Geography
Africa is sandwiched between which two oceans?
Atlantic and Indian
Which actor played the head of the main mafia family in 'The Godfather'? (100 bonus points: What was the full name of the character?)
Marlon Brando (Vito Corleone)
In 1984, this moonwalker set a record for most Grammys won in one night (8 Grammys).
Michael Jackson
The United States bought Alaska from which country?
Russia (The purchase of Alaska in 1867 marked the end of Russian efforts to expand trade and settlements to the Pacific coast of North America, and became an important step in the United States rise as a great power in the Asia-Pacific region)
Does sound travel faster in the air or in water?
Water
How many countries are in africa? (100 bonus points: Which is the most recent country in Africa?)
54 (South Sudan, which declared independence on 9 July 2011)
What was the name of Han Solo's ship in Starwars?
The Millennium Falcon
Which astronomer is name-dropped in "Bohemian Rhapsody"?
Galileo
Istanbul used to be called what when it was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople (Constantinople became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.)
What is a Geiger Counter used to measure?
Radiation
What is the smallest European country in geographic size and population? (It's the same country.)
Vatican City (0.44 kilometers squared and less than 1,000 residents)
Which actress played the title role in the 2000 film 'Erin Brockovich'?
Julia Roberts
Which 2012 Adele song won an Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy?
Skyfall
What was the global financial decline that lasted from 2007 to 2009 called?
The Great Recession
Diabetes develops as the result of a problem with which specific organ in the body?
Pancreas
Valletta is the capital of what Mediterranean country?
Malta
Who played Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate?
Anne Bancroft
What singer was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou?
George Michael
In what year did India gain independence from Britain?
1947 (15 August 1947. The Indian Independence Bill carves the independent nations of India and Pakistan out of the former Mogul Empire.)
What element did Joseph Priestley discover in 1774?
Oxygen
Europe is separated from Asia by which mountain range?
The Ural Mountains (or simply the Urals, runs north-south mostly through Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the river Ural and northwestern Kazakhstan.)
What's the name of the skyscraper in Die Hard?
Nakatomi Plaza
In 1983, U2 charted on the Billboard 100 for the first time with what song?
New Year’s Day
Who is the youngest person to win a Nobel Peace Prize and what age was this person? (Both answers are required to gain the points.)
Malala Yousafzai, at the age of 17, won the prize in 2014.
Which is the most abundant element in the universe?
Hydrogen.