership and speeches.
Winston Churchill
_____ is the ancient Greek philosopher who founded the Lyceum and is known for his works on logic, ethics, and natural science.
Aristotle
_____ is the famous battle during the Napoleonic Wars where Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated in 1815.
Battle of Waterloo
_____ is the scientist who first proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system, where the Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun.
Nicolaus Copernicus
_____ is the legendary hero of Greek mythology who completed twelve labors, including slaying the Hydra and capturing the Ceryneian Hind.
Hercules
_____ is the famous novel by Mary Shelley about a scientist who creates a creature out of body parts.
Frankenstein
_____ is the city known as the “Eternal City” and the capital of Italy, which was once the heart of the Roman Empire.
Rome
_____ is the American inventor known for inventing the light bulb, the phonograph, and establishing the first industrial research laboratory.
Thomas Edison
_____ is the 16th-century Polish astronomer who formulated the heliocentric theory of the solar system.
Copernicus
_____ is the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her work in environmental conservation.
Wangari Maathai
_____ is the U.S. president who led the country during the Great Depression and World War II, serving from 1933 to 1945.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
_____ is the largest island in the Caribbean Sea, known for its communist government led by Fidel Castro.
Cuba
_____ is the first man to reach the South Pole, achieving the feat in 1911.
Roald Amundsen
_____ is the famous English playwright and poet who wroteRomeo and Juliet,Hamlet, andMacbeth, among many other works.
William Shakespeare
_____ is the massive stone monument in southern England made of large standing stones arranged in a circle.
Stonehenge
_____ is the famous American explorer who led the first expedition to the North Pole.
Robert Peary
_____ is the scientist known for developing the periodic table of elements.
Dmitri Mendeleev
_____ is the famous French artist known for theLiberty Leading the PeopleandThe Raft of the Medusa.
Eugène Delacroix
_____ is the Greek god of the sea, depicted holding a trident, and is considered one of the Twelve Olympian gods.
Poseidon
_____ is the 19th-century American author best known for writingThe Adventures of Tom SawyerandAdventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Mark Twain
_____ is the American artist and inventor known for his role in founding the modern art movement, as well as his famous paintingCampbell’s Soup Cans.
Andy Warhol
_____ is the U.S. astronaut who first walked on the Moon in 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission.
Neil Armstrong
_____ is the 19th-century British writer known for his novelsGreat ExpectationsandA Tale of Two Cities.
Charles Dickens
_____ is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, and fertility, often depicted rising from the sea foam.
Aphrodite
_____ is the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leading the country from 1979 to 1990.
Margaret Thatcher
_____ is the English king who famously broke away from the Catholic Church to establish the Church of England.
Henry VIII
_____ is the renowned Italian scientist who conducted experiments leading to the development of modern physics, particularly in the study of electricity.
Alessandro Volta
_____ is the 20th-century African-American artist famous for his colorful paintings depicting life in Harlem.
Jacob Lawrence
_____ is the ancient Roman emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.
Constantine the Great
_____ is the famous Spanish painter and sculptor known for co-founding the Cubist movement and painting works such asGuernicaandThe Weeping Woman.
Pablo Picasso
_____ is the first African-American man to play in Major League Baseball in 1947, breaking the sport’s racial segregation.
Jackie Robinson
_____ is the 18th-century English writer known forGulliver’s TravelsandA Modest Proposal.
Jonathan Swift
_____ is the first U.S. president to be impeached, though he was acquitted in his trial.
Andrew Johnson
_____ is the mathematician who contributed to the development of calculus and laws of motion, alongside Isaac Newton.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
_____ is the legendary American cowboy and lawman, known for his role in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
Wyatt Earp
_____ is the famous 16th-century astronomer who developed the heliocentric theory, suggesting that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
Nicolaus Copernicus
_____ is the ancient Greek hero who founded the Trojan War, according to Homer’sIliad.
Hector
_____ is the famous physicist and mathematician who developed the three laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation.
Isaac Newton
_____ is the Italian explorer who traveled to Asia and spent several years in the court of the Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan.
Marco Polo
_____ is the American artist who became famous for hisWater Liliesseries and was a leading figure in the Impressionist movement.
Claude Monet
_____ is the Russian writer best known for novels such asWar and PeaceandAnna Karenina.
Leo Tolstoy
_____ is the British author known for hisLord of the Ringstrilogy, which had a significant influence on fantasy literature.
J.R.R. Tolkien
_____ is the scientist who discovered the structure of DNA, along with James Watson and Rosalind Franklin.
Francis Crick
_____ is the Egyptian queen who formed a political and romantic alliance with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
Cleopatra VII
_____ is the 16th-century religious reformer known for challenging the Catholic Church with his 95 Theses, leading to the Protestant Reformation.
Martin Luther
_____ is the 19th-century American author best known for his novelsThe Adventures of Huckleberry FinnandThe Prince and the Pauper.
Mark Twain
_____ is the Greek philosopher who is considered the “father of logic” and created syllogism as a form of deductive reasoning.
Aristotle
_____ is the English scientist who discovered the laws of inheritance, known for his work with pea plants.
Gregor Mendel
_____ is the German composer who wroteThe Brandenburg ConcertosandThe Well-Tempered Clavier, famous for his Baroque-era works.
Johann Sebastian Bach
_____ is the famous Dutch painter known forThe Night Watchand his use of light and shadow in his paintings.
Rembrandt van Rijn
_____ is the American general who commanded the U.S. forces during World War II and later became president of the United States.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
_____ is the largest island in the world, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.
Greenland
_____ is the 2020 Netflix documentary series about the investigation into the disappearance of a young woman, which became a viral hit.
The Social Dilemma
_____ is the country that became the first to legalize cannabis for recreational use in 2013.
Uruguay
_____ is the metal with the chemical symbolAuand is known for its use in jewelry and as a store of value.
Gold
_____ is the 2020 pandemic caused by a new virus, which led to global health, economic, and social disruptions.
COVID-19
_____ is the environmental movement in the 21st century spearheaded by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg, aimed at combating climate change.
Fridays for Future
_____ is the large-scale streaming service launched in 2007 by Amazon, which disrupted the entertainment industry by offering on-demand movies and TV shows.
Amazon Prime Video
_____ is the African country where the Ebola outbreak of 2014-2016 originated, causing widespread panic and a global health crisis.
Guinea
_____ is the name of the U.S. Space Agency, which has been involved in space exploration, including landing humans on the Moon and sending probes to Mars.
NASA
_____ is the city in the Middle East known for its historical significance and its modern luxury, often considered one of the most developed cities in the world.
Dubai
_____ is the French artist known for pioneering the technique of pointillism, creating works such asA Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.
Georges Seurat
_____ is the political term for the ongoing process of integrating different countries into global institutions to foster cooperation, especially in the EU.
Globalization
_____ is the 2021 event where a Taliban insurgency took over Afghanistan following the withdrawal of U.S. troops, causing widespread international concern.
Fall of Kabul
_____ is the world’s largest river by volume of water, flowing through South America.
Amazon River
_____ is the disease caused by thePlasmodiumparasite, transmitted by mosquitoes, which has been a significant global health challenge for centuries.
Malaria
_____ is the largest country in Africa by population, with its capital in Lagos and official language of English.
Nigeria
_____ is the new branch of artificial intelligence focusing on making machines learn from experience, introduced by scientists like Yann LeCun and Geoffrey Hinton.
Deep Learning
_____ is the European country that produces over half of the world’s supply of chocolate, with its capital in Brussels.
Belgium
_____ is the large, popular U.S. social media platform launched in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, which has reshaped communication and media worldwide.
_____ is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth” for its role in absorbing carbon dioxide.
Amazon Rainforest
_____ is the 21st-century conflict that began in 2011, when protestors overthrew the authoritarian government of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
Syrian Civil War
_____ is the German car manufacturer known for its “People’s Car,” established in 1937 and headquartered in Wolfsburg.
Volkswagen
_____ is the 2019 international climate agreement signed by nearly every country on Earth, aiming to limit global warming to below 2°C.
The Paris Agreement
_____ is the capital city of Italy, known for its ancient Roman history, art, and architecture, including landmarks like the Colosseum and the Pantheon.
Rome
_____ is the first U.S. state to legalize recreational marijuana, setting a precedent for other states to follow in the early 2010s.
Colorado
_____ is the process by which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and stored in plants, soil, or other natural resources to mitigate climate change.
Carbon Sequestration
_____ is the global organization that facilitates international cooperation on environmental and social issues, often through treaties like the Kyoto Protocol.
United Nations (UN)
_____ is the financial and cryptocurrency platform founded by Elon Musk, known for its wide fluctuations in market value and influential memes.
Tesla
_____ is the 1997 film directed by James Cameron, which broke box-office records and told the story of a young couple aboard the doomed ocean liner.
Titanic
_____ is the branch of mathematics dealing with shapes, sizes, and the properties of space, dealing with concepts such as angles, lines, and surfaces.
Geometry
_____ is the largest country by population, with over 1.4 billion people as of the 2020 census, located in East Asia.
China
_____ is the U.S. state known for its iconic beaches, surfing culture, and as the birthplace of modern surfing.
Hawaii
_____ is the 2020 U.S. presidential candidate who defeated incumbent Donald Trump in a highly contentious election, leading to a change in government.
Joe Biden
_____ is the famous Spanish architect known for his iconic modernist designs, includingLa Sagrada Familiain Barcelona.
Antoni Gaudí
_____ is the term for the collection of solar-powered satellites that were launched by SpaceX in 2020 and 2021, aimed at providing global internet access.
Starlink
_____ is the social media platform known for its video-sharing capabilities and was popularized by influencers and meme culture.
TikTok
_____ is the term used for the art and design movements from the early 20th century, characterized by geometric shapes, bright colors, and abstraction.
Art Deco
_____ is the United Nations agency responsible for coordinating international health activities and promoting public health worldwide.
World Health Organization (WHO)
_____ is the ancient civilization known for its pyramids, hieroglyphics, and powerful pharaohs, centered around the Nile River.
Ancient Egypt
_____ is the newly discovered element, first identified in 2016, named after a Russian physicist and added as element 113 on the periodic table.
Nihonium
_____ is the practice of cultivating, managing, and harvesting forests for timber, fuel, and other forest products.
Forestry
_____ is the country that held the first Olympics in modern times in 1896 and is still a popular destination for tourism, especially in Athens.
Greece
_____ is the ancient term for the region that includes parts of modern-day Iran, Iraq, and Turkey, known for being the birthplace of early human civilization.
Mesopotamia
_____ is the ocean named after a U.S. president, situated between Asia and the Americas, known for its significant role in World War II.
Pacific Ocean
_____ is the country with the longest coastline, home to numerous vast national parks and the Rocky Mountains.
Canada
_____ is the 2017 natural disaster, which devastated the Caribbean islands of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and many others.
Hurricane Maria
_____ is the U.S. state that is home to the Grand Canyon, known for its vast desert landscapes and distinctive geological formations.
Arizona
_____ is the new currency adopted by the European Union in 2002, used in 19 of its member countries.
Euro
_____ is the system of classification for living organisms, developed by Carl Linnaeus in the 18th century, which includes ranks such as genus and species.
Binomial Nomenclature
_____ is the practice of farming fish and other aquatic organisms in controlled environments, often done for food production.
Aquaculture
_____ is the new breed of genetically modified organism (GMO) created to be resistant to specific herbicides, leading to increased agricultural efficiency.
Roundup Ready Crops
_____ is the famous early 20th-century artist known for his surrealist paintings that explore dream imagery, includingThe Persistence of Memory.
Salvador Dalí
_____ is the type of political system where the government holds absolute power, often without legal limitations or checks and balances.
Totalitarianism
_____ is the famous European conflict that began in 1914, involving many of the world’s great powers and lasting until 1918.
World War I
_____ is the major economic theory of the late 20th century, emphasizing market deregulation and the reduction of government intervention in economies.
Neoliberalism
_____ is the government in which a king or queen rules, often in conjunction with a constitution or as part of a ceremonial role.
Monarchy
_____ is the powerful storm system that develops over warm ocean waters and is characterized by strong winds, rain, and a rotating pattern.
Hurricane
_____ is the country that hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics, and has faced significant political and social challenges in the years leading up to the event.
Brazil
_____ is the computer programming language designed for simplicity and readability, widely used for web development.
Python
_____ is the current term used for the large-scale migration of people from their home countries due to war, persecution, or environmental disaster.
Refugee Crisis
_____ is the fastest growing renewable energy source worldwide, which harnesses the power of the wind.
Wind Energy
_____ is the 2020 global sporting event that was postponed and rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, marking the first time in modern history.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics
_____ is the large-scale economic system that advocates for minimal government interference and believes in the importance of free markets and competition.
Capitalism
_____ is the ocean exploration mission launched by NASA in 2017 to study underwater ecosystems and the effects of climate change on marine life.
NOAA Ocean Exploration
_____ is the largest technology company by market value, founded by Steve Jobs, and known for its iconic iPhone, iPad, and Mac products.
Apple
_____ is the longest-running American television show, known for its satirical take on current events.
The Simpsons
_____ is the American educational institution responsible for conducting scientific research and innovations, including sending humans to the Moon.
NASA
_____ is the concept where global economic activities and businesses are interconnected, often leading to faster information exchange and trade.
Globalization
