Rapid Fire Round: 18 Quick Questions Against the Clock

A rapid fire round lives or dies on question length. Every question here is short enough to read aloud in one breath and answer in one word, which is the only way a sixty-second round actually works.

Sixty seconds: set one

1. Capital of Spain? — Madrid
2. How many days in February in a leap year? — 29
3. Colour of an emerald? — Green
4. Largest mammal? — The blue whale
5. How many sides has a hexagon? — Six
6. Currency of the United Kingdom? — The pound

Sixty seconds: set two

1. Chemical symbol for iron? — Fe
2. How many players in a volleyball team? — Six
3. Capital of Canada? — Ottawa
4. Fastest land animal? — The cheetah
5. How many strings on a violin? — Four
6. Planet known for its rings? — Saturn

Sixty seconds: set three

1. How many continents? — Seven
2. Capital of Morocco? — Rabat
3. Freezing point of water in Celsius? — Zero
4. How many players in a basketball team on court? — Five
5. Largest desert on Earth? — Antarctica
6. How many minutes in two hours? — 120

Read the whole set before the clock starts so nobody loses time to a misheard question, and score one point per correct answer with no deductions.