Free weekly pub quiz - week 47, 2026
16 Nov - 22 Nov 2026. Four rounds of ten questions (European cities, World cities & landmarks, History & dates, Music & culture), plus a bonus philosophy week round of 10, a team answer sheet, a host sheet with answers and a source for every question, and a tiebreaker. Print it, read it out, done in about an hour.
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How to run it in about 60 minutes
You need: the question sheet for the host, one team answer sheet per team, pens, a phone timer and a small prize.
| Time | What happens |
|---|---|
| 0:00 (5 min) | Welcome. Teams of up to 5, one sheet per team, no phones for answers. 1 point per correct answer, 50 points in total. |
| 0:05 (10 min) | Round 1. Read each question and its four options twice, leave about 30 seconds, teams tick one letter. After question 10 read the answers while teams swap sheets and mark them. |
| 0:15 (10 min) | Round 2, same rhythm. |
| 0:25 (5 min) | Break. Note each team's score on the scoreboard on the host sheet; this is when the bar sells drinks. |
| 0:30 (10 min) | Round 3. |
| 0:40 (10 min) | Round 4. The hardest questions are at the end of each round. |
| 0:50 (10 min) | Round 5, the philosophy week bonus round (optional, adds 10 points). Then the final tally. |
| 1:00 (5 min) | Final tally while music plays. If teams are level for a prize place, read tiebreaker T1: closest year wins; T2 if still level. |
| 1:05 (5 min) | Results from last place to first, prize, and a word about next week. |
- Disputes: the host's word is final. Every answer on the host sheet links to its source; questions come from public encyclopedia facts, so correct anything you know to be out of date.
- Make it friendly for people who come alone: invite single guests to join a table, or pair them up at the start.
- Want more? Host from a TV with countdown and a live scoreboard for free in Host mode, or use a city kit.
Question sheet - week 47
16 Nov - 22 Nov 2026
Round 1 - European cities
1. The San Siro stadium in Milan is the home ground of which two football clubs?
- A. AC Milan and Juventus
- B. AC Milan and Inter Milan
- C. Inter Milan and Roma
- D. Juventus and Torino
2. What is the Braderie de Lille, held each September?
- A. A cheese fair
- B. A marathon
- C. A carnival parade
- D. A giant street flea market
3. Lille is the capital of which French region?
- A. Normandy
- B. Grand Est
- C. Hauts-de-France
- D. Brittany
4. Bordeaux is the capital of which French region?
- A. Occitanie
- B. Brittany
- C. Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- D. Pays de la Loire
5. The Dom Luís I Bridge links Porto with which city across the river?
- A. Matosinhos
- B. Braga
- C. Maia
- D. Vila Nova de Gaia
6. Which style predominates in the architecture of Valencia Cathedral?
- A. Plateresque
- B. Mudéjar
- C. Churrigueresque
- D. Valencian Gothic
7. Under the Romans, Lyon was known by which name?
- A. Lutetia
- B. Lugdunum
- C. Massilia
- D. Burdigala
8. What is St. Peter's Church (Alter Peter) in Munich?
- A. The city's tallest structure
- B. A former royal chapel
- C. The seat of the archbishop
- D. Munich's oldest parish church
9. Which architect won the competition to design the Opéra de Lille, built 1907–1913?
- A. Charles Garnier
- B. Victor Horta
- C. Louis Marie Cordonnier
- D. Hector Guimard
10. Supporters of which club gather at Madrid's Fountain of Neptune to celebrate trophies?
- A. Atlético Madrid
- B. Real Madrid
- C. Rayo Vallecano
- D. Real Madrid Baloncesto
Round 2 - World cities & landmarks
11. Which pedestrian shopping district in Wanhua District is popular with young shoppers?
- A. Ximending
- B. Dadaocheng
- C. Gongguan
- D. Tianmu
12. Which nickname, popularized in the 1920s, is used for New York City?
- A. The Windy City
- B. The Big Easy
- C. The Big Apple
- D. The Emerald City
13. Which Toronto market is particularly known for peameal bacon sandwiches?
- A. Kensington Market
- B. Yorkdale
- C. St. Lawrence Market
- D. The Distillery District
14. Which museum on the Upper West Side is famed for its dinosaur fossils and a life-size blue whale model?
- A. Museum of the City of New York
- B. The Frick Collection
- C. American Museum of Natural History
- D. Museum of Modern Art
15. The famous 'Jadeite Cabbage' carving is held by which Taipei museum?
- A. National Palace Museum
- B. Taipei Fine Arts Museum
- C. National Taiwan Museum
- D. Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei
16. Casa Loma, completed in 1914, was built as the residence of which Toronto financier?
- A. Sir Henry Pellatt
- B. Timothy Eaton
- C. William Gooderham
- D. Sir John A. Macdonald
17. How is New York-style pizza classically sold at takeaway counters?
- A. Only as deep-dish pies
- B. In small bite-sized cubes
- C. In square pan cuts
- D. In wide slices to go, often folded
18. Which architect designed the spiral Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum building?
- A. Frank Lloyd Wright
- B. Le Corbusier
- C. Frank Gehry
- D. I. M. Pei
19. Which sports hall of fame is located in downtown Toronto?
- A. Basketball Hall of Fame
- B. Hockey Hall of Fame
- C. Baseball Hall of Fame
- D. Pro Football Hall of Fame
20. Opened in 1983, which was the first museum in Taiwan built for contemporary art exhibitions?
- A. National Palace Museum
- B. Taipei Fine Arts Museum
- C. Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts
- D. Chimei Museum
Round 3 - History & dates
21. Whose 1899 retrial by a military court was held in Rennes?
- A. Alfred Dreyfus
- B. Émile Zola
- C. Georges Picquart
- D. Ferdinand Esterhazy
22. Which architect designed Zaragoza's Bridge Pavilion over the Ebro for Expo 2008?
- A. Zaha Hadid
- B. Santiago Calatrava
- C. Norman Foster
- D. Rafael Moneo
23. Since 2016 Hamburg Airport has been named after which former German chancellor?
- A. Konrad Adenauer
- B. Helmut Schmidt
- C. Willy Brandt
- D. Helmut Kohl
24. Which puppet character was created in 1808 by Laurent Mourguet for his Lyon audience?
- A. Punch
- B. Pinocchio
- C. Guignol
- D. Kasperle
25. Which military engineer is linked to the Citadel of Lille, nicknamed the "Queen of the citadels"?
- A. Gustave Eiffel
- B. Georges Haussmann
- C. Louis Napoleon
- D. Vauban
26. In which year was Burgos founded?
- A. 884
- B. 1084
- C. 784
- D. 1184
27. The fire of 1728, the largest in Copenhagen's history, destroyed roughly what share of the city?
- A. About 5%
- B. About 55%
- C. About 28%
- D. About 80%
28. Which English prince ruled Bordeaux as capital of an independent state in 1362–1372?
- A. Richard the Lionheart
- B. Henry V
- C. John of Gaunt
- D. Edward, the Black Prince
29. Who designed the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, opened in 1780?
- A. Gustave Eiffel
- B. Victor Louis
- C. Jules Hardouin-Mansart
- D. Georges-Eugène Haussmann
30. After which battle of 1453 was Bordeaux annexed by France?
- A. Agincourt
- B. Crécy
- C. Castillon
- D. Poitiers
Round 4 - Music & culture
31. What is the Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK) in Copenhagen?
- A. The Danish national gallery
- B. The national history museum
- C. The royal theatre
- D. The city library
32. During Lyon's Festival of Lights around 8 December, residents traditionally put what on their windowsills?
- A. Candles
- B. Flowers
- C. Flags
- D. Lanterns made of paper
33. Whose stone tomb lies in the lower choir of Lisbon's Jerónimos Monastery?
- A. Henry the Navigator
- B. Ferdinand Magellan
- C. Bartolomeu Dias
- D. Vasco da Gama
34. Lisbon's Fado Museum in Alfama occupies a building that was formerly what?
- A. A tobacco warehouse
- B. A royal riding school
- C. A pumping station for Lisbon's water supply
- D. A tram depot
35. Amsterdam's Vondelpark is named after which Dutch poet and playwright?
- A. Multatuli
- B. Hugo Grotius
- C. Joost van den Vondel
- D. Constantijn Huygens
36. Museum Ludwig in Cologne holds one of Europe's largest collections of works by which artist?
- A. Pablo Picasso
- B. Claude Monet
- C. Rembrandt
- D. Albrecht Dürer
37. Which of these Rennes festivals is a film festival?
- A. Travelling
- B. Stunfest
- C. Les Transmusicales
- D. Les Tombées de la Nuit
38. The Street Parade in Zurich is mainly a parade for which music?
- A. Classical music
- B. Folk music
- C. Electronic dance music (techno)
- D. Jazz
39. On what date was the Atapuerca Museum of Human Evolution inaugurated?
- A. 13 July 2000
- B. 13 July 2010
- C. 31 December 2010
- D. 13 July 1997
40. The Hamburger Kunsthalle covers how many centuries of European art?
- A. Three
- B. Five
- C. Seven
- D. Ten
Round 5 - Bonus: Philosophy week
41. Astrid Lindgren, the Swedish author, created which red-plaited children's heroine (Universal Children's Day is 20 November)?
- A. Pippi Longstocking
- B. Heidi
- C. Matilda
- D. Anne of Green Gables
42. On which day is UNESCO's World Philosophy Day marked each year?
- A. The third Thursday of November
- B. The first Monday of March
- C. 21 June
- D. The last Friday of September
43. Beaujolais Nouveau, released every year on the third Thursday of November, is made from which red grape?
- A. Pinot Noir
- B. Merlot
- C. Gamay
- D. Syrah
44. On which date is International Men's Day marked each year?
- A. 8 March
- B. 1 May
- C. 19 November
- D. 21 September
45. Which philosopher, a student of Plato, was the tutor of Alexander the Great?
- A. Socrates
- B. Aristotle
- C. Epicurus
- D. Diogenes
46. "I think, therefore I am" ("Cogito, ergo sum") is the best-known line of which French philosopher?
- A. Voltaire
- B. Blaise Pascal
- C. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- D. René Descartes
47. Pilsner Urquell, the world's first golden pale lager (1842), is brewed in which Czech city?
- A. Brno
- B. Prague
- C. Ostrava
- D. Plzeň
48. The Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the UN in 1989, is linked to which annual day on 20 November?
- A. World Television Day
- B. Universal Children's Day
- C. World Philosophy Day
- D. International Men's Day
49. In 1926, which Scottish inventor gave the first public demonstration of a working television system (World Television Day is 21 November)?
- A. Alexander Graham Bell
- B. John Logie Baird
- C. James Clerk Maxwell
- D. Alexander Fleming
50. Which German philosopher wrote the Critique of Pure Reason (1781)?
- A. Hegel
- B. Nietzsche
- C. Schopenhauer
- D. Immanuel Kant
Tiebreaker (host reads it only if teams are level)
T1. In which year was the Amsterdam football club AFC Ajax founded?
Write a year. The team closest to the correct year wins.
Team answer sheet - week 47
16 Nov - 22 Nov 2026
Round 1 - European cities
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Round 2 - World cities & landmarks
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Round 4 - Music & culture
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Round 5 - Bonus: Philosophy week
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Total score: ____ / 50
Tick one letter per question. Overwritten answers do not count.
Host sheet with all answers and sources (spoilers - open when you are ready)
Host sheet with answers - week 47
16 Nov - 22 Nov 2026
Round 1 - European cities
1. The San Siro stadium in Milan is the home ground of which two football clubs?
- A. AC Milan and Juventus
- B. AC Milan and Inter Milan ✓
- C. Inter Milan and Roma
- D. Juventus and Torino
Answer: B - AC Milan and Inter Milan (Milan, level 1/3) Wikipedia: San Siro
2. What is the Braderie de Lille, held each September?
- A. A cheese fair
- B. A marathon
- C. A carnival parade
- D. A giant street flea market ✓
Answer: D - A giant street flea market (Lille, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Braderie de Lille
3. Lille is the capital of which French region?
- A. Normandy
- B. Grand Est
- C. Hauts-de-France ✓
- D. Brittany
Answer: C - Hauts-de-France (Lille, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Lille
4. Bordeaux is the capital of which French region?
- A. Occitanie
- B. Brittany
- C. Nouvelle-Aquitaine ✓
- D. Pays de la Loire
Answer: C - Nouvelle-Aquitaine (Bordeaux, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Bordeaux
5. The Dom Luís I Bridge links Porto with which city across the river?
- A. Matosinhos
- B. Braga
- C. Maia
- D. Vila Nova de Gaia ✓
Answer: D - Vila Nova de Gaia (Porto, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Dom Luís I Bridge
6. Which style predominates in the architecture of Valencia Cathedral?
- A. Plateresque
- B. Mudéjar
- C. Churrigueresque
- D. Valencian Gothic ✓
Answer: D - Valencian Gothic (Valencia, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Valencia Cathedral
7. Under the Romans, Lyon was known by which name?
- A. Lutetia
- B. Lugdunum ✓
- C. Massilia
- D. Burdigala
Answer: B - Lugdunum (Lyon, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Lyon
8. What is St. Peter's Church (Alter Peter) in Munich?
- A. The city's tallest structure
- B. A former royal chapel
- C. The seat of the archbishop
- D. Munich's oldest parish church ✓
Answer: D - Munich's oldest parish church (Munich, level 2/3) Wikipedia: St. Peter's Church, Munich
9. Which architect won the competition to design the Opéra de Lille, built 1907–1913?
- A. Charles Garnier
- B. Victor Horta
- C. Louis Marie Cordonnier ✓
- D. Hector Guimard
Answer: C - Louis Marie Cordonnier (Lille, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Opéra de Lille
10. Supporters of which club gather at Madrid's Fountain of Neptune to celebrate trophies?
- A. Atlético Madrid ✓
- B. Real Madrid
- C. Rayo Vallecano
- D. Real Madrid Baloncesto
Answer: A - Atlético Madrid (Madrid, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Fountain of Neptune, Madrid
Round 2 - World cities & landmarks
11. Which pedestrian shopping district in Wanhua District is popular with young shoppers?
- A. Ximending ✓
- B. Dadaocheng
- C. Gongguan
- D. Tianmu
Answer: A - Ximending (Taipei, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Ximending
12. Which nickname, popularized in the 1920s, is used for New York City?
- A. The Windy City
- B. The Big Easy
- C. The Big Apple ✓
- D. The Emerald City
Answer: C - The Big Apple (New York, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Big Apple
13. Which Toronto market is particularly known for peameal bacon sandwiches?
- A. Kensington Market
- B. Yorkdale
- C. St. Lawrence Market ✓
- D. The Distillery District
Answer: C - St. Lawrence Market (Toronto, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Peameal bacon
14. Which museum on the Upper West Side is famed for its dinosaur fossils and a life-size blue whale model?
- A. Museum of the City of New York
- B. The Frick Collection
- C. American Museum of Natural History ✓
- D. Museum of Modern Art
Answer: C - American Museum of Natural History (New York, level 1/3) Wikipedia: American Museum of Natural History
15. The famous 'Jadeite Cabbage' carving is held by which Taipei museum?
- A. National Palace Museum ✓
- B. Taipei Fine Arts Museum
- C. National Taiwan Museum
- D. Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei
Answer: A - National Palace Museum (Taipei, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Jadeite Cabbage
16. Casa Loma, completed in 1914, was built as the residence of which Toronto financier?
- A. Sir Henry Pellatt ✓
- B. Timothy Eaton
- C. William Gooderham
- D. Sir John A. Macdonald
Answer: A - Sir Henry Pellatt (Toronto, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Casa Loma
17. How is New York-style pizza classically sold at takeaway counters?
- A. Only as deep-dish pies
- B. In small bite-sized cubes
- C. In square pan cuts
- D. In wide slices to go, often folded ✓
Answer: D - In wide slices to go, often folded (New York, level 1/3) Wikipedia: New York-style pizza
18. Which architect designed the spiral Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum building?
- A. Frank Lloyd Wright ✓
- B. Le Corbusier
- C. Frank Gehry
- D. I. M. Pei
Answer: A - Frank Lloyd Wright (New York, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
19. Which sports hall of fame is located in downtown Toronto?
- A. Basketball Hall of Fame
- B. Hockey Hall of Fame ✓
- C. Baseball Hall of Fame
- D. Pro Football Hall of Fame
Answer: B - Hockey Hall of Fame (Toronto, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Hockey Hall of Fame
20. Opened in 1983, which was the first museum in Taiwan built for contemporary art exhibitions?
- A. National Palace Museum
- B. Taipei Fine Arts Museum ✓
- C. Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts
- D. Chimei Museum
Answer: B - Taipei Fine Arts Museum (Taipei, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Round 3 - History & dates
21. Whose 1899 retrial by a military court was held in Rennes?
- A. Alfred Dreyfus ✓
- B. Émile Zola
- C. Georges Picquart
- D. Ferdinand Esterhazy
Answer: A - Alfred Dreyfus (Rennes, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Dreyfus affair
22. Which architect designed Zaragoza's Bridge Pavilion over the Ebro for Expo 2008?
- A. Zaha Hadid ✓
- B. Santiago Calatrava
- C. Norman Foster
- D. Rafael Moneo
Answer: A - Zaha Hadid (Zaragoza, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Bridge Pavilion
23. Since 2016 Hamburg Airport has been named after which former German chancellor?
- A. Konrad Adenauer
- B. Helmut Schmidt ✓
- C. Willy Brandt
- D. Helmut Kohl
Answer: B - Helmut Schmidt (Hamburg, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Hamburg Airport
24. Which puppet character was created in 1808 by Laurent Mourguet for his Lyon audience?
- A. Punch
- B. Pinocchio
- C. Guignol ✓
- D. Kasperle
Answer: C - Guignol (Lyon, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Guignol
25. Which military engineer is linked to the Citadel of Lille, nicknamed the "Queen of the citadels"?
- A. Gustave Eiffel
- B. Georges Haussmann
- C. Louis Napoleon
- D. Vauban ✓
Answer: D - Vauban (Lille, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Citadel of Lille
26. In which year was Burgos founded?
- A. 884 ✓
- B. 1084
- C. 784
- D. 1184
Answer: A - 884 (Burgos, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Burgos
27. The fire of 1728, the largest in Copenhagen's history, destroyed roughly what share of the city?
- A. About 5%
- B. About 55%
- C. About 28% ✓
- D. About 80%
Answer: C - About 28% (Copenhagen, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Copenhagen Fire of 1728
28. Which English prince ruled Bordeaux as capital of an independent state in 1362–1372?
- A. Richard the Lionheart
- B. Henry V
- C. John of Gaunt
- D. Edward, the Black Prince ✓
Answer: D - Edward, the Black Prince (Bordeaux, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Bordeaux
29. Who designed the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, opened in 1780?
- A. Gustave Eiffel
- B. Victor Louis ✓
- C. Jules Hardouin-Mansart
- D. Georges-Eugène Haussmann
Answer: B - Victor Louis (Bordeaux, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux
30. After which battle of 1453 was Bordeaux annexed by France?
- A. Agincourt
- B. Crécy
- C. Castillon ✓
- D. Poitiers
Answer: C - Castillon (Bordeaux, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Bordeaux
Round 4 - Music & culture
31. What is the Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK) in Copenhagen?
- A. The Danish national gallery ✓
- B. The national history museum
- C. The royal theatre
- D. The city library
Answer: A - The Danish national gallery (Copenhagen, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Statens Museum for Kunst
32. During Lyon's Festival of Lights around 8 December, residents traditionally put what on their windowsills?
- A. Candles ✓
- B. Flowers
- C. Flags
- D. Lanterns made of paper
Answer: A - Candles (Lyon, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Festival of Lights (Lyon)
33. Whose stone tomb lies in the lower choir of Lisbon's Jerónimos Monastery?
- A. Henry the Navigator
- B. Ferdinand Magellan
- C. Bartolomeu Dias
- D. Vasco da Gama ✓
Answer: D - Vasco da Gama (Lisbon, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Jerónimos Monastery
34. Lisbon's Fado Museum in Alfama occupies a building that was formerly what?
- A. A tobacco warehouse
- B. A royal riding school
- C. A pumping station for Lisbon's water supply ✓
- D. A tram depot
Answer: C - A pumping station for Lisbon's water supply (Lisbon, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Fado Museum
35. Amsterdam's Vondelpark is named after which Dutch poet and playwright?
- A. Multatuli
- B. Hugo Grotius
- C. Joost van den Vondel ✓
- D. Constantijn Huygens
Answer: C - Joost van den Vondel (Amsterdam, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Vondelpark
36. Museum Ludwig in Cologne holds one of Europe's largest collections of works by which artist?
- A. Pablo Picasso ✓
- B. Claude Monet
- C. Rembrandt
- D. Albrecht Dürer
Answer: A - Pablo Picasso (Cologne, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Museum Ludwig
37. Which of these Rennes festivals is a film festival?
- A. Travelling ✓
- B. Stunfest
- C. Les Transmusicales
- D. Les Tombées de la Nuit
Answer: A - Travelling (Rennes, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Rennes
38. The Street Parade in Zurich is mainly a parade for which music?
- A. Classical music
- B. Folk music
- C. Electronic dance music (techno) ✓
- D. Jazz
Answer: C - Electronic dance music (techno) (Zurich, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Street Parade
39. On what date was the Atapuerca Museum of Human Evolution inaugurated?
- A. 13 July 2000
- B. 13 July 2010 ✓
- C. 31 December 2010
- D. 13 July 1997
Answer: B - 13 July 2010 (Burgos, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Burgos
40. The Hamburger Kunsthalle covers how many centuries of European art?
- A. Three
- B. Five
- C. Seven ✓
- D. Ten
Answer: C - Seven (Hamburg, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Kunsthalle Hamburg
Round 5 - Bonus: Philosophy week
41. Astrid Lindgren, the Swedish author, created which red-plaited children's heroine (Universal Children's Day is 20 November)?
- A. Pippi Longstocking ✓
- B. Heidi
- C. Matilda
- D. Anne of Green Gables
Answer: A - Pippi Longstocking (Philosophy week) Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump) is Astrid Lindgren's best-known character, first published in 1945. Wikipedia: Pippi Longstocking
42. On which day is UNESCO's World Philosophy Day marked each year?
- A. The third Thursday of November ✓
- B. The first Monday of March
- C. 21 June
- D. The last Friday of September
Answer: A - The third Thursday of November (Philosophy week) UNESCO celebrates World Philosophy Day on the third Thursday of November; in 2026 that is 19 November. Wikipedia: World Philosophy Day
43. Beaujolais Nouveau, released every year on the third Thursday of November, is made from which red grape?
- A. Pinot Noir
- B. Merlot
- C. Gamay ✓
- D. Syrah
Answer: C - Gamay (Philosophy week) Beaujolais Nouveau is made from the Gamay grape and released a few weeks after the harvest. Wikipedia: Beaujolais nouveau
44. On which date is International Men's Day marked each year?
- A. 8 March
- B. 1 May
- C. 19 November ✓
- D. 21 September
Answer: C - 19 November (Philosophy week) International Men's Day is observed on 19 November. Wikipedia: International Men's Day
45. Which philosopher, a student of Plato, was the tutor of Alexander the Great?
- A. Socrates
- B. Aristotle ✓
- C. Epicurus
- D. Diogenes
Answer: B - Aristotle (Philosophy week) Aristotle studied at Plato's Academy and later taught the young Alexander of Macedon. Wikipedia: Aristotle
46. "I think, therefore I am" ("Cogito, ergo sum") is the best-known line of which French philosopher?
- A. Voltaire
- B. Blaise Pascal
- C. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- D. René Descartes ✓
Answer: D - René Descartes (Philosophy week) The line is associated with René Descartes; it appears in French in his Discourse on the Method (1637). Wikipedia: Cogito, ergo sum
47. Pilsner Urquell, the world's first golden pale lager (1842), is brewed in which Czech city?
- A. Brno
- B. Prague
- C. Ostrava
- D. Plzeň ✓
Answer: D - Plzeň (Philosophy week) Pilsner Urquell was first brewed in Plzeň (Pilsen) in 1842 and gave its name to the pilsner style. Wikipedia: Pilsner Urquell Brewery
48. The Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the UN in 1989, is linked to which annual day on 20 November?
- A. World Television Day
- B. Universal Children's Day ✓
- C. World Philosophy Day
- D. International Men's Day
Answer: B - Universal Children's Day (Philosophy week) Universal Children's Day is on 20 November, the date the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989. Wikipedia: Universal Children's Day
49. In 1926, which Scottish inventor gave the first public demonstration of a working television system (World Television Day is 21 November)?
- A. Alexander Graham Bell
- B. John Logie Baird ✓
- C. James Clerk Maxwell
- D. Alexander Fleming
Answer: B - John Logie Baird (Philosophy week) John Logie Baird demonstrated a working television system in London in January 1926. Wikipedia: John Logie Baird
50. Which German philosopher wrote the Critique of Pure Reason (1781)?
- A. Hegel
- B. Nietzsche
- C. Schopenhauer
- D. Immanuel Kant ✓
Answer: D - Immanuel Kant (Philosophy week) Immanuel Kant published the Critique of Pure Reason in 1781. Wikipedia: Critique of Pure Reason
Tiebreakers
T1. In which year was the Amsterdam football club AFC Ajax founded?
Answer: 1900 (Amsterdam) Wikipedia: AFC Ajax
T2 (only if still level). The Eiffel Tower was built as the centrepiece of which year's World's Fair?
Answer: 1889 (Paris) Wikipedia: Eiffel Tower
Teams write a year; closest wins. Equal distance: use T2.
Scoreboard
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