| Question | Answer |
| Which Inca settlement was discovered by Hiram Bingham in 1911? | |
| Who is credited with being the creator of the first version of the periodic table? | |
| Which African empire was Mansa Musa emperor of in the 14th century? | |
| In which city were the Olympic Games being held when eleven Israeli athletes were murdered? | |
| Which country has been ruled by the Grimaldi family since the 13th century? | |
| Who was the leader of Italy from 1922 until his death in 1945? | |
| Which Portuguese explorer is credited with being the first to circumnavigate the world? | |
| Which document did King John famously sign in 1215? | |
| Which African leader was released from prison in 1990 after serving 27 years? | |
| Which Renaissance artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome? | |
| Which Mesoamerican civilisation built the city of Chichen Itza? | |
| Which ship was discovered unmanned in 1872, intact save for one lifeboat missing? | |
| New Amsterdam, renamed by the British in 1664, was founded on which US island? | |
| What name is given to the line of WWII defenses built on the Franco-German border? | |
| In which ship did the Pilgrim Fathers travel to America in 1620-21? | |
| Which children's author wrote about the adventures of Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh? | |
| Which Chinese Communist revolutionary was the first leader of the People's Republic of China? | |
| What is the collective name given to nine goddesses of creative arts in Greek mythology? | |
| After which 490 B.C battle did Pheidippides legendarily run from Athens to Sparta? | |
| Who was Aztec Emperor at the time of the Spanish conquest of Mexico? | |
| Which suspected WWI German spy had a stage name meaning 'sun' in Malay? | |