Geography (Including outer space)

What is the name of the tallest mountain in the world?

What is the name of the longest river in Africa?
In what American city is the Golden Gate Bridge?
What is the capital of Canada?
What is the name of the largest ocean in the world?
What is the capital of Thailand?
What planet is closest to Earth?
Which country is also called the Netherlands?
On what continent are the Andes mountains?
Which European country is the closest to Africa?
What do you call smaller rivers that flow into another river?
How many time zones does Russia have?
What country does the Rhine River run through?
What two countries border directly north of Hungary?
What is the name of the largest city in Australia?
What type of leaf is on the Canadian flag?
What season does Australia experience in December?
What is the driest continent on Earth?
Which country has over 7000 islands?
How many countries are in North America?
In what country is Mount Ararat?
What is the longest river in Europe?
What city is most famous for its canals?
What is the capital of Portugal?
What do you call a cluster of islands?
Which mountain range begins in Canada and stretches all the way to New
Mexico?
What is the name of the smallest U.S. state?
What is the name of the tallest mountain in the U.S.?
In which of the United States is Mount Rushmore?
How many time zones are there in the U.S.?
In which of the United States is the Grand Canyon?
Which of the United States has the longest coastline?
What is the name of the deepest point in Earth’s oceans?
What is the name of the coldest sea on Earth?
How many countries are there in Africa?
What is the name of the largest waterfall in the world?
What is the capital of Pakistan?
What is the largest active volcano in the world?
What country is known as the “Land of a Thousand Lakes”?
What is the most populated city on Earth?
What is the capital of Afghanistan?
What is the tallest mountain in Africa?
Where was the highest-recorded temperature on Earth measured?
ARTS AND LITERATURE
What is the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens?
Who wrote The Hunchback of Notre Dame?
Which novel began with the words “Call me Ishmael”?
Who wrote Alice in Wonderland?
Which Shakespeare character said: “Is this a dagger which I see before me, the
handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee”?
Whose paintings adorn the Sistine Chapel?
What science fiction novel has the alternative title “Bank of Sand”?
How many lines are there in a sonnet?
In children’s literature, what kind of animal is Mrs. Tiggy Winkle?
Which book opens with the words “All children, except one, grow up?”
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci is on display in which Paris musem?
Which American artist said, “In the future, everyone will be famous for 15
minutes?”
Who wrote The Old Man and the Sea?
Which artist painted The Scream in 1893?
Which artist painted The Persistence of Memory?
Which Renaissance artist famously created the mural entitled The Last Supper?
Who is known as the “King of Rock and Roll”?
Who wrote the opera “Carmen”?
Which composer wrote the opera “The Magic Flute”?
Which composer wrote “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”?
A string quartet is traditionally composed of one cello, one, viola, and two of
which instrument?
For which Shakespeare play did Felix Mendelssohn compose his famous
“Wedding March”?
Which Beethoven symphony – his last – is instantly recognizable by its first four
notes?
What do you call a song for the dead or a mournful tune that is specifically
written for a funeral?
Who composed the “symphonic fairy tale” known as Peter and the Wolf?
Which of the compositions of Beethoven is the official anthem of the European
Union?
What is the word for the type of violin playing that is performed by plucking the
strings of the instrument rather than using a bow?
In what classic work of children’s literature do a group of children tour a candy
manufacturing facility?
In what classic children’s book does a young boy take a train to the North Pole
on Christmas Eve?
What was the name of Harry Potter’s snowy owl?
What small object was placed under dozens of mattresses in a fairy tale about
finding a suitable princess for a prince to marry?
Heathcliff was a key character in what 1847 Emily Bronte novel?
Henry David Thoreau wrote about life in the woods in Massachusetts in what
iconic 1854 work of nonfiction?
What literary character has a “trusty steed” name Rocinante?
What is the name of the dancing clown in Stephen King’s famed horror novel,
“It”?
In the novel Lord of the Flies, what do the boys use to make fire?
HISTORY
How many wives did Henry VII have?
In which year did World War I end?
On what type of medieval building would you find battlements?
Which ancient people worshiped cats?
Which mythical king and his knights sat at a round table?
Who discovered penicillin, revolutionizing medicine and saving millions of lives?
What was the first sport televised in the U.S.?
How long did the “100-Year War” last?
Who was the last tsar of Russia?
In what year was the first iPhone released?
In 2013 which holiday fell on the same day as the first day of Hanukkah?
In what year was the first Thankgiving celebrated?
The Watergate Scandal involved the administration of which US president?
Who was the founder of Microsoft?
The U.S. purchased Florida from which country?
Which treaty effectively ended World War I?
In which year did the Chernobyl disaster take place?
What was the original name of Constantinople?
Which saint introduced Christianity to Ireland?
What was the name of the ancient trade route that connected the East with the
West?
Which ancient civilization built Machu Picchu?
Who was the first Western explorer to reach China?
India gained independence from which country in 1947?
Edward Teach, the notorious seventeenth-century pirate, is better known by
what name?
Which ancient civilization invented the wheel?
How many hills were there in the ancient city of Rome?
What did the ancient Romans use for mouthwash?
What was the name of the ancient Roman go?ddess of love?
Japan attacked which US naval base in 1941?
What wall famously divided a German city during the Cold War?
Who is known as the “Father of Modern Physics”?
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
What was the name of the series of medieval military expeditions to reclaim the
Holy Land?
What British prime minister was known as the Iron Lady?
Which leader succeeded Mikhail Gorbachev, becoming the first President of
Russia?
Who was the first Holy Roman Emperor?
What Egyptian king ascended to the throne when he was only 9 years old?
Which Middle Eastern River lies at the lowest elevation in the world?
How many stars were on the original American flag?
In 1853, what country opened its borders to foreigners after being closed for
more than 200 years?
What peace activist successfully campaigned for India’s independence from
British rule?
MATH AND SCIENCE
In the commonly taught order-of-operations acronym PEMDAS, the “E” stands
for what “powerful” type of numbers?
What do you call the longest side of a right triangle (the side opposite the right
angle)?
What is the scientific name of “laughing gas”, which is often used as anesthesia
for dental work?
Minkowski space, the fourth dimension of Euclidian space, is better known as
what?
What do you call atoms of the same element with the same atomic number but
different mass numbers?
Raising any non-zero number to the power of zero will give what result?
In geometry, what is the word that refers to two objects with the same shape
and size?
Who is the oldest man in history to have walked on the moon?
What is the densest planet in our solar system?
What is the longest type of cell in the human body?
Which insect holds the record for the fastest flying insect in the world?
What is the name of the small, elusive mammal native to Australia that is
capable of laying eggs?
Which type of living organism produces most of the Earth’s oxygen?
Entomology is the study of . . . what?
Who invented the first battery?
How many zeros are there in a googol?
What is the common name for the volcanic glass formed from the rapid cooling
of lava without crystal growth?
What is the element with the highest melting point?
What is the only metal that is a liquid at room temperature?
What is the fastest animal on land?
What is the most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere?
What do we call a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being
consumed?
What are the two chambers at the bottom of your heart called?
What is the strongest muscle in your body?
What is the rarest human blood type?
What is the approximate percentage of the human body that is water?
What is the name of the organ that controls our body temperature?
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper and what other element?
Diabetes develops as the result of a problem with which specific organ in the
body?
What type of bond involves the sharing of electron pairs between different
atoms?
Where is the world’s most active volcano located?
What is the quality of an object that allows it to float on water?
What is the medical term for bad breath?
What is the symbol of the element silver?
What does the “E” represent in E=mc²?
Mass divided by volume is . . .what?
What is known as the “powerhouse of the cell”?
What is the sun mostly made up of?
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (including religion and current events)
How many cards are in a standard deck of playing cards?
Relative to the Internet, what does “URL” stand for?
What is the only food that can never go bad?
What is September’s birthstone?
What name is singer-actor Stefani Germanotta better known as?
What name is singer-entrepreneur Robyn Fenty better known as?
What type of race is the Tour de France?
In American football, how many points does a touchdown have?
How many tines does a standard dinner fork have?
What is the name of the world’s hottest chili pepper?
The unicorn is the national animal of which country?
What breed of cat doesn’t have fur?
The Pope is guarded by a small force of soldiers from which country?
What is the holiest city in the religion of Islam?
Which Greek god is known for being extremely fast and served as the gods’
messenger?
Which Hindu god was responsible for the creation of the world and all living
things?
What does the Christian faith teach is the root of all evil?
What is the name of the holy book in Judaism?
Stephen King’s latest book is an adaptation of what classic fairy tale?
What’s a haboob?
Elon Musk is starting a new political party in the U.S. What is it called?
Two members of what K-Pop group recently completed their mandatory
enlistment in the military?
What volcano recently erupted in Italy.
What wrestling superstar died recently?
The 2026 Fifa World Cup will be jointly held in 16 cities in three countries: the
U.S.A., Mexico, and what other country?
Who is currently the Prime Minister of Israel?
In May 2025, Cardinal Robert Prevost became the first American Pope, taking
what official name?
In May 2025 a navy training ship from what country crashed into the Brooklyn
Bridge in New York?
In April 2025 Donald Trump declared a new era of reciprocal tariffs to address
trade deficits, naming the day what?
On June 1, 2025, the Freedom Flotilla carried humanitarian aid to Gaza along
with a famous Swedish activist. What is her name?
On 17 September, 2024, thousands of pagers distributed by Hezbollah to its
operatives in Lebanon and Syria exploded. What country was responsible?
What soccer player was recently knighted by King Charles III?
Which leader has recently called for the reunification of Central America?
Who is currently the highest paid athlete in the world?
In a traditional chess match, who goes first?
Where will the 2026 Summer Olympics be held?
In what game is “love” a score?
What is the only sport that has been played on the moon?
In the viral video “Peanut Butter Jelly Time”, what fruit dances?