General Knowledge Quiz - Science, Geography & History

Omkareshwar is a Hindu temple located on Mandhata Island in the Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is one of the 12 Jyotirlinga shrines dedicated to Lord Shiva. The island's shape resembles the Hindu symbol 'Om', which gives the temple its name. The other options are not on islands in the Narmada River.

Kedarnath is a Hindu temple located in the Garhwal Himalayan range at an altitude of about 3,583 meters (11,755 ft). It is accessible only by foot and only during summer months (usually May/June to October/November) due to heavy snowfall in winter. The temple is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas and closes during winter. Omkareshwar is on an island, Grishneshwar and Nageshvara are more accessible.

The microscope is credited to Zacharias Janssen (also spelled Zacharias Jansen or Hans Janssen), a Dutch spectacle-maker who invented the first compound microscope around 1590. His father Hans likely assisted. Note that 'z zasen' appears to be a garbled version of 'Zacharias Janssen'.

The sloth is the slowest mammal on Earth, moving at a maximum speed of about 0.24 km/h (0.15 mph). They spend nearly their entire lives hanging from trees and move so slowly that algae can grow on their fur. Their extremely slow metabolism and deliberate movements are adaptations to their low-energy diet.

Dennis Tito became the first space tourist in 2001, paying approximately $20 million to fly to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. The American multimillionaire spent 7 days, 22 hours, and 4 minutes in space, marking the beginning of commercial space tourism.

The Andes is the longest mountain range in the world, spanning approximately 7,000 km (4,300 miles) along South America's western edge through seven countries. It is the longest continental mountain range, while the mid-ocean ridge system is longer but underwater.

Iron is called the 'killer of stars' because once a star's core begins fusing elements into iron, fusion stops releasing energy and instead consumes it. This causes the core to collapse, triggering a supernova in massive stars. Carbon, gold, and plutonium do not mark this critical stellar death threshold.

Gaboon vipers possess hemotoxic venom that primarily attacks blood cells and tissues, causing internal bleeding and circulatory system failure. While some cobras have neurotoxins affecting nerves, vipers are characterized by hemotoxic venom. Cytotoxins damage cells but aren't the primary classification for viper venom.

The Komodo dragon is the largest living reptile, growing up to 3 meters (10 feet) and weighing 70 kg. Monitor lizards are related but smaller. Tyrannosaurus was a dinosaur, not living. Gila monsters are much smaller lizards native to North America.