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1
Which is the deepest known point in Earth's oceans?
Tonga Trench
Mariana Trench
Java Trench
Puerto Rico Trench
2
Which country has the largest number of spoken languages?
Nigeria
India
Indonesia
Papua New Guinea
3
What was Google originally called?
BrainNet
Websearch
Backrub
NetCrawler
4
Which continent has the highest average elevation?
South America
Europe
Antarctica
Asia
5
Which famous video game character collects rings and runs at super speed?
Mario
Sonic the Hedgehog
Mega Man
Crash Bandicoot
6
Which U.S. president appears on the $2 bill?
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
7
What is the name of Shakespeare’s wife?
Anne Hathaway
Mary Arden
Elizabeth Tudor
Catherine of Aragon
8
What is the flattest continent?
Oceania
Africa
Europe
Antarctica
9
Which is the only continent without an active volcano?
Antarctica
Asia
Europe
Oceania
10
Which South American country is the only one to speak Portuguese as an official language?
Argentina
Brazil
Suriname
Uruguay
11
What type of rock is formed from lava cooling quickly on the Earth's surface?
Marble
Basalt
Sandstone
Slate
12
Which famous scientist developed the theory of general relativity?
Nikola Tesla
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Albert Einstein
13
Which U.S. state has the fewest people?
Alaska
Vermont
Wyoming
North Dakota
14
Which video game holds the record for the best-selling game of all time?
Grand Theft Auto V
Minecraft
Tetris
Fortnite
15
What is the most widely practiced religion in the world?
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
16
Which animal has fingerprints so similar to humans that they’ve confused crime scene investigators?
Raccoon
Orangutan
Koala
Chimpanzee
17
Which of these cities has the largest metropolitan population?
Tokyo
São Paulo
Mexico City
Mumbai
18
The Black Death occurred in which century?
12th
18th
14th
16th
19
Which European city is closest to the Arctic Circle?
Tromsø
Helsinki
Oslo
Reykjavik
20
Which artist's world tour was credited with boosting multiple economies in 2023–2024?
Beyoncé
Harry Styles
Drake
Taylor Swift
21
The world’s largest delta is the:
Ganges Delta
Amazon Delta
Mississippi Delta
Nile Delta
22
Which two countries share the world’s longest land border?
Russia and China
Brazil and Argentina
USA and Canada
India and Bangladesh
23
What animal can hold its breath the longest underwater?
Elephant Seal
Turtle
Dolphin
Whale
24
The majority of the world’s population lives in which type of climate zone?
Arid
Tropical
Temperate
Polar
25
What is the name of the fear of long words?
Sesquipedalophobia
Verbophobia
Megalophobia
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
26
Which country has the highest number of neighbouring countries (land borders)?
Germany
China
Russia
Brazil
27
Who was famously acquitted of murder in a 1995 U.S. trial that captivated global media?
Casey Anthony
Amanda Knox
Robert Durst
O.J. Simpson
28
Which artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Raphael
Donatello
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
29
How many taste buds does a cat have compared to a human?
Half as many as humans
About the same
More than humans
Cats don't have taste buds
30
Which city is closest to the Prime Meridian (0° longitude)?
London
Accra
Paris
Madrid
31
Which is the oldest active volcano in Europe?
Vesuvius
Stromboli
Etna
Hekla
32
Which band released the album “Abbey Road”?
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Pink Floyd
The Rolling Stones
33
Which city is situated on two continents?
Baku
Cairo
Istanbul
Ankara
34
Which planet rains diamonds?
Neptune
Uranus
Jupiter
Saturn
35
What film won the Best Picture Oscar in 2024?
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
36
Which river carries the most water volume annually?
Congo
Amazon
Nile
Mississippi
37
Which country is often called the "roof of the world"?
Peru
Nepal
Tibet
Bhutan
38
Which fruit was once so rare and expensive that people rented them as party decorations?
Mango
Pineapple
Coconut
Banana
39
Which planet in our solar system rotates on its side like it’s doing a cosmic barrel roll?
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
Mars
40
Which tech company released its first mixed-reality headset in 2024?
Microsoft
Apple
Google
Meta
41
The Himalayas were formed by the collision of which two tectonic plates?
Indian and Pacific
Pacific and Indo-Australian
Eurasian and African
Eurasian and Indian
42
Which ancient civilization invented the concept of zero as a number?
Romans
Greeks
Mayans
Egyptians
43
Who was known as the “Yorkshire Ripper”?
Dennis Nilsen
Levi Bellfield
Harold Shipman
Peter Sutcliffe
44
Which of these countries does the Equator
not
cross?
Indonesia
South Africa
Peru
Kenya
45
Which 1999 movie involved a character learning that reality is a simulation?
The Truman Show
Fight Club
The Matrix
Inception
46
Which capital city is furthest north?
Rekkjavik
Oslo
Ottawa
London
47
Which desert is considered a cold desert?
Sonoran
Atacama
Gobi
Kalahari
48
What year did women gain the right to vote in the UK?
1945
1918
1928
1950
49
Which animal can survive being frozen solid, then thawed out and go about its day like nothing happened?
Wood Frog
Arctic Fox
Emperor Penguin
Snowy Owl
50
Which U.S. river forms a border with Mexico?
Missouri
Colorado
Mississippi
Rio Grande
51
Which U.S. state has the longest coastline?
Hawaii
California
Alaska
Florida
52
In chess, what piece can only move diagonally?
Rook
Pawn
Bishop
Knight
53
In what year was the first iPhone released?
2005
2008
2007
2006
54
What is the only letter that doesn’t appear in any U.S. state name?
Q
J
Z
X
55
How many bones are in the adult human body?
196
225
206
201
56
What common food item was originally purple before being selectively bred to its current colour?
Carrot
Tomato
Potato
Cucumber
57
Which country is projected to have the largest population by 2050?
United States
Nigeria
India
China
58
The Greenwich Meridian passes through which continent(s)?
All continents
Europe only
Europe and Africa
Europe, Asia, and Africa
59
Which serial killer was known for sending cryptic letters to newspapers in the 1960s and 70s?
Jeffrey Dahmer
BTK Killer
Ed Gein
The Zodiac Killer
60
Which part of the human body can continue to grow after death?
Hair
Fingernails
Neither—it’s an optical illusion
Both A and B
61
Which city is considered the historical birthplace of democracy?
Cairo
Istanbul
Athens
Rome
62
Which sea is famously shrinking?
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Aral Sea
Red Sea
63
What’s the most-streamed song on Spotify (as of early 2025)?
"Shape of You” – Ed Sheeran
“Blinding Lights” – The Weeknd
"Flowers” – Miley Cyrus
“Despacito” – Luis Fonsi
64
Which animal’s heart is located in its head?
Crab
Octopus
Lobster
Shrimp
65
Which country has the
most
time zones
France
United States
Russia
China
66
What is the name of a group of flamingos called?
A squad
A party
A flamboyance
A cluster
67
Who was known as the "Whitechapel Murderer" in 1888 London?
H.H. Holmes
Charles Manson
Ted Bundy
Jack the Ripper
68
What is the most common letter in the English language?
S
T
E
A
69
What’s the heaviest organ in the human body?
Brain
Liver
Skin
Heart
70
How long can a cockroach live without its head?
Few Hours
One Week
One Day
One Month
71
Which city has the most skyscrapers in the world?
Shanghai
New York
Dubai
Hong Kong
72
The Ring of Fire is mainly associated with:
Earthquakes and volcanoes
Monsoons
Glacial movement
Johnny Cash
73
The Danube River flows into which sea?
Adriatic
Black Sea
Baltic
Aegean Sea
74
What’s the smallest bone in the human body?
Ulna
Tibia
Femur
Stapes
75
Which city is famously built on more than 100 small islands connected by canals and bridges?
Bangkok
Amsterdam
Venice
Stockholm
76
Who was the UK monarch before King Charles III?
King George VI
King Edward VIII
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Victoria
77
What year was YouTube launched?
2007
2010
2005
2003
78
What does the “D” stand for in D-Day?
Deployment
Danger
Decision
Day
79
Who wrote the novel
1984
?
Aldous Huxley
F. Scott Fitzgerald
George Orwell
J.D. Salinger
80
If you could hear space, what would the sun sound like according to NASA’s data sonification?
A low, creepy droning sound like a horror movie soundtrack
A heavy metal concert from 93 million miles away
A peaceful hum, like a whale underwater
Total silence — because sound can’t travel in space