GK 130 : GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

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1. What is the capital of Canada?
   Answer: Ottawa
2. Who painted the famous fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome?
   Answer: Michelangelo
3. What is the largest desert in the world?
   Answer: Sahara Desert
4. Who wrote the novel “Pride and Prejudice”?
   Answer: Jane Austen
5. What is the currency of Germany?
   Answer: Euro
6. Who is the founder of Microsoft?
   Answer: Bill Gates
7. What is the capital of Argentina?
   Answer: Buenos Aires
8. Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?
   Answer: Roald Amundsen
9. What is the name of the river that runs through Paris?
   Answer: Seine
10. Who directed the movie “Jaws”?
    Answer: Steven Spielberg
11. What is the capital of China?
    Answer: Beijing
12. What is the highest mountain in North America?
    Answer: Denali (formerly known as Mount McKinley)
13. Who composed the famous ballet called “The Nutcracker”?
    Answer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
14. What is the currency of India?
    Answer: Indian rupee
15. Who was the first President of the United States?
    Answer: George Washington
16. What is the capital of South Africa?
    Answer: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
17. Who invented the light bulb?
    Answer: Thomas Edison
18. What is the currency of Brazil?
    Answer: Brazilian real
19. Who wrote the famous novel “The Catcher in the Rye”?
    Answer: J.D. Salinger
20. What is the capital of Italy?
    Answer: Rome

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