Quiz: Take An Advanced General Knowledge Test

Thimphu has been the capital of Bhutan since 1952, located in the western central part of the country. It is the only national capital in the world without traffic lights.

Brazil has been the largest coffee producer for over 150 years, supplying about 40% of the world's coffee, followed by Vietnam and Colombia.

Michelangelo Buonarroti painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512 under the patronage of Pope Julius II.

The Yangtze (Chang Jiang) is 6,300 km (3,915 miles) long, flowing entirely through China and draining into the East China Sea.

W stands for Wolfram, the German name for tungsten. Tungsten has the highest melting point of any metal.

Oscar Wilde's only novel, published in 1890, tells the story of a man who remains youthful while his portrait ages.

Vatican City covers only 0.44 km² (0.17 sq mi) and is an independent city-state surrounded by Rome, Italy.

As of 2024, Saturn has 146 known moons – the most of any planet. Jupiter has 95 confirmed moons.

Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 (shared with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel) for work on radioactivity.

Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Andes Mountains of Peru, at 2,430 meters elevation.

Diamond scores 10 on the Mohs hardness scale, making it the hardest known natural material. It is a crystalline form of carbon.

Ludwig van Beethoven composed Piano Sonata No. 14 in C‑sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2, commonly known as 'Moonlight Sonata', in 1801.

The Pacific Ocean contains the Mariana Trench, whose deepest point (Challenger Deep) reaches about 11,034 meters (36,201 feet).

Albert Einstein published his theory of general relativity in 1915, revolutionizing the understanding of gravity as spacetime curvature.

Bats are the only mammals that can truly fly, using wing membranes stretched between elongated finger bones. Flying squirrels only glide.

Charles Dickens's 1859 novel 'A Tale of Two Cities', set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.

Guacamole is an avocado-based dip originating from Mexican cuisine, typically mashed with lime juice, onions, and cilantro.

Vincent van Gogh painted 'The Starry Night' in 1889 while a patient at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy, France.

France has 12 time zones (13 including its Antarctic claim) due to its scattered overseas territories across the globe.

The femur (thigh bone) is the longest, strongest, and heaviest bone in the human body, averaging about 19‑20 inches (48‑50 cm) in adults.

Arthur Miller's 1949 play 'Death of a Salesman' won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and is considered a classic of American theater.