Amazing General Knowledge About Everything Quiz

Answer: Fettuccine

Pasta's history goes back as far as the early Chinese dynasties where the Chinese started eating noodles however the widely recognised home of pasta is now Italy. The correct answer above is fettuccine, which is ribbon-shaped pasta. Rotelle falls into the category of decorative fancy shapes, spaghetti falls into the category of string-shaped pasta and manicotti falls into the category of hollow pasta.

Answer: Square shaped with rounded off edges

A Belgian bun's appearance is very similar to that of a Chelsea bun. It is square shaped with rounded off edges. Furthermore, it has raisins on top of it with a cherry. The country calls this pastry as "couque suisse".

Answer: Minfong Ho

"Rice Without Rain" is a book written by Minfong Ho. It is based in Maekung, Thailand and during the time when Thailand's government was military-based. It is a great thriller that represents the life of farmers in Thailand. The history of Thailand is also well-portrayed in this story where student leaders protested for democracy and the military tried to stop the student leaders.

Answer: Chicago Cubs

After every season in MLB, there are various awards such as "Comeback Player of the Year Award", "Rawlings Gold Glove Award", "Edgar Martinez Award" and the "Hank Aaron Award". The Hank Aaron Award is awarded to the best hitter for the season. At the end of the season in 1999, Sammy Sosa from Chicago Cubs received this award.

Answer: Sodium

Electrolysis is known as the best method to decompose an ionic compound. The electrolysis of brine is very popular in industry to produce those three materials: sodium hydroxide, hydrogen and chlorine. It can be produced in a large scale, but it is not a cheap process.

Answer: Remember that you are mortal

The expression "memento mori" means "Remember that you are mortal". It is sometimes used with the very popular phrase "carpe diem". Both of them are motivational phrases that are sometimes used together.

Answer: US Open

The US Open Tennis Championship started using the "Electronic Review Technology" in 2006. If a player wants to question the decision of a line call by a judge then the Electronic Review Technology can be requested in the form of a challenge. Usually, in a set, a player is entitled to two (three in a tiebreak) challenges.

The result can be successful for the player who called, then, there might be a replay of the point, or a point for the player who called. If the result was unsuccessful, the player who called loses the point or there might be a replay of the point.

Answer: ant

It is an ant. Holometabolism means that it is part of an insect group with four stages of life. An interesting bit of trivia is that some ants have the ability to make some sort of alarm sound to cause ants to go into attack frenzy. This helps if that species of ants were fighting against the enemies. The enemies will go wild and they will fight against each other.

Answer: Rochester Royals

Minneapolis Lakers were a very strong NBA side, winning many titles. They were then succeeded by Rochester Royals (now Sacramento Kings). They changed their name to Los Angeles Lakers in 1960s.

Answer: Jainism

Jainism might not be a very big religion, however, its beliefs are unique. The religion also believes in the consequences of one's behaviour. It is a religion of self-help. In addition, Jainism has neither priests nor gods. Lastly, they are very, very strict vegetarians whose aim is also to minimize the use of the scarce world resources.