University of Challenges

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University of Challenges Quiz

Test your knowledge across a wide range of topics in our engaging University of Challenges Quiz! Designed for enthusiasts and learners alike, this quiz covers history, science, literature, and more, challenging participants to recall fascinating facts and widely accepted truths.

  • 15 thought-provoking questions
  • Multiple choice and checkbox formats
  • Perfect for all ages
  • Fun and educational!
15 Questions4 MinutesCreated by CuriousCat87
Ï»¿"We must leave exactly on time - From now on, everything must function to perfection." Whose words were these, spoken to a station-master and quoted in 1939, part of the mythology that the trains always ran on time under Fascist dictatorships?
Mussolini
Hitler
Franco
Emperor Hirohito
Steve from minecraft
'The Strangest Man' by Graham Farmelo is a 2009 biography of which scientist, who applied Einstein's Theory of Relativity to quantum mechanics in order to describe the spin of an electron? In 1933 he shared the Nobel Prize for physics with Erwin Schrödinger?
Albert Einstein
Steve Jobs
Nikola Tesla
Oppenheimer
Paul Dirac
Often featuring in photographic illusions caused by forced perspective, which structure was begun in 1173 as the third and final structure of its city's cathedral complex? Designed to be 56 metres high, improvements to the foundations since 1990 have diminished its distinctive aberration.
St Paul's Cathedral
The Great Pyramid of Giza (the first one)
Stonehenge
The leaning tower of Pisa
The hanging gardens of Babylon
Which Shakespeare play features the line, "All that glisters is not gold"?
Romeo and Juliet
The Merchant of Venice
Avengers Endgame
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Macbeth
Macbook pro 2021
Which US city is geographically closest to London?
Boston
New York
San Fransisco
Washington DC
Nebraska
Watford
Authors CS Lewis and Aldous Huxley, and former US president John F Kennedy all died on 22 November in which year?
Trick question Kennedy lives
1963
1962
1964
1984
The Fields Medal, infamously rejected by Russian Grigori Perelman in 2006, is awarded in which academic discipline?
Computing
Maths
JMC
Chemistry
Medicine
Combining the periodic table symbols for neon, tungsten, hydrogen and americium in consecutive order, which London borough is spelled out?
Watford
Harrow
New Ham
North Harrow
Newark
Which planet is principally made of iron, but shares its name with that of a different metal?
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Steel
The Security Council of the United Nations has how many permanent members?
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Is America a country?
Which of the following is not a programming language? (You can pick more than 1)
Javascript
Boomerang
Actor
ABC
Clean
Alice
Ballerina
Which building in Imperial College London is the worst?
SAF
SAF
SAF
SAF
What does 9+10 equal?
21
19
What is the best colour?
Blue
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue again because it's the best
Is Queen's tower secretly an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile?
Yes
No
No, because it's actually a raised pyramid
No, because it doesn't exist
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