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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which city infamously hosted the Summer Olympics in 1936?	Berlin	93%
What is the capital city of Australia?	Canberra	93%
Which is the only metal element found in a liquid state at room temperature?	Mercury	93%
Which English singer-songwriter released the lead single "Starman" in April 1972 for his fifth studio album, "the Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars?"	David Bowie	88%
A "putter," "driver," or "wedge" might be used in what sport?	Golf	88%
Which famous city fell to the Ottoman Turks on 29th May 1453, following a 53-day siege?	Constantinople	83%
How many points is the pink ball worth when potted in a game of snooker?	6	81%
Which sport is associated with the English folk hero Robin Hood?	Archery	81%
"Merseybeat" was a style of 1960s British music originating in which city?	Liverpool	81%
Who came up with the Ninety-Five Theses, leading to the Protestant Reformation?	Martin Luther	81%
Which country of less than 40,000 people shares its only international border with France?	Monaco	81%
In which stage of the Demographic Transition Model would a society expect to find itself experiencing a consistently high birth rate, with a falling death rate, and thereby a growing population?	Stage Two / Second Stage	81%
Which is the longest river in Asia?	Yangtze River	81%
Which tactic, meaning "lightning war," was employed by the forces of Nazi Germany throughout the Second World War, allowing for swift victories such as the Battle of France in 1940?	Blitzkrieg	79%
In music, how many times longer is a semibreve played than a quaver?	8	76%
Insulin and amylin are hormonal beta cells produced by the endocrine cells of which organ in the human body?	Pancreas	76%
In which sport might you receive five points for a "try," two points for a "conversion," three points for a "drop goal," or three points for a "penalty?"	Rugby	76%
Who composed the Four Seasons, a set of violin concertos first published in Amsterdam in 1725?	Antonio Vivaldi	74%
In which organ of the human body might you find the right atrium?	Heart	74%
What is the boiling point of water under normal atmospheric pressure on Earth?	100°C / 212ºF	71%
Which empire was founded in 1438 by the Quechua ruler Pachacuti?	Inca Empire	71%
How many countries border China?	14	69%
Ben Nevis is the highest mountain on which island?	Great Britain	69%
Who composed the iconic film themes for "Jaws," "Jurassic Park," and "Star Wars," amongst others?	John Williams	62%
Saladin, who led the Muslim armies against the forces of the Third Crusade, was famous for playing which sport, originally invented as a training exercise for elite members of the royal guard within the Persian cavalry forces?	Polo	62%
What shape is formed by DNA?	Double Helix	55%
The sport of hurling is associated with which country?	Ireland	55%
Which Swedish audio streaming service was founded in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon?	Spotify	52%
The saxophone belongs to which family of instruments?	Woodwind	52%
The momentum of a moving object, divided by its velocity, will provide an answer pertaining to which quality of the object?	Its mass	50%
Jin Akanishi, best known for his vocal work in the boy-band KAT-TUN before beginning his solo career, is a musician, singer-songwriter, and actor from which country?	Japan	50%
Found in Cambodia, which is the largest temple complex in the world by land area, having served as a place of religious significance for both Hindus and Buddhists?	Angkor Wat	45%
Which party won landslide victories the 1994 National Assembly and National Council elections in South Africa, following the end of the apartheid regime?	African National Congress / ANC	40%
In what year did the Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, take place between the United States of America and an alliance of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho peoples?	1876	31%
Who legendarily solved the conundrum of the Gordian Knot by slicing it with a sword?	Alexander the Great	26%
Which is the closest dwarf-planet to the Earth?	Ceres	26%
The First Council of Nicea was convened by which Roman Emperor in 325 AD?	Constantine I	26%
What is the national sport of South Korea?	Taekwondo	26%
Which is the world's best-selling physical music single of all time?	White Christmas	24%
Which German philosopher and composer declared that "without music, life would be a mistake?"	Friedrich Nietzsche	21%
The deposition of sediment by slow-flowing water in a river into the entrances of an obsolete meander begin to form what body of stagnant water?	Oxbow Lake	21%
What is the tallest mountain in South America?	Aconcagua	17%
Which King of the Mali Empire reigned for 25 years, conquering 24 cities and producing so much gold he has been described as "the wealthiest man in history?"	Musa I	17%
Who said the following: "Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, it has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers. It laughs in the face of all types of discrimination."	Nelson Mandela	17%
One of the "Four Great Inventions" of China, gunpowder was first developed during the ninth century AD, during the reign of which dynasty?	Tang Dynasty	17%
Which is the least reactive element of the periodic table?	Neon	14%
What is the usual average pH value of human blood?	7.4	10%
What is the name of the effect by which white surfaces such as the ice caps reflect heat and light, thereby creating a negative feedback loop that maintains a consistent equilibrium for the temperature of the Earth?	Albedo Effect	7%
During which form of chemical bonding are electrons usually transferred between different atoms via electrovalence, with one such atom losing at least one electron to the other?	Ionic Bonding	7%
Which Malaysian footballer holds the title for the most international men's caps of all time, with 219?	Soh Chin Ann	2%