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WithQuiz League paper 25/03/26 |
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ROUND 1 - Hidden theme - 'O Captain, My Captain'
1.
Which summer Olympic sub-discipline involves competitors chasing a motorised pace-setter?
2.
Which American filmmaker wrote the screenplay for Call Me By Your Name and directed at least 40 films including The Remains of the Day?
3.
Which British actress, formerly married to James McAvoy, has starred in TV series such as Shameless, Sex Education, and Bad Sisters?
4.
Paul Carrack recorded lead vocals for the songs Over My Shoulders and The Living Years by which pop group?
5.
Who, besides Lepidus and Octavian, was a member of the Second Triumvirate between 43 and 32 BC?
6.
Now operating more than 2,700 stores, which company became, in February 2026, the largest chain in the UK’s branded coffee and food shop market?
7.
Which eponymous character from the Studio Ghibli stable possessed a moving castle?
8.
Which fictional character in a horror film franchise, most notably portrayed by Jason Miller, first appeared on screen in 1973, assisting Lankester Merrin with a house call in Washington DC?
Sp.
Which city in Indiana is the birthplace of the economist Joseph Stiglitz and the singer Michael Jackson?
ROUND 2 -
Pairs on Hubris
In honour of the English cricket
team’s remarkable implosion in Australia, this round pays tribute to
notable demonstrations of hubris and other calamitous collapses
1.
At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives were reduced to 121 seats, their worst result since they returned 175 seats in the 1832 election. Who was the Tory leader, a former and future prime minister, in 1832?
2.
In which country did the 1993 general election see the governing Progressive Conservative party lose all but 2 of its seats?
3.
At the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, a United States army led by George Custer was routed by which Native American people?
4.
At the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879, a British army commanded by Major-General Lord Chelmsford was humiliated by which African people?
5.
At the 1996 Masters Tournament, which golfer gave up a six-shot lead to Nick Faldo, ultimately losing by five shots?
6.
Which English rugby team was leading Leinster 22-6 at half-time in the 2011 Heineken Cup final, only to concede 27 unanswered points in the second half?
7.
Which 1980 film effectively led to the bankruptcy of the United Artists studio? Its director’s previous (debut) film had won the Best Picture Oscar.
8.
Which 2003 ensemble film, based on a graphic novel by Alan Moore, effectively killed the career of its director Stephen Norrington and prompted Sean Connery to retire?
Sp.
In Greek mythology, when Daedalus and Icarus sought to fly, which king of Crete accused them of treason?
ROUND 3 - Musical Pairs
1.
According to band member Stephen Morris, Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart was written as a reply to which Neil Sedaka song, first recorded in the same studio?
2.
Neil Sedaka's first hit as a singer was written about an ex-girlfriend, surname Klein. She wrote a reply song called Oh Neil. By what name is she better known?
3.
Which musician recorded the best-selling solo piano album in jazz history in 1975 on a faulty piano? He has also recorded Bach and Handel on harpsichord.
4.
Which Berlin-born performer, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra from 1968 to 1979, also wrote at least 50 film scores, was a respected jazz pianist and had a sideline in comedy?
5.
Which Pennsylvania-born actor, star of several Wes Anderson films, also sings and plays jazz piano with The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra?
6.
Steve Martin is best known as a stand-up comedian and actor, but he has also won three Grammy awards. Which musical instrument does he play?
7.
After listening to Sibelius's third symphony, which Russian composer, best known for an insect-related piece, said: "Why don't you do it the usual way"? (surname will suffice)
8.
Which American composer, best-known for a proletarian fanfare, said: "Listening to the fifth symphony of Vaughan-Williams is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes." (surname will suffice)
Sp.
Which Dagenham-born performer attended Magdalen College Oxford on an organ scholarship and played jazz piano as well as being a successful comedian and film actor?
ROUND 4 -
Picture Round - '
A Picture Round to remind us that
some Americans are great and worth celebratingMAGA
- MAAG - Many Americans Are Great'
1.
Name
this writer and Civil and Gay rights activist. His novels
include Go Tell it on the Mountain, Giovanni’s Room and
If Beale Street Could Talk.
2.
Who
is the artist who created this? Born 1930, this painting
from 1954 – 55 began his famous Flag series following his
destruction of all his previous work.
3.
These are the opening bars of a piece of music from 1924. It incorporates classical music elements with Jazz. Both the title and the name of the composer are needed.

4.
These are the last written words of which abolitionist, penned on the day of his execution by hanging for treason and insurrection, after inciting slaves to revolt?

5.
An
escaped slave, who is this abolitionist and activist in women’s
suffrage, who helped enslaved people escape using an organised
network of safe houses called ‘The Underground Railroad’?
She died aged 91 in New York in 1913.
6.
From which piece of music are these the opening bars? It has been used in several films and was played at the funeral of JFK? Both the title and the name of the composer are needed.

7.
Who
is the artist and activist who created this? He was born
in 1958, and died from an Aids-related illness in 1990?
8.
Who
is this academic and Pulitzer Prize winning novelist? His
novels include: The Trees, Erasure, I am not Sidney Poitier,
and James.
Sp1
Hated
by the president who is this Somali-born congress woman?
She represents the state of Minnesota.
Sp2
Hated
by the president, who is this congress woman of Puerto Rican
heritage? She represents the city of New York and is often
known by her initials.
ROUND 5 -
'Czech Mate'
While you lot are quizzing,
Prodigal Jimmy is in Pilsen quaffing fine Czech lagers and enjoying
hearty fare. Tomorrow, he wends his way to Prague for Ireland’s
world cup play-off. Here’s a round on Czechia for you to enjoy.
1.
The mighty Tomas Soucek of West Ham recently became the all-time leading Czech goalscorer in the Premier League. Which solid citizen did he replace at the top of this list? (surname will suffice)
2.
Football fans of a certain age remember Panenka’s penalty that clinched the 1976 European Championship for what was then Czechoslovakia. But who kept goal for the Czechs that night in Belgrade? He shares his surname with a British children's comic that featured the legendary athlete Alf Tupper ('The Tough of the Track'). (surname will suffice)
3.
Written by Jaroslav Hasek and set during World War One in Austria-Hungary, which novel is the most translated book of Czech literature? Its plot revolves around a simple-minded, middle-aged man who appears to be enthusiastic about serving in the military.
4.
Josef K is the main protagonist in which Franz Kafka novel? It was first published in 1925.
5.
The Czech spa town of Mariánské Lázně is featured in the title of a 1961 French new wave avant-garde psychological drama film, though the title of the film uses its German name. What is the film?
6.
Which Czech born film maker won two academy awards for best director; first in 1975 and once again in 1984?
7.
Which Czech composer’s Ninth Symphony is probably best remembered by the great unwashed (including this setter) for its use in selling brown bread in the 1970s? (surname will suffice)
8.
Born Marie Jana Korbelova in Prague in 1937 she later served as the US secretary of state from 1997 to 2001 under what name?
Sp1
Czech athlete Emil Zatopek won gold in which three events at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki?
Sp2
The battle of Austerlitz took place approximately 10 kilometres south-east of which modern day Czech city?
ROUND 6 - Pairs
1.
What was unusual about the title held by Jagwida? She ruled Poland in the 14th century and united her realm with Lithuania?
2.
Which descriptive epithet was added to the name of William I of Orange, who ruled the Netherlands from 1544 to 1584?
3.
In 2003 which British politician was registered as the world's oldest ever player by the English Football League and given the shirt number 90 to celebrate his birthday?
4.
In 1957 Michael Foot published a biographical study called The Pen and the Sword. Who was its subject?
5.
Eunice Waymon was born in North Carolina in 1933. By what name is she better known?
What was the birth name of the Hollywood actor, director and screenwriter we know as Albert Brooks?
7.
What is the only Yorkshire location not historically included in any of the three Ridings?
8.
Which non-Yorkshire English county traditionally contains North, South and West Ridings?
Sp1
What links Frida Kahlo, Joni Mitchell and Franklin D Roosevelt?
Sp2
What links Nicole Kidman, Bruno Mars and Bette Midler?
Sp3
Which Victorian physicist was one of the first people to climb the Matterhorn? He shares his name with a far-right political leader of the twentieth century.
ROUND 7 - Run-ons
Usual rules apply with sound-alikes and part word overlaps
1.
Extremely raunchy Canadian TV series about a gay love affair in the world of ice hockey;
&
A 1972 single by Steely Dan opening with the line "Your everlasting summer, you can see it fading fast".
2.
Common name for the pandemic which ravaged the Mediterranean and the Near East in the sixth century AD;
&
1980 single by Queen, noted for John Deacon’s propulsive bassline, that could have served as a theme tune for that pandemic.
3.
1962 history book by Barbara Tuchman about the outbreak of the First World War;
&
Austrian painter whose Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, also known as The Woman in Gold, is one of the most expensive pieces of art ever sold.
4.
A four-word phrase from the biblical book of 1 Corinthians about using a mirror to see;
&
1900 poem by Thomas Hardy about a bird enlivening the dreary winter.
5.
Mandarin word meaning 'Gate of Heavenly Peace' which rolled to global notoriety in 1989;
&
Song and military march thought to commemorate the siege of a Welsh castle during the Wars of the Roses.
6.
Pseudonym used by Donald Trump when complaining to newspapers and magazines;
&
Name given to the domestic conflicts which occurred during the reigns of King John and Henry III.
7.
Celebrated fashion designer murdered by Andrew Cunanan in Miami in 1997;
&
British advertising agency noted for the 1979 ‘Labour Isn’t Working’ campaign.
8.
Sultanate and empire which ruled Egypt and the Levant from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries;
&
1956 stage play about discontented life in the Midlands.
Sp.
Second-shortest-serving Chancellor of the Exchequer in history, now seen flogging crypto-currency;
&
Animist belief system concerning a sky god that was the dominant religion of the Mongol Empire.
ROUND 8 - Reversed Pairs - 'Sporting Geography'
1.
In November 2025, what striker, who plays for Italian club Cremonese, became the first English player to be named Player of the Month for Serie A? (surname will suffice)
2.
In 2019, what country became the smallest by both population and area to have ever produced a Formula 1 Grand Prix winner?
3.
Of all the stadiums ever to have hosted a FIFA Men's World Cup match, the one lying closest to the equator is located in what city? Capital of its country's largest state, it has an estimated population of approximately 2.28 million people.
4.
Of all the cricket grounds to have hosted more than 25 Test matches, the one furthest from the sea is in which major city?
5.
Hosting its first Test match in 1998, and quite possibly the closest Test cricket ground to the sea, with its boundary barely 100 metres away from the shore, the only Test venue adjoining a UNESCO World Heritage site is in what city?
6.
With a population of approximately 1.9 million, what is the easternmost of all the cities to have hosted a FIFA Men's World Cup match?
7.
In the 2025 F1 season, what country hosted the highest-altitude Grand Prix, with its track located approximately 2,240 metres above sea-level?
8.
In October 2018, the German Bundesliga gave its second ever Player of the Month award to which English player? (surname will suffice)
Sp.
Which American Football franchise in the NFL has the most northerly stadium?
Go to Round 8 questions with answers
ROUND 1 - Hidden theme - 'O Captain, My Captain'
1.
Which summer Olympic sub-discipline involves competitors chasing a motorised pace-setter?
Keirin
2.
Which American filmmaker wrote the screenplay for Call Me By Your Name and directed at least 40 films including The Remains of the Day?
James Ivory
3.
Which British actress, formerly married to James McAvoy, has starred in TV series such as Shameless, Sex Education, and Bad Sisters?
Anne-Marie Duff
4.
Paul Carrack recorded lead vocals for the songs Over My Shoulders and The Living Years by which pop group?
Mike & the Mechanics
5.
Who, besides Lepidus and Octavian, was a member of the Second Triumvirate between 43 and 32 BC?
Mark Antony
6.
Now operating more than 2,700 stores, which company became, in February 2026, the largest chain in the UK’s branded coffee and food shop market?
Greggs
7.
Which eponymous character from the Studio Ghibli stable possessed a moving castle?
Howl
8.
Which fictional character in a horror film franchise, most notably portrayed by Jason Miller, first appeared on screen in 1973, assisting Lankester Merrin with a house call in Washington DC?
Father Damien
(Karras in The Exorcist)
Sp.
Which city in Indiana is the birthplace of the economist Joseph Stiglitz and the singer Michael Jackson?
Gary
Theme: Each answer contains the first name, or the sound of the first name, of a WithQuiz team captain as per the website
Go back to Round 1 questions without answers
ROUND 2 - Pairs on Hubris
In honour of the English cricket team’s remarkable implosion in Australia, this round pays tribute to notable demonstrations of hubris and other calamitous collapses
1.
At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives were reduced to 121 seats, their worst result since they returned 175 seats in the 1832 election. Who was the Tory leader, a former and future prime minister, in 1832?
Duke of Wellington
2.
In which country did the 1993 general election see the governing Progressive Conservative party lose all but 2 of its seats?
Canada
3.
At the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, a United States army led by George Custer was routed by which Native American people?
Lakota / Sioux
(accept either)
4.
At the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879, a British army commanded by Major-General Lord Chelmsford was humiliated by which African people?
Zulu
5.
At the 1996 Masters Tournament, which golfer gave up a six-shot lead to Nick Faldo, ultimately losing by five shots?
Greg Norman
6.
Which English rugby team was leading Leinster 22-6 at half-time in the 2011 Heineken Cup final, only to concede 27 unanswered points in the second half?
Northampton (Saints)
7.
Which 1980 film effectively led to the bankruptcy of the United Artists studio? Its director’s previous (debut) film had won the Best Picture Oscar.
Heaven’s Gate
8.
Which 2003 ensemble film, based on a graphic novel by Alan Moore, effectively killed the career of its director Stephen Norrington and prompted Sean Connery to retire?
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Sp.
In Greek mythology, when Daedalus and Icarus sought to fly, which king of Crete accused them of treason?
Minos
(he thought Daedalus had helped Theseus to escape the labyrinth)
Go back to Round 2 questions without answers
ROUND 3 - Musical Pairs
1.
According to band member Stephen Morris, Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart was written as a reply to which Neil Sedaka song, first recorded in the same studio?
Love Will Keep Us Together
2.
Neil Sedaka's first hit as a singer was written about an ex-girlfriend, surname Klein. She wrote a reply song called Oh Neil. By what name is she better known?
Carol King
3.
Which musician recorded the best-selling solo piano album in jazz history in 1975 on a faulty piano? He has also recorded Bach and Handel on harpsichord.
Keith Jarrett
(The Koln Concert is the album in question)
4.
Which Berlin-born performer, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra from 1968 to 1979, also wrote at least 50 film scores, was a respected jazz pianist and had a sideline in comedy?
Andre Prévin
5.
Which Pennsylvania-born actor, star of several Wes Anderson films, also sings and plays jazz piano with The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra?
Jeff Goldblum
6.
Steve Martin is best known as a stand-up comedian and actor, but he has also won three Grammy awards. Which musical instrument does he play?
Banjo
7.
After listening to Sibelius's third symphony, which Russian composer, best known for an insect-related piece, said: "Why don't you do it the usual way"? (surname will suffice)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
(Flight of the Bumble Bee)
8.
Which American composer, best-known for a proletarian fanfare, said: "Listening to the fifth symphony of Vaughan-Williams is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes." (surname will suffice)
Aaron Copland
(Fanfare for the Common Man)
Sp.
Which Dagenham-born performer attended Magdalen College Oxford on an organ scholarship and played jazz piano as well as being a successful comedian and film actor?
Dudley Moore
Go back to Round 3 questions without answers
ROUND 4
-
Picture Round - 'MAGA
- MAAG - Many Americans Are Great'
A Picture Round to remind us that some Americans are great and worth celebrating
1.
Name
this writer and Civil and Gay rights activist. His novels
include Go Tell it on the Mountain, Giovanni’s Room and
If Beale Street Could Talk.
James Baldwin
2.
Who
is the artist who created this? Born 1930, this painting
from 1954 – 55 began his famous Flag series following his
destruction of all his previous work.
Jasper Johns
3.
These are the opening bars of a piece of music from 1924. It incorporates classical music elements with Jazz. Both the title and the name of the composer are needed.

Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin
4.
These are the last written words of which abolitionist, penned on the day of his execution by hanging for treason and insurrection, after inciting slaves to revolt?

John Brown
5.
An
escaped slave, who is this abolitionist and activist in women’s
suffrage, who helped enslaved people escape using an organised
network of safe houses called ‘The Underground Railroad’?
She died aged 91 in New York in 1913.
Harriet Tubman
6.
From which piece of music are these the opening bars? It has been used in several films and was played at the funeral of JFK? Both the title and the name of the composer are needed.

Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber
7.
Who
is the artist and activist who created this? He was born
in 1958, and died from an Aids-related illness in 1990?
Keith Haring
8.
Who
is this academic and Pulitzer Prize winning novelist? His
novels include: The Trees, Erasure, I am not Sidney Poitier,
and James.
Percival Everett
Sp1
Hated
by the president who is this Somali-born congress woman?
She represents the state of Minnesota.
Ilhan Omar
Sp2
Hated
by the president, who is this congress woman of Puerto Rican
heritage? She represents the city of New York and is often
known by her initials.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Go back to Round 4 questions without answers
ROUND 5 - 'Czech Mate'
While you lot are quizzing, Prodigal Jimmy is in Pilsen quaffing fine Czech lagers and enjoying hearty fare. Tomorrow, he wends his way to Prague for Ireland’s world cup play-off. Here’s a round on Czechia for you to enjoy.
1.
The mighty Tomas Soucek of West Ham recently became the all-time leading Czech goalscorer in the Premier League. Which solid citizen did he replace at the top of this list? (surname will suffice)
(Patrik) Berger
2.
Football fans of a certain age remember Panenka’s penalty that clinched the 1976 European Championship for what was then Czechoslovakia. But who kept goal for the Czechs that night in Belgrade? He shares his surname with a British children's comic that featured the legendary athlete Alf Tupper ('The Tough of the Track'). (surname will suffice)
(Ivo) Viktor
3.
Written by Jaroslav Hasek and set during World War One in Austria-Hungary, which novel is the most translated book of Czech literature? Its plot revolves around a simple-minded, middle-aged man who appears to be enthusiastic about serving in the military.
The Good Soldier Švejk
4.
Josef K is the main protagonist in which Franz Kafka novel? It was first published in 1925.
The Trial
5.
The Czech spa town of Mariánské Lázně is featured in the title of a 1961 French new wave avant-garde psychological drama film, though the title of the film uses its German name. What is the film?
Last year at Marienbad
6.
Which Czech born film maker won two academy awards for best director; first in 1975 and once again in 1984?
Milos Forman
7.
Which Czech composer’s Ninth Symphony is probably best remembered by the great unwashed (including this setter) for its use in selling brown bread in the 1970s? (surname will suffice)
(Antonin) Dvorak
(New World Symphony / Hovis ad)
8.
Born Marie Jana Korbelova in Prague in 1937 she later served as the US secretary of state from 1997 to 2001 under what name?
Madeleine Albright
Sp1
Czech athlete Emil Zatopek won gold in which three events at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki?
5,000 metres, 10,000 metres and the Marathon
Sp2
The battle of Austerlitz took place approximately 10 kilometres south-east of which modern day Czech city?
Brno
Go back to Round 5 questions without answers
ROUND 6 - Pairs
1.
What was unusual about the title held by Jagwida? She ruled Poland in the 14th century and united her realm with Lithuania?
She was a female king, rather than a queen
2.
Which descriptive epithet was added to the name of William I of Orange, who ruled the Netherlands from 1544 to 1584?
(William the) Silent
3.
In 2003 which British politician was registered as the world's oldest ever player by the English Football League and given the shirt number 90 to celebrate his birthday?
Michael Foot
4.
In 1957 Michael Foot published a biographical study called The Pen and the Sword. Who was its subject?
Jonathan Swift
5.
Eunice Waymon was born in North Carolina in 1933. By what name is she better known?
Nina Simone
6.
What was the birth name of the Hollywood actor, director and screenwriter we know as Albert Brooks?
Albert Einstein
7.
What is the only Yorkshire location not historically included in any of the three Ridings?
The city of York
8.
Which non-Yorkshire English county traditionally contains North, South and West Ridings?
Lincolnshire
(they are subdivisions of Lindsey)
Sp1
What links Frida Kahlo, Joni Mitchell and Franklin D Roosevelt?
All survived polio
Sp2
What links Nicole Kidman, Bruno Mars and Bette Midler?
All born in Hawaii
Sp3
Which Victorian physicist was one of the first people to climb the Matterhorn? He shares his name with a far-right political leader of the twentieth century.
John Tyndall
Go back to Round 6 questions without answers
ROUND 7 -
Run-ons
Usual rules apply with sound-alikes
and part word overlaps
1.
Extremely raunchy Canadian TV series about a gay love affair in the world of ice hockey;
&
A 1972 single by Steely Dan opening with the line "Your everlasting summer, you can see it fading fast".
Heated Rivalry /
Reelin’ in the Years
2.
Common name for the pandemic which ravaged the Mediterranean and the Near East in the sixth century AD;
&
1980 single by Queen, noted for John Deacon’s propulsive bassline, that could have served as a theme tune for that pandemic.
Plague of Justinian /
Another One Bites the Dust
3.
1962 history book by Barbara Tuchman about the outbreak of the First World War;
&
Austrian painter whose Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, also known as The Woman in Gold, is one of the most expensive pieces of art ever sold.
The Guns of August /
Gustav Klimt
4.
A four-word phrase from the biblical book of 1 Corinthians about using a mirror to see;
&
1900 poem by Thomas Hardy about a bird enlivening the dreary winter.
Through a glass darkly /
Darkling Thrush
5.
Mandarin word meaning 'Gate of Heavenly Peace' which rolled to global notoriety in 1989;
&
Song and military march thought to commemorate the siege of a Welsh castle during the Wars of the Roses.
Tiananmen /
Men of Harlech
6.
Pseudonym used by Donald Trump when complaining to newspapers and magazines;
&
Name given to the domestic conflicts which occurred during the reigns of King John and Henry III.
John Barron /
Barons’ War
7.
Celebrated fashion designer murdered by Andrew Cunanan in Miami in 1997;
&
British advertising agency noted for the 1979 ‘Labour Isn’t Working’ campaign.
Gianni Versace /
Saatchi & Saatchi
8.
Sultanate and empire which ruled Egypt and the Levant from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries;
&
1956 stage play about discontented life in the Midlands.
Mamluk / Look Back in Anger
Sp.
Second-shortest-serving Chancellor of the Exchequer in history, now seen flogging crypto-currency;
&
Animist belief system concerning a sky god that was the dominant religion of the Mongol Empire.
Kwasi Kwarteng /
Tengrism
Go back to Round 7 questions without answers
ROUND 8 - Reversed Pairs - 'Sporting Geography'
1.
In November 2025, what striker, who plays for Italian club Cremonese, became the first English player to be named Player of the Month for Serie A? (surname will suffice)
(Jamie) Vardy
2.
In 2019, what country became the smallest by both population and area to have ever produced a Formula 1 Grand Prix winner?
Monaco
(the driver is Charles Leclerc)
3.
Of all the stadiums ever to have hosted a FIFA Men's World Cup match, the one lying closest to the equator is located in what city? Capital of its country's largest state, it has an estimated population of approximately 2.28 million people.
Manaus
(Arena da Amazônia; Capital of Amazonas, Brazil)
4.
Of all the cricket grounds to have hosted more than 25 Test matches, the one furthest from the sea is in which major city?
Lahore
(Gaddafi Stadium, Pakistan – approximately 1,000 km from the sea)
5.
Hosting its first Test match in 1998, and quite possibly the closest Test cricket ground to the sea, with its boundary barely 100 metres away from the shore, the only Test venue adjoining a UNESCO World Heritage site is in what city?
Galle
(accept Gālla or Kāli, the city’s names in Sinhala and Tamil respectively; Sri Lanka's Galle Fort is a UNESCO World Heritage site)
6.
With a population of approximately 1.9 million, what is the easternmost of all the cities to have hosted a FIFA Men's World Cup match?
Sapporo
(Japan)
7.
In the 2025 F1 season, what country hosted the highest-altitude Grand Prix, with its track located approximately 2,240 metres above sea-level?
Mexico
(Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City)
8.
In October 2018, the German Bundesliga gave its second ever Player of the Month award to which English player? (surname will suffice)
(Jadon) Sancho
Sp.
Which American Football franchise in the NFL has the most northerly stadium?
Seattle Seahawks