Geography
What is the capital of Indonesia?
Jakarta
In what year did the French Revolution start?
1789
Which astronomically popular series of books, released in the 2000s, begins with a teenage girl moving to the small town of Forks, Washington?
Twilight
Which animal do humans share the most DNA with?
Chimpanzees
Who wrote the play 'The Crucible'?
Arthur Miller
What is the official language of Qatar?
Arabic
Who is known as the ‘Father of Medicine’?
Hippocrates
The Republic of Gilead is a totalitarian and theocratic state in which dystopian novel published in 1985?
The Handmaid's Tale
Which female scientist won a Nobel Prize in 1903 for her work on radioactivity?
Marie Currie
What is the name of the Queen of the Fairies in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?
Titania
The Bering Strait is located between which two countries?
Russia and the USA.
Who is credited with inventing the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
What do George Eliot, George Sand and Acton Bell all have in common?
They are male pseudonyms used by female authors
Which vitamin helps your body absorb calcium?
Vitamin D
What is the name of the longest running West End theatre production?
The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie (1952)
In which county in England was Ms Cormick born?
Derbyshire
Who were the first 2 men to reach Mount Everest’s summit?
Sir Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay
Who wrote the novel ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’?
John Le Carré
Who’s ‘cat’ is used as a thought experiment in quantum mechanics?
Schrodinger’s
What is the name of the pantomime Ms. Cormick first appeared in, aged 4?
Jack and the Beanstalk
How many time zones does Australia have?
Three
Who is said to be so beautiful that her face launched a thousand ships?
Helen of Troy
Who wrote the play Dr Faustus?
Christopher Marlow
How many pairs of chromosomes do humans typically have?
23
What Tennessee Williams play is set in New Orleans and features a protagonist called Blanche?
A Streetcar Named Desire