The League of Great Sages

General Knowledge

100

The third planet from the sun

The Earth

200

What is the capital of New Zealand?

Wellington

300

In boxing, what do the letters K.O. stand for?

knock out

400

What is the name of a shape with 10 sides?

 

 decagon

500

. How many bones are there in the human body?

206

Music

100

1. Which 80s star is recognised by Guinness World Records as the best-selling female recording artist of all time? 

Madonna

200

1. How old was Britney Spears when her hit song ‘Baby One More Time’ came out in 1998? 

17

300

Which band, group or artist is credited as the Best-Selling Artists worldwide?

The Beatles

400

Who is the youngest singer to win four major categories at the Grammy Awards?

Billie Eilish

500

1. Michael Jackson debuted his trademark moonwalk during which song in 1983? 

Billie Jean

Literature

100

Which of the following fictional detectives is featured in novels by Agatha Christie?

Hercule Poirot

200

“Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” are notable works by which American writer?

Mark Twain

300

Tweedledee and Tweedledum are two characters in which children’s book?

 Alice in Wonderland

400

Which British Prime Minister was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for “mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.”

 Sir Winston Churchill

500

What is the real name of Jay Gatsby in the 1925 novel “The Great Gatsby” by Scot Fitzgerald?

James Gatz

Famous People

100

What was Christopher Wren by profession?

 An architect

200

When was Queen Elizabeth II born?

1926

300

1. Who is the well-known English mathematician and physical scientist that became famous for his law of gravitation?

   
   

   
   

Sir Isaacs Newton

400

1. Who was the wife of Prince Charles of Britain that died in a car accident in Paris on August 31, 1997?

   
   

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Princess Diana

500

1. Who was the richest private individual for consecutive years who died in 2020 and was president and CEO of Microsoft Corporation?

   
   

Bill Gates

Auction

100

How many sunflowers were there in Van Gogh’s third version of the painting ‘Sunflowers’?

12

200

Where in the world is Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa exhibited?

 The Louvre, Paris, France

300

How many hearts does an Octopus Have?

3

400

Which artist created ‘Campbell’s Soup Cans’ in 1962?

Andy Warhol

500

Complete the title of a notable adventure novel by Jules Verne: “Around the World in … Days”

80