Round 1 Question 1 What world-changing event occurred in the area now known as Chicxulub on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula approximately 66 million years ago? 1 point Question 2 Which country’s…

Round 1 Question 1 Which former French president was released from prison on November 10, three weeks into a five year sentence he received for accepting election funding from Libyan…

Round 1 Question 1 Painted by an Italian and kept in a French museum, what painting is known as La Gioconda in Italy and La Joconde in France? 1 point…

Round 1 Question 1 What is the given first name of royal Kate Middleton, actress Cate Blanchett, and television presenter Cat Deeley? 1 point Question 2 Which animated character claims…

Round 1 Question 1 The brothers John and Christopher Wright and Robert and Thomas Wintour were four of the thirteen men involved in what plot, which was led by Robert…

Round 1 Question 1 In its standard printed form, as would appear on a keyboard, and without retracing over a previous line, what is the only letter in the Roman…

Round 1 Question 1 What line of tanks, used by Nazi Germany in World War II, takes its name from the German word for armoured? 1 point Question 2 In…

Round 1 Question 1 What American city shares its name with a brand of cream cheese, despite the cheese being invented in New York? 1 point Question 2 What food…

Round 1 Question 1 According to the well-known children’s joke, what number was eaten by the seven, leading to six being afraid? 1 point Question 2 In the 1961 animation…

Round 1 Question 1 In which Chinese city do the areas of Pudong and Puxi - literally ‘East of the Pu’ and ‘West of the Pu’ - sit on opposite…