Category: Geography
Question 1: Which country has the highest number of time zones?
Answer 1: France (including overseas territories)
Question 2: Which is the only sea without any coastlines?
Answer 2: The Sargasso Sea
Question 3: What color does gold leaf appear if you hold it up to the light?
Answer 3: Green
Question 4: What is the capital city of Paraguay?
Answer 4: Asuncion
Question 5: Which African country was formerly known as Abyssinia?
Answer 5: Ethiopia
Question 6: Hamilton Kindley Field international airport is in which country?
Answer 6: Bermuda
Question 7: What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
Answer 7: Sicily
Question 8: Which desert covers most of Botswana?
Answer 8: The Kalahari Desert
Question 9: What is the longest river in Europe?
Answer 9: The Volga River
Question 10: What river forms the natural border between Texas and Mexico?
Answer 10: The Rio Grande
Category: History
Question 11: "Les Fauves" was a name given to a group of artists that also included Matisse. What is its literal meaning?
Answer 11: The Wild Beasts
Question 12: In which sport are barani, rudolph, and randolph all techniques?
Answer 12: Trampolining
Question 13: Who was the first emperor of China?
Answer 13: Qin Shi Huang
Question 14: Who collaborated with Karl Marx to produce "The Communist Manifesto"?
Answer 14: Friedrich Engels
Question 15: Who was the first explorer to reach the North Pole?
Answer 15: Robert Peary
Question 16: What year did the Berlin Wall fall?
Answer 16: 1989
Question 17: What was the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War?
Answer 17: Gettysburg
Question 18: Who was the first human to journey into outer space?
Answer 18: Yuri Gagarin
Question 19: In what year did the Titanic sink?
Answer 19: 1912
Question 20: Who was the British Prime Minister at the start of World War II?
Answer 20: Neville Chamberlain
Category: Entertainment
Question 21: Who was the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director?
Answer 21: Kathryn Bigelow
Question 22: What is the highest-grossing film of all time (without adjusting for inflation)?
Answer 22: Avatar
Question 23: Who played the character of Tony Soprano in "The Sopranos"?
Answer 23: James Gandolfini
Question 24: Which film won the first Academy Award for Best Picture?
Answer 24: Wings
Question 25: Who is the youngest person to win an Oscar?
Answer 25: Tatum O'Neal
Question 26: What year was the first Harry Potter movie released?
Answer 26: 2001
Question 27: Who wrote the novel "Moby Dick"?
Answer 27: Herman Melville
Question 28: What is the longest-running Broadway show?
Answer 28: The Phantom of the Opera
Question 29: Who won the first Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance?
Answer 29: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Question 30: Who is the only actor to receive an Oscar nomination for acting in "The Lord of the Rings" movies?
Answer 30: Ian McKellen
Category: Arts
Question 31: Which artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Answer 31: Michelangelo
Question 32: What is the art style of Picasso known as?
Answer 32: Cubism
Question 33: Who sculpted David?
Answer 33: Michelangelo
Question 34: What is the most famous ballet composed by Tchaikovsky?
Answer 34: The Nutcracker
Question 35: Who painted the "Mona Lisa"?
Answer 35: Leonardo da Vinci
Question 36: What does the term "impressionism" refer to in art?
Answer 36: A style characterized by short brush strokes and a focus on light and movement.
Question 37: Who is known as the father of modern abstract art?
Answer 37: Wassily Kandinsky
Question 38: What is the oldest surviving musical instrument?
Answer 38: The flute
Question 39: Which architect designed the Guggenheim Museum in New York?
Answer 39: Frank Lloyd Wright
Question 40: Who composed the opera "The Marriage of Figaro"?
Answer 40: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Category: Grab Bag
Question 41: What is the most spoken language in the world?
Answer 41: Mandarin Chinese
Question 42: In what year did the first manned moon landing occur?
Answer 42: 1969
Question 43: What is the capital of Iceland?
Answer 43: Reykjavik
Question 44: What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Answer 44: Au
Question 45: Who is the author of "Pride and Prejudice"?
Answer 45: Jane Austen
Question 46: What element does "O" represent on the periodic table?
Answer 46: Oxygen
Question 47: What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Answer 47: Jupiter
Question 48: In what city would you find the Colosseum?
Answer 48: Rome
Question 49: What year did World War I begin?
Answer 49: 1914
Question 50: What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Answer 50: Diamond