Geography
Which European country technically shares a border with Brazil, because one of its “overseas departments” does?
A. Germany
B. Belgium
C. France
C. France
What Scottish poet’s works inspired the book titles Of Mice and Men and Catcher in the Rye?
A. Robert Louis Stevenson
B. Robert Burns
C. James Hogg
B. Robert Burns
What actor said, “If you had been a public figure since the time you were a toddler… maybe you too would value privacy above all else”?
A. Leonardo DiCaprio
B. Jodie Foster
C. Daniel Radcliffe
B. Jodie Foster
Although it freed itself from the United States in 1946, what nation’s Independence Day celebrates its declaration of independence from Spain in 1898?
A. Mexico
B. The Philippines
C. Argentina
A. Mexico
So far, which has been the only FIFA World Cup host not to make it out of the group stage?
A. Mexico
B. United States
C. South Africa
C. South Africa
What singer was born in Havana in 1957, the daughter of a bodyguard employed by dictator Fulgencio Batista?
A. Gloria Estefan
B. Celia Cruz
C. Jennifer Lopez
A. Gloria Estefan
The three actors who starred as Magneto, Iron Man and Doctor Strange have all played what other character?
A. James Bond
B. Ebenezer Scrooge
C. Sherlock Holmes
C. Sherlock Holmes
Who’s the only athlete who ever lit the cauldron for an Olympics and then won a gold medal at those same games?
A. Midori Ito
B. Cathy Freeman
C. Usain Bolt
B. Cathy Freeman
Kersti Kaljulaid was 46 years old when she became the youngest president ever elected to lead which country?
A. Belarus
B. Estonia
C. Latvia
B. Estonia
Who dedicated Atlas Shrugged to both her husband and her boyfriend?
A. Flannery O’Connor
B. Virginia Woolf
C. Ayn Rand
C. Ayn Rand
The “Tina” in Tina Fey is short for what name?
A. Albertina
B. Valentina
C. Stamintina
C. Stamintina
Which of the following is not a sub-atomic particle?
A. Hadron
B. Boson
C. Scion
C. Scion
Which country’s flag features an eagle eating a snake?
A. Mozambique
B. Guam
C. Mexico
C. Mexico
Who became famous for painting New Mexico landscapes from her Model A Ford?
A. Frida Kahlo
B. Georgia O’Keeffe
C. Helen Frankenthaler
B. Georgia O’Keeffe
If you order “murgh” from the menu at an Indian restaurant, what meat will you get?
A. Chicken
B. Beef
C. Duck
A. Chicken
In 2016, a Pizza Hut made a delivery to the top of what mountain, thus setting a record for the highest-elevation pizza delivery?
A. Manaslu
B. Kilimanjaro
C. Fuji
B. Kilimanjaro
Russia is the world’s largest country (by area). What’s the next largest country for which this is the case?
A. Argentina
B. China
C. Brazil
A. Argentina
In 2017, the site Bachtrack.com determined the 10 most performed ballets in the world. What composer gave us three of them, including the first?
A. Léo Delibes
B. Sergei Prokofiev
C. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
C. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Gioachino Rossini’s last opera was produced in 1829, complete with Swiss alphorns. What was it?
A. The Marriage of Figaro
B. William Tell
C. The Barber of Seville
B. William Tell
What French entertainer, activist and secret agent had a pet cheetah named Chiquita?
A. Jacques Tati
B. Josephine Baker
C. Maurice Chevalier
B. Josephine Baker