Sports
Where will the 2028 Summer Olympics be held?
Los Angeles
What is Amerigo Vespucci famous for?
The first to realize the Americas were a distinct continent.
A young boy takes a train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve in what classic 1985 children's book by Chris Van Allsburg?
The Polar Express
What ocean is the largest and deepest?
Pacific Ocean
What year did the Titanic sink?
1912
Which Formula 1 team has won the most Constructors Championships?
Scuderia Ferrari
Who wrote the Illyad?
Homer
Thestrals and Floo Powder are both forms of transportation invented by what internationally-renowned author?
JK Rowling
What is the proper geographical term for a cluster or chain of islands?
Archipelago
A large portion of what 2001 Yann Martel novel features the title character stranded on a lifeboat after a shipwreck with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker?
Life of Pi
In metres what are the dimensions of an Olympic Sized Swimming pool?
50m by 25m
What leader came to power in Cuba after the Cuban Revolution?
Fidel Castro
The Imagination Library is a free children's book gifting program started by what famous singer in 1995? The program started by offering a monthly book to each child in Sevier County, Tennessee regardless of family income.
Dolly Parton
What country is known as "Land of a Thousand Lakes"?
Finland
Iambic pentameter is a type of metric line used in English verse, most famously by William Shakespeare. While "iambic" describes the unstressed/stressed pattern of each two-syllable "foot," the word "pentameter" indicates that there are how many feet within a given line?
Five
In the 1971 Olympics, Nadia Comaneci was the first gymnast to score a perfect score. What country was she representing?
Romania
What Babylonian king is widely believed to have ordered the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for his wife?
Nebuchadnezzar II
What classic Leo Tolstoy novel, first released serially from 1873-1877, tells the story of a woman and her affair with Count Vronsky?
Anna Karenina
The Principality of Monaco is bordered to the north, east, and west, by what other European country?
France
What is the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet?
Delta
In what year were women allowed to compete in the modern Olympic games and in what sports?
1900. Of the 997 athletes, 22 women competed in five sports: tennis, sailing, croquet, equestrianism and golf.
Who were Henry VIII's six wives?
Catharine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Katherine Howard, Anne of Cleves, and Katherine Parr
What 1945 British novel depicting animalian life was often accompanied with the subtitle "A Contemporary Satire?"
Animal farm
How many countries does Africa have?
54
Which writer holds the Guinness World Record for the most translated works?
Agatha Christie