KB World History 2013 #2

Question 1

What does the acronym NATO stand for?

Answer 1

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 2

On what continent would I find the country of Brazil?

Answer 2

South America

Question 3

What is the world’s largest city?

Answer 3

Tokyo

Question 4

What city would I visit to see the Louvre Museum?

Answer 4

Paris, France

Question 5

What priest supposedly rid Ireland of all of its snakes?

Answer 5

St. Patrick

Question 6

How many rings are on the Olympic flag?

Answer 6

5

Question 7

Who painted the “Mona Lisa”?

Answer 7

Leonard da Vinci

Question 8

What imaginary line is at 0 degrees longitude?

Answer 8

Prime Meridian

Question 9

What imaginary line is at 0 degrees latitude?

Answer 9

Equator

Question 10

What country was the first to invent gunpowder?

Answer 10

China

Question 11

On what continent would I find the “Ivory Coast”?

Answer 11

Africa

Question 12

What country first made use of paper money?

Answer 12

China

Question 13

In what year did Columbus sail across the Atlantic?

Answer 13

1492

Question 14

Who explored what is now Florida while looking for the Fountain of Youth?

Answer 14

Ponce de Leon

Question 15

The word “America” was taken from what person’s name?

Answer 15

explorer Amerigo Vespucci

Question 16

Who is believed to be the first Viking to reach America?

Answer 16

Leif Erikson

Question 17

Adolf Hitler was the leader of what political party?

Answer 17

Nazi

Question 18

What pharaoh’s ancient tomb was discovered in Egypt in 1922?

Answer 18

Tutankhamen (King Tut)

Question 19

What is the largest continent in the world?

Answer 19

Asia

Question 20

What church, built by the Emperor Justinian, is known as the “Church of the Holy Wisdom”?

Answer 20

Hagia Sophia