General Knowledge Part 1

General Knowledge

1. The capital of the United States is Washington, D.C.
2. The largest ocean on Earth is the Pacific Ocean.
3. The smallest planet in our solar system is Mercury.
4. The chemical symbol for water is H2O.
5. Shakespeare is known as the "Bard of Avon" and wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets.
6. World War I began in 1914 and ended in 1918.
7. The currency of Japan is the Japanese Yen.
8. The Great Wall of China is the longest man-made structure in the world.
9. The Mona Lisa, painted by Leonardo da Vinci, is displayed in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
10. Mahatma Gandhi led India to independence from British rule through nonviolent civil disobedience.