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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which scientist is popularly said to have discovered gravity after witnessing an apple fall from a tree?	Isaac Newton	94%
Acorns come from what kinds of tree?	Oak	91%
Which ‘unsinkable’ ship famously sunk in April 1912?	RMS Titanic	91%
What is the largest human organ?	Skin	91%
What is the hottest planet in our solar system?	Venus	90%
Diabetes is a medical condition where the pancreas no longer produces which hormone?	Insulin	89%
Which disease’s symptoms in animals include aggression, frothing at the mouth, and hydrophobia?	Rabies	88%
What is the biggest species of cat?	Siberian Tiger	86%
Bart, Lisa, and Maggie are the children of which TV family?	The Simpsons	83%
In what year was the Battle of Hastings?	1066	82%
‘The Red Spot’ is a famous feature of which planet in our solar system?	Jupiter	82%
According to the theme song, who would you call if there was something strange in your neighbourhood?	Ghostbusters	81%
What is the only surviving Ancient Wonder of the World?	Great Pyramid of Giza	77%
What is the largest US state?	Alaska	76%
The nickname ‘Lady with the Lamp’ was afforded to which nurse during the Crimean War?	Florence Nightingale	75%
What is the smallest country in the world?	Vatican City	73%
What countries make up the Benelux Union?	Belgium	72%
What method of execution saw most use during the French Revolution?	Guillotine	72%
The assassination of which Austrian is considered to have started the First World War?	Archduke Franz Ferdinand	71%
Which island nation has control split between Greece and Turkey?	Cyprus	70%
Which African nation has three official capital cities?	South Africa	68%
Who was the first author to become a billionaire through writing?	J.K. Rowling	67%
What is the world’s tallest species of tree?	Coastal Redwood	66%
The official languages of Barcelona are Spanish and which other?	Catalan	65%
And?	The Netherlands	64%
What company did Facebook purchase for a billion dollars in April 2012?	Instagram	63%
And finally?	Luxembourg	62%
Which country’s flag is the world’s only non-quadrilateral?	Nepal	62%
Which Australian state is completely surrounded by water?	Tasmania	61%
Which US sitcome is set in a paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania?	The Office	60%
Which Beatles album cover featured the band walking across a zebra crossing?	Abbey Road	59%
Which mammal is both venomous and egg-laying?	Duck-billed Platypus	59%
Which non-human animal can be said to cause the most deaths each year worldwide	Mosquito (Malaria)	59%
What would it mean if an animal was ‘diurnal’?	Active during day	58%
The musical West Side Story was a modern retelling of which famous play?	Romeo and Juliet	57%
What is the highest mountain range outside Asia?	The Andes	56%
What was the name of the first man-made satellite in space?	Sputnik 1	55%
What is the largest city which spans two continents?	Istanbul	54%
If Hollywood = USA, and Bollywood = India, what does Nollywood equal?	Nigeria	54%
What was Japan’s capital for over a thousand years, almost ten times as long as Tokyo?	Kyoto	52%
In 2016, Leonardo Di Caprio finally won an Oscar for his role in which film?	The Revenant	49%
Who was the first Emperor of Rome?	Augustus	48%
What is the world’s largest landlocked country?	Kazakhstan	47%
Who was the last Tsar of Russia?	Nicholas II	46%
After gaining independence in 2011, what is the newest country with world-wide recognition?	South Sudan	46%
Which Greek city-state was victorious in the Peloponnesian War?	Sparta	46%
Which Carthaginian general famously crossed the Alps accompanied by elephants?	Hannibal	43%
What is the highest grossing film, by theatrical revenue?	Avengers Endgame	41%
Homer’s epic ‘The Iliad’ tells the story of which legendary war?	Trojan War	39%
Which Ugandan dictator believed himself to be ‘the last King of Scotland’?	Idi Amin	37%
France’s longest land border is with which country?	Brazil	36%
What famous internet meme featured a Shiba Inu, who often such “Much” and “Wow”?	Doge	35%
What is the most common blood type in humans?	O Positive	35%
Which song’s music video featured Vanessa Carlton travelling down a road by piano?	A Thousand Miles	31%
What is the world’s largest lake?	Caspian Sea	31%
What medical condition did the scientist Stephen Hawking suffer from?	ALS	30%
What is currently the most viewed video on YouTube?	Despacito	27%
Which philosopher is the phrase “Cogito Ergo Sum” associated with?	Rene Descartes	26%
What is the name of Kim Kardashian’s youngest child?	Psalm	20%
Which US President served the shortest term at just 30 days?	William Henry Harrison	13%
Which contestant won the 2019 series of The Great British Bake-Off	David Atherton	6%
In what year was the element Oxygen discovered?	1772	5%