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1. How many zeros are there in a googol?

a. 1,000
b. 1,000,000
c. 10
d. !100

2. What039;s the square root of 49?


a. 12
b. 4
c. 9
d. !7

3. How many zeptometres are inside one femtometre?


a. 1,000,000,000
b. 10
c. !1,000,000
d. 1000

4. The proof for the Chinese Remainder Theorem used in Number Theory was NOT
developed by its first publisher, Sun Tzu.
a. !True
b. False

5. What prime number comes next after 19?


a. 25
b. !23
c. 21
d. 27

6. The decimal number 31 in hexadecimal would be what?


a. 3D
b. 2E
c. 1B
d. !1F

7. A 039;Millinillion039; is a real number.


a. !True
b. False

8. In Topology, the complement of an open set is a closed set.


a. !True
b. False

9. What is the correct order of operations for solving equations?


a. The order in which the operations are written.
b. Addition, Multiplication, Division, Subtraction, Addition,
Parentheses
c. !Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition,
Subtraction
d. Parentheses, Exponents, Addition, Substraction, Multiplication,
Division
10. An equilateral triangle always has every angle measuring 60deg;.
a. False
b. !True

11. How many sides does a trapezium have?


a. 3
b. 6
c. 5
d. !4

12. Which of the following mathematicians made major contributions to game theory?
a. Carl Friedrich Gauss
b. Leonhard Euler
c. Stefan Banach
d. !John Von Neumann

13. What type of function is xsup2;+2x+1?


a. Exponential
b. !Quadratic
c. Linear
d. Rational

1. What is the only country in the world with a flag that doesn039;t have four
right angles?
a. Panama
b. !Nepal
c. Angola
d. Egypt

2. Which country inside the United Kingdom does NOT appear on its flag, the Union
Jack?
a. Isle of Wight
b. !Wales
c. Scotland
d. Ireland

3. Which of these countries is NOT a part of the Asian continent?


a. Russia
b. Georgia
c. Singapore
d. !Suriname

4. What is the capital of Jamaica?


a. Bridgetown
b. !Kingston
c. San Juan
d. PortauPrince
5. Which nation claims ownership of Antarctica?
a. United States of America
b. Australia
c. !No one, but there are claims.
d. United Nations

6. Which country has three capital cities?


a. !South Africa
b. Somalia
c. United Kingdom
d. China

7. What is the highest mountain in the world?


a. Mount Godwin Austen
b. Kangchenjunga
c. !Mt. Everest
d. Annapurna

8. What is the capital of Lithuania?


a. !Vilnius
b. Helsinki
c. Tallinn
d. Riga

9. What city is the Terracotta Army located in?


a. Beijing
b. Shanghai
c. Hong Kong
d. !Xi039;an

10. Which is not a country in Africa?


a. Liberia
b. !Guyana
c. Senegal
d. Somalia

11. Greenland is a part of which kingdom?


a. United Kingdom
b. Norway
c. !Denmark
d. Sweden

1. In the year 1900, what were the most popular first names given to boy and girl
babies born in the United States?
a. Joseph and Catherine
b. !John and Mary
c. George and Anne
d. William and Elizabeth
2. The Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear bomb ever tested, had a yield of 50
megatons but theoretically had a maximum yield of how much?
a. 75 Megatons
b. 150 Megatons
c. 200 Megatons
d. !100 Megatons

3. Which of the following Assyrian kings did NOT rule during the NeoAssyrian
Empire?
a. Shalmaneser V
b. Esharhaddon
c. !ShamshiAdad III
d. Ashurnasirpal II

4. During the Wars of the Roses 1455 1487 which Englishman was dubbed quot;the
Kingmakerquot;?
a. !Richard Neville
b. Henry V
c. Richard III
d. Thomas Warwick

5. Joseph Stalin had a criminal past doing what?


a. Identity Fraud
b. Tax Evasion
c. !Robbing Trains
d. Murder for Hire

6. Against which country did the Dutch Republic fight the Eighty Years039; War?
a. Portugal
b. England
c. France
d. !Spain

7. When did the United States formally declare war on Japan, entering World War II?
a. June 6, 1944
b. September 1, 1939
c. !December 8, 1941
d. June 22, 1941

8. Who was the first president born in the independent United States?
a. !Martin Van Buren
b. George Washington
c. John Adams
d. James Monroe

9. Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States of America?
a. !France
b. Spain
c. Germany
d. England
10. Which country was Josef Stalin born in?
a. Germany
b. !Georgia
c. Russia
d. Poland

11. What was the name of the planned invasion of Japan towards the end of World War
II?
a. Operation Aflame
b. Operation Ironclad
c. Operation Boarding Party
d. !Operation Downfall

12. Which of these theoretical phycisists first predicted the existence of


antimatter?
a. Werner Heisenberg
b. Niels Bohr
c. !Paul Dirac
d. Albert Einstein

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