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Questions
30
Rounds
5
Difficulty
Hard & Medium

Round 01 / General knowledge

General knowledge

  1. Which is the only letter of the alphabet that doesn't appear in the name of any US state?

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    Q

  2. What does a vexillologist study?

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    Flags

  3. In Morse code, which letter is a single dot?

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    E

    T is a single dash.

  4. Which is the only number whose letters are in alphabetical order when it's spelled out in English?

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    Forty

    Also accept: 40

  5. Which is the only common English word that ends in the letters "mt"?

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    Dreamt

  6. What is the collective noun for a group of owls?

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    A parliament

    Also accept: Parliament

Round 02 / Science

Science

  1. Which element has the chemical symbol W?

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    Tungsten

    Also accept: Wolfram

    W is for wolfram, its older name.

  2. Which is the only planet in our solar system not named after a Greek or Roman god?

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    Earth

    Also accept: The Earth

  3. What is the most abundant element in the universe?

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    Hydrogen

  4. Which particle in the nucleus of an atom has no electric charge?

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    The neutron

    Also accept: Neutron, Neutrons, A neutron

  5. Which is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?

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    Mercury

    Also accept: Quicksilver

    Gallium comes close: it melts in your hand.

  6. To the nearest hundred thousand, how many kilometres does light travel in one second?

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    300,000

    Also accept: 300000, 300 000, 299,792, Three hundred thousand, 300,000 km

Round 03 / History

History

  1. Which emperor, who died in AD 68, was the last of Rome's Julio-Claudian dynasty?

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    Nero

  2. In which year was Magna Carta sealed?

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    1215

  3. Who was Prime Minister when Britain entered the First World War in 1914?

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    Herbert Asquith

    Also accept: Asquith, H. H. Asquith, HH Asquith, H.H. Asquith, Herbert Henry Asquith

  4. The shortest war in history, in 1896, lasted about 38 minutes. Britain fought it against which sultanate?

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    Zanzibar

  5. Which peace of 1648 ended the Thirty Years' War?

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    The Peace of Westphalia

    Also accept: Peace of Westphalia, Westphalia, Treaty of Westphalia, The Treaty of Westphalia

  6. Which medieval English king was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485?

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    Richard III

    Also accept: Richard the Third, King Richard III

Round 04 / Geography

Geography

  1. Which is the second-smallest country in the world by area?

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    Monaco

    Only Vatican City is smaller.

  2. How many time zones does Russia have?

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    Eleven

    Also accept: 11

  3. What is the capital of Bhutan?

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    Thimphu

    Also accept: Thimpu

  4. Which African country was called Upper Volta until 1984?

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    Burkina Faso

  5. Which strait separates Asia from North America?

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    The Bering Strait

    Also accept: Bering Strait, Bering

  6. Which country has the most islands in the world?

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    Sweden

    Sweden counts more than 250,000, though fewer than a thousand are lived on.

Round 05 / Arts & culture

Arts and culture

  1. Who painted "The Garden of Earthly Delights"?

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    Hieronymus Bosch

    Also accept: Bosch

  2. Which is the longest of Shakespeare's plays?

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    Hamlet

  3. Who composed the opera "The Magic Flute"?

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    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Also accept: Mozart

  4. Which novel begins with the line "Call me Ishmael"?

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    Moby-Dick

    Also accept: Moby Dick

  5. Who wrote "One Hundred Years of Solitude"?

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    Gabriel García Márquez

    Also accept: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, García Márquez, Garcia Marquez, Marquez, Márquez

  6. In which city is the Prado museum?

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    Madrid

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