South Asia
Who was the first emperor of the Mughal Empire?
Babur
What was the world's first stock exchange?
Amsterdam Stock Exchange
Awarded by the world's chess organization, FIDE, this is the highest title a chess player can attain
Grandmaster
Which country has the highest coffee consumption per capita?
Finland
Who was HW Bush's VP during his presidency? (he is known for incorrectly spelling the word "potato" during an elementary school spelling bee)
Dan Quayle
Who is the only Bangladeshi Nobel laureate? (for contributing to the concept of microfinance)
Muhammad Yunus
It sounds like a small high-end shop but in business it's a specialty investment banker
Boutique
Which country is credited for creating the official modern day rules for soccer?
Britain
The oldest artifact showing human writing is from Ancient Mesopotamia. It shows workers' rations for what beverage?
Name two of the lawyers defending OJ Simpson in his famous murder trial?
Robert Shapiro, Sara Caplan, Johnnie Cochran, Carl Douglas, Shawn Chapman, Gerald Uelmen, Robert Kardashian, Alan Dershowitz, F. Lee Bailey, Barry Scheck, Peter Neufeld, Robert Blasier and William Thompson
Who was Pakistan's first Prime Minister?
Liaquat Ali Khan
This biotech biggie was founded in 1980 as Applied Molecular Genetics
AMGEN
In which country was the casino set in the 2006 James Bond Film Casino Royale?
Montenegro
In which country is the largest alcoholic beverage company (AB Inbev) headquartered?
Belgium
What is the name of the agreements between the Government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), signed in Washington, D.C., in 1993?
Oslo Accords
What was the first European colony in India? (i.e. from which European country)
Portugal
This American game theorist & mathematician proposed solution of a non-cooperative game involving two or more players in which each player is assumed to know the equilibrium strategies of the other players
John Nash Jr
What is the most popular wine variety in the world?
Cabernet Sauvignon
in 1993, this treaty formally established the EU
Maastricht Treaty
What is the official administrative capital of Sri Lanka?
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
An audio oscillator was the first product from this company founded by 2 Stanford classmates in 1939
HEWLETT-PACKARD
Which city hosted the first ever Special Olympics in 1968?
Chicago
This bottled water from the French Alps has pictures of mountains on its label
Evian
In 1996, Osama Bin Laden moved to Afghanistan after he was expelled from what country?
Sudan