Culture

An elevated enclosed passageway in Florence connecting the Palazzo Vecchio with the Palazzo
Pitti is named after which Italian Renaissance painter and architect? He is best known for his
1 work "The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects", considered the
Giorgio VASARI

ideological foundation of all art-historical writing

A recipient of the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize, which Japanese architect is known for his
innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard tubes used to quickly and
2 efficiently house disaster victims? He designed the Cardboard Cathedral which replaced the
Shigeru BAN

Christchurch Cathedral

Which famous American social reformer and women's rights activist was arrested in 1872 for
voting in violation of laws that allowed only men to vote? The Nineteenth Amendment of the Susan B
3 US constitution, which prohibited the denial of suffrage because of sex, is colloquially referred ANTHONY

to with her name

What is the name of the Argentine architect who died in July 2019 at the age of 92, famous for
4 having designed some of the world's tallest buildings? Some of his most notable contributions César PELLI
include the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and the World Financial Center in New York City.

Which philosophy of nonviolent resistance, beginning with the letter "S", was developed and
promoted by Mahatma Gandhi during the Indian independence movement against British
5 rule? It shares its name with the title of a Philip Glass opera first premiered in Rotterdam in
SATYAGRAHA

1980.

By the 1st century AD, the wand was a common symbol of magic in Roman cults,
especially which one inspired by Iranian worship of the Zoroastrian divinity? A temple for this MITHRA/
6 God discovered in 1954 became perhaps the most famous 20th-century Roman discovery in MITHRAISM

London.

Which popular Christmas Carol, which was set to music by Adolpe Adam in 1847, is believed to
7 be the first carol played over the radio? In English the second verse begins "Led by the light of O HOLY NIGHT
Faith serenely beaming; With glowing hearts by his cradle we stand"

In which Danish city, 19 miles west of Copenhagen, will you find the Cathedral used as the
8 burial church of Danish monarchs? If you had visited this city in the Summer of 2022 you may ROSKILDE
well have bumped into Kacey Musgraves or Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

Known with the honorific title al-Siddiq by Sunni Muslims, Abu-Bakr, the father in law of
the RASHIDUN
9 Muhammad, became the first Caliph of which Caliphate? Rising in June 632, this empire caliphate
became the most powerful economic, cultural, and military force in West Asia.

Unlike the modern connotations of the word, what Ancient Greek philosophy rejected all
10 conventional desires for wealth, power, glory, social recognition, conformity, and worldly the CYNICS
possessions? Antisthenes was the first philosopher to outline these themes
 Referred to as Dunbar's number, the anthropologist Robin Dunbar himself proposed that
11 humans can comfortably maintain how many stable relationships? This number is also the cost 150
of the Water Works in a game of traditional London monopoly

The Step Pyramid of Djoser, once thought to be the earliest colossal stone structure in Egypt
12 and the enclosure wall called "Gisr el-Mudir" can bothe be found at what necropolis complex SAQQARA
northwest of the ruins of Memphis? First letter "S"

The coining of the term "Hip Hop" is often credited to a member of Grandmaster Flash and the WHITE (White
13 Furious Five. Under the name of Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five a song about Lines(Don't Do
it))
lines of which colour took them into the UK top ten?

In classical architecture, what seven-letter name is given to a structure consisting of a roof

14 supported by columns that forms the entrance to a building (e.g. a large house or ancient PORTICO
Greek temples), or is extended into a colonnade?

In the 3rd and 4th centuries, there are frequent depictions on sarcophagi of Jesus Christ using
Raising of
15 a magic wand to perform miracles, such as which miracle that took place at the town of LAZARUS
Bethany and is recounted in the gospel of John?

Which Italian Renaissance architect, born 1508, is widely considered to be one of the most
Andrea
16 influential individuals in the history of architecture? His teachings are summarized in the PALLADIO
treatise, "The Four Books of Architecture"

The Cloisters museum in the Washington Heights area of Manhattan is home to which series of The UNICORN
TAPESTRIES or
17 seven famous tapestries made in the South Netherlands around 1495–1505? The vibrant the HUNT OF
scenes show a group of noblemen and hunters THE UNICORN

The small antechamber off the Sistine Chapel where a newly elected pope changes into his
18 papal cassock for the first time is known as the "Room of" what? Question mark and the Room of TEARS
Mysterians once sang about these things

According to the works of Carl Jung, what "A" are a concept from psychology that refers to a
19 universal, inherited idea, pattern of thought, or image that is present in the collective ARCHETYPES
unconscious of all human beings?

The Goddess of Democracy, a ten-metre high statue made mostly of polystyrene foam and
TIANANMEN
20 papier-mâché, was erected by students in what specific location in May 1989? It was SQUARE, Beijing
destroyed by soldiers a few days later
 What 6-letter word beginning with "P" is the Greek word for longing or yearning? The word
21 often comes up in biographies of Alexander the Great in regards to his longing to conquer POTHOS
foreign countries

Which three-act opera, which includes the popular "Flower Duet" opened in 1883? It was
22 composed by Léo Delibes
LAKME

In Greek mythology which river flowed around the cave of Hypnos and through the
23 Underworld where all those who drank from it experienced complete forgetfulness?
River LETHE

The British archaeologist Arthur Evans is best remembered for unearthing which palace on the
24 Greek island of Crete?
KNOSSOS

What Ballet by Aram Khachaturian about an Armenian farm girl features the Sabre Dance? The
25 first performance took place in 1942, staged by the Kirov Ballet while in Perm, Russia, during GAYANE
the Second World War evacuation

The state museum of fine art in Moscow is named after which man, considered by many to be
Alexander
26 the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature? While under strict PUSHKIN
surveillance he wrote his most famous play, Boris Godunov.

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were leading proponents of which
philosophical movement that developed in the late 1820s and 1830s? It was strongly TRANSCENDENT
27 influenced by Hindu texts on philosophy of the mind and spirituality, especially the ALISM

Upanishads.

Who was the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2023? His major works include the
David
28 River and Rowing Museum in Oxfordshire and the Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach. CHIPPERFIELD
As far as I am aware he was not a member of his namesake Circus family

The World's tallest Statue is the Statue of Unity. It is located in the Narmada Valley in which
29 Indian state? The largest city in this state is Ahmedabad and the Gir Forest National Park in this GUJARAT
state is home to the only wild population of the Asiatic lion in the world

What was the name of the elite unit of the Imperial Roman army that served as personal PRAETORIAN
30 bodyguards and intelligence agents for the Roman emperors? guard
 Entertainment

Javier Milei has cloned has English mastiff six times. What was the 5-letter name of that
1 original dog and also some of its clones? The American Robert E. Howard would be very CONAN
interested

Blizzard Entertainment have been creating successful and influential computer games since
1993. Many of these have went beyond computer games and became wider media franchies. WORLD OF
2 Which of these successes is an MMORPG set in Azeroth? Released in 2004, it became the most WARCRAFT

popular MMORPG of all time. 3 word answer

What theme park is located in Kaatsheuvel, the Netherlands? The attractions reflect elements
from ancient myths and legends, fairy tales, fables, and folklore. The park was opened on May
3 31, 1952. It evolved from a nature park with a playground and a Fairytale Forest into a full-
EFTELING

sized theme park.

Which Brazilian player appeared on the cover of some editions of the FIFA computer game in
2011, 2012 and 2016? This player, who scored the bulk of his goals with AC Milan, is one of
4 eight players to have won the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the Ballon
KAKA

d'Or

Matt Groening laid out his plans for what he would do if he were President in a 1999 interview
5 with which technology magazine? From its beginnings in 1993, the strongest influence on this WIRED
magazine's editorial outlook came from founding editor and publisher Louis Rossetto.

A man named David Smith was awarded an OBE in 2022 for his services to what sport? This
6 sport, related to bowls and petanque, was originally designed to be played by people with BOCCIA
cerebral palsy but now includes athletes with other severe disabilities affecting motor skills?

After Wonder Woman, who was the next woman considered part of the "Justice League",
7 having been introduced in Justice League of America #74? The super heroes alter ego is Dinah BLACK CANARY
Laurel Lance and she was played by Jurnee Smollett-Bell in the 2020 Birds of Prey movie

From almost the moment of its release, which Woody Harrelson film, directed by Oliver Stone,
NATURAL BORN
8 has been accused of encouraging and inspiring numerous murderers in North America? The KILLERS
Columbine killers even code-named their attack after the film's initials

In 1988 Jamie Lee Curtis starred in the film "Dominick and Eugene" alongside Tom Hulce. The
9 highlight of Tom Hulce's career had came 4 years earlier when he based his portrayal of what MOZART
character on John McEnroe's silly and immature tantrums
 What Japanese more-or-less puzzle game has a name which means inequality in Japanese? The
10 puzzle is played on a square grid and the objective is to place the numbers such that each row FUTOSHIKI
and column contains only one of each digit.

One notable TikTok trend is the "hit or miss" meme, which began from a snippet of which
11 iLOVEFRiDAY's song named after a porn star?
MIA KHALIFA

Identify the Manga from the following description: Initials A.O.T. In a world where humanity is
ATTACK ON
12 on the brink of extinction due to giant humanoid creatures, a group of young soldiers fights to TITAN
reclaim their walled city and uncover the mysteries behind the creatures' origins.

Which French actress of the late 19th century and early 20th century was dubbed "the queen
Sarah
13 of the pose and the princess of the gesture"? Her work with Alphonse Mucha led to him BERNHARDT
becoming one of the most sought-after artists of the Art Noveau age

At one time Matt Groening was the brother in law of Craig Bartlett, the creator of which
cartoon about a fourth grader, who lives with his grandparents in a tenement in the fictional
14 city of Hillwood, Washington? It aired on Nickelodeon between 1996 and 2004. Two-word
HEY ARNOLD

answer

Prince William did not attend the Women's Football World Cup final but which woman, the
15 current Queen of Spain, did?
Queen LETIZIA

Who is the only actor who has appeared in more Coen Brothers films than John Goodman?
16 Away from the Coen Brothers, he was the main character, Nucky Thompson, in "Boardwalk Steve BUSCEMI
Empire"

VINCENT VEGA
Please give either of the names of the characters played by John Travolta or Uma Thurman in or MIA WALLACE
17 the movie "Pulp Fiction". In the movie they take part in a twist contest with "You never can (accept any first
name or any last
tell" by Chuck Berry playing in the background. First names or surnames acceptable.
name)

The Scottish born singer Jimmy Barnes has had more number one albums in Australia than the
18 Beatles and Madonna. With which group did he team up with for the 1986 hit "Good Times"? INXS
This band's first Australian number one had been "Original Sin" in 1984

At the 2021 Grammy Awards, which Phoebe Bridgers song was nominated for Best Rock
19 Performance and Best Rock Song? This song shares its name with a Japanese city which was KYOTO
chosen in 794 as the seat of Japan's imperial court by Emperor Kanmu.
 Which Swedish actor played a pyschopathic assassin opposite Keanu Reeves in the 1995
Dolph
20 cyberpunk movie "Johnny Mnemonic"? This man made his film debut in the 1985 James Bond LUNDGREN
film A View to a Kill, and dated co-star Grace Jones afterwards

Which American actress and singer has won six Tony Awards, more performance wins than any
Audra
21 other actor, and is the only person to win in all four acting categories? She was Madame de MCDONALD
Garderobe in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Which Malian music star has been appointed special adviser to the head of Mali's military
22 junta? The 73-year-old year old musician - referred to as the Golden Voice of Africa - has been Salif KEITA
a supporter of the junta

The Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee has been described as the King of what genre of music?
23 This genre evolved from dancehall, with elements of hip hop, Latin American, and Caribbean REGGAETON
music. Vocals include toasting/rapping and singing, typically in Spanish.

Joan Armatrading was 3 years old when her parents moved her from which Caribbean island
ST KITTS AND
24 country to Birmingham? It was then a British colony but is now a sovereign state. It is the NEVIS
smallest state in the Western hemisphere by both area and population

Who did Elton John team up with on his 2022 Uk top 5 hit "Hold me closer"? This woman
25 married the Iranian model Sam Ashgari in 2022
Britney SPEARS

The video for M People's 1993 hit "One Night in Heaven" was partly filmed in which resort
26 near Barcelona which is known for its carnival, film festival and LGBT culture? During the SITGES
Franco era it was known as Ibiza in miniature

The show "Grey's Anatomy" has now ran for 17 years and over 400 episodes. Which Mexican-
American actor has played Dr Callie Torres in over 200 of them? Their big breakthrough came
27 with their portrayal of the original Lady of the Lake in the 2005 Broadway musical Spamalot,
Sara RAMIREZ

winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

Which highly talented British Asian actress played Niobe, the wife of the main protagonist,
Lucius Vorenus (Kevin McKidd) in the HBO series Rome? In more recent years she was Luther's
28 wife in the detective show of the same name, and the indomitable Ellaria Sand in Game of
Indira VARMA

Thrones

The actress Krysten Ritter, who played Jesse Pinkman's apartment manager and girlfriend in KNITTING (the
29 Breaking Bad, is an avid fan of which hobby? The husband of Dustin Lance Black has probably reference is Tom
Daley)
been the highest profile fan of this hobby in recent years
 In which culinary reality show are the contestants assigned to cook in one of three kitchens
30 stacked on top of each other? 3-word answer
NEXT LEVEL CHEF

History

As well as a Rose, a Thistle, a Shamrock and a Leek, the belfry of Big Ben also contains a shield
1 showing which fruit, the symbol of Catherine of Aragon? The French word for this fruit is POMEGRANATE
"Grenade"

Which French organist and composer was one of the first people to perform at the Royal
Camille SAINT-
2 Albert Hall when it opened in 1871? He would not have performed The Carnival of the Animals SAENS
because he didn't compose that work until 15 years later

In a major defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, Russian General Anatoly Stessel surrendered
3 which port, located on mainland China, to the Japanese? It was named after a British Royal Port ARTHUR
Navy Lieutenant who surveyed the harbour in 1860

Fred Perry gained unexpected right-wing connotations when it became the clothing of choice
4 for what neo-Fascist organisation in recent years? Gavin McInnes was the founder of this PROUD BOYS
group who take their name from a song in Disney's "Aladdin"

What name is usually given to the 1846 party of American settlers who became stranded in the
snow-covered Sierra Nevada in California and resorted to cannibalism to survive? Historians the DONNER
5 have described the episode as one of the most fascinating tragedies in California history and in PARTY

the entire record of American westward migration

Name either of the ships which set of as part of Sir John Franklin's expedition to find
the Northwest Passage in 1846. They were last be seen in August of that year entering Baffin HMS TERROR or
6 Bay. One of these ships gave their name to a 2018 mini-series recalling the events, and the HMS EREBUS

other ship shares its name with the personification of darkness in Greek mythology

A Declaration made from which Dutch City was a promise made by the future Charles II that all
7 those involved in the Parliamentarian side of the English Civil War would be pardoned except BREDA
the regicides? This city lies equidistant between Rotterdam and Antwerp

Located near the Hari River in Western Afghanistan, and perhaps marking the remains of the
lost city of Turquoise Mountain. What structure within a UNESCO World Heritage site is MINARET OF
8 renowned for its intrictae brick and glaze tiles decorated in bands of calligraphy and geometric JAM

patterns?
 Who was Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of Emperor Augustus Caesar? She
was rumored to have been responsible for the deaths of a number of Augustus' relatives,
9 including his grandson Agrippa Postumus. Augustus eventually adopted her son Tiberius as his
LIVIA

heir.

The 1658 Battle of Rio Neuvo was part of the Anglo Spanish war. It is the largest ever battle
10 fought on what island? The battle of Rio Nuevo was the last Spanish attempt to recapture this JAMAICA
place and they ceded the island to England in 1670 under the Treaty of Madrid

What country was the target of Hitler's cancelled "Operation Tannenbaum"? Hitler said "THIS
COUNTRY possesses the most disgusting and miserable people and political system. They are
11 the mortal enemies of the new Germany." He also said the people of this country were "a
SWITZERLAND

misbegotten branch of our Volk."

In December 1530, Humayun succeeded his father to the throne of Delhi as ruler of the
12 Mughal territories in the Indian subcontinent. Who was his father? This man was a descendant BABUR
of Tamerlane and Genghis Khan through his father and mother respectively. 5-letter answer

Although Julius Nepus staked a claim, who is generally considered the last Western Roman ROMULUS
13 emperor? The deposition of this 10-year-old is also sometimes used by historians to mark the AUGUSTUS/
AUGUSTULUS
transition from antiquity to the medieval period.

The beginning of modern Iranian history is said to have been the rule of which Empire, which
ruled Persia from 1501 to 1736? The ruling dynasty established the Twelver denomination of SAFAVID Iran/
14 Shīʿa Islam as the official religion of the empire, marking one of the most important turning Persia empire

points in the history of Islam

Christopher Columbus' epic journey to the New World featured 3 ships, the Nina, the Santa
15 Maria, and which other?
PINTA

The montado landscape of Portugal produces approximately half of the world's annual supply
16 of what material? This material is mainly composed of the complex polyester called Suberin. CORK
This substance has uses in the Wine industry and as an insulating material

Which literary character gives her name to the principle that states that a deficiency in any one
The ANNA
of a number of factors dooms an endeavor to failure? The name of the principle derives from
17 the 1877 novel which begins "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in
KARENINA
principle
its own way."

Which hero of Greek mythology was credited by Herodotus with introducing the original
Phoenician alphabet to the Greeks, who adapted it to form their own Greek alphabet?
18 Alongside Perseus and Bellerophon, he was the greatest hero and slayer of monsters before
CADMUS

the days of Heracles

 Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham (Latinized as Alhazen) was an Islamic Golden age figure sometimes
19 referred to as the Father of Moden what? In his book on this subject he discussed things like OPTICS
the angle of incidence, horopters and intromission theory. I'm looking for a six-letter word

What collective terms was given by three Professors from the University of Chicago to the
GUNPOWDER
20 Ottoman Empire, Safavid Empire and the Mughal Empire? Vast amounts of territory were empires
conquered by these empires with the use and development of the newly invented firearms

After his discovery the MP John Stonehouse attempted to win asylum in which island nation
rather than return to the UK? The flag of this country is called the "Four Bands" and is
21 comprised of four horizontal bands of equal width coloured red, blue, yellow and green from
MAURITIUS

top to bottom

9 months before the more famous incident with Rosa Parks, which other Civil Rights pioneer
was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a Claudette
22 white woman on a crowded, segregated bus? The fallout from this incident helped raise COLVIN

Martin Luther King's profile to a national level

The prominent American Oil Man Matthew Simmons was motivated to start an investment
banking firm catering to oil companies after the energy crisis of what year? This crisis
23 happened when King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, proclaimed an oil embargo targeted at nations that
1973

had supported Israel during the Yom Kippur War

What two-word term is often used to describe the telegram sent by Germany to Austria before
24 WW1 giving their assurance they would support any action they decided to take? This banking BLANK CHEQUE
term is still used today to mean an unlimited freedom of action.

In the early 20th century EB Du Bois wrote about the "Talented Tenth", meaning the leadership
class amongst African Americans. This and other works were pulled together by which man, an Booker T
25 American educator and advisor to several US Presidents? This man gained national fame WASHINGTON

through his "Atlanta Compromise" speech of 1895

What two-word name was given to the legendary patriarch and king who was said to rule over
a Christian nation lost amid the pagans and Muslims in the Orient? Portuguese explorers
26 eventually came to believe the King ruled in Ethiopia, which was an isolated Christian "exclave"
PRESTER JOHN

distant from any other Christian-ruled territory at the time.

Frederick Barbarossa was formerly the Duke of what historic and linguistic region in
southwestern Germany? In the Middle Ages, this term indicated a larger area than it does
27 today, covering all the lands stretching from the Vosges Mountains in the west to the Lech
SWABIA

river in the east, parts of Switzerland and parts of Austria

The Titanic was the first ship to include what sort of sporting area? This sport was extremely
fashionable amongst bright young things at the time, and the Titanic had a professional on
28 hand to play and coach. Perhaps if she had been around then Heather McKay would have had
SQUASH court

a game
 Alger Hiss, the American government official who spied for the USSR was never actually
convicted for spying as the statute of limitations was passed. He was however convicted of
29 which other crime which can be referred to as "Foreswearing"? Jeffrey Archer and Johnathan
PERJURY

Aitken were both jailed for this offence

The man who murdered South Africa’s former first lady was set to be released on parole at the
30 end of August 2023. What was the first name of this lady, the wife of FW De Klerk?
MARIKE De Klerk

Lifestyle

Founded in 2017 by Changpeng Zhao, what is the largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of
1 daily trading volume? In June 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was BINANCE
suing it on 13 charges of alleged violations of US securities rules

Which South Korean automaker, who specialises in SUVs and Pick Up trucks, currently has
2 models including the Torres and the Tivoli? This company's current logo is a stylized image of SSANGYONG
two wings, forming an open ring, symbolizing the dragon?

What 6 letter word, beginning with "P", is described in the Collins dictionary as "a fellow
3 countryman" or in US English as "an Italian American"? The Urban dictionary has it as "friend, PAISAN/ PAESAN
brother, buddy, homeboy, or dawg among Italians"

Greek lamb with what sauce is a popular Subway sandwich in Australia and NZ? This 8-letter
4 sauce is made of salted strained yogurt or diluted yogurt mixed with cucumbers, garlic, salt, TZATZIKI
olive oil, sometimes with vinegar or lemon juice

What salad from Russia is usually made with diced boiled potatoes, carrots and brined dill
5 pickles dressed with Mayonnaise? In Russia it has became one of the main dishes on zakuski OLIVIER salads
tables served during New Year's Eve celebrations

What 6-letter word beginning with "K" is an upper garment traditionally worn by women in
6 Southeast Asia? Recognised as the national attire of Indonesia, it is opened at the front KEBAYA
traditionally made from lightweight fabrics

What 4-letter fashion brand beginning with the letter "Z" is associated with the Japanese
7 billionaire Yusaku Maezawa? His online fashion site is Japan's largest, and he has devised an at- ZOZO
home measurement system for suits
 What is the four-letter name of the popular Hawaiian dish made with raw fish, typically
8 marinated in soy sauce and served with rice and vegetables? In Hawaiian this word means "to POKE
slice" or "cut crosswise into pieces"

Which popular fad diet was developed in the mid-1990s by celebrity doctor Arthur Agatston
SOUTH BEACH
9 with the assistance of Marie Almon, the former chief dietitian at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Diet
Miami Beach, Florida?

Popularised in the late 1990s and early 2000s by the likes of Britney Spears, what animalistic
the WHALE's
10 nickname was given to the visible Y-shaped portion of a thong or G-string when worn TAIL
alongside low-rise Jeans?

The winner of the 2023 Streamer of the Year award, which Twitch streamer and Youtuber was
11 arrested in August 2023 after a giveaway he was conducting in Union Square New York turned Kai CENAT
into a full scale riot?

Which Filipino multinational chain of fast food restaurants is one of the top 20 fast food chains
12 in the World? It has over 1200 outlets worldwide and the signature products are Chickenjoy JOLLIBEE
and Yumburger

A mainstay of traditional Chinese and Korean medicine, how are the roots of plants in the
13 genus Panax more commonly known? The earliest mention of this being used as a medicinal GINSENG
herb dates back to 196 AD

What Tuscan soup made from bread, cannellini beans and vegetables supposedly dates back
14 from the days where servants would gather up leftover bread from banquets and boil it up for RIBOLLITA
their dinner?

What was the name of the Canadian online dating service which was aimed at married people
ASHLEY
15 who wanted to have an affair? It was the victim of a massive hacker attack in 2015. Two word MADISON
answer

A business person reviewing sales might want to see how they compare to a period in the past.
16 They might do this by looking at the YOY situation. What does YOY stand for in this context?
YEAR ON YEAR

What Australian-based retail store chain that sells stationery and related accessories is known
17 for its use of vibrant bold colours and quirky graphics on most of its branded products?
SMIGGLE
 If the placebo effect is a beneficial effect produced by a placebo drug, which cannot be
attributed to the properties of the placebo itself, and must therefore be due to the patient's
18 belief in that treatment. What's the name for the opposite effect, when negative expectations NOCEBO effect
of the patient regarding a treatment cause the treatment to have a more negative effect than
it otherwise would have?

What French fashion house, founded 1913, fills the blanks in this quote from this dialogue
from the movie "10 Things I Hate About You": Bianca: You know, there's a difference between
19 like and love. I like my Skechers but I love my BLANK backpack. Chastity: But I love my
PRADA

Skechers. Bianca: That’s because you don’t have a BLANK backpack.

Everyone has heard of New York Pizza or Chicago pizza, but with which American area would
CALIFORNIA
20 you associate thin crust pizza topped with the likes of chicken, peanut sauce, artichoke hearts, pizza
and goat cheese? You may well encounter this style at the The French Laundry restaurant

Name either of the countries which consider the cocktail known as the Pisco Sour as their
21 national drink? One version of this drink contains pisco (a base liquor) and adds freshly CHILE or PERU
squeezed lemon juice, simple syrup, ice, egg white, and Angostura bitters.

Owned by the Rausing family and headquartered in Lund, Sweden, which company's
22 development of aseptic packaging technology allowed substantial improvements in the cold TETRA PAK
supply chain and revolutionised sales of dairy, cheese, ice cream and prepared foods?

"Happy Little Recipes for Family and Friends" was a 2020 cookbook featuring images of which
23 American TV host and art instructor? This man hosted "The Joy of Painting" between 1983 and Bob ROSS
1994, but his profile became global in the internet age

Which German brand associated with products such as tanning oils, shaving creams, shampoo,
24 facial cleanser, and toners, was introduced in 1911? The brand came into controversy in 1991 NIVEA
when it published a world map which omitted Israel

Which controversial online index of digital content of entertainment media and software was
25 founded in Sweden in 2003? In April 2009, the website's founders were found guilty in Sweden the PIRATE BAY
for assisting in copyright infringement

What hairstyle, often associated with Latino culture, is usually characterized as the front hair
the EDGAR
26 having straight fringes, along with the sides tapered? It is said to take its name from a Seattle (Edgar Martinez)
Mariners baseball player

Literally meaning "dried plum", what is the name of the Japanese foodstuff that is made by
27 pickling the fruit of trees in the Prunus genus? This foodstuff is often served alongside rice or UMEBOSHI
in a rice ball.
 The very first Tim Hortons outlets only offered two products - Coffee and what else? These
28 things are mentioned in The Bangles hit "Walk like an Egyptian"
DOUGNUTS

Which onomatopeic aviation term means a four digit transponder code assigned to an aircraft
29 for identification purposes? I'm looking for a 6-letter word
SQUAWK

Which town in Burgundy, France, was the centre of mustard making in the late Middle Ages
30 and was granted exclusive rights in France in the 17th century?
DIJON

Media

Humphrey Bogart was supposedly the first film star to utter what English language phrase used ANYONE FOR
1 to invoke a stereotype of shallow, leisured, upper-class toffs on screen? This phrase was also TENNIS (acc
Tennis anyone?)
the title of a song by Cream

Which alliteratively-named German-born American film director won the Academy Award for
2 Best Director three times? The winning movies were Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Best Years of William WYLER
Our Lives (1946), and Ben-Hur (1959)?

What nationality provided the title of a Jodie Foster movie of 2021? Foster played the
The
3 American criminal defense lawyer Nancy Hollander, who is best known (in real life) for MAURITANIAN
representing two Guantanamo Bay detainees

The Icelandic musician Hildur won a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA TV Award and a
4 Grammy Award for her work on which HBO mini series? Vilnius, Lithuania was used to portray CHERNOBYL
the Ukrainian city of Pripyat in this show

Hans Augusto Rey was the author of which book series which begain in 1939? This series
CURIOUS
5 includes books where the title character "takes a job", "rides a bike" and "goes to the GEORGE
hospital"?

Which Annie Award winning show is being described here: "A 12-year-old boy and his best
ADVENTURE
6 friend, a wise 28-year-old dog with magical powers, go on a series of surreal escapades with TIME
each other in a remote future."?
 The promotional poster for the Absolutely Fabulous movie showed Eddie and Patsy astride a
BOLLINGER (acc
7 massive bottle of which French champagne brand? This brand, founded in 1829, was BOLLY)
commonly referenced during the TV series

Which Austrian writer described the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand as "a
disruption in the rhythm of existence"? This man was was one of the most widely translated
8 and popular writers in the world but is perhaps better known today for being the basis of Wes
Stefan ZWEIG

Anderson's 2014 film The Grand Budapest Hotel

Within the Harry Potter stories what job role was carried out by the character Argus Filch? school JANITOR
9 Within the movie series this role was played by David Bradley. Mr Griffiths filled this role in (or anything that
means the same)
Grange Hill

Which Italian painter is best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of
Giusepper
10 objects such as fruits and vegetables? He was a portraitist at the court of Maximillan II in ARCIMBOLDO
Prague

Who wrote the novel "Submission", which imagines a scenario where an Islamist party win the
Michel
11 2022 French General Election? The book drew an unusal amount of attention as it was HOUELLEBECQ
released on the same day as the Charlie Hebdo attacks.

Brandon Stanton is the man behind what famous photoblog, sometimes shortened to the
HUMANS OF
12 acronym "HONY"? He started off taking photo portraits of people on the streets, subways and NEW YORK
other urban locations, eventually adding some text about their lives

Which multi-million selling book co-written by the economist Steven Levitt and the journalist
13 Stephen J. Dubner had chapters including a look at the low earnings and abject working FREAKONOMICS
conditions of crack cocaine dealers?

Added to the dictionary in 2023 according to Dictionary.com, what 4-letter word is "a
coordinated display, including large banners, flags, and sometimes signs or cards, executed
14 cooperatively or performed in unison by the most fervent supporters and ultra fans in a
TIFO

stadium"?

Added to the dictionary in 2023 according to Dictionary.com, what 11-letter word is defined as
"an instance or practice of acknowledging and promoting the civil liberties of the LGBTQ+
15 community, but superficially, as a ploy to divert attention from allegiances and activities that
PINKWASHING

are in fact hostile to such liberties"?

What is the name of the absent-minded and partially deaf physicist in the Tintin stories? He Professor
16 was partially based on Auguste Piccard, a Swiss physicist CALCULUS
 At the age of 93, who became the oldest actor to be honored with a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame in 2022? He played David Lo Pan in 1986's "Big Trouble in Little China". This
17 man's surname was a word used in 19th century China to refer to factories outside of the city
James HONG

walls of Guangzhou, where foreign traders were hosted

What piece of kitchen equipment lends its name to the agreement between the British royal the PRESSURE
18 family and the Press that William and Harry would be allowed to carry out their academic COOKER
agreement
studies in peace, in exchange for the occasional photograph?

What first name does the American journalist born Satchel Farrow go by today? The son of
19 Woody Allen and Mia Farrow he is known for his investigative reporting of allegations of sexual RONAN Farrow
abuse against film producer Harvey Weinstein

The plot of which 2020 movie concerns the a certain duo failing to write a song which will
BILL & TED FACE
20 unite the world? It was the 3rd film in a trilogy, with the last movie in the series coming 29 THE MUSIC
years previously.

What 5-letter word could be defined as "a convention or device that establishes a predictable
21 or stereotypical representation of a character, setting, or scenario in a creative work"?
TROPE

The singing teacher Manuel Garcia saved the voice of which Soprano? It is lucky he did as this
22 Swedish singer went on to donate over $11m (in today's money) to charities
Jenny LIND

Which app has been described as has been described as China's "app for everything" and a
23 "super app"? It is reported to have over one billion active monthly users
WECHAT

Which alliteratively-named genderfluid Australian actor, who starred in John Wick 2 and The
24 Meg, is the face of Maybelline in that country?
Ruby ROSE

Which Australian Actress, born 1982, stars as Serena Joy Waterford in The Handmaid's Tale
Yvonne Strahovs
25 (2017–present), and she also voiced Miranda Lawson in the Mass Effect video game series and ki
Batwoman in the animated superhero film Batman: Bad Blood (2016).

Once regarded as one of the most beautiful women in the world, which Italian graduated from
Monica
26 being a model with Cartier and Dior to appearing in films such as "The Passion of the Christ" BELLUCCI
and "Spectre"? In the early 2000s she was married to the French actor Vincent Cassel
 There are only two female characters in the original 1977 Star Wars movie. One is Princess
27 Leia, the other is Luke Skywalker's aunt. What is the name of that character? It is a 4-letter aunt BERU
word beginning with "B"

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) was one of the first big Hollywood movies to be
filmed on location outside of the USA. In which Mexican state did most of the filming take
28 place? The capital city of this state of Northern Mexico is named after the first President of the
DURANGO

country, Guadalupe Victoria

Katherine Hepburn had a long time between winning acting Oscars, but at the time of writing
29 which man has had the longest break between acting nominations? He was first nominated for Judd HIRSCH
Ordinary People in 1980 but then had to wait for The Fabelmans in 2022 for his next one

Frequently compared to Princess Diana, which woman was dubbed the Queen of Pop in South
30 Asia in the 1990s? She was also referred to as the "Sweetheart of Pakistan". She sadly died of Nazia HUSSAIN
lung cancer in London at the age of 35

Science

1921 saw Étienne Biéler and James Chadwick publish a key paper on the strong interaction
1 force within an atom. As we currently undertand it, there are four nuclear forces known to GRAVITY
exist: strong interaction, weak interaction, electromagnetism and what other?

Which red giant star was the first to have its diameter determined by an optical astronomical
2 interferometer? It is the brightest star in the constellation of Orion
BETELGEUSE

INVESTMENT
3 In the IS-LM model used in economics, what 10-letter word does the "I" stand for? saving

Superficially similar to pikas and marmots, which animals, also called dassies, are small,
4 thickset, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea? In the biblical book of Leviticus they HYRAX
are described as lacking a split hoof and therefore not being kosher.

The first dogs to return from space alive were Belka and Strelka, who were launched on 19
August 1960 by the Soviet space programme. What animal does Belka translate to in English?
5 These animals are members of the family Sciuridae and their name derives from the Greek for
SQUIRRELs

Shadow Tailed
 Alan Shephard was the first American in Space, the 5th man to walk on the moon and the
oldest person to walk on the moon. He is a sufferer of which disease, an inner-ear ailment that MENIERES
6 caused episodes of extreme dizziness and nausea? This dieases was first identified by a French disease

doctor in the early 1800s

On 26 March 2014, astronomers announced the discovery of two rings around which body,
7 making it the first minor planet known to have rings? This possible dwarf planet is named after CHARIKLO
the wife of Chiron and the daughter of Apollo

Named after an American astronomer who studied it in 1916, what star is among the most
studied red dwarfs because of its proximity and favorable location for observation near the
8 celestial equator? It is the fourth-nearest-known individual star to the Sun after the three
BARNARD'S star

components of the Alpha Centauri system,

The location of the stars in the night sky appeared significantly different in ancient times due
9 to a change in the orientation of Earth's rotational axis. From the Latin for "coming PRECESSION
before," what is the 10-letter term for this process?

What "A" is one of the two components of starch? Because of its tightly packed helical
10 structure, it is more resistant to digestion than other starch molecules and is therefore an AMYLOSE
important form of resistant starch.

The headstone of which Austrian physicist and philosopher contains the inscription "S =k log
W"? This formula which shows the relationship between entropy and the number of ways the Ludwig
11 atoms or molecules of a certain kind of thermodynamic system can be arranged, bears his BOLTZMANN

name

Which of the modern 88 constellations was often represented on star maps as a vulture or an
12 eagle carrying a certain musical instrument? The star "Vega" in this constellation is one of the LYRA
brightest stars in the night sky, and forms a corner of the famed Summer Triangle asterism.

The Nobel prize given to which Danish physician has been described as "one of the biggest
Johannes
13 blunders made by the Karolinska Institute"? He had been awarded the prize on the basis of his FIBIGIER
conclusion that roundworms were a cause of cancer in rats and mice. His initials are JF

Which American economist was widely known for his suggestion of a tax on foreign exchange
14 transactions? This was designed to reduce speculation in the international currency markets, James Tobin
which he saw as dangerous and unproductive.

The BLANK effect is the name given to the observation that a liquid which is initially hot
15 can freeze faster than the same liquid which begins cold, under otherwise similar conditions. MPEMBA
What word beginning with "M" fills the blank?
 According to electronic band theory, solids can be classified as semiconductors, semimetals,
16 metals or what else? Silicon and Sulphur would fall into this classification
INSULATORS

What name is given to Thomas Young's experiment which demonstrates that light and matter the DOUBLE SLIT
17 can satisfy the seemingly-incongruous classical definitions for both waves and particles? experiment

Dorothy Hodgkin and Jocelyn Bell Burnell are the only two women to date to win which prize,
the COPLEY
18 the most prestigious award of the Royal Society? It is named after an 18th century MP who MEDAL
bequeathed £100 to Hans Sloane

The number of times a normal somatic, differentiated human cell population will divide
19 before cell division stops is the BLANK limit. What name fills the blank? It is named after an HAYFLICK
American Professor of Anatomy who studied the aging process for more than fifty years.

Also know as the Glutton or Skunk Bear, the largest land-dwelling species of the
20 family Mustelidae is which mammal? With their greatest numbers in Northern Canada, they WOLVERINE
have a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion to their size

What "H" is a carriage or seat that can be used to ride a camel or elephant? They were often
21 decorated with expensive gemstones as a symbol of wealth
HOWDAH

What German mathematician was director of the astronomical observatory in Göttingen for
nearly half a century from 1807 until his death? He was instrumental to the discovery of the
22 dwarf planet Ceres and his "method of least squares" is still used in all sciences to reduce
Carl GAUSS

measurement error

Which prize in the field of mathematics was started by the Norwegian government? The
23 government announced in 2001 that it wished to award a new prize to commemorate the ABEL Prize
200th anniversary of the birth of a famous Norwegian mathematician.

Which Hungarian born physicist made patent applications for the electron microscope, the
24 linear accelarator and the cyclotron? in late 1939 he wrote the letter for Albert Einstein's Leo SZILARD
signature that resulted in the Manhattan Project that built the atomic bomb.

What did the Dutch scientist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discover in 1911? This thing is a set of
SUPERCONDUCTI
25 physical properties observed in certain materials where electrical resistance vanishes and VITY
magnetic fields are expelled from the material.
 Lise Meitner did not share the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for nuclear fission, which was
26 awarded exclusively to which man, her long-time collaborator? During World War II, he Otto HAHN
worked on the German nuclear weapons program, cataloguing the fission products of uranium.

Taking place in 1987 and coming into effect in 1989, the international treaty designed to
the MONTREAL
27 protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are protocol
responsible for ozone depletion is named after which North American city?

In 1838 Friedrich Bessel made the first successful measurement of the distance to a star other
28 than the Sun. What constellation was that star located in? This constellation is one of the most CYGNUS
recognisable, and it features a prominent asterism known as the Northern Cross

Graham Hancock, a writer and regular contributor to the Joe Rogan podcast, gave a
29 controversial 2013 TED talk where he promoted the use of which pyschoactive drink as a AYAHUASCA
means of creating visual hallucinations?

Who am I? I lived from 287 - 212 BC. I was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer,
astronomer, and inventor from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily. I am credited with
30 designing innovative machines, such as the screw pump, compound pulleys, and defensive war
ARCHIMEDES

machines to protect my native Syracuse from invasion.

Sport & Games

In which sport, played with paddles, must players allow both the service and the return of
1 service to bounce before returning? Another rule is that players cannot volley in the part of the PICKLEBALL
court known as the kitchen

In which 2016 action-adventure survival game can players supposedly explore 18 quintillion
2 planets? It received mixed reviews at the time of its launch but has won many evolving awards NO MAN'S SKY
since. Three word answer

Early 2023 saw the Denmark men's team take the World championship in which sport? This
3 sport sees two teams of 8 players compete on a court of 40m x 20m for 2 30-minute periods
HANDBALL

What 11-letter word is the name of the Women's football match between the Champions of
4 Europe and the Champions of South America? England won the first outing in April 2023
FINALISSIMA
 With 302 goals, Jhaniele Fowler was one of the big stars of the 2023 Netball World Cup. What
5 country did Fowler represent? This team were narrowly defeated by eventual winners JAMAICA
Australia in the semis

A rising star in the sprint world, Leslie Tebogo took Silver in the 100m and Bronze in the 200m
6 at the 2023 World Athletics championships. Which country does Leslie Tebogo represent?
BOTSWANA

Considered one of the all-time best, in what event did the Serbian athlete Ivana Vuleta win
7 gold at the 2023 Athletics Championships? Unbelievably, she's also the Serbian indoor record LONG JUMP
holder in the 60m and the Pentathlon

Bayern Munich have won the German football championship the most times and Nurnberg DORTMUND,
8 come second. Name any of the teams that come 3rd, 4th or 5th in that list. Kevin Keegan SCHALKE or
HAMBURG
played for one of these teams and Paul Lambert won the European Cup with another

Winning in Karate at the Tokyo Olympics, Feryal Abdelaziz is the only female Olympic Gold
9 medalist to date from what African country?
EGYPT

In 2022 Anthony Joshua announced he had signed a huge streaming deal with which global
10 sports entertainment platform? Kevin Meyer is the CEO of this company, who were founded in DAZN
London in 2015

Maksim Nedasekau of Belarus took bronze in which event at the 2020 Olympics? This event
11 saw a rare occasion where the Gold medal was shared between two competitors from HIGH JUMP
different nations, Italy and Qatar in this case

What card game was devised by Segundo Sanchez Santos and his Bridge partner, Alberto
12 Serrato in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1939, in an attempt to design a time-efficient game that CANASTA
was as engaging as Bridge?

Which Russian author described his book "The Defence" as the "story of a chess player who
Vladimir
13 was crushed by his genius"? As wel as being one of the World's greatest novelists this man was NABOKOV
a composer of chess problems and an expert lepidopterist

Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is the first and only boxer in history to become undisputed
CINNAMON (the
champion at super middleweight. Canelo is the nickname given to people in the Spanish-
14 speaking world with red hair. What does the word "Canelo" actually mean though? A fast food
chain is
CINNABON)
chain specialises in selling "rolls" of this item
 In which year did Jimmy Connors achieve a 99–4 record and won 15 tournaments of the 21 he
15 entered? This year saw the invasion and occupation of Northern Cyprus by Turkish troops
1974

Gareth Bale has a replica of the 17th hole from which Golf Course in his back garden? This
16 Florida course near Jacksonville is the home to the PGA Tour Headquarters and hosts the SAWGRASS
Players Championship

Pedro Rocha took over as interim President of the Spanish Football Association after which
17 man resigned from his post in the wake of a scandal involving Jennifer Hermoso?
Luis RUBIALES

Percy Montgomery starred for the Springboks in the 2000s but he wasn't actually born in the
18 country of South Africa. He was actually born in the city which is now the second largest city in WALVIS BAY
Namibia, and the largest coastal city of that country. What is the two word name of this place?

This season is the first since 2015–16 where Manchester City will be without which German
İlkay
19 midfielder and former club captain? He departed to Barcelona at the end of his contract in the GUNDOGAN
summer.

What is the name of the IPL professional cricket team who play in Mumbai? They have won the Mumbai
20 tournament four times to date. Their current squad includes Jofra Archer and Tim David INDIANS

You must START

The Northern Irish darts player Brendan Dolan has a better than expected record at the World ON A DOUBLE
21 Grand Prix darts tournament. What format change makes the World Grand Prix different from (accept anything
which means the
almost all other PDC events?
same)

Isabel Fernandez and Miriam Bianco have both been Spanish sportswomen of the year due to
22 their performances in which Sport? Ryoko Tani is widely regarded as the greatest ever female JUDO
performer in this sport

Which Spanish cyclist is the only man to win the Tour De France five times consecutively? He is Miguel
23 also one of only seven people to achieve the Tour-De France-Giro double in the same year INDURAIN

The only player in the Argentina 2022 World Cup squad who actually played his club football in
24 Argentina at the time was the goalie Franco Armani. What side did he play for? This team play RIVER PLATE
in Beunos Aires and have won the Argentinian Championship a record 38 times
 On Christmas Day morning swimmers gather at the Serpentine in London for a Swimming
the PETER PAN
25 contest. The winner receives a prize named after which literary character? It is believed that trophy
Nina Boucicault was the first person to play this character on stage in 1904

The Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce is regarded as one of the best players ever in which
American Football position? Like offensive linemen, players in this position are usually lined up
26 on the offensive line and are large enough to be effective blockers. On the other hand, unlike
TIGHT END

offensive linemen, they are eligible receivers

In Ice Hockey an Enforcer is a player who is expected to react violently to any dirty play from
27 the opposition. In contrast, what 4-letter name is given to a player whose job it is to a PEST
antagonize opponent players either by physical play or verbal incitation

In Cricket, what name is given to the fielders who are placed with the aim of catching an edged
28 ball which is beyond the wicket-keeper's reach? Rahul Dravid and Mark Waugh are considered SLIPS
to be some of the best ever players in this position

In Volleyball, what special position was introduced internationally in 1998? This player, usually
29 the most skilled defensive player on the team, must wear a different coloured jersey from the LIBERO
rest and cannot serve

AL AHLI or AL
In 2023 the Saudi Arabian investment fund bought four of the country's largest football teams ITTIHAD or AL
30 and immediately began offering big contracts to world stars. Name any of these four teams. HILAL or AL
NASSR

World

To show how good things come to those who wait, Joe McKinney danced around while his
1 beer poured, to the tune of 'Guaglione' by Perez Prado. The advert's success saw the '50s GUINNESS
mambo song reach the UK top five in 1995. What was the drink?

The character Davos Seaworth in Game of Thrones has 4 fingers cut off as a punishment for
2 what crime? In recent times, the so-called "Peru Two" of Melissa Reid and Michaella McCollum SMUGGLING
were arrested on the suspicion of doing this crime

What street name is included in the title of the 2021 drama which followed the lives of
3 characters played by Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke from their teens into their 40s? It was FIREFLY LANE
based on a novel of the same name by Kristin Hannah
 Bert, Ralph, Cedric and a large sheepdog called Schaeffer were characters in which Canadian
4 cartoon show which ran from 1985 to 1992? Lessons featured in the series mainly focused on The RACCOONS
environmentalism.

The large mosque known as the Djamaa el Djazaïr has the tallest minaret in any mosque in the
5 world. It is located in which African city? This city was established on the ruins of the ALGIERS
Phoenician city of Icosium in 950

Initials HH, what was the name of the Austrian mountaineer who was a member of the team
6 that made the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger? He wrote the book "Seven Years in Heinrich HARRER
Tibet", and Brad Pitt played him in the subsequent movie

What 5-letter word beginning with "S" is a block or column of glacial ice, often formed by
7 intersecting crevasses on a glacier? Commonly house-sized or larger, they are dangerous to SERAC
mountaineers

The starting point for numerous music acts including Salif Keita, Ali Farka Touré, and Amadou
8 & Mariam, which city is the capital of Mali?
BAMAKO

EQUATORIAL
9 Which country has only two land borders - one with Cameroon and one with Gabon? GUINEA

The Djeyran Reserve is a breeding centre for rare species such as goitered gazelle, Przewalski's
KYZYLKUM
10 horse, Turkmenian kulan and MacQueen's bustard. In which desert can the Djeryan reserve be Desert
found? This central Asian desert is the 15th largest in the world

Which Australian desert is an erg that contains the world's longest parallel sand dunes? The
11 4th largest desert in the country, this is the location of the Big Red Bash, which is billed as the SIMPSON Desert
most remote music festival on Earth

Between 1730 and 1744 Anders Celsius was Professor of Astronomy at the University in which
12 Swedish city? Today this is the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and UPPSALA
Malmö.

Now a UNESCO World Heritage site, the Himalayan railway running from which town of West
13 Bengal climbs from sea level to 7200ft using loops and zig-sags? The BBC have made a DARJEELING
documentary about this line and steam enthusiasts come from all over the world to see it
 Named in honour of the first European to see it in 1840, what Lake contains the lowest natural
Lake EYRE (acc
14 point in Australia? Since 1883, proposals have been made to flood the area with seawater Kati Thanda)
brought to the basin via a canal or pipeline.

Located on the Arabian sea in the Balochistan province of Pakistan, what is the largest
15 deepwater sea port in the World? The port is considered to be a link between the Belt and GWADAR
Road Initiative and the Maritime Silk Road projects

What is the name of the small Italian island that has became a prime transit point for
16 immigrants travelling from Libya and other African countries across into Europe? 1600 people LAMPEDUSA
died on this route in the first half of 2015, making it the deadliest migrant route in the World

What city, the birthplace of Colonel Gaddafi, was the last major stronghold of his supporters at
17 the time of the 2011 revolts in Libya? The settlement was established in the early 20th century SIRTE
by the Italians, at the site of a 19th-century fortress built by the Ottomans

Known for it's large Water Buffalo population, what "M" is the large river island found at the
18 mouth of the Amazon river in the Para state of Brazil? With a land area of 15,500 sq miles it is MARAJO
comparable in size to Switzerland.

If Sarajevo is the largest city in Bosnia, then what is the largest city in Herzegovina? The
19 historical capital of Herzegovina, the bridge here is considered an exemplary piece of Islamic MOSTAR
architecture in the Balkans

In 2017, amid cross-border tensions, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that
20 Afghanistan will "never recognise" the 1893 British Empire assigned border between the DURAND line
Afghanistan and Pakistan. Named after a British diplomat, what is that border line called?

Sounding almost South American, what is the name of the region of Cameroon, bordering
Nigeria, who are seeking independence? This has been referred to as the Anglophone crisis, as
21 the separatists believe that the Cameroon government favour French speakers. The answers
AMBAZONIA

begins with "A"

The Sambadrome plays a key part in the Rio Carnival each year, but what sport did it host at
22 the 2016 Olympics? Ku Bon Chan won the Men's Gold and Chang Hye-jin won the Women's ARCHERY
Gold

Lying on the Danube, which city is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in country?
23 Adolf Hitler was born and raised near here
LINZ
 The waters around Sakhalin Island were once an attractive location for those hunting what
BOWHEAD
24 species of Baleen Whale? These whales are named for their characteristic massive triangular whales
skull, which it uses to break through Arctic ice.

What is the second largest city in Pakistan after Karachi? It was the capital of multiple empires
25 throughout its history, including the Hindu Shahis, Ghaznavids, and Delhi Sultanate in the LAHORE
medieval era.

After Kyoto, which Spanish city has the most Michelin starred restaurants per capita in the
World? According to The World's 50 Best Restaurants ranking in 2013, two of the world's top
26 ten best restaurants were in here. The city is located in the Basque country, just a few miles
SAN SEBASTIAN

from the French border

If Gibraltar sits under the Rock of Gibraltar, the northern "Pillar of Hercules", then which
27 Spanish city sits under Jebel Musa, the southern "Pillar of Hercules"? Bordered by Morocco, CEUTA
this city is home to over 80,000 people

Which island nation in the Indian Ocean is named after a Prince of Orange who lived at the MAURITIUS (he
turn of the 17th century? This place became the British Empire's main sugar-producing colony was Maurice,
28 and remained a primarily sugar-dominated plantation-based colony until independence, in Prince of
Orange)
1968

Also the name of a nearby bridge, what was the name of the Paris tunnel where Princess Diana
29 sadly died in 1997?
PONT DE L'ALMA

With an estimated capacity of 35,000, the Amphitheatre of El Jem is an extremely impressive

Roman ampitheatre and a UNESCO world heritage site. it was constructed by the local
30 proconsul Gordian, who became emperor as Gordian II. In which modern day country will you
TUNISIA

find the ampitheatre of El Jem?