World & Beyond
You’re standing in a country where kangaroos are common, it's also a continent, and it's entirely below the equator. Where are you?
Australia
This historical figure didn’t discover a new world, but he is known for sailing to it in 1492. Who is he?
Christopher Columbus
You inhale it without thinking, plants breathe it in instead. What gas?
Carbon dioxide
This "continent" is technically a frozen desert. It has no countries, no cities, yet many flags. What is it?
Antarctica
Can something be both liquid and solid at once? Name an example.
Secret Treasure → Bonus 200 points
Yes, like slush
In which ocean, that is neither the largest nor the smallest, do icebergs regularly float yet tropical storms rarely form?
Power Swipe → Steal points from another team
The Southern Ocean
A revolution without kings, where tea caused tension and colonies wanted voices. Which historical event?
The American Revolution
When light bends entering water or glass, this phenomenon is not reflection, but... what?
Refraction
A rectangle has one side 3 times longer than the other. The short side is 5 cm. What is the perimeter?
5 + 15 + 5 + 15 = 40 cm
A teacher splits 120 books evenly across 5 shelves. One shelf breaks. If the books are redistributed to the 4 remaining, how many per shelf now?
30
→ 120 ÷ 4 = 30
You’re buying pens at $2 each. You have $20 but want to save $4. How many can you buy?
8 pens
Before it was a crumbled wall, it split a city and the world’s ideologies in two. What wall?
Double Trouble → Chance to double OR lose points
The Berlin Wall
What type of blood cells help fight infections?
White blood cells
A sport with no ball, no goalpost, but rings, flips, and mats. What is it?
Gymnastics
The Renaissance began in which country?
A) France
B) England
C) Italy
D) Germany
Italy
One nation has 11 time zones yet only one mainland. Name this vast country that’s both in Europe and Asia.
Russia
Who was the Mongol leader that created one of the largest empires in history?
Snath point (300)
Genghis Khan
It has no heartbeat, no brain, yet it can reprogram your cells — what kind of organism is this?
A virus
Not a person, but it votes; not a country, but it governs. What international group was created after WWII for peacekeeping?
The United Nations
What force keeps planets orbiting around the sun?
Gravity
This is landlocked country in Asia, its capital is the coldest in the world, and it was once the heart of a massive empire that stretched from Europe to Korea. What country is it, and what historical connection explains its past power?
Mongolia
It was the center of the Mongol Empire, founded by Genghis Khan, which became the largest empire in history.
The Cold War was mainly a political conflict between the United States and which country?
Soviet Union
A student bought 15 boxes of pencils. Each box contains 12 pencils. He gives 3 pencils to each of his 50 classmates. How many pencils does he have left?
Lucky Roll
15 boxes × 12 = 180 pencils
3 pencils × 50 classmates = 150 pencils
180 - 150 = 30 pencils left
It lives on your phone, helps you find your way, but doesn’t know your name. What is this invisible guide?
(answer with full name)
GPS
During photosynthesis, plants primarily absorb which gas from the atmosphere in order to produce glucose?
Carbon dioxide