Current Events
Who is the current Prime Minister of Australia?
Anthony Albanese
In what year did World War I begin?
1914
In which film franchise does a hobbit named Frodo carry a ring to Mount Doom?
The Lord of the Rings
How many continents are there on Earth?
7
What is the tallest land animal in the world?
The giraffe
Which cricket team won the 2025–26 Ashes series against England, taking the five-match series 4–1?
Australia
What does the acronym ANZAC stand for?
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
Which Pixar film takes place mostly inside the mind of a girl named Riley, featuring emotions like Joy and Sadness?
Inside Out
What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
Which native Australian animal appears alongside the emu on the Australian Coat of Arms?
The kangaroo
What was the name of NASA's April 2026 mission that sent four astronauts on a roughly ten-day journey around the Moon and back?
Artemis II
On which peninsula in Turkey did the ANZACs land in April 1915?
The Gallipoli Peninsula
Which actor has played Iron Man/Tony Stark throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Robert Downey Jr.
Which planet is the largest in our solar system?
Jupiter
What's the process called by which plants convert sunlight into energy?
Photosynthesis
Occupying 10 Downing Street since July 2026, Andy Burnham holds this official leadership title in the United Kingdom.
Prime Minister
Whose assassination in Sarajevo is considered the trigger for the outbreak of WWI?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
Which 1994 film, based on a Stephen King story, follows Andy Dufresne's decades in Shawshank State Penitentiary?
The Shawshank Redemption
In what year did the Australian colonies federate into one nation?
1901
Off the coast of which Australian state is the Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest living structure, found?
Queensland
As of September 2026, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has stretched into its ______ year.
Fifth.
What was the name of the 1919 treaty that officially ended WWI?
The Treaty of Versailles
Which 2019 South Korean film became the first non-English-language movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture?
Parasite
Which is the smallest country in the world by land area?
Vatican City
What term describes a species found naturally in only one geographic location and nowhere else?
Endemic (species)