General Knowledge Quiz 2 January 11, 2024 by Rabbani Mohd /15 72 General Knowledge Quiz 2 General Knowledge Quiz 2 1 / 15 In which year did Christopher Columbus reach the Americas? 1492 1607 1400 1776 2 / 15 Who wrote "Pride and Prejudice"? Charlotte Brontë Emily Brontë Jane Austen Charles Dickens 3 / 15 Who wrote "1984"? Aldous Huxley George Orwell Ray Bradbury H.G. Wells 4 / 15 Who discovered penicillin? Louis Pasteur Joseph Lister Alexander Fleming Marie Curie 5 / 15 Who is known as the "Father of Computer Science"? Mark Zuckerberg Bill Gates Alan Turing Steve Jobs 6 / 15 Which gas is responsible for the greenhouse effect? Carbon Dioxide Nitrogen Methane Oxygen 7 / 15 What is the capital city of Brazil? Brasília Salvador Sao Paulo Rio de Janeiro 8 / 15 Who wrote "The Canterbury Tales"? Jane Austen Geoffrey Chaucer William Shakespeare Charles Dickens 9 / 15 What is the longest river in the world? Mississippi River Yangtze River Amazon River Nile River 10 / 15 What is the largest island in the world? Greenland Australia Borneo Madagascar 11 / 15 What is the largest desert in the world? Arabian Desert Sahara Desert Antarctic Desert Gobi Desert 12 / 15 Who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling? Michelangelo Leonardo da Vinci Raphael Donatello 13 / 15 What is the currency of China? Yen Renminbi Yuan Won 14 / 15 What is the currency of India? Rupiah Baht Rupee Ringgit 15 / 15 Who was the first President of the United States? George Washington Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln John Adams Your score is 0% Restart quiz