What is the smallest country in the world by land area?
Vatican City
Which ancient city was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79?
Pompeii
What does NBA stand for?
National Basketball Association
Which country has the world's oldest continuous hereditary monarchy, with the ruling family that has ruled for over a thousand years and traditionally traces its lineage back to 660BC.
Japan
Which empire was the largest contiguous land empire in history, stretching from Eastern Europe to the Sea of Japan?
Mongol Empire
Prince Harry, and Meghan Markle welcomed their first child, a son, what is his name?
Archie
Which country invented paper, compass navigation, gunpowder, and printing?
China
Which civilization built Machu Picchu high in the Andes Mountains?
Incan
What year did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 1941
Which country has a flag that is not rectangular?
Nepal
Which country was formerly known as Persia?
Iran
What is the name for the Ancient Greek "city-states" ?
Polis
Which empire ruled over territory on three continents and lasted for more than 600 years?
Ottoman Empire
Which ancient civilization developed the first known system of writing, called cuneiform?
Sumarians
Which Russian ruler is notorious for allegedly beating his pregnant daughter-in-law, fatally striking his son during an argument, and ordering the architect of St. Basil's Cathedral to be blinded so he could never create anything more beautiful?
Ivan the Terrible