Geography
What natural phenomena are measured by the 'Richter scale'?
Earthquakes
Who is credited with writing The Iliad and The Odyssey?
Homer
In which sport are a bow and arrow used?
Archery
For what chemical process do plants need sunlight, CO2 and water?
Photosynthesis
Who was the British comic actor and filmmaker, one of the biggest stars of the 20th century's silent-film era? He lived the end of his life in Switzerland.
Charlie Chaplin
What does the ‘DC’ stand for in Washington DC?
District of Columbia
‘Guernica’, ‘The Weeping Woman’ and ‘Le Rêve’ are all works by the same artist. Can you name them?
Pablo Picasso
What is the most popular sport in Switzerland?
Football
Who discovered gravity?
Sir Isaac Newton
Which company purchased WhatsApp in 2014?
Where is Mount Everest located? (country / countries)
at the border between Tibet (China) and Nepal
Which famous British pop (rock) band was previously called Starfish?
Coldplay
Where was the 2016 Summer Olympics event held?
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Which planet in the Solar System is the hottest?
Venus
Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer are all examples of what?
Web browsers
Which country (and its territories) cover the most time zones?
France
(France and its eight territories cover 12 time zones, because it has territories all over the world)
What is the first name of Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter books?
Minerva
How big is an Olympic sized swimming pool in meters? (length and width)
50m long
25m wide
Which internal organ is capable of regenerating itself?
The liver
What is the fastest animal on land?
The cheetah
What is the line of latitude 23.5 degrees north of the equator called?
Which French playwright was born Jean Baptiste Poquelin?
Moliere
What sport were women allowed to play in the Olympics for the first time?
Tennis
James Peebles (USA), Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz (both from Switzerland) won the Nobel prize in 2019 in what field?
Physics
- for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology
- for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star
What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?
Mercury