Everything

Question 1

What is a knot? (Unit)

Answer 1

1 nautical mile per hour

Question 2

What is 1 nautical mile in kilometres?

Answer 2

1.852 kilometres

Question 3

What was the Praetorian Guard? What was it responsible for?

Answer 3

A unit of the Imperial Roman army that acted as the personal bodyguards and intelligence officers of the Roman emperors.

Question 4

What does uffizi mean in English?

Answer 4

offices

Question 5

What was the Uffizi complex built to house?

Answer 5

The offices of the Florentine magistrates.

Question 6

What is gnudi?

Answer 6

An Italian dish of gnocchi-like dumplings made from ricotta and semolina, instead of potato.

Question 7

I’m which centuries did Galileo live?

Answer 7

1500s and 1600s

Question 8

Why was Galileo put under house arrest?

Answer 8

He championed Copernican heliocentrism and this contradicted catholic holy scripture.

Question 9

When did Rome become the capital of the Kingdom of Italy?

Answer 9

1871

Question 10

Where is Gucci based?

Answer 10

Florence

Question 11

What is Florence called in Italian?

Answer 11

Firenze

Question 12

When did Georgia become part of the Soviet Union?

Answer 12

1922

Question 13

When was the Russo-Georgian War?

Answer 13

2008

Question 14

How many people live in Georgia?

Answer 14

3.7 million

Question 15

What ethnicity was Joseph Stalin?

Answer 15

Georgian

Question 16

Where was Joseph Stalin born?

Answer 16

Gori, Georgia

Question 17

When did Joseph Stalin lead the Soviet Union?

Answer 17

1924 to 1953

Question 18

Who succeeded Stalin as de facto leader of the Soviet Union?

Answer 18

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 19

When did Nikita Khrushchev lead the Soviet Union?

Answer 19

1953 to 1964

Question 20

What year was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 20

1962

Question 21

When was the first Scottish independence referendum held?

Answer 21

2014

Question 22

What is the leading driver of biodiversity loss globally?

Answer 22

Land use change / clearing land to produce food.

Question 23

Between 1970 and 2018, how much did global wildlife populations decline?

Answer 23

70%

Question 24

Where are the steepest declines in wildlife populations?

Answer 24

Latin America

Question 25

What are gilts?

Answer 25

This is the informal name for UK government bonds.

Question 26

From where does Buckingham Palace take its name? When was it built?

Answer 26

The core of the current palace was a large townhouse built in 1703 for the Duke of Buckingham.

Question 27

How many rooms are in Buckingham Palace?

Answer 27

775

Question 28

What is realpolitik?

Answer 28

A system of politics or principles based on practical considerations rather than moral or ideological ones.

Question 29

Who is the leader of Belarus?

Answer 29

Alexander Lukashenko

Question 30

How many moons does Saturn have?

Answer 30

82

Question 31

What is the only moon in the Solar System to have an atmosphere?

Answer 31

Titan

Question 32

How many constellations are there?

Answer 32

88

Question 33

Who succeeded Nikita Khrushchev as leader of the Soviet Union?

Answer 33

Leonid Brezhnev

Question 34

For what period did Leonid Brezhnev lead the Soviet Union?

Answer 34

1964 to 1982

Question 35

Who succeeded Leonid Brezhnev as leader of the Soviet Union?

Answer 35

Yuri Andropov

Question 36

For what period was Yuri Andropov leader of the Soviet Union?

Answer 36

1982 to 1984

Question 37

Who succeeded Yuri Andropov as leader of the Soviet Union?

Answer 37

Konstantin Chernenko

Question 38

For what period was Konstantin Chernenko leader of the Soviet Union?

Answer 38

1984 to 1985

Question 39

Who succeeded Konstantin Chernenko as leader of the Soviet Union?

Answer 39

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 40

For what period was Mikhail Gorbachev leader of the Soviet Union?

Answer 40

1985 to 1991