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This document is a quiz containing general knowledge questions, with multiple rounds covering various topics from history to movies to music. The quiz features questions and answers in a structured format for easy comprehension.

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Brew Bar Quiz \#\#\# Round 1: \*\*General Knowledge\*\* 1\. \*\*Which element has the highest melting point of any metal?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Tungsten 2\. \*\*In Greek mythology, who was cursed to turn everything she touched into gold?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* King Midas\' daughter, \*\*Dionysus\*\*...

Brew Bar Quiz \#\#\# Round 1: \*\*General Knowledge\*\* 1\. \*\*Which element has the highest melting point of any metal?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Tungsten 2\. \*\*In Greek mythology, who was cursed to turn everything she touched into gold?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* King Midas\' daughter, \*\*Dionysus\*\* (the curse affected him as well). 3\. \*\*What year did the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occur?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* 1986 4\. \*\*The Great Fire of London occurred in which year?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* 1666 5\. \*\*Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Marie Curie 6\. \*\*Which country is home to the ancient city of Petra?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Jordan 7\. \*\*Who was the 16th President of the United States?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Abraham Lincoln 8\. \*\*What is the capital city of Mongolia?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Ulaanbaatar 9\. \*\*Which French king was known as the \"Sun King\"?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Louis XIV 10\. \*\*The Panama Canal connects which two oceans?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* The Atlantic and Pacific Oceans \-\-- \#\#\# Round 2: \*\*Movie & TV\*\* 1\. \*\*What was the original title of \*Star Wars: Episode IV -- A New Hope\* when it was first released?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* \*Star Wars\* 2\. \*\*Who played the character of Vito Corleone in \*The Godfather\*?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Marlon Brando 3\. \*\*Which film won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Picture?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* \*Wings\* (1927) 4\. \*\*Who directed \*Pulp Fiction\*?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Quentin Tarantino 5\. \*\*What is the name of the fictional town in the TV series \*Stranger Things\*?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Hawkins 6\. \*\*Which 2006 film, based on a best-selling book, starred Russell Crowe as a mathematician suffering from schizophrenia?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* \*A Beautiful Mind\* 7\. \*\*In \*The Matrix\*, what is the name of the ship captained by Morpheus?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* \*Nebuchadnezzar\* 8\. \*\*Who won the Academy Award for Best Director for \*The Revenant\* in 2016?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Alejandro González Iñárritu 9\. \*\*Which actor portrayed the Joker in \*The Dark Knight\* (2008)?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Heath Ledger 10\. \*\*In which movie would you find the character "Dr. Emmett Brown"? \*\*Answer:\*\* \*Back to the Future\* \-\-- \#\#\# Round 3: \*\*Music\*\* 1\. \*\*Which classical composer was deaf during the later part of his life?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Ludwig van Beethoven 2\. \*\*What was the name of David Bowie's alter ego during his Ziggy Stardust period?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Ziggy Stardust 3\. \*\*What is the name of the debut album released by The Velvet Underground in 1967?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* \*The Velvet Underground & Nico\* 4\. \*\*Which song by Led Zeppelin is famously known for the lyric \"And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune, then the piper will lead us to reason\"?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* \*Stairway to Heaven\* 5\. \*\*Which 1999 hit single by Britney Spears was the first to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* \*\...Baby One More Time\* 6\. \*\*Who was the lead singer of the band Queen before Freddie Mercury?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Freddie Mercury was the only lead singer of Queen, but their original lineup had \*\*Tim Staffell\*\* (for a short time before Freddie joined). 7\. \*\*Which band\'s logo is a red circle with a diagonal white line through it, symbolizing their name?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* \*No Doubt\* 8\. \*\*What music genre is associated with Bob Marley?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Reggae 9\. \*\*Which jazz musician famously recorded \*Kind of Blue\*, one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Miles Davis 10\. \*\*Which band's album \*The Dark Side of the Moon\* stayed on the Billboard charts for 741 consecutive weeks?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Pink Floyd \-\-- \#\#\# Round 4: \*\*History\*\* 1\. \*\*Which ancient civilization is credited with creating the first known writing system?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Sumerians 2\. \*\*In which year did the French Revolution begin?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* 1789 3\. \*\*What was the name of the ship that carried the Pilgrims to the New World in 1620?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* \*Mayflower\* 4\. \*\*Who was the last emperor of China?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Puyi 5\. \*\*What war was fought between the United States and Mexico from 1846-1848?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Mexican-American War 6\. \*\*The Battle of Waterloo, which marked Napoleon Bonaparte\'s final defeat, took place in which country?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Belgium 7\. \*\*Which English king had six wives, two of whom he had executed?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Henry VIII 8\. \*\*What treaty ended World War I?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Treaty of Versailles 9\. \*\*Which explorer is credited with being the first European to reach India by sea?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Vasco da Gama 10\. \*\*What ancient city was the capital of the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Karakorum \-\-- \#\#\# Round 5: \*\*Science & Nature\*\* 1\. \*\*What is the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise on its axis?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Venus 2\. \*\*Who is credited with developing the first successful polio vaccine?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Jonas Salk 3\. \*\*What is the term for the process by which a solid turns directly into a gas, skipping the liquid phase?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Sublimation 4\. \*\*What is the name of the rarest blood type in the world?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Rh-null 5\. \*\*What type of animal is the largest member of the rodent family?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Capybara 6\. \*\*Which element has the atomic number 92?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Uranium 7\. \*\*What was the first living creature to be sent into space?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Laika (a dog) 8\. \*\*What type of star is our Sun classified as?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* G-type main-sequence star 9\. \*\*Which disease is caused by the bacterium \*Mycobacterium tuberculosis\*?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* Tuberculosis 10\. \*\*Which structure in the human eye controls the amount of light that enters?\*\* \*\*Answer:\*\* The iris

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