General Knowledge Quiz - Geography, History & Science

Harare is the capital of Zimbabwe. Nairobi is Kenya's capital, Abuja is Nigeria's capital, and Dakar is the capital of Senegal.

Kyiv (Kiev) is the capital of Ukraine. The other options contain typos or are wrong cities: "Mosscow" should be Moscow (Russia), "Brasels" should be Brussels (Belgium), and Amsterdam is the Netherlands' capital.

Milind Soman was India's first male supermodel and indeed started as an electrical engineer before switching to modeling. He gained nationwide fame after winning a modeling competition in 1990.

Finland did ban Donald Duck comics in the 1970s because he doesn't wear pants, though the ban was temporary and in specific municipalities. This is a well-known piece of pop culture trivia.

William Shakespeare wrote Macbeth, one of his great tragedies. Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland, Jim Corbett wrote wildlife books, and David Selbourne is a political writer.

Pumice is a volcanic rock that is full of gas bubbles, making it less dense than water and causing it to float. Basalt, granite, and diabase are all dense rocks that sink.

Singapore banned chewing gum in 1992 due to maintenance problems with gum stuck on trains and public spaces. The ban has since been partially relaxed for therapeutic gum, but it remains a famous example of strict laws.

This statistic was approximately true in the late 20th century, though the exact percentage has varied over time. The U.S. has historically been the largest energy consumer, though China has recently approached or surpassed that level.

Chess originated in India during the 6th century as 'chaturanga', the precursor to modern chess. It spread through Persia and the Islamic world before reaching Europe. None of the other options (United States, China, Pakistan) are historically associated with chess's origins.

India has the largest postal network in the world with over 150,000 post offices, serving both urban and rural areas. This is a well-documented fact recognized by international postal organizations.

The Statue of Liberty was gifted by France to the United States in 1886 to commemorate the alliance between the two nations during the American Revolution. It was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.