| Question | Answer |
| In 1971, on which Parisian landmark did Philippe Petit perform a tightrope walk? | |
| Which country was first to grant women the vote in 1893? | |
| What did Johann Gottfried Galle discover on the night of September 23, 1846? | |
| Which Corsican was crowned Emperor of France in 1804? | |
| Which British admiral was fatally wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar? | |
| Which Swede left 31m kronor to fund a series of prizes in the advancement of knowledge? | |
| Which international organisation is based on a treaty of 1949? | |
| Who, according to legend, discovered gravity by observing an apple fall to the ground? | |
| Who was said to have fiddled while Rome burned? | |
| In which German city were Nazi officials brought before an international tribunal following WWII? | |
| Which Babylonian King is credited with the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? | |
| Of where was William the Conqueror the Duke, before becoming King of England? | |
| Who was dubbed 'the lady with the lamp' during the Crimean War? | |
| What was Malawi known as until 1964? | |
| Which city did the British capture in 1664, renaming it New York? | |
| Who was Emperor of Russia at the time of the Russian Revolution? | |
| Which synthetic polymer was first produced in 1935 by Wallace Carothers of DuPont? | |
| In which Peruvian desert can giant ancient glyphs including monkeys and spiders be seen? | |
| Which country rebelled against Spanish rule in the Eighty Years' War? | |
| A bombing raid on which Japanese city had the third highest fatality rate of WWII? | |