History
What famous ship sank in 1912?
Titanic
Which animal is famous for mimicking sounds, including human sounds?
parrot
What is the capital of Japan?
Tokyo
What is the simple past form of "be"?
was/were
What is the hardest natural substance on earth?
diamonds
What disease killed many Europeans in the 14th century?
the Black Death
What animal has three hearts and blue blood?
octopus
What river flows through Paris?
Seine
What is the past participle of "take"
taken
How many sides does a pentagon have?
five
Who was the first U.S. president?
George Washington
Which insect can lift many times its own body weight?
ants
Which U.S. state is a state made up of many islands in the Pacific?
Hawaii
What tense does the "if-clause" in a conditional 1 sentence use?
simple present
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
Shakespeare
What is the name of the first person to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
What animal freezes completely and comes back to life when they thaw (tauen)?
Frogs
What is the capital of New Zealand?
Wellington
What English tense does not exist in German?
present progressive
How many colors are traditionally in a rainbow?
seven
Who built Machu Picchu?
The Inca
With which animal do the males give birth to babies?
seahorses
What mountain range (Gebirgskette) marks the border between Europe and Asia?
Ural Mountains
Which other tense except the will-future and going to-future can you use to talk about the future?
present progressive (with future meaning)
What did the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle write?
Sherlock Holmes