Geography
Which two countries share the longest international land border in the world?
Canada and the United States
Who was the queen of ancient Egypt famous for her relationship with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony?
Cleopatra
Who painted Guernica, the famous anti-war painting inspired by the Spanish Civil War?
Picasso
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie.
In which city were the first modern Olympic Games held in 1896?
Athens (Greece)
Which river flows through Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade?
The Danube
Who was the British prime minister during most of World War II?
Churchill
Which Spanish author wrote Don Quixote?
Miguel de Cervantes
What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere?
Carbon Dioxide
In Formula One, what colour flag signals that a race has been stopped?
Red
Which strait separates Asia from North America?
Bering Strait
Which French military leader became emperor in 1804?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Who wrote The Hobbit?
J R R Tolkien
What force keeps us on the ground?
Gravity
In tennis, what is it called when a player wins all four major championships in the same calendar year?
Grand Slam
Which African country was formerly known as Abyssinia?
Ethiopia
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
Who painted the Starry Night?
Van Gogh
1 Celsius degree equals... how many Farenheit degrees?
33.8
Which chess player became the youngest undisputed World Chess Champion in 1985?
Kasparov
Which European country has the most natural lakes?
Finland
Who were the two men who got to the moon?
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
What writer created the detectives Hercule Poirot and Mrs Marple?
Agatha Christie
Which planet in our solar system has the shortest day?
Jupiter
Which gymnast achieved a perfect score of 10 at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, becoming an international sensation?
Nadia Comaneci