Answers Omar should know
KXU was founded by the same entrepreneur behind which luxury London health-club brand?
Third Space
In what year was Dubai American Academy founded?
1998
What is the largest muscle in the human body?
Gluteus Maximus
If a company has an Enterprise Value of £500m, £100m of debt and £50m of cash, what is its Equity Value?
£450m.
Which Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb was discovered almost intact by Howard Carter in 1922?
Tutankhamun.
Bella Hadid made her runway debut in 2014 walking for which fashion brand?
Desigual
What is the name for the phenomenon where cats rhythmically push their paws into a soft surface?
Kneading
Which river runs through the centre of Cardiff before flowing into Cardiff Bay?
River Taff
Boeing aircraft model numbers traditionally follow the “7×7” naming convention. Which was the first commercial jet to use it?
Boeing 707
In programming, what does SQL stand for?
Structured Query Language.
Which philosopher and economist co-founded LSE in 1895 alongside Sidney and Beatrice Webb?
George Bernard Shaw.
Hailey Bieber has a matching tattoo with Justin. What is it?
a peach
What are protein made of?
amino acids
Imperial College London was originally created in 1907 through the merger of three institutions. Name two of the three.
Royal College of Science, Royal School of Mines, and City & Guilds College.
Bloomberg was founded in 1981 under a different company name. What was its original name?
Innovative Market Systems.
Antigua and Barbuda consists of Antigua, Barbuda and which small, uninhabited island?
Redonda
Paris-Panthéon-Assas takes its name partly from Rue d’Assas. But who was “Assas” actually named after?
Louis d'Assas
Who is the only player in NBA history to score 100 points in a single game?
Wilt Chamberlain
Only two men have completed the Career Golden Slam in singles. Name them.
Andre Agassi and Novak Djokovic.
UBC’s Vancouver campus is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of which First Nation?
The Musqueam people.
Which Danish-Icelandic artist created The Weather Project, the giant artificial sun installation at Tate Modern?
Olafur Eliasson
According to Buldak’s website, what are the THREE “Most Wanted” products right now?
buldak ramen carbonara, buldak ramen 2X spicy, buldak ramen original cup
Damascus is often described as one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities. Which river historically supplied the city and the Ghouta oasis with water?
Barada river
In Chelsea’s 2012 Champions League semi-final second leg against Barcelona at Camp Nou, what was the final score, and who scored Chelsea’s two goals?
2–2 — Ramires and Fernando Torres.
In the 2022 Champions League semi-final second leg against Manchester City, Real Madrid scored three goals from the 90th minute onwards. Who scored them, and in which minutes?
Rodrygo — 90′ and 90+1′
Karim Benzema — 95′ penalty.