Geography
What country is home to the world's longest coastline?
Canada
In what century did the Black Death first sweep through Europe?
14th century (1347-1351)
Approximately how many minutes does light from the Sun take to reach Earth?
8 minutes
Who became the all-time leading scorer in NBA history in 2023, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
Lebron James
Affliction
In which country is Mount Kilimanjaro?
Tanzania
What Victorian-era serial killer terrorized London's Whitechapel district in 1888 and was never identified?
Jack the Ripper
What is the only metal that is liquid at standard room temperature?
Mercury
In what sport would you use a 'shuttlecock'?
Badminton
What European city is split across two continents?
Istanbul
What German cipher machine was cracked by Allied codebreakers at Bletchley Park?
Enigma
What is the most abundant gas in the Sun?
Hydrogen
What is the maximum possible score in a game of ten-pin bowling?
300
What European capital city is built on 14 islands connected by 57 bridges?
Stockholm
The Rosetta Stone was key to deciphering which ancient writing system?
Egyptian hieroglyphics
At what temperature in Celsius is absolute zero?
-273.15C
(Point within 1C)
In tennis, what is it called when a player wins a set 6-0?
A bagel
What is the most spoken language in South America by number of native speakers?
Portuguese
What is the official title of the current (and frequently used) desk in the Oval Office?
The Resolute Desk
What is the largest animal ever known to have existed?
Blue whale
In which sport is the Vince Lombardi Trophy awarded to the champion?
American football (NFL / Super Bowl)
What African country has the same name as its capital city?
Djibouti
What country did Napoleon invade in 1812, a campaign that destroyed most of his army?
Russia
What is the liquid component of blood (the non-cellular part) called?
Plasma
Who is the all-time top goalscorer in men's FIFA World Cup history, with 16 goals?
Miroslav Klose
What strait separates the islands of Sumatra and Java?
Sunda Strait
What was the name of the American pilot shot down over the USSR in a U-2 spy plane in 1960, causing a major diplomatic incident?
Francis Gary Powers
What phenomenon, predicted by Einstein in 1916, was first directly observed in 2015 by the LIGO detector?
Gravitational waves
What boxer held the world heavyweight title for the longest continuous reign (11 years and 252 days)?
Joe Louis
What country is home to the 'Door to Hell', a natural gas crater that has been burning since 1971?
Turkmenistan
What was the last major German offensive on the Western Front in WW2, fought in the Ardennes forest?
The Battle of the Bulge
The Mpemba effect describes what counterintuitive physical phenomenon?
Hot water can freeze faster than cold water under certain conditions
In Formula 1, what aerodynamic system was discontinued at the end of the 2025 season?
DRS (Drag reduction system)
Only two countries in the world are doubly landlocked (surrounded entirely by landlocked countries). Liechtenstein is one - what is the other?
Uzbekistan
What 1956 crisis saw Britain, France, and Israel invade Egypt over control of a key waterway?
Suez Crisis
Two scientists won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for isolating this single-atom-thick carbon material using Scotch tape. What is it called?
Graphene
What was the nickname of Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx, widely considered the greatest cyclist of all time?
The Cannibal