I may have used these before, but they’re good ones.
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Who is the only person in the world who has two countries named after him?
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What is the name of the ski-jumper who symbolized the agony of defeat on the opening of Wide World of Sports?
4: Brazil
12: European Community of Coals and Steel
16: Simon Bolivar (Bolivia and Venezuela)
17: Eddie the Eagle!
18: Who was national heavy weight champion (boxing) at the same time as he was president of his country?
15: The Summer Triangle
19: What is the capital of Greenland?
20: Name the two border crossings between India and Pakistan.
I believe this is Copenhagen.
I think Greenland was recently given independence, so I’m going to go with Nuuk.
NO, no, no… they are not independent. They are quite dependant upon Copenhagen for pretty much everything. They do, however, have some sort of self-rule.
Even though that might change rapidly if/when they start drilling for oil and mining for stuff that’s been hidden under the ice.
4 is indeed Brazil.
1 is Antananirivo (or something like that)
Yes on 16, no on 17. In fact, the Wide World clip was probably past its prime before anyone had even heard of Eddie Edwards.
Nuuk. No, Greenland isn’t independent; neither is Arizona, but if I asked what the capital of Arizona was I’m sure everyone would say Phoenix, not Washington.
For 17, The man’s name was Bogataj. Don’t recall his first name. Believe it or not he wasn’t seriously hurt.
More:
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What’s the biggest city in the world (as measured by the total urban agglomeration, so there might be some interpretation here) that is NOT the capital of the country it is in?
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Of what surly baseball player was it said, when a teammate was told he’d been traded, “Great trade! Who did we get?”
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Although nobody really knows for sure what day William Shakespeare was born, when is his birthday traditionally observed?
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What was the title, BEFORE their succession, of the person who succeeded Elizabeth I as monarch?
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What is the lightest (e.g. lowest atomic number) element that does not have any stable isotope, and is usually found only when manufactured by humans?
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Speaking of elements, what radioactive element would you find in many home smoke detectors?
Regarding #19 - While Greenland is still under Danish rule, most people here would say Nuuk. The question was deliberately ambiguous
20: (Well, Your #20 anyway - see above): Mumbai
25: Americium
Idi Amin.
What did Ron Paul do for a living before he entered politics?
Regards,
Shodan
Gynecologist
And a point for RickJay on the ski jumper; but for my own curiousity, does anyone know his first name?
Unless these are somehow trick questions, I’m going to go with April 23rd (also his death day, St George’s Day, and World Book Day), and King James VI of Scotland.
27(ish). Football (soccer): Brazil did it in 1979. Villa did it in 1981. Who did it in 1980?
Wild guess: Ty Cobb.
Technetium.
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Mount Isa?
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23 April, the feast of Saint George
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King James VI of Scotland
- Was going to say Mount Isa but maybe it’s Honolulu. Ehhh. Okay my answer is Sao Paulo.
Hiya, Please number your questions so we don’t get completely lost! 
First name is Vinko, and you’re right, he wasn’t seriously hurt.
25: Americium-241.
28: Speaking of Americium-241, what person made it famous when he tried to build a breeder reactor in his shed as a teenager?
Didn’t Sunderland do it in 1979, rather than Brazil?
- Where might one encounter a yarborough?