Science
What is the chemical symbol for sodium?
What country has the largest population in the world?
India (1.438 billion - 2023)
This tennis tournament is played on grass courts in England.
Wimbeldon
This animal was Mowgli's nemesis from the Jungle Book (Hint - Sher Khan).
Tiger
Coffee
What planet takes the longest to orbit the sun?
Neptune
This ancient civilization is known for its pharaohs and pyramids.
Ancient Egypt
Which language has the most native speakers worldwide?
Mandarin (Chinese)
This is the only bird that can hover and fly backwards.
Hummingbird
What iconic meal did McDonalds introduce in 1968?
Big Mac
It's the only continent with no active volanoes.
Australia
This man invented the first practical incandescent light bulb.
Thomas Edison
What is the only country in the world to have a flag that is not square or rectangular?
Nepal
This ambhibian can survive without food for up to 10 years.
Salamander
Clingstone and freestone are the two main classifications for this fruit, once known as the Persian apple.
Peach
What is the name of the disease, caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium, was known as the "Black Death" in the 14th century?
The plague
This Italian explorer is credited with discovering the Americas in 1492.
Christopher Columbus
Name the South American landmark, commonly known as the "The Lost City of the Incas."
Machu Picchu
Around 10 feet tall, a tusked, pre-historic mammal had hair that could get to be more than 2 feet long (Hint - Ice Age)
Mammoth
A cucumber contains what percentage of water?
90%
What is DNA short for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
What was the 1967 Referendum about in Australia?
Recognising Indigenous Australians in the census
What was the first film to gross over $2 billion at the box office?
Avatar
Despite being apex predators, great white sharks are hunted by this deadly marine mammal (cetacean) which remove and eat their livers.
Which vegetable was the first to be grown in space?
Potato