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In tennis, which Grand Slam tournament is played on clay courts?
The French Open (Roland Garros).
Which instrument has 88 keys?
Piano
What animal has three hearts?
Octopus
What country has the most people?
India
What gas do plants release during photosynthesis?
Oxygen
In basketball, how long is the shot clock in the NBA?
24 seconds.
Who is known as the “King of Pop”?
Michael Jackson
What fruit has more genes than a human?
Strawberries
Mount Everest is part of what mountain range?
The Himalayas
What part of the cell contains genetic material (DNA)?
Nucleus
Which country won the very first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
Uruguay.
What is the highest male singing voice?
Tenor
What planet rains diamonds?
Saturn (and Jupiter)
What is Earth’s largest island (not a continent)?
Greenland
Which subatomic particle has a negative charge?
Electron
In rugby union, how many points is a drop goal worth?
3 points.
What Australian singer won Eurovision with “Sound of Silence”?
Dami Im
What common household item was originally invented as wallpaper cleaner?
Play-Doh
Which country has the most volcanoes in the world?
Indonesia.
What do we call the organelle that produces energy in cells?
Mitochondria
What is the official distance of an Olympic rowing race?
2000 metres.
Which band released the protest song Another Brick in the Wall?
Pink Floyd
Which country has more sheep than people by a ratio of 7 to 1?
New Zealand
Which African country was never colonised by a European power (aside from brief occupation)?
Ethiopia.
What is the process by which plants lose water through their leaves?
Transpiration.
In Formula 1, which team has won the most Constructors' Championships?
Ferrari.
Who sings the hit song Levitating?
Dua Lipa
What animal has rectangular pupils?
Goats.
What country contains the driest place on Earth, the Atacama Desert?
Chile.
What is the law that states “for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”?
Newton’s Third Law.
In cricket, what dismissal method involves the ball hitting the stumps after striking the batter’s pad?
LBW — Leg Before Wicket.
What rapper released Lose Yourself, featured in the film 8 Mile?
Eminem
What part of your body is the only one that cannot heal itself?
Tooth enamel.
Which two countries share the longest international land border in the world?
The United States and Canada.
What organ in the human body is responsible for producing insulin?
The pancreas.
In athletics, what event involves a curved approach and a scissor-or-flop technique?
High jump.
Which song by The Beatles begins with the lyric “When I find myself in times of trouble…”?
Let It Be
Which animal can hold its breath longer than a dolphin — up to 7 hours?
Sloths.
What country is home to the ancient temple complex Angkor Wat?
Cambodia.
What do we call a substance made of only one type of atom?
An element.
In tennis, what term describes winning all four Grand Slams in a single calendar year?
A Calendar Grand Slam
What band performed Smells Like Teen Spirit?
Nirvana
What creature can shoot boiling-hot water from its claws, creating tiny sonic booms?
Pistol shrimp.
What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
Sicily.
What is the pH value of a neutral solution?
7.
In golf, what is a score of three under par on a single hole called?
An albatross (or double eagle).
Thunder and Believer are songs by which band?
Imagine Dragons
What creature has blue blood due to copper instead of iron?
Horseshoe crabs.
What country is entirely surrounded by only one other country, making it an “enclave”?
Lesotho (inside South Africa).
What scientist discovered penicillin by accident in 1928?
Alexander Fleming.