Geography
Excluding Vatican City, which is the smallest country in the world?
Monaco
In which sport do you hit a shuttlecock?
Badminton
Dihydrogen monoxide is a chemical name for what substance?
Water
Name the three branches of the US government
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Movie inspired by a doll?
Barbie
What is the best-selling album of all time worldwide?
Thriller by Michael Jackson
Where was Shakespeare born?
Stratford upon Avon, England
Which country contains the largest Sikh community outside of India?
Canada
Which country has won the cricket world cup the most times?
Australia
What is the national bird of India?
Peacock or Indian Peafowl
Which French King Was Known As The Sun King?
Louis XIV
Actor Nicolas Cage is the nephew of what famous director?
Francis Ford Coppola
Which famous band was heavily influenced by the music of Ravi Shankar?
The Beatles
What book holds the record for the fastest selling book in history?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
What is the name of the second highest mountain in the world?
K2
The MLB baseball team, the Boston Red Sox's 86 year championship drought was attributed to the "Curse of the Bambino" superstition. Who was the bambino?
Babe Ruth
What is the only human organ that can regenerate itself?
The liver
Raj Ghat is a memorial in Delhi, India. To what man is this memorial dedicated?
Mahatma Gandhi
Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci star in what 1990 movie about mafia informant Henry Hill?
Goodfellas
Which astronomer is called out in “Bohemian Rhapsody”?
Galileo
The book Meditations was written by which roman emperor?
Marcus Aurelius
Which two countries share the longest international border?
Canada and the USA
which running back has the most rushing yards of all time.
Emmitt Smith
Conkers is a traditional children's game in Great Britain and Ireland played using the seeds of which tree?
Horse Chestnut
Which country is the oldest democracy in the world?
United States
The movie “The Shawshank Redemption” is based on a short story written by which horror writer?
Stephen King
Which musician was in the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic and Blind Faith?
Steve Winwood
Who wrote the words "Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less travelled"
Robert Frost
Three countries start with the letter R - name all of them!
Romania, Russia, Rwanda
Who once scored 100 points in a single NBA basketball game?
Wilt Chamberlain
In Africa, they talk about the 'big five game' being lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and African buffalo. There is another group of animals they call the 'ugly five', name two of them!
Marabou stork, vulture, hyena, warthog and wildebeest.
Elizabeth I was the last English monarch of which royal dynasty?
The House of Tudor
Which 1990s movie starring Kevin Spacey and Gabriel Byrne got it's title from a line in the movie Casablanca?
The Usual Suspects
Who played acoustic guitar on Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side"?
David Bowie
The word “vomit” was invented by which writer?
William Shakespeare
What is the capital city of Ecuador?
Quito
Who is the only runner to win gold medals in the 5K, 10K and Marathon events at the same olympics?
Emil Zatopek
Which mammal has no vocal cords?
Giraffe
In what country was the world's first government established
Iraq, or, Mesopotamia
Which Christian Bale performance was inspired by a Tom Cruise interview with David Letterman?
Patrick Bateman in American Psycho
Radiohead named themselves after a song by which band?
The Talking Heads
The movie "No Country for Old Men" got its title from a poem by which poet?
William Yeats