Set One

Question 1

Who were the five emperors of Rome’s Julio-Claudian dynasty between 27BC - 68 AD?

Answer 1

Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero

Question 2

Which world leader was known by the nickname ‘Mutti’?

Answer 2

Angela Merkel (it means ‘Mother’ in German)

Question 3

Which world leader was known as The Little Corporal?

Answer 3

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 4

Who was the first athlete to win the 100m and 200m athletics titles at the Olympics?

Answer 4

Usain Bolt

Question 5

Who was the first person to run a marathon, according to Greek legend?

Answer 5

Pheidippides

Question 6

In 1969, who became the first person to single-handedly sail around the world?

Answer 6

Robin Knox-Johnston

Question 7

In 1967, which doctor performed the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant?

Answer 7

Dr Christiaan Barnard

Question 8

Name the five Emperors of Japan since the formation of the Empire of Japan in 1868 through to the present day. MYHAN

Answer 8

Mutsuhito, Yoshihito, Hirohito, Akihito, Naruhito

Question 9

Who was Harry S. Truman’s Vice-President?

Answer 9

Allen W. Barkley

Question 10

Which nine men left the Soviet Union between 1922 and 1991?

Answer 10

Lenin, Stalin, Malenkov, Kruschchev, Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko, Gorbachev & Yanayev

Question 11

Who was the first ever Secretary-General of the United Nations?

Answer 11

Trygve Lie (Norway)

Question 12

Who was the second-ever SG of the United Nations?

Answer 12

Dag Hammarskjold (Sweden)

Question 13

Who was the third Secretary-General of the United Nations?

Answer 13

U Thant (Myanmar)

Question 14

Who was the fourth Secretary-General of the United Nations?

Answer 14

Kurt Waldheim (Austria)

Question 15

Who was the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations?

Answer 15

Javier Perez de Cuellar (Peru)

Question 16

Who were the four most recent Secretaries-General of the United Nations?

Answer 16

Antonio Guterres (Portugal), Ban Ki-Moon (Korea), Kofi Annan (Ghana), Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Egypt)

Question 17

What are the three fastest land animals?

Answer 17

Cheetah, Pronghorn, Springbok

Question 18

What are the four heaviest land animals?

Answer 18

African elephant, Asian elephant, white rhinoceros, giraffe

Question 19

What are the traditional five great apes?

Answer 19

Bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, humans and orangutans

Question 20

What is a male deer called?

Answer 20

Buck

Question 21

What is a male horse called?

Answer 21

Stallion (or colt below 4yo)

Question 22

What is a male swan called?

Answer 22

Cob

Question 23

What does a chiffonier do?

Answer 23

Wigmaker

Question 24

What does a hostler do?

Answer 24

Horse Groom

Question 25

Which Finnish middle-distance runner was born in 1897 and won nine Olympic gold medals?

Answer 25

Paavo Nurmi

Question 26

Which Japanese gymnast was born in 1946 and won eight Olympic gold medals?

Answer 26

Sawao Kato

Question 27

Which American swimmer born in 1965 won eight Olympic gold medals and was known as the Californian condor?

Answer 27

Matt Biondi

Question 28

Which American track and field athlete born in 1873 won eight gold medals at the Summer Olympic Games?

Answer 28

Ray Ewry

Question 29

Which country lies entirely within South Africa?

Answer 29

Lesotho

Question 30

What are the two overseas states of New Zealand?

Answer 30

Niuie & the Cook Islands

Question 31

Which country was previously known as Abyssinia?

Answer 31

Ethiopia

Question 32

Which country was previously known as British Honduras?

Answer 32

Belize

Question 33

Which six countries have the largest oil reserves in the world? VISICK

Answer 33

Venezuela, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Canada, Kuwait

Question 34

Which seven countries border Hungary? CRASSUS

Answer 34

Croatia, Romania, Austria, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Slovakia

Question 35

The Aland Islands are a territory of which country?

Answer 35

Finland

Question 36

Bouvet Island is a territory of which country?

Answer 36

Norway

Question 37

Curacao is a constituent country of the Kingdom of where?

Answer 37

The Netherlands