History
Who was murdered on the 15th March 44BC by a group of senators?
Julius Caesar
What is the name of the city that Spongebob Squarepants lives in?
Bikini Bottom
How many lines are there in a sonnet?
14
Quebec is a province in Canada. What language do they speak there?
French
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
Where were the first Olympic Games held?
Athens (Greece)
According to the Romans, who was the God of the ocean?
Neptune
Which country was the first to legalize same-sex marriage?
The Netherlands
Which singer’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta?
Lady Gaga
Which mythical king led the Knights of the Round Table?
King Arthur
What is the largest desert in the world?
Antarctic Polar Desert
What is the only fruit that has its seeds on the outside?
Strawberry
What do the rings in the Olympics represent?
The continents of the world
What is the most common letter in the English alphabet?
E
Which great wonder of the Ancient World still stands today?
Giza Pyramids
Who played Danny Zuko in the film "Grease"?
John Travolta
Who painted ‘The Last Supper’, ‘The Virgin of the Rocks’ and ‘Vitruvian Man’?
Leonardo da Vinci
Which is the most populated country in the European Union?
Germany.
The woolly mammoth is most similar to what modern day animal?
Elephant
Tennis star Serena Williams won which major tournament while pregnant with her first child?
Australian Open
What is 1468 in Roman Numerals?
MCDLXVIII
What was the first country to give women the right to vote?
New Zealand
Who is the first and only black woman to win the Oscar for Best Leading Actress?
Halle Berry
Which of Shakespeare’s plays is the longest?
Hamlet
The second longest coastline, after Canada, is where?
Norway*
What is the tallest type of grass?
Bamboo.
Which country has won the most Rugby World Cups?
New Zealand and South Africa (3 times each)
The Egyptian version is Ra, who is the Greek equivalent?
Helios.
Who was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire?
Genghis Khan
For which 1964 musical blockbuster did Julie Andrews win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
Mary Poppins
What XIX century artist rendered 70 paintings in the last days of his life?
Vincent Van Gogh
How many time-zones does Russia have?
11
Who created penicilin?
Alexander Flemming
How many times did cyclist Miguel Indurain win the Tour de France in the 1990s?
5
What is the tallest breed of dog in the world?
Great Dane
What was the world's first civilization?
Sumerian
What was the first feature-length animated movie ever released?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
What was the first Science-Fiction novel?
Frankenstein (1818)
What is the name of the deepest point in Earth’s oceans?
Mariana Trench
What organ does an octopus have three of?
Heart
What’s the national sport of Canada?
Lacrosse
What is the name for a baby kangaroo?
A joey
Who is the first woman to go to space?
Valentina Tereshkova
What does the EGOT recognition mean for an artist?
That they have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony (they are recognised in music, theatre and film and TV)
According to Greek mythology, what is the name of the titan who held the earth on his shoulders?
Atlas
Which country has the most pyramids?
Sudan
What color is the sunset on Mars?
Blue
Who was the first British player to win league titles in four countries?
David Beckham.
What does a Scoville unit measure?
Spiciness
In what century was historiography created?
V and IV centuries BC
Who are the creators of the Matrix?
Lana and Lily Wachowski
Lord Bryon's daughter was a famous mathematician and became the world’s first computer programmer. Name her.
Ada Lovelace
What place is known as the largest micro-continent?
Zealandia
How many bones does a shark have?
None, their skeletons are made of cartilage.
What country has competed the most times in the Summer Olympics yet hasn’t won any kind of medal?
Liechtenstein
What is a group of crows called?
Murder