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Geography
Maths and Science
Sport
100
Which Nintendo computer game became a film in 2023?
Super Mario Bros.
100
Which word class do these words belong to?
terrifying
silly
mysterious
adjectives
100
What country does this flag belong to?
Canada
100
H20 is the chemical formula for what common substance?
water
100
What is the name of the sport where athletes try to get from one point to another in the fastest, most efficient way possible? (Clue: It includes running, climbing, swinging, vaulting, jumping and it has its roots in military obstacle courses!)
Parkour
200
Which popular netflix series features a school called Nevermore Academy?
Wednesday
200
What do you call a kind of fact text that uses a combination of words, pictures and diagrams about a topic?
An infographic
200
What country does this flag belong to?
Ireland
200
How many bones are there in the adult human body?
a)106
b)206
c)306
206 (but when you were born you had over 300 bones!)
200
In 2022, the first stage of the Tour De France started in Copenhagen. The Tour De France is the biggest competition in which sport?
Road cycling
300
Who is the current monarch of the United Kingdom?
Charles III
300
Name two things the mermaids saw when they came up to the surface of the ocean, and what they described them as!
Birds (feathered fish that swam through the air)
The sun (a huge round shell that glowed like burning lava)
Sailing ships (Huge wooden whales with white fins)
300
Which country does this flag belong to?
Cameroon
300
What substance do bees and insects carry from flower to flower, which the plant then uses to make fruits and seeds?
Pollen
300
Which country hosted the Winter Olympics in 2022?
China (In Beijing)
400
Which 2023 Disney remake faced racist backlash on the internet for casting a black actress in the title role?
The Little Mermaid
400
Name three features of a script (for example, a playscript or TV script)
400
What country does this flag belong to?
South Africa
400
What is the English name for this kind of chart?
A pie chart
400
In what game is 'love' a score?
Tennis
500
Where was the Eurovision song context hosted this year, following Ukraine's victory in 2022?
(Bonus points: Why was this host city chosen?)
Liverpool, England
500
What do you call the technique, often used in poetry, when a writer uses words that start with the same letter to make a pleasing or memorable rhythm?
e.g.
Candidate must be:
proficient at palm puzzling
scroll scribbling
and potent potion pondering
Alliteration
500
What country does this flag belong to?
Jamaica
500
What type of habitat is characerised by flat grassland with scattered trees and seasonal rainfall? (Clue: It is usually found between areas of tropical rainforest and desert.)
Savanna
500
Which country apart from Canada and the USA has the most ice hockey players in the NHL?
Sweden (225) followed by Russia, Czechia and Finland