Mountains 200 In which US State is Kilauea, the world’s most active volcano? Alaska California Washington Hawaii Hawaii
Mountains 400 What is North America’s highest mountain? Mount St. Helens Mount Hood Mount McKinley Pike’s Peak Mount McKinley
Mountains 600 Which mountain range runs along the west coast of South America for over 4,000 miles? The Andes The Dandies The Candies The Randes The Andes
Mountains 800 Which mountain range separates France and Spain? The Grand Tetons The Alps The Pyrenees The Urals The Pyrenees
Mountains 1000 What city does Sugar Loaf mountain overlook? Dublin Zurich Los Angeles Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro
Computers 200 Which company produces the computer operating system Windows? Intel Microsoft Adobe Google Microsoft
Computers 400 Which company created the iPod? Apple Computer Hewlett Packard Compaq Dell Apple Computer
Computers 600 In computing, what does RAM stand for? Read Any Memory Round Action Mouse Random Access Memory Rotating Arm Mechanism Random Access Memory
Computers 800 What two characters represent the basic binary code? 1 & 2 X & O X & Y 0 & 1 0 & 1
Computers 1000 The “brain” of a computer is better known as what? ROM Cache CPU DIMM CPU
Europe 200 What is the largest country, by area, in the European Union? France Germany Spain Italy France
Europe 400 What European capital city stands on the River Tiber? Rome London Prague Stockholm Rome
Europe 600 In which European country is Transylvania? Czech Republic Finland Romania Bulgaria Romania
Europe 800 What country owns the Canary Islands? France Italy United Kingdom Spain Spain
Europe 1000 Until the introduction of the Euro, what is the unit of currency in Austria? Kroner Schilling Pound Lira Schilling
Capitals 200 The Empire State is New York, what is its capital? New York Albany Syracuse Troy Albany
Capitals 400 What is the capital of the US State of Florida? Miami Tampa Tallahassee St. Petersburg Tallahassee
Capitals 600 What is the capital city of Iran? Tehran Mashhad Shiraz Qom Tehran
Capitals 800 What is the capital city of Morocco? Marrakech Rabat Casablanca Fez Rabat
Capitals 1000 Which African country’s capital city is Luanda? Kenya Rowanda Angola Senegal Angola
Authors 200 How was Eric Hugh Blair, born in 1903, better known? George Orwell Mark Twain Truman Capote Sinclair Lewis George Orwell
Authors 400 What American author wrote the classics “East of Eden”, “Of Mice and Men” and “The Grapes of Wrath”? Upton Sinclair John Steinbeck Ernest Hemmingway Joseph Conrad John Steinbeck
Authors 600 Who wrote “Tarzan of the Apes” in 1912? Edgar Rice Burroughs E.M. Forster Dylan Thomas Samuel Beckett Edgar Rice Burroughs
Authors 800 Who wrote the novel “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car”? T.S. Eliot Ian Fleming Flannery O’Connor William Faulkner Ian Fleming
Authors 1000 Which famous author proclaimed at New York customs, “I have nothing to declare but my genius”? Salman Rushdie Virginia Woolf Oscar Wilde George Bernard Shaw Oscar Wilde
Movies 200 Who created “Star Wars”? Francis Ford Coppola George Lucas James Cameron Gene Roddenberry George Lucas
Movies 400 For which film did Steven Spielberg win one of his two Best Director Oscars? “Jaws” “E.T.” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” “Saving Private Ryan” “Saving Private Ryan”
Movies 600 Who starred in the films “Some Like It Hot”, “Bus Stop” and “The Seven Year Itch”? Marilyn Monroe Clark Gable Rita Hayworth Paul Newman Marilyn Monroe
Movies 800 Who won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance as Judah Ben Hur in the 1959 epic “Ben-Hur”? Edward G. Robinson Anthony Quinn Charlton Heston Kirk Douglas Charlton Heston
Movies 1000 Who played the Toymaker in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? Dick Van Dyke Lionel Barrymore Peter Sellers Benny Hill Benny Hill
Flags 400 How many stars are on the flag of the United States? 13 50 25 48 50
Flags 800 How many stars are on the flag of the European Union? 15 20 12 8 12
Flags 1200 What flag does a ship traditionally fly to indicate it is about to set sail? The Blue Peter The Jolly Roger The Happy Gilmore The Silver Streak The Blue Peter
Flags 1600 Which country’s flag consists of just the color green? Greenland Iceland Libya Lebanon Libya
Flags 2000 What country’s flag has a garden hoe and a Kalashnikov rifle inside a star? Zimbabwe Russia Mozambique Thailand Mozambique
Space 400 What is the name of the galaxy our Solar System is in? The Hubble The Milky Way The Seyfert The Silk Road The Milky Way
Space 800 What is the fourth planet from the Sun? Earth Pluto Mars Jupiter Mars
Space 1200 In distance, which planet is sixth furthest from the Sun? Saturn Uranus Venus Mercury Saturn
Space 1600 What is the orbital period of Halley’s Comet? 7,600 years 7.6 years 760 years 76 years 76 years
Space 2000 Who was the second man to step foot on the surface of the moon? Gus Grisholm Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Alan L. Bean Michael Collins Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
Rivers & Lakes 400 What river flows through the Grand Canyon in the USA? The Snake The Mississippi The Missouri The Colorado The Colorado
Rivers & Lakes 800 What is the longest river in Asia? The Mekong The Yangtze The Indus The Lena The Yangtze
Rivers & Lakes 1200 Which lake can be found in the Canadian Rockies? Lake Champlain Lake Tahoe Lake Louise Great Salt Lake Lake Louise
Rivers & Lakes 1600 What is the longest river in Great Britain? The Severn The Thames The Nene The Tweed The Severn
Rivers & Lakes 2000 What is the deepest lake in the world, with depths over 1,600 metres? Lake Baikal Crater Lake Lake Tanganyika Lake Superior Lake Baikal
History 400 Before the French Revolution in 1789, who is reported to have said “Let them eat cake”? Napoleon I Queen Elizabeth I Marie Antoinette Charlemagne Marie Antoinette
History 800 In which year was Nelson Mandela released in South Africa, after 27 years in prison? 1980 1970 2000 1990 1990
History 1200 In which year of the 1940s did the D-Day landings take place on the coast of Normandy? 1942 1944 1946 1948 1944
History 1600 In what year was Margaret Thatcher elected as Britain’s first female Prime Minister? 1969 1974 1979 1983 1979
History 2000 Who defeated the Persian king Darius III at the Battle of Issus in 333 BC? Alexander the Great Hannibal Augustus Caesar Xerxes Alexander the Great
Chemical Symbols 400 What is the chemical symbol for Copper? Co Cu Cp Cr Cu
Chemical Symbols 800 What is the chemical symbol for Sodium? So Sm Na Sd Na
Chemical Symbols 1200 What is the chemical symbol for Gold? Gd Au Ab Kt Au
Chemical Symbols 1600 What is the chemical symbol for Potassium? K P L M K
Chemical Symbols 2000 What is the chemical symbol for Tin? Tn Pb Tr Sn Sn
Sports 400 How many minutes of play are in an American football match? 90 60 40 80 60
Sports 800 Where were the 1992 Summer Olympic Games held? Barcelona, Spain Brisbane, Australia Seoul, South Korea Los Angeles, America Barcelona, Spain
Sports 1200 What sport is played in the USA by the Minnesota Timberwolves, Cleveland Cavaliers and Houston Rockets? Ice Hockey Baseball Basketball Football Basketball
Sports 1600 In North America, what sport is played by the New Jersey Devils and the Florida Panthers? Soccer Football Ice Hockey Basketball Ice Hockey
Sports 2000 What sport is contested between the United States and Great Britain for the Walker Cup? Polo Tennis Golf Soccer Golf
The Cosmos Final Other than the Sun, what is the nearest star to the Earth? Polaris Proxima Centauri Sirius Alpha Centauri Proxima Centauri
