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Which holiday in the U.S. celebrates the country’s independence?
Independence Day (July 4th)
Which continents are located entirely in the Southern Hemisphere?
Australia and Antarctica
What is the value of π (Pi) to three decimal places? (Math)
3.142
Name 3 top 10 squash players (men)
Mostafa Asal, Ali Farag, Diego Elias, Paul Coll, Joel Makin, Tarek Momen, Karim Abdel Gawad, Mohamed ElShorbagy, Marwan ElShorbagy, Mazen Hesham
Which famous investor has an investment firm called Berkshire Hathaway?
Warren Buffett
Name all the presidents of Egypt in modern history, in order.
Mohamed Naguib (1953–1954)
Gamal Abdel Nasser (1954–1970)
Anwar Sadat (1970–1981)
Hosni Mubarak (1981–2011)
Mohamed Morsi (2012–2013)
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (2014–present)
Which country has the most natural lakes in the world?
Canada
Name the planets in our solar system in order from the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Which African country was the first to reach the semi-finals of a FIFA World Cup?
Morocco (in 2022)
What company was the first to reach a $2 trillion market capitalization?
Apple (2020)
Name 6 rulers , from ancient times to the establishment of the republic in 1953.
Tutankhamun, Ramses II, Cleopatra VII, Amr ibn al-As, Salah ad-Din, Shajar al-Durr, Muhammad Ali Pasha, Isma'il Pasha, Fuad I, King Farouk I, Fuad II
Name 25 countries in Europe
France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Moldova, Norwa, Sweden
What elements are represented by the following chemical symbols: O, Na, and Fe?
O – Oxygen
Na – Sodium
Fe – Iron
As of April 2025, name 3 of the top 10 male padel players according to the International Padel Federation (FIP) rankings
Agustín Tapia, Arturo Coello, Alejandro Galán, Federico Chingotto, Juan Lebrón, Franco Stupaczuk, Mike Yanguas, Coki Nieto, Jon Sanz, Momo González
Which company owns Marvel Entertainment, Lucasfilm, and Pixar?
The Walt Disney Company
In what years did World War I and World War II begin and end?
World War I: 1914 – 1918
World War II: 1939 – 1945
Name the capitals of South Korea, New Zealand, and Poland
Seoul, Wellington, Warsaw
What is the name of the process where cells divide to create two identical cells?
Mitosis
Which country did Denmark defeat in the final of the 2023 Men’s Handball World Cup?
France
What year did Uber acquire Careem? What was the valuation of Careem at the time?
Uber acquired Careem in 2019 for $3.1 billion
Put the following empires in the correct chronological order from earliest to latest:
Byzantine Empire, Islamic Empire, Mongol Empire, Persian Empire, British Empire, Qin Dynasty, Roman Empire, Ottoman Empire
Persian Empire → Qin Dynasty → Roman Empire → Byzantine Empire → Islamic Empire → Mongol Empire → Ottoman Empire → British Empire
Which country has the most time zones (including overseas territories)?
France
A 10 kg object is lifted 2 meters off the ground. How much potential energy does it have? Mention the unit
196 joules (PE = m × g × h → 10 × 9.8 × 2 = 196)
Can be rounded to 200
Which club holds the record for the most points in a single Premier League season? Which season? How many points?
Manchester City (100 points, 2017-18 season)
Name 5 global investment banks
Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Barclays Investment Bank, Citigroup