Name a member of the European Union.
Membership as of September 2026. Country names and common aliases count.
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Name a founding member of the European Economic Community.
One of the six countries that signed the Treaty of Rome in 1957.
Name a country that joined the EU in 2004.
The ten-country enlargement of 1 May 2004.
Name one of the 50 U.S. states.
State names or two-letter postal abbreviations. No territories.
Name a U.S. state whose name begins with N.
Use the full state name or its postal abbreviation.
Name a country that joined the EU in 1995.
The three-country enlargement of 1 January 1995.
Name an element with atomic number 30 or below.
The first 30 elements. Element names and chemical symbols both count.
Name one of the first ten chemical elements.
Atomic numbers 1–10, inclusive. Names or symbols accepted.
Name an element with atomic number 11 to 20.
Both endpoints count. Names or symbols accepted.
Name an element with atomic number 21 to 30.
Both endpoints count. Names or symbols accepted.
Name one of the seven SI base units.
Base units only. Unit names, plurals and symbols are accepted.
Name an element with a one-letter symbol and atomic number 30 or below.
Both conditions must match. Names and symbols accepted.
Name a planet in our solar system.
The eight planets. Dwarf planets are not included.
Name a rocky planet in our solar system.
One of the four terrestrial planets.
Name a planet farther from the Sun than Mars.
Only the four outer planets. Dwarf planets do not count.
Name one of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons.
The four large moons first observed by Galileo in 1610.
Name a gas giant or ice giant in our solar system.
One of the four giant planets.
Name a solar-system planet with at least six letters in its English name.
The eight planets. Count letters in the English name.
Name one of Jane Austen’s six completed novels.
Published novels only. Unfinished works and juvenilia do not count.
Name a Jane Austen novel published before 1815.
First publication year. Three novels fit.
Name a Jane Austen novel published after 1814.
First publication year. Three novels fit.
Name a Jane Austen novel with a place in its title.
One of her six completed novels. The title itself names a place.
Name a Jane Austen novel with more than one word in its title.
Use the complete title of one of her six completed novels.
Name a Jane Austen novel with a one-word title.
One of her six completed and published novels.
Name a country that won the men’s FIFA World Cup.
Tournaments from 1930 through 2022. Germany includes West Germany.
Name a European men’s FIFA World Cup winner.
Tournaments from 1930 through 2022. Country names accepted.
Name a South American men’s FIFA World Cup winner.
Tournaments from 1930 through 2022.
Name a country with at least two men’s FIFA World Cup titles.
Titles won from 1930 through 2022, inclusive.
Name a country with exactly one men’s FIFA World Cup title through 2022.
Count only men’s tournaments from 1930 through 2022.
Name a country that won the men’s FIFA World Cup before 1970.
A title in any tournament from 1930 through 1966. Germany includes West Germany.
Name a word in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
A codeword such as those used in radio communication. Not just a letter.
Name a NATO codeword representing a letter from A to M.
The first half of the phonetic alphabet. Enter the codeword.
Name a NATO codeword representing a letter from N to Z.
The second half of the phonetic alphabet. Enter the codeword.
Name a four-letter NATO phonetic codeword.
Use the official spelling. Alfa, not Alpha, is four letters.
Name a five-letter NATO phonetic codeword.
Count letters in the official spelling, ignoring punctuation.
Name a NATO phonetic codeword with at least seven letters.
Use the official spelling. Enter the full codeword.
Name a Pixar feature film released before 2010.
Feature films released from 1995 through 2009. Short films do not count.
Name a Pixar feature film released in the 1990s.
The release year must be between 1990 and 1999, inclusive.
Name a Pixar feature film released in the 2000s.
The release year must be between 2000 and 2009, inclusive.
Name a Pixar feature released in an even-numbered year before 2010.
Use the original release year, from 1995 through 2009.
Name a Pixar feature before 2010 with a one-word title.
Count words in its English title. A hyphenated title counts as one word.
Name a Pixar feature before 2010 whose title starts with T.
Use the full English title, including an opening “The”. Enter the film title.
Name an NBA team in the Atlantic Division.
Use the 2025–26 division alignment. Current franchise names or listed nicknames count.
Name an NBA team in the Central Division.
Use the 2025–26 division alignment. Current franchise names or listed nicknames count.
Name an NBA team in the Southeast Division.
Use the 2025–26 division alignment. Current franchise names or listed nicknames count.
Name an NBA team in the Northwest Division.
Use the 2025–26 division alignment. Current franchise names or listed nicknames count.
Name an NBA team in the Pacific Division.
Use the 2025–26 division alignment. Current franchise names or listed nicknames count.
Name an NBA team in the Southwest Division.
Use the 2025–26 division alignment. Current franchise names or listed nicknames count.
Name a tennis Grand Slam tournament.
The four annual Grand Slam tournaments, as played in 2024. Enter the tournament name.
Name a city that hosts a tennis Grand Slam.
Use the host cities of the four Grand Slam tournaments in 2024.
Name a country that hosts a tennis Grand Slam.
Use the host countries of the four Grand Slam tournaments in 2024. United Kingdom and England are accepted for Wimbledon.
Name a tennis Grand Slam played in Europe.
Enter a tournament, not its city. Use the 2024 locations.
Name a tennis Grand Slam played on hard courts.
Use the playing surfaces of the four Grand Slams in 2024.
Name a European city that hosts a tennis Grand Slam.
Use the 2024 host cities. Enter the city, not the tournament.
Name a Summer Olympics host city from 2000 through 2024.
Use the official edition year. Tokyo 2020 counts even though it was held in 2021.
Name a Winter Olympics host city from 1998 through 2022.
Enter the host city, not the host country. Later editions are outside this set.
Name a European Summer Olympics host city from 2000 through 2024.
Use host cities of the Summer Games, not the Winter Games.
Name an Asian Summer Olympics host city from 1988 through 2024.
Use the official edition year, including Tokyo 2020.
Name an Asian Winter Olympics host city from 1998 through 2022.
City names only. Pyeongchang is in South Korea, distinct from Pyongyang.
Name a Summer Olympics host city south of the equator through 2024.
Completed Summer Games from 1896 through 2024. Future hosts do not count.
Name a team that won the men’s UEFA European Championship through 2024.
1960–2024 finals. Use historical national-team identities; Germany includes West Germany.
Name a team with at least two men’s EURO titles through 2024.
Count championships from 1960 to 2024. Germany includes West Germany.
Name a team with exactly one men’s EURO title through 2024.
Use the winning team’s historical identity. Russia and Czechia do not replace former states here.
Name a men’s EURO champion from 2000 through 2024.
A team must have won at least one edition in this date range.
Name a men’s EURO champion before 1980.
Editions from 1960 through 1976. Enter the historical team name; Germany includes West Germany.
Name a men’s EURO finalist that had never won the title by 2024.
At least one final appearance from 1960–2024, but no title. Keep Yugoslavia distinct from successor states.
Name a country in south america.
UN M49 grouping, September 2026. Sovereign UN member states only; territories are excluded. Mexico counts as Central America in this grouping.
Name a country in central america.
UN M49 grouping, September 2026. Sovereign UN member states only; territories are excluded. Mexico counts as Central America in this grouping.
Name a country in central asia.
UN M49 grouping, September 2026. Sovereign UN member states only; territories are excluded. Mexico counts as Central America in this grouping.
Name a country in southeast asia.
UN M49 grouping, September 2026. Sovereign UN member states only; territories are excluded. Mexico counts as Central America in this grouping.
Name a country in southern africa.
UN M49 grouping, September 2026. Sovereign UN member states only; territories are excluded. Mexico counts as Central America in this grouping.
Name a Nordic country.
The five sovereign Nordic countries. Autonomous territories do not count.
Name the capital of a G7 country.
September 2026 names. Enter a capital city, not a country. Territories are excluded.
Name the capital of a Nordic country.
September 2026 names. Enter a capital city, not a country. Territories are excluded.
Name the capital of a country in central asia.
September 2026 names. Enter a capital city, not a country. Territories are excluded.
Name the capital of a country in south america.
September 2026 names. Use constitutional capitals: Sucre counts for Bolivia; La Paz is its seat of government.
Name the capital of a country in central america.
September 2026 names. UN M49 grouping includes Mexico. Enter the capital city.
Name the capital of a country in east asia.
September 2026 names. UN member states in Eastern Asia only. Territories are excluded.
Name one of Earth’s five named oceans.
Use NOAA’s five-basin convention. Southern Ocean and Antarctic Ocean are accepted names for the fifth.
Name one of North America’s five Great Lakes.
Enter a lake name. Lake St. Clair is outside the five-lake set.
Name a Great Lake shared by Canada and the United States.
The five North American Great Lakes; exclude a lake wholly within one country.
Name a country touched by the Danube’s main channel.
Countries the river flows through or along as a border. Other drainage-basin countries do not count.
Name a country with a shore on Lake Victoria.
The lake’s shoreline, not the wider drainage basin.
Name a national capital on the Danube.
Current capital cities directly on the main river, in the September 2026 reference set.
Name a winner of the New7Wonders of the World vote in 2007.
The seven modern winners. Ancient wonders and honorary candidates are excluded.
Name a country containing a 2007 New7Wonders winner.
Countries containing one of the seven modern winners; honorary candidates are excluded.
Name a 2007 New7Wonders winner in Asia.
Enter the monument or site, not the country. Only the seven modern winners count.
Name a 2007 New7Wonders winner in South America.
Enter the monument or site. Mexico is outside South America.
Name one of Japan’s four largest islands.
The four large islands in the Japanese foreign ministry’s description. Smaller islands, including Okinawa, are outside this set.
Name a mountain in the Seven Summits challenge.
Use the Carstensz (Messner) version: Puncak Jaya represents Oceania. Kosciuszko belongs to the alternate Bass list and does not count here.
Name a founding member of ASEAN in 1967.
The five countries that signed the Bangkok Declaration on 8 August 1967. Later members do not count.
Name a founding state of MERCOSUR.
The four signatories of the 1991 Treaty of Asunción. Use the country, not a later accession or an associate member.
Name a country that founded OPEC in 1960.
The five founder members at the Baghdad Conference, 10–14 September 1960. Current membership is not the rule.
Name a country sharing a land border with Switzerland.
Five neighbouring sovereign states. A nearby country without a shared border does not count.
Name a country with a site on the first World Heritage List in 1978.
The 12 initial inscriptions span seven countries. Germany includes the Federal Republic of Germany.
Name one of South Africa’s three capital cities.
Use the government’s administrative, legislative or judicial capital. Johannesburg is not one of these three.
Name one of the three main rock classes.
Classify by how a rock forms. Enter the class, not an individual rock such as granite.
Name a plate-boundary type defined by relative plate motion.
The three main types: plates move together, apart or past one another. Enter a boundary type. Broad boundary zones without a defined motion are excluded.
Name a main compositional layer of Earth.
The three-part crust–mantle–core model. Mechanical layers such as the lithosphere are a different classification.
Name one of Earth’s five main atmospheric layers.
The five layers in NASA’s five-major-layer overview, from the troposphere to the exosphere. Ozone layer and ionosphere are not separate entries in this five-layer list.
Name a blood group in the ABO system.
Use A, B, AB or O. Rh-positive and Rh-negative are a separate classification; the letter O is not zero.
Name one of the four chambers of the human heart.
Include left or right. A valve, vessel or the unspecific word ventricle is not a chamber name.
Name a formed element of human blood.
The three main cellular components. Plasma is the liquid component and is excluded; platelets are cell fragments.
Name one of the brain’s three main parts in the NCI overview.
The cerebrum, cerebellum and brain stem classification. A lobe is a subdivision, not a separate main part here.
Name a stop codon in the standard genetic code.
Use the RNA triplet, with U rather than T. Alternative genetic codes are outside this question.
Name one of the three main body regions of an adult insect.
Use a body region, not an appendage. Wings, antennae and legs are excluded.
Name a living egg-laying mammal group.
The two living monotreme groups, at common-name level. Enter platypus or echidna, not a species or an extinct group.
Name a living crocodilian family.
Use one of the three scientific family names. Alligators and caimans belong to the same family.
Name one of the three types of human muscle tissue.
The tissue classification: skeletal, cardiac or smooth. Individual muscles do not count.
Name one of the five main renewable energy sources listed by the EIA.
Use the EIA’s five broad categories. Tidal and wave energy are not separate entries in this particular list.
Name one of the three main fossil fuels.
The EIA’s coal, petroleum and natural gas grouping. Refined products such as petrol are not separate categories.
Name a mode of heat transfer.
The three standard physical mechanisms. Enter the mechanism, not a material or an energy source.
Name one of the four fundamental interactions.
Use a fundamental interaction, not an everyday force such as friction or buoyancy.
Name a reference mineral on the original Mohs hardness scale.
The ten reference minerals, from hardness 1 to 10. Use a mineral, not a hardness number.
Name one of the three stars in Orion’s Belt.
The belt asterism, not any star in the larger Orion constellation. Common names or Bayer designations count.
Name a star in the Summer Triangle.
The Northern Hemisphere asterism contains three stars in three different constellations.
Name a spacecraft on a solar-system escape trajectory launched by 2006.
The five probes in NASA’s Voyager FAQ. An escape trajectory is not the same as having crossed into interstellar space.
Name an astronaut who actually flew on Apollo 13.
The April 1970 flight crew. Ken Mattingly was replaced before launch and does not count.
Name a crewed spacecraft module’s call sign from Apollo 11.
The command module and lunar module call signs. Saturn V is the launch vehicle, not a call sign.
Name a spacecraft that had orbited Jupiter by the end of 2025.
Actual Jupiter orbit insertion, not a flyby or a planned arrival. Two NASA spacecraft qualify.
Name one of the first two NASA Discovery Program missions.
The first two missions selected for the program: an asteroid mission and a Mars mission. Enter a mission, not a rover alone.
Name one of the Sun’s three main interior zones.
The interior below the photosphere. Atmospheric layers such as the corona are excluded.
Name a main compact-remnant type left by stellar evolution.
The three standard outcomes: white dwarf, neutron star or stellar-mass black hole. A supernova is an event, not the remnant.
Name a volcano in the Tharsis Montes trio on Mars.
The three aligned Tharsis Montes volcanoes. Olympus Mons is in the broader Tharsis region but is not one of this trio.
Name a cosmonaut who flew a crewed Vostok mission.
The six flights Vostok 1–6, from 1961 to 1963. Training-group membership alone is not enough.
Name a manikin carried aboard Artemis I in 2022.
The three named human-body test models, not an astronaut or a soft-toy passenger.
Name a first-partner Pokémon offered in Pokémon Red and Blue.
Professor Oak’s three initial choices in the original Kanto games. Pikachu is the starter in Yellow, a different version.
Name a virtue represented by a piece of the Triforce.
The three virtues in Nintendo’s Zelda guide. Enter the virtue, not a character or goddess.
Name a playable character in the US version of Super Mario Bros. 2.
The four selectable characters in the 1988 NES release, not Japan’s game later called The Lost Levels.
Name a playable race in standard StarCraft II multiplayer.
The three main races. Campaign-only factions or individual units do not count.
Name a standard dimension in Minecraft Bedrock Edition.
The three default dimension identifiers in the documented game. Mods and custom dimensions are excluded.
Name a season in Stardew Valley’s calendar.
The four repeating seasons in the standard game. Fall and Autumn are accepted as the same season.
Name a nominee for the first Animated Feature Oscar.
The 2002 ceremony honoured films released in 2001. Three films were nominated.
Name a film that won 11 competitive Oscars by the 2004 ceremony.
Count awards won by one film, not nominations or franchise totals. Three films reached 11 wins in this period.
Name a feature film directed by Hayao Miyazaki with a Japanese release in the 2000s.
Original Japanese theatrical releases from 2000 through 2009. Short films and works he only wrote or produced are excluded.
Name a sequel that had won Best Picture by the 2004 Oscars.
The Academy’s two qualifying sequels through that ceremony. Later winners are outside the date limit.
Name a film in Peter Jackson’s original Lord of the Rings trilogy.
The three films released in 2001–2003. The Hobbit trilogy is a separate series. Subtitles alone are accepted.
Name a Batman film directed by Christopher Nolan.
The three films of Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. Other directors’ Batman films do not count.
Name one of China’s Four Great Classical Novels.
The conventional four-novel grouping, not the older Six Classic Novels list. Listed English translations and Chinese titles count.
Name one of the four Vedas.
The four Vedas themselves. Upanishads and Vedangas are different classifications, not additional answers.
Name one of the two major Greek epics attributed to Homer.
The two epic poems, not a later work such as Virgil’s Aeneid. English titles count.
Name a cantica of Dante’s Divine Comedy.
The three main parts, not an individual canto. Italian names and their English translations are accepted.
Name a Brontë sister who published a novel.
The three novelist sisters. A first name, full name or their published pen name counts; their brother does not.
Name a Nobel Prize in Literature laureate from 1901 through 1903.
The first three Literature prizes. Use a laureate’s name or listed surname, not a title of a book.
Name an original Nobel Prize field specified by Alfred Nobel’s will.
The five original categories. Physiology or Medicine is one category; Economic Sciences was established later.
Name one of the five classical architectural orders described by Serlio.
Sebastiano Serlio’s five-order classification includes Greek and Roman orders. Enter an order, not a building.
Name an ink colour represented in CMYK printing.
The four process colours, not the RGB colours of emitted light. Full colour names or C, M, Y and K count.
Name one of the two main traditions of Indian classical music.
The northern and southern classical traditions, not folk genres, instruments or individual ragas.
Name a value in the French Republic’s three-word motto.
English or French forms of the three official words count. Enter one value rather than the full motto.
Name a colour in South Africa’s national flag.
The six colours specified by Schedule 1 of the Constitution. Yellow is accepted for gold and red for chilli red.
Name a scoring method in rugby union Law 8.
World Rugby’s 2026 law lists five methods, including the penalty try. Do not use rugby league scoring.
Name a dismissal covered by MCC Laws 32–40.
The nine named dismissals in the 2017 Code, fourth edition (2026). Retired out is covered elsewhere; handled the ball is no longer a separate law.
Name a badminton medal event at Paris 2024.
The five Olympic event categories, including gender where needed. There is no mixed singles event.
Name a track cycling event type contested at Paris 2024.
Six event types, each contested by women and men. Individual pursuit and the standalone elimination race were not Olympic medal events.
Name a snooker colour ball worth more than one point.
The six colours in standard snooker. Red balls are worth one; the white cue ball is not an object ball.
Name a kind of chessman in standard chess.
All six kinds count, including the pawn. Enter an English name, not a notation letter or a fairy-chess piece.
Name a men’s World Cup Golden Boot winner from 2010 through 2022.
The award winners in the 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 tournaments. Sharing the highest goal total without winning the tiebreak does not qualify.
Name a country that won the FIFA Women’s World Cup by the end of 2023.
Senior women’s tournaments from 1991 through 2023. Men’s and youth competitions do not count.
Name one of men’s road cycling’s three Grand Tours.
The three-week stage races named by the UCI. One-day classics are not Grand Tours.
Name a team that won the men’s ODI Cricket World Cup by the end of 2019.
The one-day World Cup from 1975 through 2019, not the T20 World Cup. The West Indies count as a team.
Name a Formula 1 constructors’ champion from 2020 through 2024.
Count team championships, not drivers’ championships. Enter the team name, with sponsor or engine labels optional.
Name one of the seven playing positions in netball.
Standard seven-a-side netball. Full names or the standard two-letter bib abbreviations count; Centre also accepts C.
Name a letter of the standard 24-letter Greek alphabet.
English letter names or Greek characters count. Archaic letters such as digamma are outside the 24-letter set.
Name an English letter encoded by a single Morse signal.
One dot or one dash in International Morse code. Enter the letter, not the punctuation signal or a NATO codeword.
Name one of English’s three primary auxiliary verbs.
Use the base form. Modal auxiliaries such as can are a separate group.
Name a core English modal verb in Cambridge’s grammar list.
The nine core modals. Cambridge lists dare, need, ought to and used to separately as semi-modals.
Name a grammatical person category in English.
The three person categories. Enter the category, not an example pronoun; ordinal words or numbers count.
Name a grammatical number used for English nouns.
The two standard number categories in English grammar. Enter the category, not an example noun.
Name a Spanish punctuation-mark type with an inverted opening sign.
The two paired mark types used for questions and exclamations. Enter an English or Spanish name, not a bare symbol.
Name one of the three main scripts used to write Japanese.
Kanji and the two kana scripts. Rōmaji is romanization and is outside this three-script classification.
Name one of XML’s five predefined entity names.
XML 1.0, not the much larger HTML entity list. Enter the name alone, such as amp, without & or ;.
Name an SI prefix adopted in November 2022.
The four new prefix names. Use the word, not the case-sensitive symbol; ronna and ronto have opposite scales.
Name an English question word in Cambridge’s wh-question list.
The nine single words in the reference list, including how. Do not enter a longer phrase such as how many.
Name a diacritic type in the French accent guide from UT Austin.
The guide’s five types. English or French names count; enter a name, not a marked letter or bare accent.
Name one of the two seas connected by the Suez Canal.
Name a sea at either end of the canal, not a lake within it or an ocean reached through another waterway.
Name one of Canada’s three territories.
Territories, not provinces. Full names and the postal abbreviations YT, NT and NU count.
Name a country on the island of Hispaniola.
The two sovereign countries sharing Hispaniola, also called La Española. Dominica is a different island and country.
Name one of Australia’s six states.
States, not territories. Full names or the abbreviations NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA and TAS count; ACT and NT do not.
Name a city hosting one of the UN’s four main headquarters duty stations.
Use the headquarters in New York or the main offices in Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi. Other UN agency locations are outside this four-city set.
Name a country sharing a land border with Mexico.
Three sovereign neighbours, including borders following rivers. Maritime neighbours and countries farther south do not count.
Name a film in the original Star Wars trilogy.
Episodes IV, V and VI, originally released in 1977, 1980 and 1983. Enter a title; the subtitle alone counts.
Name an actor who played James Bond in an Eon-produced film through 2021.
The six leading Bond actors in the Eon series through No Time to Die. Non-Eon productions, television and voice roles do not count.
Name a feature film directed by Akira Kurosawa released in the 1960s.
Original releases from 1960 through 1969. Five titles fit; a remake or a film Kurosawa only wrote does not count.
Name an Indiana Jones feature film released in the 1980s.
The three theatrical films released in 1981, 1984 and 1989. Television episodes and later sequels do not count; subtitles alone are accepted.
Name a Best Picture winner at an Oscar ceremony from 2000 through 2004.
Ceremony year, not film release year. Five winners fit; a nomination alone does not count.
Name a winner of the first five Animated Feature Oscars.
The winning films at the 2002–2006 ceremonies. Animated short films and nominated features that did not win are outside the set.
Name an NBA Eastern Conference team.
2025–26 alignment. Enter a franchise name or accepted nickname.
Name the capital of a European G7 country.
The four European G7 member countries in September 2026. Enter a city.
Name an NBA Western Conference team.
2025–26 alignment. Enter a franchise name or accepted nickname.
Name a landlocked country in South America.
Sovereign countries with no sea coast. Enter a country, not a capital.
Name an NBA franchise based in California.
2025–26 team locations. Use a team name rather than its city.
Name a 2007 New7Wonders winner in the Americas.
North and South America. Enter the site, not its country.
Name an NBA franchise based in Texas.
2025–26 team locations. Enter a team name or accepted nickname.
Name a 2007 New7Wonders winner outside Asia.
Only the seven modern winners. Enter the site, not a country.
Name a team with at least three men’s EURO titles through 2024.
Count titles from 1960–2024. Germany includes West Germany.
Name a Great Lake whose English name starts with H, O or M.
Use the lake’s name without the word Lake. The five North American Great Lakes only.
Name a host city of the Summer Olympics held in the 1990s.
Editions from 1990 through 1999. Enter the host city.
Name an ocean whose English name ends in “ic”.
Use NOAA’s five ocean names without the word Ocean.
Name a host city of the Winter Olympics held in the 2000s.
Editions from 2000 through 2009. Enter the host city.
Name the capital of Denmark or Iceland.
Enter one of the two capital cities in the September 2026 reference set.
Name one of the two moons of Mars.
Natural satellites of Mars in the October 2026 reference set. Enter the moon’s name.
Name a noble gas with atomic number 30 or lower.
IUPAC group 18, atomic numbers 1–30. An element name or chemical symbol is accepted.
Name a member country of the Benelux Union.
The three member countries in the October 2026 reference set. Enter a country, not a capital.
Name a tennis Grand Slam played on hard courts in 2024.
The four senior Grand Slam tournaments in the 2024 season. Enter the tournament, not a city.
Name one of Uranus’s five major moons.
NASA’s five major moons only. Smaller satellites are outside this October 2026 set.
Name an alkali metal with atomic number 30 or lower.
Group 1 metals, atomic numbers 1–30. Hydrogen is not a metal. Names or symbols are accepted.
Name a Gulf Cooperation Council member country.
The six GCC members in the October 2026 reference set. Enter a sovereign country, not a city or emirate.
Name a sovereign country hosting a tennis Grand Slam in 2024.
Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open. Use a sovereign country; England alone is outside this rule.
Name one of the five officially recognized dwarf planets.
The five named on NASA’s planet overview in October 2026. Candidate dwarf planets are excluded.
Name a halogen with atomic number 30 or lower.
IUPAC group 17, atomic numbers 1–30. An element name or chemical symbol is accepted.
Name a NATO codeword for a vowel letter.
Only A, E, I, O and U. Use a full codeword from the NATO chart, not a single letter. Alfa also accepts Alpha.
Name an alkaline earth metal with atomic number 30 or lower.
IUPAC group 2, atomic numbers 1–30. An element name or chemical symbol is accepted.
Name a NATO codeword containing a double letter.
Two identical letters next to each other in the official full spelling. Juliett also accepts Juliet as an alias.
Name a solar-system planet with no natural moons.
The eight planets in NASA’s October 2026 reference set. Excludes dwarf planets and quasi-satellites.
Name an astronaut who flew on Apollo 8.
The three prime crew members of the December 1968 mission. Full names or listed surnames count; backup crew members do not.
Name a play in Folgerpedia’s ten-play Tragedies list.
The Tragedies section of Folgerpedia’s William Shakespeare’s plays page, checked October 2026. Use a play title; this is not the First Folio classification.
Name a field event in the men’s outdoor decathlon.
The six jumps and throws in the standard ten-event programme. Running events and indoor combined events are excluded.
Name a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
The five permanent members in the October 2026 reference set. Elected two-year members do not qualify.
Name an SI base unit whose symbol has more than one letter.
The seven SI base units in the BIPM table. Count letters in the unit symbol, not its name. Names, plurals or the exact symbols kg, mol and cd count.
Name one of the six official languages of the United Nations.
The UN’s six official languages in the October 2026 reference set. Use the language’s English name, not a country name.
Name one of NASA’s original Mercury Seven astronauts.
The seven astronauts introduced in April 1959, including Deke Slayton. Full names or listed surnames count, whether or not they flew a Mercury mission.
Name a play in Folgerpedia’s ten-play Histories list.
The Histories section of the referenced Shakespeare list. For multi-part plays, include the part number; Roman or Arabic numerals are accepted as listed.
Name a running event in the men’s outdoor decathlon.
The four running events in the standard programme. Include the distance; hurdles must be identified. Jumps and throws are excluded.
Name one of the three Baltic states.
The three countries cooperating in the Baltic Council of Ministers. This is narrower than all countries bordering the Baltic Sea.
Name a group 16 element with atomic number 30 or lower.
IUPAC group 16, also called the chalcogens, within atomic numbers 1–30. Names or chemical symbols count.
Name a NATO codeword with exactly six letters.
Count letters in the official full NATO spelling. Enter the codeword, not its represented letter.