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100

What's short for 'light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation'?

Laser

100

What is the longest river in the world?

Nile

100

Which type of pasta translates to mean 'feathers' or 'quills'?

Penne

100

What is the capital of Portugal?

Lisbon

100

Who was the first man in space?

Yugi Gagarin

200

What does an ornithologist study?

Birds

200

Who is the closest female in line to the British throne?

Princess Charlotte

200

Vinegar can dissolve diamond: true or false?

False - but they do dissolve pearls apparently

200

What is the smallest country in the world?

Vatican City

200

When was Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet?

2007

300

What is the largest primate?

Gorilla

300

What do you call a word that reads the same way backwards as it does forwards? (e.g. HANNAH)

Palindrome

300

Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of what sticking to the roof of your mouth?

Peanut Butter

300

In which UK city would you find the river Clyde?

Glasgow

300

What was Sputnik?

First satellite to enter space
400

Ag is the chemical symbol for which element?

Silver

400

What tech company is headquartered in Cupertino, California? 

Apple 

400

Cornish Yarg, Stinking Bishop, and Baron Bigod are types of what?

Cheese

400

What the oldest recorded town in the UK?

Colchester

400

How long does it take for light to travel from the sun to the earth?

8 minutes

500

Another name for the voice box?

Larynx

500

What is acrophobia a fear of?

Heights

500

When was the first McDonalds opened?

1974

500

If you travelled to the city of Volgograd, which country would be in?

Russia

500
What percent of the universe is in dark matter?

27%