General knowledge Question and answer

100 general knowledge Question

1. What is the capital city of France?  

   Answer: Paris

2. Who painted the Mona Lisa?  

   Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

3. What is the largest planet in our solar system?  

   Answer: Jupiter

4. Who wrote the famous play "Romeo and Juliet"?  

   Answer: William Shakespeare

5. What is the chemical symbol for water?  

   Answer: H2O

6. Who was the first person to step on the moon?  

   Answer: Neil Armstrong

7. In which country would you find the Great Barrier Reef?  

   Answer: Australia

8. What is the tallest mammal in the world?  

   Answer: Giraffe

9. Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?  

   Answer: Margaret Thatcher

10. What is the capital city of Japan?  

    Answer: Tokyo

11. What is the largest ocean on Earth?  

    Answer: Pacific Ocean

12. Who is the author of "To Kill a Mockingbird"?  

    Answer: Harper Lee

13. What is the chemical symbol for gold?  

    Answer: Au

14. Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?  

    Answer: Mars

15. Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?  

    Answer: Michelangelo

16. What is the currency of Germany?  

    Answer: Euro

17. What is the boiling point of water in Celsius?  

    Answer: 100 degrees Celsius

18. Who discovered penicillin?  

    Answer: Alexander Fleming

19. What is the capital city of Canada?  

    Answer: Ottawa

20. Who wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"?  

    Answer: Mark Twain

21. What is the chemical symbol for oxygen?  

    Answer: O2

22. Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?  

    Answer: Japan

23. Who composed the famous "Moonlight Sonata"?  

    Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven

24. What is the largest desert in the world?  

    Answer: Sahara Desert

25. Who is the creator of the theory of relativity?  

    Answer: Albert Einstein

26. What is the smallest bone in the human body?  

    Answer: Stapes (in the ear)

27. What is the capital city of Brazil?  

    Answer: Brasília

28. Who wrote the famous novel "1984"?  

    Answer: George Orwell

29. What is the chemical symbol for sodium?  

    Answer: Na

30. What is the largest species of bear?  

    Answer: Polar bear

31. Who painted "Starry Night"?  

    Answer: Vincent van Gogh

32. In which country is the Taj Mahal located?  

    Answer: India

33. What is the tallest mountain in the world?  

    Answer: Mount Everest

34. Who is known as the "Father of Computers"?  

    Answer: Charles Babbage

35. What is the capital city of South Africa?  

    Answer: Pretoria (Administrative), Cape Town (Legislative), Bloemfontein (Judicial)

36. What is the chemical symbol for iron?  

    Answer: Fe

37. What is the largest bird in the world?  

    Answer: Ostrich

38. Who wrote "The Catcher in the Rye"?  

    Answer: J.D. Salinger

39. What is the chemical symbol for silver?  

    Answer: Ag

40. What is the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit?  

    Answer: 212 degrees Fahrenheit

41. Who discovered the theory of gravity?  

    Answer: Isaac Newton

42. What is the currency of China?  

    Answer: Renminbi (Yuan)

43. What is the largest lake in Africa?  

    Answer: Lake Victoria

44. Who painted the famous work "The Persistence of Memory"?  

    Answer: Salvador Dalí

45. What is the chemical symbol for carbon?  

    Answer: C

46. What is the capital city of Italy?  

    Answer: Rome

47. Who wrote "Pride and Prejudice"?  

    Answer: Jane Austen

48. What is the chemical symbol for helium?  

    Answer: He

49. Who composed "The Four Seasons"?  

    Answer: Antonio Vivaldi

50. What is the largest continent by land area?  

    Answer: Asia

51. Who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection?  

    Answer: Charles Darwin

52. What is the currency of Russia?  

    Answer: Russian Ruble

53. What is the capital city of Spain?  

    Answer: Madrid

54. Who wrote "The Great Gatsby"?  

    Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald

55. What is the chemical symbol for potassium?  

    Answer: K

56. What is the smallest planet in our solar system?  

    Answer: Mercury

57. Who was the first President of the United States?  

    Answer: George Washington

58. What is the largest island in the world?  

    Answer: Greenland

59. Who painted "The Starry Night"?  

    Answer: Vincent van Gogh

60. What is the chemical symbol for nitrogen?  

    Answer: N

61. What is the currency of Japan?  

    Answer: Japanese Yen

62. Who wrote "The Picture of Dorian Gray"?  

    Answer: Oscar Wilde

63. What is the chemical symbol for calcium?  

    Answer: Ca

64. What is the fastest land animal?  

    Answer: Cheetah

65. Who is the author of "The Lord of the Rings"?  

    Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien

66. What is the chemical symbol for lead?  

    Answer: Pb

67. What is the capital city of Australia?  

    Answer: Canberra

68. Who composed the famous opera "The Magic Flute"?  

    Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

69. What is the chemical symbol for copper?  

    Answer: Cu

70. What is the largest city in the United States by population?  

    Answer: New York City

71. Who discovered electricity?  

    Answer: Benjamin Franklin

72. What is the currency of India?  

    Answer: Indian Rupee

73. What is the chemical symbol for tin?  

    Answer: Sn

74. Who wrote "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey"?  

    Answer: Homer

75. What is the chemical symbol for uranium?  

    Answer: U

76. What is the largest ocean animal?  

    Answer: Blue whale

77. Who is known as the "King of Pop"?  

    Answer: Michael Jackson

78. What is the currency of the United Kingdom?  

    Answer: British Pound

79. What is the chemical symbol for mercury?  

    Answer: Hg

80. What is the largest city in Canada by population?  

    Answer: Toronto

81. Who composed the "Symphony No. 9"?  

    Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven

82. What is the chemical symbol for silicon?  

    Answer: Si

83. What is the highest mountain in North America?

  

    Answer: Denali (formerly known as Mount McKinley)

84. Who painted "The Birth of Venus"?  

    Answer: Sandro Botticelli

85. What is the chemical symbol for platinum?  

    Answer: Pt

86. What is the deepest ocean in the world?  

    Answer: Pacific Ocean

87. Who is known as the "Queen of Soul"?  

    Answer: Aretha Franklin

88. What is the currency of Brazil?  

    Answer: Brazilian Real

89. What is the chemical symbol for aluminum?  

    Answer: Al

90. What is the largest reptile in the world?  

    Answer: Saltwater crocodile

91. Who wrote "The Canterbury Tales"?  

    Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer

92. What is the chemical symbol for neon?  

    Answer: Ne

93. What is the highest waterfall in the world?  

    Answer: Angel Falls

94. Who composed "The Nutcracker Suite"?  

    Answer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

95. What is the chemical symbol for phosphorus?  

    Answer: P

96. What is the longest river in the world?  

    Answer: Nile River

97. Who is known as the "Father of Geometry"?  

    Answer: Euclid

98. What is the currency of Mexico?  

    Answer: Mexican Peso

99. What is the chemical symbol for neon?  

    Answer: Ne

100. What is the largest land animal in the world?  

     Answer: African elephant

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