Geography
The Strait of Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf to this body of water.
What is the Gulf of Oman?
The Berlin Wall fell in this year.
What is 1989?
This Italian dessert is made of coffee‑soaked ladyfingers and mascarpone.
What is tiramisu?
Matilda and The BFG were written by this beloved children’s author.
Who is Roald Dahl?
This common programming language shares its name with a type of snake.
What is python?
This African nation is the only one with both a Mediterranean and Atlantic coastline.
What is Morocco?
He was the first emperor of Rome
This herb is the main flavor in traditional pesto.
What is basil?
The Little Prince was originally written in this language.
What is French?
In chess, this piece is the only one that can jump over others.
What is the knight?
This European country has the highest average elevation on the continent.
What is Switzerland?
This ancient civilization built Machu Picchu high in the Andes.
What is the Inca Empire?
This spice, used in Indian cuisine, comes from the dried bark of a tree.
What is cinnamon?
In Matilda, Miss Trunchbull forces students to eat this enormous dessert as punishment.
What is chocolate cake?
This board game uses tiles marked with letters and point values.
What is Scrabble?
This island, politically part of Yemen, is known for its otherworldly dragon’s blood trees and extreme biodiversity.
What is Socotra?
The Rosetta Stone helped scholars decode this ancient writing system.
What is Egyptian hieroglyphics?
This Greek dip is made from strained yogurt, cucumber, garlic, and dill.
What is tzatziki?
This author wrote Pride and Prejudice.
Who is Jane Austen?
This mathematical constant is approximately 2.71828.
What is e (Euler's number)?
This desert in China and Mongolia is one of the fastest‑expanding deserts in the world.
What is the Gobi Desert?
The Great Fire of London occurred in this year.
What is 1666?
This pungent Southeast Asian fruit is banned on many public transport systems due to its smell.
What is durian?
This author wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude, a cornerstone of magical realism.
Who is Gabriel García Márquez?
This phenomenon describes the apparent change in frequency of a wave due to relative motion between source and observer.
What is the Doppler effect?