Geography
Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Mercury
Which Greek philosopher was the teacher of Aristotle?
Plato
A man is looking at a picture of someone. His friend asks, "Who are you looking at?"
The man replies: "Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man's father is my father's son."
Who is in the picture?
✅ Answer: His son.
Explanation: "My father's son" is himself. So, "that man's father is me" → the man is his son.
How many legs does a spider have?
Eight
Who wrote "1984" and "Animal Farm"?
Answer: George Orwell
How many continents are there in the world?
seven
This historical figure was known as "The Iron Lady." Who was she?
Margaret Thatcher
What goes up but never comes down?
Your Age
What is the square root of 144?
12
Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954 and is the author of The Old Man and the Sea?
Answer: Ernest Hemingway
What is the capital of New Zealand?
Wellington
What year did the Berlin Wall fall?
1989
I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
Which composer became deaf yet continued to compose music, including his famous Ninth Symphony?
Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Which novel features a society under constant surveillance by “Big Brother”?
Answer: 1984 by George Orwell
Name the only letter that doesn’t appear in any U.S. state name.
The letter: Q
The Roman Empire fell in what year?
Answer: 476 AD (Western Roman Empire)
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A Piano
What is the largest internal organ in the human body?
Liver
Who wrote The Great Gatsby?
Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald
What is the shortest land border between two sovereign nations?
Botswana and Zambia
Which empire built the famous
Machu Picchu?
Inca
What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
Teapot
Which global organization is headquartered in Geneva and focuses on international public health?
Answer: World Health Organization (WHO)
Which modernist novel by James Joyce parallels Homer’s Odyssey and takes place in Dublin over a single day?
Answer: Ulysses