Skip to content- Which Asian capital city was known as Batavia until 1949? Jakarta.
- The ancient city of Carthage is now in which country? Tunisia.
- What in Russia is Izvestia? A newspaper.
- Which is the world’s windiest continent? Antarctica.
- In which part of the body are the deltoid muscles? Shoulder.
- E is the international car registration letter for which country? Spain.
- Vienna stands on which river? Danube.
- Which French city is a meeting place for the European Parliament? Strasbourg.
- Annapurna is a mountain in which mountain range? Himalayas.
- How is October 24, 1929 remembered? Black Thursday.
- The River Danube flows into which sea? The Black Sea.
- Which strait separates the North and South islands of New Zealand? Cook Strait.
- Who wrote Black Beauty? Anna Sewell. • What is the capital of Poland? Warsaw.
- Ice-cream was first produced in which country in the 17th century? Italy.
- In medicine, what does the acronym SARS stand for? Severe Acute Respiratory System.
- Which Shakepeare play was set in Elsinore Castle, Denmark? Hamlet.
- The Kyukyu Island chain lies between which two countries? Japan & Taiwan.
- Which explorer discovered Victoria Falls in Africa? David Livingstone.
- Who was the last king of Egypt? Farouk.
- Which war lasted 16 years longer than its name implies? The Hundred Year’s War.
- What is the national sport of Malaysia and Indonesia? Badminton.
- Which is the shallowest of the Great Lakes? Lake Erie.
- Which country was originally named Cathay? China.
- Sinhalese is a language spoken in which country? Sri Lanka.
- The Sao Francisco River flows through which country? Brazil.
- In which sport do teams compete for the Dunhill Cup? Golf.
- Which Shakespeare character’s last words are: ‘The rest is silence’? Hamlet.
- In economics, whose law states that: ‘bad money drives out good money’? Gresham’s.
- Who made the first navigation of the globe in the vessel Victoria? Magellan.
- Which mountaineer on being asked why he wanted to climb Everest said: ‘Because it’s there’? George Mallory.
- What was the former name for Sri Lanka? Ceylon.
- Of which Middle east, country is Baghdad the capital? Iraq.
- How many arms does a squid have? Ten.
- Which indoor game is played with a shuttlecock? Badminton.
- Do stalactites grow upwards or downwards? Downwards.
- Which German city and port is at the confluence of the rivers Neckar and Rhine?Mannheim.
- Where in Europe are the only wild apes to be found? Gibraltar.
- The Brabanconne is the national anthem of which country? Belgium.
- In which country is the River Spey? Switzerland.
- What is the capital of Morocco? Rabat.
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