Geography
Which country has territory in both Europe and Asia but has its capital entirely in Asia?
Russia (Moscow is entirely in Europe, so this is false). The correct answer is Kazakhstan (Astana is in Asia).
Who sculpted The Thinker?
Auguste Rodin.
What was the capital of the Inca Empire?
Cusco.
Which element has the atomic number 92?
Uranium.
In which sport is the Ryder Cup contested?
Golf.
Which country has the greatest elevation range from its lowest to highest point?
China.
Which artist founded the Cubist movement with Pablo Picasso?
Georges Braque.
Who was the first Holy Roman Emperor?
Charlemagne.
Which element has the highest melting point?
Tungsten.
Which Formula One driver has won the most World Drivers' Championships?
Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher (7 each).
What is the only river that flows both north and south from the Equator?
The Congo River.
Which Russian author wrote Dead Souls?
Nikolai Gogol.
Which city served as the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople.
Which gland produces melatonin?
The pineal gland.
Which boxer was known as "The Brown Bomber"?
Joe Louis.
Which country contains the world's largest salt flat?
Bolivia (Salar de Uyuni).
Which composer wrote the unfinished Requiem that was completed by his student Franz Xaver Süssmayr?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Which battle marked the end of Viking expansion into England in 1066?
The Battle of Stamford Bridge.
Which planet has the highest average surface temperature?
Venus.
Which athlete won gold medals in both the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Olympics?
Jim Thorpe.
Which country has the most official languages at the national level?
Bolivia (37 official languages).
Which film is tied with Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King for the most Academy Awards won by a single film?
Ben-Hur (11 Academy Awards).
Which French king was known as the "Sun King"?
Louis XIV.
What is the only naturally occurring element named after a U.S. state?
Californium.
Which athlete won four consecutive Olympic gold medals in the 400-meter hurdles?
Edwin Moses did not win four Olympic golds because of the 1980 U.S. boycott. The correct answer is none. (This is a trick question.)