Quiz #00006 – Quizziness

Approximately when was London (England) founded?

150 AD

100 AD

50 BC

50 AD

Who said "Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive."?

Oscar Wilde

Mark Twain

Elbert Hubbard

Benjamin Franklin

What was the name of the secret program to bring Nazi scientists to America?

The Manhattan Project

Operation Cornflakes

Operation Paperclip

Operation Market Garden

How far does light travel in one second?

953, 406 miles

186,282 miles

562 miles

1,516,720 miles

What was the first operational jet fighter?

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Gloster Meteor

Messerschmitt Me 262

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

What is the smallest country in the world?

Liechtenstein

Vatican City

San Marino

Monaco

When was Ludwig van Beethoven born?

1770

1870

1700

1850

Who invented the hovercraft?

Sydney Camm

R. J. Mitchell

Sir Frank Whittle

Sir Christopher Cockerell

How many vowels are there in the modern Russian alphabet?

6

5

10

11

How many of Henry VIII's wives outlived him?

One

None

Three

Two