1. The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was:
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
2. Brightest star as seen from the Earth:
Sirius (also known as Dog Star)
3. Inventor of dynamite:
Alfred B. Nobel
4. The god of love in greek myth:
Aphrodite
(Aphrodite is the goddess of love, known as Venus to the Romans.)
5. The largest sea in the world:
South China Sea
6. The world's oldest known city:
The coastal area of Dead sea
8. The first explorer to reach the South Pole was:
Ronald Amundson
9. The country known as the land of the midnight sun is:
Norway
10. The youngest President of the USA:
Theodore Roosevelt11. A form of government in which the head of state is not a monarch and the people have an contribution to its government:
Republic
12. Nearest star to the Earth (other than the Sun):
Proxima Centauri
13. The author of Alice in Wonderland:
Lewis Carroll
14. It is now believed that dinosaurs became extinct because of:
A Meteorite (A large meteorite is thought to have collided with the earth.)
15. Charles Darwin began developing his theory of evolution while voyaging on a ship named:
The Beagle
16. A robot that is designed to look and act like a human is called:
Android
17. The largest museum in the world is:
The American Museum of Natural History
18. The country known as the Land of Cakes is:
Scotland
19. The actor who is considered as the biggest cowboy star of silent movies is:
Tom Mix
20. Coal is known as:
Black Diamond
21. The tallest statue in the world is:
The Spring Temple Buddha is a statue depicting Vairocana Buddha located in Henan, China (height: 128m / 420ft).
22. Because of its abundance of orchards and hop gardens, Kent is widely known as:
The Garden of England
(Kent is a county in southeast England.)
23. What was the name of the first computer game?
Tennis for Two
24. The Roman name for Portugal was:
Lusitania
(Lusitania was an ancient Roman province including approximately all of modern Portugal south of the Douro river, and part of modern Spain.)
25. The first official telephone call to the moon was made by:
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States (1969–1974).
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