Geography
What is the name of the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
What five elements make up DNA?
Carbon, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus
What is the biggest possible blunder/fastest checkmate in chess called?
Fool’s Mate
What is the initial arrangement of the chessboard called?
Starting Position
Which two countries went to war over football?
Honduras and El Salvador
What does SPF stand for?
Sun Protection Factor
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. What is the second most abundant element?
Helium
Where did chess originate?
India
What do we call the rows on a chess board?
Ranks
Name the 4 countries that make up the UK
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Marie and Pierre Curie discovered these two elements
Polonium and Radium
What is the common acronym of the international chess federation?
FIDE
What do we call the columns on a chess board?
Files
The tallest mountain in the world is Mount Everest. What is the name of the second tallest mountain in the world?
K2
What does UN stand for?
United Nations
What is the most common element in the human body?
Oxygen
What is the name of the rating system that measures a player’s strength?
Elo
What is the term for a draw achieved by a repetition of moves?
Threefold repetition
How many time zones does Russia have?
11
What does WHO stand for?
World Health Organization
What is the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere?
Nitrogen
The Queen
What’s the name for the strategy in chess where a player sacrifices material with the aim of achieving a resulting advantageous position?
Gambit