General Knowledge
Which legendary surrealist artist is famous for painting melting clocks?
Salvador Dali
From which city does the Paella originate?
Valencia
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael all belong to which historical art period?
Renaissance
Mount Vesuvius casts a shadow over which modern Italian city?
Naples
Name the Coffee shop in US sitcom Friends
Central Perk
What country drinks the most coffee?
Finland is the number one consumer of coffee in the world. Each person drinks, on average, four cups per day and 26 pounds per year.
Who was the first Spanish actor to become a James Bond villain?
Javier Bardem
In what year did the French Revolution start?
1789
What do the French call the English Channel?
La Manche
Which colour pill does Neo swallow in The Matrix?
Red
Street artist Banksy is originally associated with which British city?
Bristol
Who conquered the islands of Majorca and Ibiza between 1229 and 1235?
James I of Aragon
Who famously crossed the Alps with elephants on the way to war with the Romans?
Hannibal
Constantinople and Byzantium are former names of which major city?
Istanbul
For what movie did Steven Spielberg win his first Oscar for Best Director?
Schindler's List
Which composer wrote the famous opera “The Marriage of Figaro”?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Which concert hall in Barcelona was designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner?
Palau de la Música Catalana
Which series of wars saw European Christians invading the middle east to take the Holy Land?
The Crusades
How many European capitals does the Danube flow through?
The Danube flows through four European capital cities - Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Belgrade
Which capital city appears in the title of a 2014 film, starring Ralph Fiennes and directed by Wes Anderson?
The Grand Budapest Hotel
President Ronald Reagan delivered his famous “Tear down this wall” speech at which famous landmark in West Berlin
Brandenburg Gate
To which Royal house do King Juan Carlos and King Felipe VI belong to?
Borbon. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Navarre in the 16th century, and by the 18th century, members of the Spanish Bourbon dynasty held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Parma. Spain and Luxembourg have monarchs of the House of Bourbon
Who was the head of state in Japan during the second world war?
Emperor Hirohito
Which African country sits between Niger and Sudan, under Libya, above Cameroon and the Central African Republic, and shares a name with an actor with three names?
Chad
Name the composer behind the soundtracks of The Lion King, Inception and Pirates of the Caribbean
Hanz Zimmer