General Knowledge

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EASY ROUND
15 questions
1 point per question
10 seconds to answer
 Easy #1
For which of the following disciplines is Nobel
Prize awarded?

A. Physics and Chemistry

B. Physiology or Medicine
C. Literature, Peace and Economics
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
 Easy #2
Hitler party which came into power in 1933 is
known as
A. Labour Party
B. Nazi Party
C. Ku-Klux-Klan
D. Democratic Party
B. Nazi Party
 Easy #3
Which scientist discovered the radioactive
element radium?

A. Isaac Newton
B. Albert Einstein
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. Marie Curie
D. Marie Curie
 Easy #4
Who is the father of Geometry?

A. Aristotle
B. Euclid
C. Pythagoras
D. Kepler
B. Euclid
 Easy #5
What is part of a database that holds only one
type of information?

A. Report
B. Field
C. Record
D. File
B. Field
 Easy #6
Who wrote 'War and Peace'?

A. Leo Tolstoy
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Charles Dickens
D. Kipling
A. Leo Tolstoy
 Easy #7
Which country leads in the production of rubber?

A. Australia
B. Malaysia
C. India
D. Myanmar
B. Malaysia
 Easy #8
Pollination is best defined as

A. visiting flowers by insects

B. germination of pollen grains
C. growth of pollen tube in ovule
D. transfer of pollen from anther to stigma
D. transfer of pollen from another
to stigma
 Easy #9
Who discovered magnetic field of electric current?

A. Ampere
B. Fleming
C. Faraday
D. Edison
C. Faraday
 Easy #10
Which country has the highest number of
cellphone users?

A. USA
B. India
C. China
D. Brazil
C. China
 Easy #11
When was Monopoly created?

A. 1940s
B. 1930s
C. 1920s
D. 1950s
B. 1930s
 Easy #12
Each year World Red Cross and Red Crescent
Day is celebrated on

A. May 8
B. May 18
C. June 8
D. June 18
A. May 8
 Easy #13
Of the 718 current species of Pokémon, only
____ of the English language names include the
names of real people.

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
C. 4
 Easy #14

True or False.
Babies are born with more bones than adults
True.
 Easy #15
The length of your thumbs is about the same as
that of your _______.

A. Eyebrow
B. Lips
C. Tongue
D. Nose
D. Nose
AVERAGE
ROUND
15 questions
3 points per question
15 seconds to answer
 Average #1

Identification.

Who was the youngest elected senator in the

country’s history?
Ans: Benigno Aquino Jr. / Ninoy Aquino
is the youngest elected senator in
the country’s history. He was 34
years of age when he was elected in
1967.
 Average #2

Who invented Gunpowder?

A. G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

B. Sir Frank Whittle
C. Roger Bacon
D. Leo H Baekeland
C. Roger Bacon
 Average #3
Who is the father of English Poetry?
A. Milton
B. Wordsworth
C. Chaucer
D. Charles Dickens
C. Chaucer
 Average #4
Who developed Yahoo?

A. Dennis Ritchie & Ken Thompson

B. David Filo & Jerry Yang
C. Vint Cerf & Robert Kahn
D. Steve Case & Jeff Bezos
B. David Filo & Jerry Yang
 Average #5
What name did Little Mix originally go by?

A. Lil Miss
B. Little Miss
C. Missy Eliott,
D. Rhythmix
D. Rhythmix
 Average #6
The First American woman in space was

A. Valentina Tereshkova
B. Sally Ride
C. Naidia Comenci
D. Tamara Press
B. Sally Ride
 Average #7
Who wrote the line: ' A thing of beauty is a joy
forever'?
A. John Keats
B. Robert Browing
C. P.B.Shelley
D. William Wordsworth
A. John Keats
 Average #8

Identification.

The intersecting lines drawn on maps and globes

are called ______.
GEOGRAPHIC GRID
 Average #9

Identification.

What zodiac sign is represented by twins?

 Average #10

Identification.

Federation Cup, World Cup, Allywyn International

Trophy and Challenge Cup are awarded to
winners of what sports
ANS: VOLLEYBALL
 Average #11
January 15 is celebrated as the

A. Republic Day
B. Ugadhi
C. Teachers' Day
D. Army Day
D. Army Day
 Average #12

Identification.

A queen termite can live up to __ years.

ANS: 50
 Average #13

Identification.

From what school did the two topnotchers of the

recently concluded May 2019 CPA Board Exam
came from.
ANS: De La Salle University
 Average #14

Identification.

What is NFJPIA-R1CAR’s federation byline for

2019-2020?
ANS: Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat
 Average #15

Identification.

What is the last name of the Chairman of Board

of Accountancy?
ANS: Quiñola
DIFFICULT
ROUND
10 questions
5 points per question
20 seconds to answer
 Difficult #1

Identification.

• Yaya Dub is popularly known for her Kris

Aquino Dubsmash and Kalye Serye. What is
her real name? (including second name &
middle initial)
ANS: Nicomaine Dei C. Mendoza
 Difficult #2

Identification.

Pope Benedict XVI – @pontifex on Twitter has

more than 6.65 followers to date. How many
Twitter accounts does he “follow?”
ANS: 8
 Difficult #3

Name this movie.

ANS: Battle Royale
 Difficult #4

Identification.

These are numbers where each following

number is the sum of the previous two.
ANS: Fibonacci Sequence
 Difficult #5

Identification.

Enzo Ferrari told Ferrucio “You may be able to

drive a tractor but you will never be able to
handle a ferrari properly.” Ferrucio was so angry
that he vowed to create the perfect car. What do
you call this “perfect car” that costs
approximately $200,000 today?
ANS: LAMBORGHINI
 Difficult #6

Identification.

It is the only metal that is naturally antibacterial.

ANS: Copper
 Difficult #7

Identification.

Give the full name of protagonist with a nickname

“Cassie” in the Filipino series Kadenang Ginto.
(including middle name)
ANS: CASSANDRA ANDRADA
MONDRAGON
 Difficult #8

Identification.

What invention caused many deaths while

testing it?
ANS: Parachute
 Difficult #9

Identification.

When is the World Population Day observed?

ANS: July 11
 Difficult #10

Identification.

Pewdiepie has been the most subscribed

youtuber for the past years, but recently he was
dethroned by what India-based youtube channel.
ANS: T-Series
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CLINCHER
 #1

From what book did Princess

Eadlyn Schreave came from?
ANS: Battle Royale
 #2

In 2011 census for Czech Republic,

over 15 thousand people listed their
religion as _______.
ANS: Jedi
 #3
First China War was fought between

A. China and Britain

B. China and France
C. China and Egypt
D. China and Greek
A. China and Britain
 #4
The great Victoria Desert is located in

A. Canada
B. West Africa
C. Australia
D. North America
C. Australia
 #5
This statesman, politican, scholar, inventor, and
one of early presidents of USA invented the
swivel chair, the spherical sundial, the
moldboard plow, and the cipher wheel.

A. George Washington
B. Alexander Hamilton
C. John Adams
D. Thomas Jefferson
D. Thomas Jefferson
 #6

‘DSLR’ abbreviation usually means?

Digital Single Lens Reflex
 #7

Who perfected GENETIC ENGINEERING?

A. Cohen & Boyer

B. Hunt & Davids
C. Sinclair & Roberts
D. Jaysson & Simons
A. Cohen & Boyer
 #8

Pewdiepie is the #1 most subscribed

youtuber. What is his real name?
Felix Kjellberg
 #9
Famous for her The Legend Trilogy. What is
the name of this author?
 #10

Cashflow 101 is a serious game that serves as a

tool for learning basic financial strategies and
accounting principles. Who is the man behind this
board game?
Robert Kiyosaki
 #11

The latitudinal differences in pressure

delineate a number of major pressure zones,
which correspond with
A. zones of climate
B. zones of oceans
C. zones of land
D. zones of cyclonic depressions
A. zones of climate