History
What colour was the rose in the coat of arms of the Lancasters?
Red
This novel by Harper Lee, set in the American South, follows young Scout Finch as her father defends a Black man falsely accused of a crime.
How to Kill a Mockingbird
This massive natural landmark in Arizona, carved by the Colorado River over millions of years, is one of the most visited natural wonders in the United States.
Grand Canyon
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom traditionally both lives and works at this famous London address.
10 Downing Street
This Australian city was purpose-built as the nation's capital as a compromise between rival cities Sydney and Melbourne, and became the seat of government in 1927.
Canberra
This 1773 act of protest, in which American colonists dumped an entire shipment of British tea into a harbour, helped spark the American Revolution.
Boston Tea Party
This British author created the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson.
Arthur Conan Doyle
This large sandstone rock formation in Australia's Northern Territory is sacred to the local Anangu Aboriginal people and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Uluru (Ayers Rock)
This political party, symbolised by a red rose, has been one of the UK's two dominant parties since the early 20th century and was founded to represent the interests of the working class.
Labour Party
This traditional Māori performing art, involving rhythmic chanting, body-slapping, and foot-stamping, is famously performed by New Zealand's All Blacks rugby team before matches.
Haka
This 1815 battle marked Napoleon's final defeat, with British and Allied forces led by the Duke of Wellington.
Battle of Waterloo
Which American writer is considered the originator of the modern detective story?
Edgar Allan Poe
This former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, once home to notorious inmates including Al Capone, is now one of the USA's most visited historic sites.
Alcatraz
The US President is Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States. Who is the Commander in Chief of the British Army?
The monarch/ king Charles III
This long-running annual ceremony outside a famous London royal residence, in which one regiment formally hands over security duties to another, attracts millions of tourists each year.
the Changing of the Guard (at Buckingham Palace)
In 1893, this country became the first self-governing nation in the world to grant women the right to vote.
New Zealand
Which American novelist was famous for his depiction of the Jazz Age?
Francis Scott Fitzgerald
Located just 7 km from Sydney's city centre, this iconic stretch of sand attracts millions of visitors a year and has become a global symbol of the Australian outdoor lifestyle.
This document, comprising the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, guarantees fundamental rights to American citizens, including freedom of speech and religion.
Bill of Rights
This New Zealand film director, born in 1961, brought J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth to life in his two epic trilogies filmed entirely in his home country.
Peter Jackson
This British Prime Minister's policy of appeasement, symbolised by the 1938 Munich Agreement with Hitler, is now widely regarded as a catastrophic failure.
Neville Chamberlain
This Canadian author wrote "The Handmaid's Tale," a dystopian novel set in the theocratic Republic of Gilead, which later became a critically acclaimed TV series.
Margaret Atwood
This British Crown Dependency, sitting between England and Ireland, draws tens of thousands of motorsport fans each summer for a famous road race that has been held for over a century.
Isle of Man
The process by which the US House of Representatives formally charges a sitting president with misconduct, sending the case to the Senate for trial, is known by this term.
Impeachment
This mischievous fairy figure from Irish folklore, typically depicted as a tiny old man in a green coat and hat, is said to have a hidden pot of gold at the end of a rainbow — and must reveal its location if caught by a human.
Leprechaun