Answers, explained
Some questions are worth more than a one-line answer. These 202 have a page of their own: what the answer is, why it is right, and why the obvious alternatives are not.
Animal
- Which is the largest animal on Earth?
- Which is the fastest land animal over a short sprint?
- How many legs does a spider have?
- Which is the tallest living land animal?
- Which flightless bird lives in Antarctica?
- Which is the largest land animal?
- Which mammal is capable of true powered flight?
- What makes up almost the entire diet of a giant panda?
- Which is the largest species of big cat?
- Which reptile is famous for changing colour?
- Which mammal has the longest pregnancy?
- Which is the only bird able to fly backwards?
- Which animal has the largest eyes of any living creature?
- Which bird reaches over 300 km/h in a hunting dive?
- Which is the largest species of shark?
- Which animal has fingerprints so similar to ours that they can be confused at a crime scene?
- Which animal can sleep standing up by locking its leg joints?
- Which continent has no native snakes?
- Which is the largest living reptile?
- Which is the slowest-moving mammal?
- How many chambers does a bird's heart have?
Funny
- Which animal's name comes from the Greek for "river horse"?
- How many hearts does an octopus have?
- How many items are in a baker's dozen?
- Which large mammal is famously unable to jump?
- Which Australian bird can imitate chainsaws and camera shutters?
- Which country has a unicorn as its national animal?
General Knowledge
- How many continents are there on Earth?
- What colour do you get by mixing blue and yellow?
- How many players are on the field per team in a football (soccer) match?
- What is the largest mammal on Earth?
- How many sides does a hexagon have?
- Which language has the most native speakers in the world?
- What is the currency of Japan?
- How many minutes are there in a full day?
- Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
- Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
- How many strings does a standard violin have?
- Which country hosted the first modern Olympic Games?
- What is the study of earthquakes called?
- Which vitamin does the body make from sunlight?
- In which city is the Colosseum?
- What is the only letter that does not appear in any US state name?
- How many keys does a standard full-size piano have?
- Which element has the atomic number 1?
- What is the collective noun for a group of crows?
- Which sea creature has three hearts?
- What does the acronym LASER stand for at its first word?
- How many time zones does China officially use?
- Which animal is traditionally called the king of the jungle?
- How many days are there in a leap year?
- Which body part contains the cornea?
- How many zeros are written in the number one million?
- Which instrument measures atmospheric pressure?
- Which blood vessels carry blood away from the heart?
- Which gas gives fizzy drinks their bubbles?
- Which musical term instructs a player to perform very quietly?
Geography
- What is the capital city of Australia?
- Which is the longest river in South America?
- Which ocean lies between Africa and Australia?
- What is the largest country in the world by land area?
- Which desert covers most of northern Africa?
- Which European capital is split by the Danube into Buda and Pest?
- Which country has the most time zones?
- What is the smallest country in the world by area?
- Which African country is completely surrounded by South Africa?
- Which sea is the saltiest body of water listed here?
- Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
- Which capital city sits at the highest elevation?
- Which two countries share the longest international land border?
- Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?
- Which continent is the driest on Earth?
- Which country is home to the city of Marrakesh?
- Which US state is the largest by area?
- Which sea does the Suez Canal connect to the Mediterranean?
- Which country lies directly south of the United States?
- Which country has Wellington as its capital?
- Which South American country has coastline on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean?
- Which country is sometimes called the Land of a Thousand Lakes?
- Which river runs through Paris?
- Which country contains the source of the Blue Nile?
- Which country is entirely surrounded by Italy apart from Vatican City?
- Which line of latitude passes through Ecuador, Kenya and Indonesia?
- Which strait separates mainland Europe from the United Kingdom at its narrowest point?
History
- In which year did the Second World War end?
- Which wall divided a European city until 1989?
- Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
- Which Roman city was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79?
- Which French emperor was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo?
- Which country was ruled by tsars until 1917?
- Which empire was ruled from Constantinople after 330 AD?
- Who wrote the Ninety-five Theses that sparked the Reformation?
- Which ancient civilisation built Machu Picchu?
- Who was the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt?
- Which leader led a nonviolent campaign against British rule in India?
- Which South American country is named after its liberator?
- Who became the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
- Which battle in 1066 led to Norman rule in England?
- Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
- Which treaty formally ended the First World War with Germany?
- Which 1494 treaty divided newly explored lands between Spain and Portugal?
- Which Chinese dynasty produced the Terracotta Army?
- Which city did Rome destroy at the end of the Third Punic War?
Math
- What is 7 multiplied by 8?
- What is 10 per cent of 250?
- What is the square root of 144?
- How many degrees are in a right angle?
- What is 3 cubed?
- Which fraction is larger, two thirds or three fifths?
- What is the name for a polygon with eight sides?
- What is 15 squared?
- What is the answer to a division problem called?
- What do the first ten positive whole numbers add up to?
- What is the value of zero factorial?
- Which Greek letter is used to mean 'sum of' in mathematics?
- Which is the only even prime number?
- How many sides does a dodecagon have?
- What is 2 to the power of 10?
- Which formula gives the circumference of a circle?
- Which Roman numeral stands for 500?
- Who published a proof of Fermat's Last Theorem in the 1990s?
- Which branch of mathematics studies properties unchanged by stretching and bending?
- Which number base does hexadecimal use?
- Who wrote the Elements, the foundational text of classical geometry?
- What does the fundamental theorem of algebra guarantee about a non-constant polynomial?
- Which mathematician introduced the letter i for the square root of minus one?
- What is the derivative of sin x with respect to x?
- How many faces does a regular dodecahedron have?
Science
- What is the chemical symbol for gold?
- How many bones does an adult human skeleton normally have?
- Which planet is closest to the Sun?
- What gas do plants absorb from the air for photosynthesis?
- What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?
- Which organ in the human body produces insulin?
- What is the hardest known natural substance?
- How many chambers does the human heart have?
- What does DNA stand for?
- Which scientist proposed the three laws of motion?
- What is the speed of light in a vacuum, to the nearest round figure?
- What blood type is known as the universal donor for red blood cells?
- What is the lightest element on the periodic table?
- Which particle carries a negative electric charge?
- What is the process by which a solid turns directly into a gas?
- Which part of the brain controls balance and coordination?
- What is the pH of pure water at room temperature?
- Which force keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun?
- Which part of a plant normally takes up water from the soil?
- Which organ pumps blood around the human body?
- Which instrument is used to look at things far too small to see?
- Which scientist developed the theory of general relativity?
- Which blood cells carry oxygen around the body?
- Which gas makes up the ozone layer that filters ultraviolet light?
- Which unit measures electrical resistance?
- Which layer of Earth lies directly beneath the crust?
- Which acid is found in the human stomach?
- Which scientist is credited with formulating the theory of evolution by natural selection?
- Which subatomic particle determines the identity of a chemical element?
- Which organelle is described as the powerhouse of the cell?
- Which type of electromagnetic radiation has the longest wavelength?
- Which blood vessel type has walls only one cell thick?
World Capitals
- What is the capital of France?
- What is the capital of Japan?
- What is the capital of Egypt?
- What is the capital of Russia?
- What is the capital of Spain?
- What is the capital of Kenya?
- What is the capital of Argentina?
- What is the capital of Portugal?
- What is the capital of Greece?
- What is the capital of Mexico?
- What is the capital of India?
- What is the capital of China?
- What is the capital of Norway?
- What is the capital of Canada?
- What is the capital of Turkey?
- What is the capital of Australia?
- What is the capital of Brazil?
- What is the capital of Switzerland?
- Which city is the constitutional capital of the Netherlands?
- Which Dutch city is the seat of government and home to the royal residence?
- What is the capital of Myanmar?
- What is the capital of New Zealand?
- What is the capital of Nigeria?
- What is the capital of Morocco?
- What is the capital of Vietnam?
- What is the capital of Pakistan?
- What is the designated capital of Tanzania?
- What is the capital of Iran?
- Which city is the constitutional capital of Bolivia?
- Which Bolivian city is the seat of government and home to the legislature?
- Which city is South Africa's legislative capital?
- Which city is South Africa's executive capital?
- Which city is South Africa's judicial capital?
- What is the administrative capital of Sri Lanka?
- What is the capital of Bhutan?
- What is the capital of Mongolia?
- What is the capital of Kyrgyzstan?
- What is the capital of Suriname?
- What is the capital of Belize?
- What is the capital of Malta?
- What is the capital of Liechtenstein?
- What is the political capital of Ivory Coast?