Geography
What is the smallest country in the world in terms of territory?
Vatican City
This event, which took place in 1492, marked the beginning of European expansion in the Americas.
The “discovery” of America by Christopher Columbus
What is the closest planet to the Sun?
Mercury
This number is the only one that is neither positive nor negative.
Zero
Which Disney character was the first to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
Mickey Mouse
This South American country is the only one with coastlines on both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Colombia
In what year did Mexico’s independence occur?
1810
This gas is the most abundant in Earth's atmosphere.
Nitrogen
The number π (pi) represents the ratio between the circumference and the diameter of which geometric shape?
The Circle
This British band, led by Freddie Mercury, is known for hits like Bohemian Rhapsody and We Will Rock You.
Queen
This country has the most time zones in the world.
France (including overseas territories)
Who was the French emperor that conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century?
Napoleon Bonaparte
This subatomic particle has no electric charge and is found in the nucleus of atoms.
Neutron
This mathematical operation is the inverse process of exponentiation.
Root extraction (Radication)
What sci-fi film directed by Steven Spielberg popularized the idea of friendly extraterrestrial life?
E.T.
This country has the city with the most skyscrapers in the world.
China, Hong Kong
What war lasted from 1955 to 1975 and involved the North and South of an Asian country?
The Vietnam War
Which scientist developed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
Charles Darwin
This set of numbers includes rational, irrational, integer, and natural numbers.
Real numbers
Name the film director behind movies like Inception, Interstellar, and Oppenheimer.
Christopher Nolan
This city is the only one in the world that is located on two continents at the same time.
Istanbul, Turkey
This military leader conquered most of Asia in the 13th century and founded the Mongol Empire, the largest in history.
Genghis Khan
What is the name of the Earth's outermost layer, where earthquakes occur?
Earth’s crust
This mathematical function, used in calculus, describes the instantaneous rate of change of a dependent variable with respect to an independent one.
Derivative
What TV series has won the most Emmy Awards in history?
Game of Thrones