Three Clues, One Answer

General Knowledge · 10 questions

Three Clues, One Answer — Identify a famous place, person, or work from three separate clues. See who in your friend group can spot the most.

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1. It rises in Paris, was built for the 1889 World’s Fair and has an iron lattice structure. Which landmark?

   1. Eiffel Tower
   2. Louvre Museum
   3. Notre-Dame Cathedral
   4. Arc de Triomphe
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   A) Eiffel Tower

2. Displayed at the Louvre; painted on a poplar panel; its artist was a Florentine Renaissance master. Which work?

   1. The School of Athens
   2. Mona Lisa
   3. The Virgin of the Rocks
   4. The Birth of Venus
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   B) Mona Lisa

3. The largest planet in the Solar System; home to the Great Red Spot, a giant storm; four of its moons were observed by Galileo. Which one?

   1. Neptune
   2. Saturn
   3. Jupiter
   4. Uranus
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   C) Jupiter

4. Born in Stratford-upon-Avon; an English playwright; the author of Hamlet and Macbeth. Who is it?

   1. William Shakespeare
   2. John Milton
   3. Christopher Marlowe
   4. Ben Jonson
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   A) William Shakespeare

5. Formed in Liverpool; released the album Abbey Road; included Lennon and McCartney. Which band?

   1. The Who
   2. The Kinks
   3. The Beatles
   4. The Rolling Stones
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   C) The Beatles

6. Stands beside the Yamuna River in Agra; commissioned by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan; a mausoleum for Mumtaz Mahal. Which landmark?

   1. Fatehpur Sikri
   2. Red Fort
   3. Humayun's Tomb
   4. Taj Mahal
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   D) Taj Mahal

7. Colorful lights seen in polar regions; linked to charged particles from the Sun; its northern name includes the word “borealis.” What is it?

   1. Sunset rays
   2. Aurora borealis
   3. Rainbow
   4. Polar night
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   B) Aurora borealis

8. Displayed at the British Museum; carries a decree issued at Memphis; the same text appears in hieroglyphic, Demotic, and Greek scripts. Which object?

   1. Behistun Inscription
   2. Narmer Palette
   3. Cyrus Cylinder
   4. Rosetta Stone
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   D) Rosetta Stone

9. A major NASA space telescope; named after an American astronomer; carried into space aboard the shuttle Discovery. Which one?

   1. Spitzer Space Telescope
   2. Hubble Space Telescope
   3. James Webb Space Telescope
   4. Chandra X-ray Observatory
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   B) Hubble Space Telescope

10. In MoMA’s collection; painted by Salvador Dalí; its landscape features limp, drooping clocks. Which work?

    1. The Persistence of Memory
    2. Swans Reflecting Elephants
    3. The Burning Giraffe
    4. The Elephants
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    A) The Persistence of Memory