What kind of aircraft was developed by Igor Sikorsky in the United States in 1942?
Correct answer: Helicopter
Igor Sikorsky pioneered the modern practical helicopter in the United States, and his Sikorsky R-4 first flew in 1942.
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How Many Can You Get Right? | General Knowledge Quiz
Test yourself with this General Knowledge quiz and see how many you can get right.
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What kind of alcohol is used as a base to make the popular Manhattan cocktail?
Correct answer: Whiskey
A Manhattan is traditionally made with whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters.
The village of East Hampton was shocked upon learning that the two eccentric occupants of the dilapidated Grey Gardens estate were harboring not only cats, but what unusual animals in their attic?
Correct answer: Raccoons
The Grey Gardens estate was infested with raccoons, including animals living in its attic alongside numerous cats.
What do sailors call the back of a boat?
Correct answer: Stern
The stern is the rear or back part of a boat, opposite the bow.
What Spanish explorer conquered the Aztec Empire in the 16th century?
Correct answer: Hernan Cortes
Hernán Cortés led the Spanish campaign that defeated the Aztec Empire in the early 16th century.
Which payment company uses two overlapping red and orange circles?
Correct answer: Mastercard
The correct answer is Mastercard.
According to the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament, how many days did it take God to create the world?
Correct answer: Six
Genesis describes God creating the world in six days and resting on the seventh.
Terry Gilliam was an animator that worked with which British comedy group?
Correct answer: Monty%20Python
Terry Gilliam created the distinctive cutout animations for Monty Python and was a member of the comedy group.
Which language is NOT Indo-European?
Correct answer: Hungarian
Hungarian belongs to the Uralic language family, while Greek, Latvian, and Russian are Indo-European languages.
In ancient Greece, if your job were a "hippeus" which of these would you own?
Correct answer: Horse
A hippeus was a horseman or cavalryman in ancient Greece, so he would own a horse.
questions
- What kind of aircraft was developed by Igor Sikorsky in the United States in 1942?
- What kind of alcohol is used as a base to make the popular Manhattan cocktail?
- The village of East Hampton was shocked upon learning that the two eccentric occupants of the dilapidated Grey Gardens estate were harboring not only cats, but what unusual animals in their attic?
- What do sailors call the back of a boat?
- What Spanish explorer conquered the Aztec Empire in the 16th century?
- Which payment company uses two overlapping red and orange circles?
- According to the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament, how many days did it take God to create the world?
- Terry Gilliam was an animator that worked with which British comedy group?
- Which language is NOT Indo-European?
- In ancient Greece, if your job were a "hippeus" which of these would you own?
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