Question: In the world of mountaineering, what are referred to as the seven summits?
Answer: Highest mountains of the seven continents

Question: Three of the ten largest islands in the world belong to which country?
Answer: Canada - with Baffin (5th largest), Victoria (9th largest) and Ellesmere (10th largest)

Question: Which country became the first sovereign state of the 21st century when Indonesia relinquished control on it in May 2002?
Answer: East Timor

Question: The Bridge of Sighs was given its name by Lord Byron from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of which beautiful city out of its window before being taken to their cells?
Answer: Venice

Question: All the largest islands in the world are in oceans/seas and hence are surrounded by sea-water. Marajo, which has the distinction of being the largest island completely surrounded by fresh water is in which water body?
Answer: Amazon

Question: Which beautiful geographic feature can be shaped as Crescentic, Linear, Star, Dome, Parabolic, Longitudinal, Transverse and Reversing?
Answer: Sand dune

Question: Jarbah island in the Mediterranean Sea is a popular tourist place which is said to be so idyllic that one forgets all sense of time there. This is attested by Homer who called it as what in his Odyssey?
Answer: Land of the lotus-eaters

Question: Alfred Wegener was the first to publish the hypothesis that these had somehow 'moved' apart but he was unable to provide a convincing explanation for the physical processes which might have caused it. What are we talking about?
Answer: Continental drift

Question: What is also known as Qomolangma or Sagarmatha or Chomolungma in the native tongues of the people around it?
Answer: Mount Everest

Question: The Shatt al-Arab waterway constitutes a part of the border between which countries?
Answer: Iran and Iraq

Question: Upon seeing which stunning South American geographic feature did Eleanor Roosevelt reportedly say "Poor Niagara"?
Answer: Iguazu Falls

Question: What gorge in the Ngorongoro area of Tanzania is considered the seat of humanity after the discovery of the earliest known specimens of modern man?
Answer: Olduvai Gorge

Question: The mighty Himalayas take the cake as far as the list of highest mountains goes; so, what is the highest peak outside of this range?
Answer: Mount Aconcagua, in the Andes

Question: The Italian liqueur Galliano takes its name from a war hero who perished in the Battle of Adwa which not only secured what nation's sovereignty but is also one of the very few instances in which an African country defeated a European power?
Answer: Ethiopia

Question: Alba gu bràth! The 15th century poet Blind Harry is best-known for his account eulogizing which person?
Answer: William Wallace

Question: What is the only one of the Seven Wonders that was destroyed with deliberate intent?
Answer: The Temple of Artemis

Question: What war that did not see a change in the borders or reparations even after nearly eight years of fighting but saw over a million deaths is said to be 20th century's longest conventional war?
Answer: Iran-Iraq War

Question: On what day in 1683 were the conquering armies of Islam thrown back at the gates of Vienna, in what was a major defeat for the Ottoman Empire?
Answer: September 11

Question: What American object that has a close association with doomsday scenarios acquired its nickname because of a war plan code named “Dropkick”?
Answer: Nuclear football

Question: Andinia plan, Fugu plan, Uganda proposal, and Madagascar plan are some of the attempts for the establishment of what entity in history?
Answer: Jewish state

Question: If Eunus and Cleon lead the first war from 135–132 BC, and Salvius and Athenion lead the second war from 104-100 BC, which more famous person lead the third and last one from 73-71 BC?
Answer: Spartacus (Servile Wars)

Question: The staged Gleiwitz incident in which a radio station was attacked was a pretext for what invasion of the 20th century that had bigger repercussions?
Answer: Germany's invasion of Poland on Sep 1, 1939

Question: 240 chests of Bohea, 15 of Congou, 10 of Souchong, 60 of Singlo, and 15 of Hyson have what specific connection to history?
Answer: Types of teas destroyed in the Boston Tea Party incident

Question: As of 2014, Jamal Al-Gashey, who was once interviewed for the documentary One Day in September, is the only surviving member of the group of eight gunmen that participated in what attack?
Answer: Massacre of Israeli athletes during the 1972 Munich Olympics

Question: In 1973, which world leader possibly committed suicide with an AK-47 once gifted to him by Fidel Castro?
Answer: Salvador Allende of Chile

Question: It was the last major incident of a conflict and Bockscar was used to carry it out. What are we talking about?
Answer: Bombing of Nagasaki

Question: During the US presidential elections of 1936, the magazine The Literary Digest conducted an opinion poll using millions of people but still ended up being wrong. Who bested the magazine with his scientific technique using only a small percentage of what the magazine had used?
Answer: George Gallup

Question: Ted Sorenson, who was called by JFK as "intellectual blood bank" made his best-known contribution to the president in what capacity?
Answer: Speechwriter

Question: The Khartoum Resolution of 1967 that was organized after the Six-Day War became famous for its "Three No's" rejecting what entity?
Answer: Israel

Question: Alamut Castle, now in modern-day Iran, is remembered today as the home of what notorious group between 1090 and 1256 AD?
Answer: Assassins

Question: The cartoon Dropping the Pilot was published when which world leader was forced to resign in 1890?
Answer: Bismarck

Question: What is particularly common to King Charles II of England and the state of Connecticut's Royal Charter?
Answer: Oak tree

Question: Joseph Kony is the leader of what militant movement that is currently active in an African country?
Answer: Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) of Uganda

Question: In US politics, a Sister Souljah moment is a politician's public repudiation of an extremist person. It has its origin during what/whose campaign?
Answer: 1992 Presidential Elections

Question: The Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, which now has a museum, was the scene of whose assassination?
Answer: Malcolm X

Question: Historians speculate that China attacked India in 1962 as world attention was focused on what other episode?
Answer: Cuban Missile Crisis

Question: A photo of Ahmadinejad hugging the deceased's mother that caused a controversy in Iran was taken during the 2013 funeral of which world leader? (hint: not Nelson Mandela!)
Answer: Hugo Chávez

Question: As seen in the movie The Longest Day, paratrooper John Steele saw action during the D-Day invasion of WWII while dangling from where?
Answer: Church tower

Question: An infamous ball in 14th century France hosted by the French King Charles VI is remembered as 'Ball of (what) Men' referring to an incident that occurred in it?
Answer: Burning

Question: The phrase "two plus two equals five" ("2 + 2 = 5") popularized by George Orwell is plausibly derived from what developmental policy of the erstwhile Soviet Union?
Answer: Five Year Plans

Question: Jewish American lawyer Murray C. Bernays (1894-1970) planned the legal framework and procedures for what tribunals?
Answer: Nuremberg Trials

Question: The Twelve Tables is usually considered the first attempt of Romans to create what?
Answer: Constitution

Question: Women groups that could not participate in the 1900 Boxer Rebellion of China organized themselves under what colorful name? Raise the ...
Answer: Red Lanterns

Question: The commander Subutai who is credited with conquering more territory than any other commander in history fought for which empire?
Answer: Mongol