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What is the capital of Turkey? Ankara
What is the national animal of China? Giant panda
Which Turkish city has the name of a cartoon character? Batman
What is the noisiest city in the world? Hong Kong
What is the name of the desert area in Mexico? Sonora
What is a very cold part of Russia? Siberia
How many continents are there? Seven
On which Italian island is Palermo? Sicily
How many time zones are there in the world? Twenty-four
Which is the largest desert on earth? Sahara
Which river is flowing through Rome? Tiber
Which country did once have the name Rhodesia? Zimbabwe
What island, which belonged to Denmark, was independent in
Iceland
1944?
What is the largest state of the United States? Alaska
On which continent can you visit Sierra Leone? Africa
Which European river does flow through six different countries? Donau river
What is the longest river in Europe? Wolga river
Through which capital does the Liffey river flow? Dublin
What is the second largest country in Europe after Russia? France
What is the capital of the American state Hawaii? Honolulu
What do the Japanese people call their own country? Nippon
In which country is Krakow located? Poland
What is the largest city in Canada? Toronto
What is the capital city of Australia ? Canberra
The Mediterranean Sea
Which two seas are joined by the Suez Canal?
and the Red Seas
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Which German Count invented the zeppelin? Count (Von) Zeppelin
Who was the first president of the USA? George Washington
Who was the second president of the United States? John Adams
How many women did Henry VIII have? Six women
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In which city was the Titanic built? Belfast
What was the name of Napoleon s first wife? Josephine
Which city became capital of West-Germany in 1949? Bonn
On which island was Napoleon born? Corsica
How many children did Queen Victoria have? Nine children
Which war was ended by the signing the armistice on July 27 th,
The Korean War
1953?
When became Albania an independent country? In 1713, 1813
In the year 1913
or 1913?
Xerxes ruled a great empire around the fifth century BC. Which
The Persian empire
empire?
Which French king was called the Sun King? Louis XIV
What was in England the northern frontier of the Roman
Hadrian s wall
Empire?
Which German war criminal was for 21 years the only inmate of
Rudolf Hess
Spandau complex?
Who did Greenland discover? Erik de Rode
Which Mexican rebel was shot in 1923 and died? Pancho Villa
Which building in Athens was destroyed by a Venetian cannon
Parthenon
ball in the 17th century?
What was the name of the Protestant revolution against the
Reformation
domination of the Pope?
Who was the first king of Belgium ? Leopold I
What was the former name of New York? New Amsterdam
Which country was formerly called Ceylon? Sri Lanka
What was the Latin name of Paris in Roman times? Lutetia
Which city was the capital of Australia from 1901 to 1927? Melbourne
Which country sent its navy around the world to fight the
Russia
Japanese in 1904?
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Who was the first man to fly around the earth with a
Gagarin
spaceship?
On which hemisphere were the most dinosaur skeletons
The northern hemisphere
found?
What color is cobalt? Blue
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Who invented vulcanized rubber? Goodyear
What is the organ that is affected when one is suffering
Liver
from hepatitis?
Which device do we use to look at the stars? Telescope
Which unit indicates the light intensity? Candela
Who is the father of the atomic bomb? Robert Oppenheimer
Who invented the barometer? Torricelli
Who was the first American in space? Alan Shepard
Two brothers invented the hot air balloon. What was
Montgolfier
their surname?
Who was the inventor of the steam engine? James Watt
Which device was invented by Henry Mill? The typewriter
What is the lightest existing metal? Aluminium
What is the substance known by the chemical formula
Ammoniac
NH3?
What are the three primary colors? Blue, yellow and red
Who discoved one of the first antibiotics: penicillin ? Alexander Fleming
Which planet is nearest the sun? Mercury
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Who is the fourth musketeer besides D Artagnan, Athos
Aramis
and Porthos?
Who killed the Minotaur ? Theseus
Which Egyptian woman was considered as the inventor
of agriculture? She married her brother and together they Isis
had a son: Horus.
Who is the giant with 100 eyes according to the Greek
Argus
mythology?
Whose box did Epimethius open? Pandora s box
What is the name of the winged horse in Greek
Pegasus
mythology?
On which island did Ernest Hemingway stay to be able
Cuba
to write much?
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Where is set the book A Small Town in Germany by
Bonn
John Le Carre?
In which country did Shakespeare s Hamlet live? Denmark
Who was the wife of Othello? Desdemona
Who was the imaginary love of Don Quixote? Dulcinea
In which two languages did the Irish writer Samuel
English and French
Beckett write?
Which book Mary Shelley wrote when she was 19? Frankenstein
Who said "I think therefore I am"? Rene Descartes
What is the English name of the Russian novel titled
War and peace
Voyna i Mir?
What is the name of the infamous novel by Vladimir
Lolita
Nabokov?
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What is the name of the German airline? Lufthansa
In which European city can you find the home of Anne
Amsterdam
Frank?
How many stars has the American flag got? Fifty
How long is the Great Wall of China? 4000 miles
Who invented Ferrari? Enzo Ferrari
According to the Bible, who was the first murderer? Cain
In what year did princess diana die? In the year 1997
Which famous British women murderer of the 19th
Jack the Ripper
century was never arrested?
On which mountain did Jesus take his last supper? Golgotha or Calvary
What is the largest number of five digits? 99999
What is the most fractured human bone? Clavicle
What is the most famous university of Paris? Sorbonne
Which animal is on the golden Flemish flag? Lion
What is the name of the Indian holy river? Ganges
Which South American country is named after Venice? Venezuela
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How many stars feature on the flag of New Zealand? Four stars
What colour to do you get when you mix red and white? Pink
What is both a French wine region and a luxury
Cadillac
American automobile?
For which narrow sea strait is Hellespont the ancient
Dardanelles
name?
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What color are often the domes of churches in Russia? Gold colored
In which Spanish city did the Joan Miro museum open in
Barcelona
1975?
Which Italian artist painted the Birth of Venus? Botticelli
Who was the original author of Dracula? Bram Stoker
In which city is the famous Manneken Pis fountain? Brussels
Who is the inventor of photography? Daguerre
What is the first book of the Old Testament? Genesis
Who did the Mona Lisa paint? Leonardo Da Vinci
In which English town did Adolf Hitler study art? Liverpool
Which famous French engineer designed two bridges for
Gustave Eiffel
the city of Porto?
In which city can you see Michelangelo�s David? Florence
What is called the Jewish candlestick with special
Menorah
religious meaning?
A System of Jewish Mystical
What is the Kabbalah?
Beliefs
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? Michelangelo
In which country was the famous painter El Greco born? Greece
In which city is the composer Fr�d�ric Chopin buried? Paris
Who did paint the famous painting Guernica? Picasso
In which city did Romeo and Julia live? Verona
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How many oscars did the Titanic movie got? Eleven
How many Tomb Raider movies were made? Two movies
Which malformation did Marilyn Monroe have when she was
Six toes
born?
What is the house number of the Simpsons? Number 742
What is the name of the prison in the film The Rock? Alcatraz
Arnold
Who is the protagonist in the Last Action Hero film?
Schwarzenegger
What is the pseudonym of Allen Stewart Koningsberg? Woody Allen
What is the name of the little dragon in the animated movie
Mushu
Mulan?
Which actor does play Sonny Crockett in Miami Vice 2006? Colin Farell
Who is the director of Reservoir Dogs? Quentin Tarantino
Who is the director of the X-files? Rob Bowman
Who was the male protagonist in The Horse Wisperer? Robert Redford
Who did play the role of Peter Pan in the Peter Pan movie? Robin Williams
Which Italian film director is considered as the father of the
Sergio Leone
spaghetti western?
What number is on Herbie the beatle? Fifty-three
Give the name of the best James Bond parody. Austin Powers
What is the name of the bald commander of the Enterprise in
Captain Picard
Star Trek?
What is the name of Steven Spielberg s black-and-white-film
Schindler s List
about the second world war?
Who was the leading actress in Sister act I en II ? Whoopi Goldberg
What is the profession of Popeye? Seaman
Who was the director of the movie The Piano? Jane Campion
Who was Mozart s great rival in Amadeus movie? Antonio Salieri
Which French woman was the most famous actress in the world
Sarah Bernhardt
in the late 19th and early 20th century?
