General Knowledge
In America, what is NYC?
New York City
Who wrote the song
Both Sides Now
Joni Mitchell
What is the name and title of the new British monarch?
King Charles III
Who is the new President of the Czech Republic?
Petr Pavel
Is the a definite or indefinite article?
Definite: sit in THE chair.
Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023 and what was the song called?
Sweden: Tattoo
What is the name of the AI system used for writing and communication?
Chat GPT
What is the largest city in Scotland?
Glasgow
Name a UNESCO Heritage Site in the Czech Republic.
Kutná Hora, Telč, Česky Krumlov, Kroměříž Castle and gardens, Třebíč, Litomyšl Castle, Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc, Tughendat Villa in Brno, Zelená Hora, Lednice-Valtice, Holašovice,
A homophone is a word that sounds like another word but has a different spelling (e.g. see / sea). Can you give me another example?
beach/beech, allowed/aloud, hear/here, flower/flour...
Which team scored the quickest goal in an FA Cup Final after only 13 seconds?
Manchester City (Ilkay Gundogan)
In geometry, what does symmetrical mean?
the same on both sides.
Which American president had a tartan designed for him, when he visited Scotland in 2017?
Barack Obama
What is underneath the Yalta Hotel in Wenceslas Square?
A nuclear bunker
Name 3 of these punctuation marks...
. , : ´ !
full stop (period in USA)
coma
colon
apostrophe
exclamation mark (exclamation point)
What was the theme of this year´s Jan Weinert Memorial Award?
"Youth is wasted on the young."
George Bernard Shaw
Which Czech composer wrote the symphonic poem "My Country"?
Bedřich Smetana
What flowers are used to remember people who have died in wars, on and around Remembrance Sunday?
Red poppies
What is the population of Prague?
1.4 million
A word ending in ly is likely to be which type of word?
(pronoun / noun / verb / adverb / adjective / preposition)
Adverb: describing an action: quickly, slowly, cheerfully, regretfully...
During the Tết Lunar Festival, how do you say "Happy New Year" in Vietnamese?
a) Gong hei fat choi
b) Chúc mừng năm mới
c) Many happy returns
b) Chúc mừng năm mới
Who was the first man to walk on the moon in July, 1969?
a) Buzz Aldrin
b) Buzz Lightyear
c) Neil Armstrong
d) Michael Collins
c) Neil Armstrong
During which religious holiday do British people eat hot-cross buns?
Easter
Who was the first president of the Czech Republic?
Václav Havel
What is a digraph?
CLUE: di means two.
Two letters that create one sound (e.g. ea, ou, ow, th, st, ch, ei, oa...)