Geography
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile River
What is the height of a regulation basketball hoop?
3 meters
What is the name of the person who leads an orchestra?
Conductor
What year was the first iPhone released?
2007
What is the most common letter in the English alphabet?
E
What is the smallest continent by area?
Australia
How long is an Olympic sized swimming pool?
50 meters
How many keys are on a piano?
a) 74
b) 81
c) 88
d) 94
c) 88
a) Holly
b) Dolly
c) Molly
d) Polly
b) Dolly
What Japanese word translates into English as “harbor wave”?
Tsunami
What Asian country has the most volcanoes?
Indonesia
How many rounds are there in a normal boxing match?
12
Which artist has the best selling album of all time, 'Thriller', with over 120m copies sold?
Michael Jackson
What is the largest organ in the human body?
Skin
What is the official language of the United States?
Nothing
What is the northernmost capital city in the world?
Reykjavik, Iceland
Which nation has won the most gold, and overall, medals in the entire history of the Winter Olympics?
Norway
Which nation is now tied with Ireland for the most Eurovision titles, with 7?
Sweden
What is the oldest continuously inhabited city on Earth?
a) Damascus
b) Jerusalem
c) Istanbul
d) Athens)
a) Damascus, Syria
Evidence of civilization dates back to 9000BC
What are words like [kayak, civic, radar, racecar] that can be the same forwards and backwards, called?
a) palindromes
b) homophones
c) synonyms
d) antonyms
a) palindromes
Which European capital city has a bridge, called 25th April, spanning the Tagus River, that is strikingly similar to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California?
Lisbon, Portugal
What country hosted, and won, the first World Cup in 1930?
Uruguay
What instrument produces the deepest sound in an orchestra?
a) tuba
b) cello
c) trombone
d) stand-up bass
e) clarinet
a) tuba
What is the largest number between 1 and 1,000,000 that does not contain the letter 'N'?
Eighty-eight (88)
_________________ is considered to be the father of English Literature
a. William Shakespeare
b. Geoffrey Chaucer
c. TS Elliot
d. Edgar Allen Poe
Geoffrey Chaucer