| Category | Question | Answer |
| History | What country's space travellers have been called "taikonauts" since 1998? | China's |
| History | During the prohibition era, what was sold at "speakeasies"? | Alcohol |
| History | What was the nickname of German flying ace Manfred von Richthofen? | The Red Baron |
| History | Which treaty organisation was set up as a counterpart to NATO? | Warsaw Pact |
| History | Which exiled South Asian leader returned home in 2007, only to be assassinated two months later? | Benazir Bhutto |