1

What is the only country to border both Spain and France? 

2

What credit card is known as an “AmEx” card?

3

Traditionally, a gangplank is used to board what kind of transport?

4

Name the four cities where you can go to see the original versions of each of these statues

5

Name any one of the five globally standardised menu items at McDonalds, except the Big Mac

6

Mount Everest sits on the border between China and which other country?

7

J K Rowling is one of the most famous author in the world today, what does the letter J or K stand for? 

8

Name these six countries from their very partial country outlines


9

What kind of tree produces coconuts? 

10

Name any one movie with a soundtrack composed by Hans Zimmer that has won an Oscar in any category

11

What species of Alien are these four fictional characters from television and movies.

12

With the exception of Greenland, with three people for every square kilometre, what is the least densely populated country in the world? 

13

The defense/liberation of what country was the subject of the 1991 gulf war?

14

Name the six people from their cartographic birth and death information

15

Since the year 1900 four US presidents have died in office. Name any one of them, EXCEPT John F. Kennedy

16

At around 1500m above sea level, the Imperial city of Cuzco or  Cusco, today a UNESCO World heritage site was the capital of which empire from the early 1300’s to 1532? 

17

In which South American country would you find New Amsterdam?

18

Name these four computer games from their logos

19

What “horrific creature” chases Ichabod Crane in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”?

20

In September 2006, who released their second studio album titled B’Day? It won Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards (2007), and a 20th anniversary edition was released this year. 

21

The Vatican is a member of the European Union, yes or no?

22

Six massive hits from the sixties, name the six songs

 

 

1

Andorra

2

American Express

3

A boat/ship etc

4

a) Florence

b) Paris

c) Helsingor

d) New York

5

Hamburger, Cheeseburger, Mc Nuggets, filet o fish

6

Nepal

7

Joanne Kathleen

8

a) Estonia

b) Germany

c) Austria

d) Belarus

e) Czechia

f) Ireland

9

Palm Tree

10

1 Point
Gladiator, The Lion King, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Inception, Interstellar, Top Gun Maverick
2 Points
Dunkirk, The Prince of Egypt , Pearl Harbor, Dune
3 Points
Rain Man 12 Years a Slave, Rango, Driving Miss Daisy
4 Points
Thelma & Louise, Black Hawk Down
5 Points
As Good as It Gets
No Time to Die Dune, Blade Runner 2049, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron

11

a) Wookie

b) daleks

c) Little Green Men (Pizza Planet Aliens)

d) Predator or The Yautja or the Hunter

12

Mongolia

13

Kuwait

14

a) Marilyn Monroe

b) Elvis Presley

c) Queen Victoria

d) John lennon

e) Saddam Hussein

f) Martin Luther King

15

William McKinlay

Warren Harding

Franklin D Roosevelt

16

Inca Empire

17

Suriname

18

a) Minecraft

b) Mortal Kombat

c) Portal

d) Fortnite

19

Headless Hprseman

20

Beyoncé

21

No 

The EU constitution forbids theocracies from joining

22

a) Wonderful World
Louis Armstrong, 1967

b) I Got You Babe
Sonny & Cher, 1965

c) Happy Together
The Troggs, 1967

d) Space Oddity
David Bowie, 1969

e) Born to be Wild
Steppenwolf, 1968

f) Fortunate Son
Creedencene Clearwater Revival, 1969

 

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FQPS September 17th. 2026