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100

The band that won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with Waterloo

Who is ABBA?

100

The words behind the abbriviation D.C. in "Washington D.C."

What is District of Columbia?

100

The name of the Flag of England, which has a white background with a red cross.

What is St George's Cross?

100

The year Gefion Gymnasium opened its doors for the first time.

What is 2010?

100

The movie that has had most Oscar nominations (14) and won the most awards (11) ever in the history of the Academy Awards.

What is Titanic (1997)?

(Ben-Hur (1959) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) also won 11 awards, but nominated for less than 14 awards)

200

The band that is behind the album Let It Be.

Who is The Beatles?

200

A term for an American state that could reasonably be won by either a Democratic or a Republican presidential candidate, therefore becoming a battle ground with special interest to either candidate.

What is a swing state

200

The year of the Battle of Hastings.

What is 1066?

200

The philosopher Søren Kirkegaard graduated from this school in 1830.

What is Østre Borgerdyd Gymnasium?

200

The lead singer of the band Metallica.

Who is James Hetfield?

300

The movie title and song title of a 1977 dance drama film situated in New York portraying the life of Tony Manero.

What is Saturday Night Fever?

300

The name of the position in American Football played by Julio Jones and Tyreek Hill, a position most often used as a target when the quarterback chooses to throw long.

What is a wide receiver (also called wideout or simply receiver)?

300
The two English monarchs who reigned England in the years when Shakespeare wrote his plays (both must be named).

Who are Queen Elizabeth II and King James I?

300

What the godess Gefion is best known for having accomplished.

What is the ploughing and uprooting of part of Sweden creating Zealand?

300

The eight official planets in our solar system.

What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune?

400

Don McLean wrote this song in 1971 about the 1959 plane crash in which Richie Valens, Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper died. A cover version of the song hit no. 1 on the UK charts in 2000.

What is American Pie

400

The name of a private American aerospace company manufacturing more sustainable space shuttles. Its latest attempt at launching a rocket from Kennedy Space Center on 27 May, 2020 was cancelled due to bad weather conditions.

What is SpaceX?

400

The name of the Spanish princess who married Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales in 1501, six months before his death.

Who is Catherine of Aragon?

400

The meaning of the word Gefion which has inspired our school to take this name.

What is "She who gives" (prosperity or happiness) (from old norse: Gefjun)

400

The second largest country in the world by total area.

What is Canada?

1) Russia (17,098,242 km2)

2) Canada (9,984,670 km2)

3) China (9,706,961 km2)

4) United States (9,372,610 km2)

5) Brazil (8,515,767 km2)

500

A Canadian-born Jewish poet and songwriter who recorded the album Songs of Love and Hate in 1971.

Who is Leonard Cohen?

500

The name of a medicine mainly used to treat malaria, but which President Trump has recently used as a preventive drug for Covid-19.

What is hydroxychloroquine?

500

The year England won the FIFA World Cup (football).

What is 1966?

500

The unquestionably, indubitably and objectively best gymnasium in Denmark.

What is Gefion Gymnasium?

500

The oldest existing monarchy in the world today.

What is Japan (founded 660 BC)?

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