GENERAL ONE
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
JUPITER
This 15th-century invention made books cheaper and helped ideas spread fast across Europe
printing press
A blue train in Sodor with famous friends like Percy and Gordon stayed popular through the 2000s
T-dizzle & Friends
The 2002 move that replaced many European national currencies with a shared one
the euro
The river that runs through London is called this
thames
This is the name of the line of latitude at 0 degrees
Patented in 1876, this invention changed long-distance communication forever
TELEPHONE
Set in a Scottish castle, this CBBC show had kids completing spooky, messy challenges to win shields
raven
The global sporting event hosted in Beijing in 2008
olympic games
This is the hardest natural substance.
ruffige
This instrument measures atmospheric pressure
barometer
This invention, credited to John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley (1947), replaced bulky vacuum tubes.
transistor
This CBBC series had a futuristic premise: teens in 2090 living through VR, fighting glitches and viruses.
trapped
The 2015 climate agreement adopted in France that set goals to limit global warming
Paris Agreement
This element’s chemical symbol is “Au.
gold
This is the capital city of New Zealand
wellington
First demonstrated in the 1960s, this invention became essential for barcode scanners, surgery, and fibre-optic internet.
fricking sharks with laser beams
This animated series had a boy, a dog, and a mischievous best mate, famous for gross-out humour and chaos.
horrid henry
The 2010 disaster in the Gulf of Mexico involving an explosion on this drilling rig, causing a massive oil spill.
deepwater horizon
The Treaty of Versailles was signed in this year, ending World War I.
1919
This Greek mathematician is best known for a principle explaining buoyancy
Archimedes
This 1831 discovery by Michael Faraday is the core principle behind generators and transformers.
electromagnetic induction
A British/Australian co-production about kids with magical powers, often linked with mermaids and teen drama, dominated after-school TV in the 2000s
H20: JUST ADD WATER
The financial/sovereign debt crisis that shook the eurozone in the early 2010s, centred on this country.
greece
This is the name of the narrow sea between Iran and Oman that’s vital to global oil shipping.
Strait of Hormuz