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Take the 70-question quizWhat is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra was purpose-built as a compromise after Sydney and Melbourne both wanted the job.
Which is the largest and deepest ocean on Earth?
It covers more area than all the land on Earth combined.
Which country is the largest in the world by area?
It spans eleven time zones and borders fourteen countries.
What is the largest hot desert in the world?
Only the cold deserts of Antarctica and the Arctic are bigger.
What is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level?
It is called Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet.
How many continents do most English-speaking countries recognize?
From largest to smallest: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia.
Which element has the chemical symbol Au?
The symbol comes from aurum, the Latin word for it; its atomic number is 79.
Which planet is closest to the Sun?
It is also the smallest planet in the Solar System.
Which is the largest planet in the Solar System?
About 1,321 Earths would fit inside it.
Roughly how many bones does an adult human have?
Babies are born with around 270, but many fuse together as they grow.
What is the hardest known natural substance?
Diamond packs more atoms into each unit of volume than any other known substance.
Which planet is nicknamed the Red Planet?
Its colour comes from iron oxide, essentially rust, on the surface.
Who was the first president of the United States?
He served two terms, from 1789 to 1797, and then went home to Mount Vernon.
In which year did the Titanic sink?
She struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.
Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
Buzz Aldrin followed him down the ladder nineteen minutes later, while Michael Collins circled overhead.
Apollo 11's lunar module Eagle landed in which lunar 'sea' in July 1969?
The 'seas' are actually dark plains of ancient lava, named by astronomers who mistook them for water.
What is the fastest land animal?
It can hit around 100 km/h (60 mph) thanks to a flexible spine and long limbs.
What is the largest animal known to have ever lived?
It can reach about 30 metres long and weigh up to 200 tonnes, bigger than any dinosaur.
What is the tallest living land animal?
It is also the largest ruminant on Earth, chewing the cud like a cow.
Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?
It is a tragedy about two young Italians from feuding families.
Who wrote the Harry Potter books?
There are seven novels in the main series.
The Beatles formed in which English city?
The band came together in 1960, and Liverpool still trades on the connection.
How many rings are on the Olympic flag?
They stand for the inhabited continents, with the Americas counted as one.
How many players does each soccer team have on the pitch?
Two teams of eleven, and only the goalkeeper may handle the ball in open play.
How many days are in a leap year?
The extra day keeps the calendar lined up with the seasons.
In Isaac Newton's classic sequence of rainbow colours, which colour comes first?
The mnemonic is Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain, or Roy G. Biv.
How many sides does a hexagon have?
The name comes from the Greek hex, meaning six; honeycomb cells are hexagons.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
He never handed it over to the family who commissioned it, and it hangs in the Louvre.
The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from the people of which country?
Gustave Eiffel, of tower fame, built its metal framework.
Strictly speaking, Big Ben is the nickname of what?
The tower itself was renamed the Elizabeth Tower in 2012.
In which year was the Eiffel Tower completed?
It was built for the 1889 World's Fair and was meant to be temporary.
The Great Pyramid of Giza was built as the tomb of which pharaoh?
It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the only one still largely intact.
What is the official currency of Japan?
Its symbol is ¥ and its code is JPY.
Which is the largest continent by both area and population?
It holds well over half of the world's people.
What is the smallest sovereign state in the world?
It covers 44 hectares inside Rome and has under a thousand residents.
Penguins live almost exclusively in which hemisphere?
European explorers named them after the great auk of the North, which they resembled but were not related to.
The Sun is what kind of object?
It sits at the centre of the Solar System and everything else orbits it.
In which year was Mickey Mouse created?
Walt Disney co-created him with animator Ub Iwerks; he usually wears red shorts, big shoes and white gloves.
Superman was born on which fictional planet?
His birth name there was Kal-El.
Batman protects which fictional city?
By day he is billionaire Bruce Wayne.
In The Lion King, what is the name of the young lion prince?
His uncle Scar murders his father Mufasa to seize the throne.
In Finding Nemo, what kind of fish is Nemo?
His forgetful friend Dory is a regal blue tang.
How many keys does a standard modern piano have?
A few makers such as Bösendorfer add extra bass keys.
On what date is Halloween celebrated?
It is the eve of All Hallows' Day, which is why it is also called All Hallows' Eve.
On what date is Valentine's Day?
It is also called the Feast of Saint Valentine.
The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest structure, stands in which city?
It rises 828 metres to the roof, more than half a mile.
What is the largest rainforest in the world?
It holds an estimated 390 billion trees of about 16,000 species.
Koalas eat mostly the leaves of which tree?
Despite the nickname 'koala bear', they are marsupials, not bears.
Where does a female kangaroo carry her joey?
The pouch is called a marsupium, which is where the word marsupial comes from.
A dolphin is what kind of animal?
There are about 40 living species, including several river dolphins.
How many limbs does an octopus have?
The name is Greek for eight-foot; squid have ten.
What is the largest living species of bird?
It cannot fly, but it is the fastest running two-legged animal on the planet.
What is the largest living land animal?
African bush elephants are the biggest of the three living species.
What is the smallest known bird?
It lives in Cuba and is barely bigger than the bee it is named after.
In Frozen, what is the name of Elsa's sister?
She travels with iceman Kristoff, his reindeer Sven and the snowman Olaf.
In Toy Story, what kind of toy is Woody?
He gets jealous when space ranger Buzz Lightyear becomes Andy's favourite.
What is Mario's job in the Nintendo games?
He lives in the Mushroom Kingdom with his younger twin brother Luigi.
Pikachu is a Pokémon of which type?
The red sacs on its cheeks generate the electricity.
Minecraft was developed by Mojang Studios, a company from which country?
It was originally created by Markus 'Notch' Persson in Java.
Who directed the 1997 film Titanic?
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet starred as lovers from different social classes.
In Star Wars, Darth Vader is the father of which hero?
He is also the father of Luke's twin sister, Leia.
Sushi is a traditional dish from which country?
The key ingredient is vinegared rice, not raw fish.
Pizza is a dish that originated in which country?
The word pizza was first recorded in AD 997, in a Latin manuscript from the town of Gaeta.
Which is the coldest continent on Earth?
It is also the driest and windiest, and has the highest average elevation.
Which planet is the hottest in the Solar System?
Its thick atmosphere traps heat, pushing the surface to about 464 °C, hotter than Mercury despite being farther from the Sun.
Which planet is famous for its bright system of rings?
The rings are mostly ice particles with a little rock and dust.
Which are the only mammals capable of true, sustained flight?
The other 'flying' mammals only glide.
What common substance has the chemical formula H2O?
Two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom per molecule.
Botanically speaking, a tomato is what?
Its fruit is technically a berry, even though we eat it as a vegetable.
Which river, flowing north into the Mediterranean, is usually called the longest in the world?
At about 7,088 km it edges out the Amazon in length, yet carries only around 1% of the Amazon's water.
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