Adults
General knowledge Jeopardy
A pub-quiz mix of world geography, science, words and language, history and the arts, for adults.
Around the world
- 100The capital city of AustraliaWhat is Canberra?
- 200The mountain range that includes Mount EverestWhat are the Himalayas?
- 300The narrow stretch of sea between Spain and Morocco that links the Atlantic to the MediterraneanWhat is the Strait of Gibraltar?
- 400This river flows through four capital cities: Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and BelgradeWhat is the Danube?
- 500The mountain kingdom that is completely surrounded by South AfricaWhat is Lesotho?
Science
- 100The planet known as the Red PlanetWhat is Mars?
- 200The chemical element with the symbol AuWhat is gold?
- 300The organ of the human body that makes insulinWhat is the pancreas?
- 400The number of bones in a typical adult human skeletonWhat is 206?
- 500The SI unit of electrical resistance, named after a German physicistWhat is the ohm?
Words and language
- 100A word that means the opposite of another word, like “hot” for “cold”What is an antonym?
- 200The official language of BrazilWhat is Portuguese?
- 300A word that reads the same backwards as forwards, like “level” or “radar”What is a palindrome?
- 400A word formed from the first letters of other words and said as a word, like NASA or scubaWhat is an acronym?
- 500The name for a word that imitates the sound it describes, like “buzz” or “sizzle”What is onomatopoeia?
History
- 100The ocean liner that sank in April 1912 on its first voyage, after hitting an icebergWhat is the Titanic?
- 200In 1969 he became the first person to walk on the MoonWho is Neil Armstrong?
- 300The year the Berlin Wall fellWhat is 1989?
- 400DDThe only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that is still largely intactWhat is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
- 500The charter King John agreed to at Runnymede in 1215What is Magna Carta?
Arts
- 100He painted the “Mona Lisa”Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
- 200He wrote the play “Romeo and Juliet”Who is William Shakespeare?
- 300The Dutch artist who painted “The Starry Night”Who is Vincent van Gogh?
- 400She wrote the 1813 novel “Pride and Prejudice”Who is Jane Austen?
- 500The Italian composer of the four violin concertos called “The Four Seasons”Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
Final round: The air we breathe
This gas makes up about 78 per cent of dry air in Earth’s atmosphere
What is nitrogen?