2025
This dashing man was elected as the mayor of New York this year.
Who is Zohran Madani?
This well known painting by Vermeer features a woman wearing some jewellery. Name the gemstone featured both in the jewellery and the name of the painting.
What is Pearl?
Signed in 1215 by King John of England, this document established the principle that everyone, including the king, was subject to the law.
What is Magna Carta?
Which European country has the longest coastline?
Norway
What is the most abundant element on planet Earth (the entire planet)?
What is Iron?
This movie, that came out in 2025, has now become the most streamed movie on Netflix.
What was Kpop Demon Hunters?
The Chrysler Building and Empire State Building in New York are considered iconic representations of this particular 20th century artistic movement and architectural style.
What is Art Deco?
In 1914, the assassination of this Archduke in Sarajevo served as the immediate trigger for the outbreak of World War I.
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
What is the deepest lake in the world?
Lake Baikal
Atoms of the same chemical element but with different atomic masses are known as what?
What are Isotopes?
This lady was elected as the first female head of government in Japan?
Who is Sanae Takaichi?
In 1969, this artist took a break from surrealist painting to design the Chupa Chups lollipop logo.
Who is Dali?
This ancient city in present-day Iran was built by Darius the Great as a ceremonial capital for the Achaemenid Empire.
What is Persepolis?
What is the largest landlocked country in the world?
Kazakhstan
What is it called when a solid changes directly into a gas?
What is Sublimation?
These two countries joined the Schengen Area in 2025?
Bulgaria and Romania
This venue, first established in 1663 under a royal charter from King Charles II, holds the distinction of being the oldest theatre site in London in continuous use.
Bonus points if you can name what’s currently playing there.
What is the Theatre Royal Drury Lane?
Bonus Answer: Hercules
This is the shortest recorded war in history, lasting only 45 minutes.
What is the Anglo-Zanzibar war?
Which country has changed its capital city the most times?
Myanmar
How many elements are there in the periodic table?
How many social media sites were banned by the Australian government for under-16s in Australia? (200 bonus points if you can list each of them out!)
10. Instagram, Tik Tok, Snapchat, X, Threads, Reddit, Kick, Youtube, Twitch, Facebook.
What German loanword means a novel that focuses on the psychological and personal growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood?
What is a Bildungsroman?
In 1951, this nation became the first to gain independence through a United Nations resolution.
What is Libya?
How many countries does the Equator pass through?
13
At what temperature are Farenheit and Celsius equal?
What is -40?