Geography
The highest mountain on Earth, Mount Everest, is located in which mountain range?
The Himalayas
“What a Wonderful World” is a jazz song first recorded by which American singer?
Louis Armstrong
The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union is commonly known as what?
Brexit
When used in the kitchen, sodium bicarbonate is more commonly known as what?
Baking soda
What is the name of Microsoft’s free e-mail service?
Hotmail (not Outlook; that is software to collect any Email)
What is the second largest country by land mass?
Canada
Which band’s name is also a reference to a large German airship, cylindrical in shape?
Led Zeppelin
Who was the first female Prime Minister of a European country?
Margaret Thatcher
Which South American country is the world’s largest producer of Coffee?
Brazil
What does “HTTP” stand for?
HyperText Transfer Protocol
The deepest trench in the world, the Mariana Trench, is located in which ocean?
Pacific Ocean
What was the first Bond film to win an Oscar for best original song?
Skyfall (with Adele)
In 1952, Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of which country?
Israel
What common kitchen item is made up of sodium and chlorine atoms?
In mobile phone technology, what does S.M.S. stand for?
Short Messaging Service
What city connects two continents?
Istanbul, Turkey
What was the name of the Eminem single that set the world’s record in 2013 for the most words used in a song?
Rap God
The teddy bear was named after what famous American politician?
Theodore Roosevelt
What U.S. nonprofit organization sells about 200 million boxes of cookies per year?
The Girl Scouts
With what product did the term "brand name" originate?
Whiskey. Producers branded their names on the barrels they shipped out.
Which country has the most volcanoes?
The United States
Released in 1975, High Voltage is the debut studio album by which hard rock band?
AC/DC
Who was first U.S. president to be impeached?
Andrew Johnson in 1868
What notable brand of alcohol takes its name from the romanticized, storied life of a Welsh pirate who routed the Spanish in an attack on Panama City in 1671?
Captain Morgan
A merger between which to companies resulted in creation of Nationale-Nederlanden?
De Nederlanden and the Nationale Levensverzekering-Bank