Geography
General History
General Science
Famous People – Past and Present
Sports
100
Name all the continents. 

Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Australia or Oceania [I will take Australia or Oceania or both]

100

What was the name of the richest African King to ever live? 

Mansa Musa

100

What is the process of energy production in plants?

Photosynthesis

100
This man ran 200m in 19.19 seconds. 

Usain Bolt

100
What is the name of the NCAA Basketball tournament?

March Madness

200

How many oceans are there and name all of them? 

5 – Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern Oceans

200

In what year did the Berlin Wall fall? 

A)1989

B)1988

C)1990

D)1991

A) 1989

200

How many physical senses do we have? Name them.

5 – Touch, taste, smell, sight, hearing

200

What is the name of the current Chinese Premier/President?

Xi Jingping

200

What country’s rugby team is known as the ”All Blacks”? 

A) Australia

B) New Zealand

C) South Africa

D) Botswana

B) New Zealand

300
What are the highest mountain peaks in North America, Africa, and Asia?

Mount McKinley/Denali, Mount Kilmanjaro, Mount Everest.

300

What was the name of the document that stated the King of England was not above the law? Hint: This was established in 1215.

Magna Carta

300

What is the 6th planet from the sun? 

Saturn

300

This President of the United States was responsible for the ‘Bay of Pigs’.

President John F. Kennedy

300

Which women’s basketball coach accrued the most career wins in history at the time of their retirement?

A) Ken Calipari

B) Stacey Johnson

C) Pat Summitt

D) Becky Hammon

C) Pat Summitt

400

Name the three longest rivers in the world and their continents.

Nile - Africa, Amazon - South America, Yangtze - Asia

400

What were the names of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? 

Fat man and Little Boy

400

Which scientist developed the laws of motion? 

A) Johannes Kepler

B) Leonardo DaVinci

C) Rene Descartes 

D) Isaac Newton

D) Isaac Newton

400

This female pop artist is known for her crazy costumes and wigs. She has won 5 Grammy awards and 13 MTV video music awards. 

Lady Gaga

400

Which team(s) have won the most Super Bowls?

Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots

500

What is the name of the desert that encompasses Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa?

Kalahari Desert

500

What were the names of the two opposing leaders/heads of state in the Biafran War?

General Yakubu Gowon

Lt. Col Chukwuemeka “Emeka” Ojukwu


500
Name the group of elements in the period table that are the least reactive? 

The Noble Gases

500

This man was leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004.

Yasser Arafat

500

Which NBA player went the most games without an absence? He is know as the ‘Iron Man’ of the NBA.

AC Green