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  • What is the full meaning of NATO?
    North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  • Who invented the seatbelt?
    Nils Bohlin, a Swedish Volvo employee
  • Before money was invented, how did people acquire or exchange goods and services?
    System of bartering
  • How many bones are there in a child?
    300 bones
  • Who is Abraham Lincoln?
    16th President of the USA. Led the nation through the American Civil War to abolish slavery.
  • Who invented the light bulb?
    Thomas Edison in 1879
  • What is the scientific name for collar bone?
    Clavicle
  • What device did the Nazis use during WW2 to protect commercial, diplomatic, and military communication?
    The Enigma Machine
  • Bats and Platypus are classified under which animal group?
    Mammals
  • Who is Aung San Suu Kyi?
    She played a vital role in Myanmar's transition from military junta to partial democracy in the 2010
  • What dynasty was established after the Han Chinese defeated the Mongols?
    Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Zhu YuanXhang led the rebellion with the White Lotus Society, he later become the 1st Ming Emperor.
  • What particles can be found in the nucleus of an atom?
    Neutrons and Protons
  • Who is Xi JinPing?
    President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 2013
  • A 'googol' is a number that starts with 1 followed by how many zeroes?
    100, a googol is not the same as a googolplex. A googleplex is 1 followed a googol of zeroes
  • What is the scientific study of the human past using object remains?
    Archaeology
  • What were the first words uttered by Neil Armstrong when he took his first step on the moon?
    That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
  • What is meaning of lingua franca?
    Where a language is widely used over a relatively large geographical area as a language of wider communication
  • Who was the first person to walk in space?
    Alexei Leonov in 1965
  • How fast can a cheetah run?
    80 – 130 km/h
  • How many states were there in China before Qin Shi Huangdi unified them?
    7 states (Qin, Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao and Wei)
  • What is the scientific study of language?
    Linguistics
  • What is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, and societies, in both the present and past?
    Anthropology
  • What metal is liquid at room temperature?
    Mercury
  • What is the scientific name for knee cap?
    Patella
  • Kangaroos, Wallabies and Wombats are classified under which animal group?
    Marsupials
  • What is the largest mammal?
    The blue whale
  • Who is Aisin Gioro Puyi?
    Last Emperor of China (Qing Dynasty)
  • Who invented the modern car?
    Karl Benz
  • What is the medical discipline that uses medical imaging (Xray, CT, PET, MRI) to diagnose and treat diseases within the bodies of animals, including humans?
    Radiology
  • What is the full meaning of WHO?
    World Health Organisation
  • Who is Aisin Gioro Puyi?
    Last Emperor of China
  • What are the 2 most famous stars used for navigation by sailors during ancient times?
    The North Star, called Polaris, and the Southern Cross constellation
  • Who is the Dalai Lama?
    Spiritual leader of Tibet
  • Who is father of the modern computer and artificial intelligence?
    Alan Turing, an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician and cryptanalyst
  • In nature, what's the meaning of Commensalism?
    A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits while the other species is not affected
  • Who is this famous political figure?
    Barack Obama
  • In nature, what's the meaning of Mutualism?
    A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit
  • What is a cancer treatment that uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors?
    Radiotherapy
  • Who discovered that the earth was a sphere?
    Eratosthenes, a Greek mathematician and the head of the library at Alexandria
  • What is the center of an atom called?
    Nucleus
  • What is the world's hardest naturally occuring material?
    Diamond
  • Spiders and Scorpions are classified under which animal group?
    Arachnids
  • What is the study and treatment of disorders of the heart and the blood vessels?
    Cardiology
  • What do you call animals that are most active during the day?
    Diurnal
  • Who discovered radioactivity?
    Pierre and Marie Curie, Becquerel (They shared the Nobel Prize for Physics for their discovery in 1903)
  • Who is Sun Yat Sen?
    Led the formation of the Republic of China by overthrowing the Qing dynasty
  • What is the role of WTO?
    Its main function is to ensure that global trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible
  • A trillion is a number that starts with 1 followed by how many zeroes?
    12
  • Who invented the electricity that we find in modern households?
    Nikola Tesla
  • Who was the leader of Russia during WWII?
    Joseph Stalin
  • Who is Nelson Mandela?
    South Africa's first black president, ended apartheid
  • Who was the British Prime Minister that led UK to victory during WWII?
    Sir Winston Churchill
  • Why was the Great Wall of China constructed?
    It was built to keep out raiding parties of nomadic tribes, such as the Mongol, Turic and Xiongnu, from modern-day Mongolia and Manchuria.
  • What is the popular hypothesis of what caused the extinction of dinosaurs?
    Impact of a massive comet or asteroid on earth 66 million years ago
  • What is the full meaning of WTO?
    World Trade Organisation
  • Who is this famous political figure?
    Abraham Lincoln
  • Who invented the telephone?
    Alexander Graham Bell
  • What is the role of UN?
    Preserve international peace and security
  • What is the role of WHO?
    Directing and coordinating international public health and health policy
  • What form does a DNA molecule take?
    3-dimensional double helix
  • What is a branch of medicine concerned with the study, prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases that affect the liver, gallbladder, biliary tree and pancreas?
    Hepatology
  • What is an anagram?
    A word, phrase, or name formed by rearranging the letters of another, ie Tom Marvolo Riddle' changes into 'I am Lord Voldemort'
  • Who is this famous political figure?
    Aung San Suu Kyi
  • Who invented the first working telescope?
    Galileo Galilei in 1609
  • What material did Ancient Egyptian used to write on?
    Papyrus
  • What do you call animals that live in trees?
    Arboreal
  • Who is this famous political figure?
    Sun Yat Sen
  • What is the study, design, and manufacturing of air flight–capable machines, and the techniques of operating aircraft and rockets within the atmosphere?
    Aeronautics
  • Who was the first American in space?
    Alan Shepard in May1961
  • After the Mongols conquered China, what dynasty did they establish?
    The Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368) established by Kublai Khan
  • Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
    A Portugese explorer. His fleet was the first the circumnavigate the Earth in 1522. He named the Pacific Ocean, The Straits of Magellan was named after him
  • What's another name for 'Northern Lights'?
    Aurora Borealis
  • How much weight can an ostrich egg support?
    About 220kg vertically and 120kg horizontally
  • What does SCUBA stand for?
    SCUBA stands for "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus"
  • What is a palindrome?
    A word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backwards as forwards, ie Madam
  • Who established the People's Republic of China?
    Mao Zedong in 1949
  • What is a binary number system?
    A number system that only uses 2 digits, 0 and 1
  • Who invented the number system (0-9)?
    Originated in India in the 6th or 7th century
  • What is the scientific study of fossils to classify organisms and study interactions with each other and their environments?
    Paleontology
  • What is the scientific name for skull?
    Cranium
  • What was the codename for the American-led effort to develop a atomic bomb during World War II?
    The Manhattan Project
  • What is the scientific study of insects?
    Entomology
  • How many bones are there in an adult?
    206 bones
  • Who is Emmeline Pankhurst?
    She was a British political activist who helped women in the UK win the right to vote
  • What is an portmanteau?
    A word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, ie Brunch, Smog
  • What is the scale used to specify the acidity or basicity of a solution?
    pH
  • What is the full meaning of ASEAN?
    Association of Southeast Asian Nations
  • What was the origin of the popular Chinese New Year song 'Gong Xi Gong Xi'?
    It was written to celebrate China's victory and liberation following Japan's defeat at the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1945
  • Who discovered penicilin?
    Alexander Fleming in 1928
  • What is democracy?
    A form of government in which the people have the authority to choose their governing legislators
  • A milli is a number that is how many times smaller than 1?
    1000
  • What is the Bermuda Triangle?
    A region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances
  • Where was the first modern Olympic games held?
    Athens
  • What is Ancient Egyptian writing known as?
    Hieroglyphics
  • Who were the first people to reach the peak of Mt Everest?
    Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
  • Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
    Employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule
  • Who is the first president of the USA?
    George Washington
  • Why are light years used to measure distances in space?
    Using light years to measure distances is advantageous to astronomers because the distances would be so large that they would become impractical
  • Frogs and Salamanders are classified under which animal group?
    Amphibians
  • Who was the first American in space?
    Alan Shepard in 1961
  • Who is this famous political figure?
    Mahatma Gandhi
  • Who is often credited as having discovered the continent of America?
    Christopher Columbus, a Spanish explorer in 1492
  • Who invented the wheel?
    The Mesopotamians about 5,500 years ago, it wasn't used for carrying loads until 2000 years later by the Greeks
  • Who is Martin Luther King?
    He was an American Baptist minister and activist who became leader of the American Civil Rights Movement
  • What is the world's largest flower?
    Rafflesia
  • What is the scientific name for thigh bone?
    Femur
  • What are the 3 materials that is the best conductor of electricity?
    Silver, Copper, Gold
  • What was the name of the first man-made object in space?
    A Russian satellite named Sputnik in1957
  • What are Japanese Kamikaze Pilots?
    Japanese pilots who in World War II made deliberate suicidal crashes into enemy targets, usually ships
  • What is the scale used to measure the strength of earthquakes?
    Richter Scale
  • What is the difference between an ape and a monkey?
    Monkeys have a tail while apes do not
  • What countries were the major allied forces during WWII?
    Britain, UK, France, Russia
  • What is the story behind a marathon?
    Inspired by the legend of an ancient Greek messenger, Philippides, who raced from Marathon to Athens (~40km), with news of a Greek victory over the Persians
  • A micro is a number that is how many times smaller than 1?
    1 million
  • Who was the pioneer USA's rocket and space program?
    Dr. Wernher von Braun, he was a Nazi scientist who also developed the V2 ballistic missile.
  • Who is Charles Lindberg?
    First person to make a nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York City to Paris in 1927
  • What is the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of disorders of the nervous system?
    Neurology
  • How is a black hole formed?
    Formed by the death of a massive star. When the star runs out of thermonuclear fuels, it gravitationally collapses inward upon itself
  • What did the English Empire first use Australia for?
    It was used as a penal colony. The first shipment of convicts arrived in 1788.
  • Who is Amelia Earhart?
    First female to make a nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, from Newfoundland to Northern Ireland in 1932 (The original plan was to land in Paris)
  • A nano is a number that is how many times smaller than 1?
    1 billion
  • Who was the first person in space?
    Yuri Gagarin in April 1961
  • When was the first modern Olympic games held?
    1896
  • Animals like insects have an exoskeleton, what does exoskeleton mean?
    An external skeleton that supports and protects an its body
  • What is the brightest star in Earth's night sky?
    Sirius A
  • What do you call an animal at the top of a food chain?
    Apex predator
  • Who is Napolean Bonaparte?
    A French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the early 19th century, he conquered a large part of Europe.
  • What is the deadliest animal in the world?
    Mosquitoes, kills more than 1 million people a year
  • What is communism?
    A form of government that seeks to create a classless society in which the major means of production are owned and controlled by the public.
  • What particle can be found in the outermost region of an atom?
    Electrons
  • A kilo is a number that starts with 1 followed by how many zeroes?
    3
  • How fast can a hippo run?
    48 km/h
  • Who is Marco Polo?
    A Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295.
  • Crabs and lobsters are classified under which animal group?
    Crusteceans
  • Who is this famous person?
    14th Dalai Lama
  • What is the scientific name for bones in your spine?
    Vertebrae
  • What is a drug treatment that uses powerful chemicals to kill fast-growing cancer cells in your body?
    Chemotherapy
  • What is the 'Silk Road'?
    The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes, formally established during the Han Dynasty of China, which linked the east to west
  • Who is this famous person
    Emmeline Pankhurst
  • What is the scientific name for shoulder blade?
    Scapula
  • Who is Barack Obama?
    The first black president of the USA (44th president, 2009-2017)
  • What is the full meaning UN?
    The United Nations
  • What's another name for 'Southern Lights'?
    Aurora Australis
  • Who invented the airplane?
    Wilbur and Orville Wright in 1903
  • What is the speed of sound?
    About 340m/s
  • Who invented the television?
    Philo Taylor Farnsworth in 1927
  • What is the full meaning of DNA?
    Deoxyribonucleic acid
  • What is the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history?
    Etymology
  • Who is known as the “Father of the Atomic Bomb”?
    Robert Oppenheimer, a German Jewish theoretical physicist
  • What is the largest mammal on land?
    African bush elephant
  • What is a hexadecimal number system?
    A number system that uses 16 symbols (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, A, B, C, D, E, F)
  • In nature, what's the meaning of Symbiosis?
    Symbiosis is a close relationship between two species in which at least one species benefits
  • What is the American Civil Rights Movement?
    A campaign by African Americans to end racial discrimination, disenfranchisement and racial segregation in the USA
  • What is the value of pi? (Answer to 2 decimal places)
    3.14
  • What is the role of NATO?
    To safeguard the freedom and security of its 30 member countries by political and military means. (USA, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, UK)
  • What is the speed of light?
    About 300000km/s
  • What does LASER stand for?
    LASER is an acronym for “light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation.”
  • A billion is a number that starts with 1 followed by how many zeroes?
    9
  • Who discovered gravity?
    Isaac Newton in 1687
  • Squids and Octopus are classified under which animal group?
    Cephalopods
  • Who is Dian Fossey?
    An American primatologist/conservationist known for her extensive study of mountain gorillas in Rwanda from 1966 until her murder in 1985
  • Ancient sailors use this equipment for navigation, what is it called?
    Sextant
  • A centi is a number that is how many times smaller than 1?
    100
  • Animals like apes have an endoskeleton, what does endoskeleton mean?
    An internal skeleton that supports and protects an its body
  • Who is Jane Goodall?
    An English primatologist and anthropologist. Best known for her study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania
  • Who is this famous political figure?
    Xi JinPing
  • What is the science or study of blood, blood-forming organs and blood diseases?
    Hematology
  • Who was the supreme commander of the allied forces during WW2?
    General Dwight D. Eisenhower, he would later become the 34th president of the USA
  • In nature, what's the meaning of Parasitism?
    A symbiotic relationship in which one species (the parasite) benefits while the other species (the host) is harmed
  • Who is this famous political figure?
    Nelson Mandela
  • What do you call animals that are most active at night?
    Nocturnal
  • Who discovered the vaccine?
    Edward Jenner for smallpox in 1790s
  • Who invented the radio?
    Guglielmo Marconi in 1895
  • Who is this famous person?
    Martin Luther King Jr
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