World History
This 18th-century intellectual movement emphasised reason, science, and individual rights.
What is the Enlightenment?
This island nation lies southeast of India and was formerly known as Ceylon.
What is Sri Lanka?
This Japanese martial art translates as “the gentle way” and is an Olympic sport.
What is judo?
This dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley imagines a future driven by genetic engineering and conditioning.
What is Brave New World?
This branch of science studies heredity and genes.
What is genetics?
He was exiled to Elba before making a dramatic return to power in France in 1815.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
Mount Kilimanjaro is located in this East African country.
What is Tanzania?
This country has won the most FIFA World Cups.
What is Brazil?
This novel by Harper Lee deals with racial injustice in the American South.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
This organ is the largest in the human body.
What is the skin?
This 1919 treaty formally ended World War I and imposed heavy reparations on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This river runs through Paris and empties into the English Channel.
What is the Seine?
In tennis, this term means a score of zero.
What is love?
This Spanish novel features a knight who famously tilts at windmills.
Who was Don Quixote?
This gas makes up about 78% of the Earth’s atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
This author wrote Cloudstreet, a novel following two families in post-war Perth.
Who is Tim Winton?
This scientist formulated the three laws of motion.
Who is Isaac Newton?