🤓 General knowledge trivia for adults - with answers

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What is the chemical symbol for sodium?

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What is the chemical symbol for sodium?
Answer: Na. Na comes from natrium, the Latin name for sodium. Sn is tin.
Who wrote the novel "1984"?
Answer: George Orwell. George Orwell published "1984" in 1949.
What is the smallest country in the world by area?
Answer: Vatican City. Vatican City, inside Rome, covers less than half a square kilometer.
In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?
Answer: 1989. The wall was opened on November 9, 1989.
What is the currency of Japan?
Answer: Yen. The won is Korean and the yuan is Chinese.
How many hearts does an octopus have?
Answer: 3. Two hearts pump blood to the gills and one pumps it to the rest of the body.
Who painted "Girl with a Pearl Earring"?
Answer: Johannes Vermeer. Vermeer was a Dutch painter of the 1600s.
What is the largest organ of the human body?
Answer: Skin. The skin covers and protects the whole body.
Who wrote "Pride and Prejudice"?
Answer: Jane Austen. Jane Austen published it in 1813.
Which gas makes up most of Earth's atmosphere?
Answer: Nitrogen. Air is about 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen.
In which year did the Titanic sink?
Answer: 1912. The Titanic hit an iceberg in April 1912 on its first voyage.
In which country are the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu?
Answer: Peru. Machu Picchu was built by the Inca high in the Andes mountains.

What is the chemical symbol for sodium?

Na. Na comes from natrium, the Latin name for sodium. Sn is tin.

Who wrote the novel "1984"?

George Orwell. George Orwell published "1984" in 1949.

What is the smallest country in the world by area?

Vatican City. Vatican City, inside Rome, covers less than half a square kilometer.

In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?

1989. The wall was opened on November 9, 1989.

What is the currency of Japan?

Yen. The won is Korean and the yuan is Chinese.