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100

This ancient civilization built pyramids along the Nile River.

What is Ancient Egypt?

100

This global environmental issue involves melting ice caps and rising sea levels.

What is climate change?

100

This is the capital city of France.

What is Paris?

100

This artist’s “Eras Tour” became one of the highest-grossing tours of all time, revisiting different phases of her career.

Who is Taylor Swift?

100

This word means the people who buy products or services.

What are customers?

100

This planet is the closest to the Sun.

What is Mercury?

200

This wall once divided a European city into East and West until 1989.

What is the Berlin Wall?

200

This conflict between countries often leads to sanctions and international tension.

What is a war

200

This continent is home to the Sahara Desert.

What is Africa?

200

This platform shifted the music industry by popularising algorithm-driven playlists and streaming over ownership.

What is Spotify?

200

This is the money a company makes before costs are taken away.

What is revenue?

200

This gas is used by plants to sustain themselves by a process called photosynthesis?

What is carbon dioxide?

300

This cultural celebration includes costumes, music, and parades in Brazil every year.

What is Carnival?

300

This technology is discussed a lot today and includes tools like ChatGPT.

What is artificial intelligence?

300

This famous landmark in India is a white marble palace built for love.

What is the Taj Mahal?

300

This artist released the critically acclaimed album To Pimp a Butterfly, known for its political and cultural themes.

Who is Kendrick Lamar?

300

This term describes the total sales of a business over a period of time.

What is turnover?

300

This term describes animals that only eat plants.

What are herbivores?

400

This empire was led by Julius Caesar and controlled much of Europe.

What is the Roman Empire?

400

This term describes people moving from one country to another for safety or work.

What is migration?

400

This country has the highest population in the world.

What is India?

400

This concept describes fictional story worlds like Marvel or Star Wars that expand across films, series, and games.

What is a shared universe (or cinematic universe)?

400

This term describes a person who starts and runs their own business.

Who is an entrepreneur?

400

This invention by Johannes Gutenberg helped spread knowledge faster in Europe.

What is the printing press?

500

This document, signed in 1215, limited the power of the English king. 

What is the Magna Carta?

500

This global economic issue happens when energy prices rise and affect many countries.

What is an energy crisis?

500

This line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

What is the Equator?

500

This term describes when online communities collectively influence the success or failure of a film, game, or celebrity through coordinated reactions.

What is cancel culture or online backlash?

500

This term describes a situation in which supply is higher than demand, often causing prices to fall.

What is a surplus?

500

This scientific principle explains how small changes in initial conditions can lead to very different outcomes.

What is the butterfly effect?