CHINA
HOW MANY TIME ZONES ARE THERE IN CHINA
ONE
HOW MANY COUNTRIES ARE THERE IN AFRICA?
54
WHAT IS "LA SAGRADA FAMILIA?
DESCRIBE IT
WHO STARTED IT?
IS IT FINISHED?
IT'S A BASILICA IN BARCELNA BEGUN IN 1882. IT DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECT ANTONI GAUDI. IT IS ABOUT 550 FEET HIGH STARTING IN 1882.
THE INSIDES REMAIN UNFINISHED, MAKING IT ONE OF THE LONGEST-RUNNING BUILDING PROJECTS IN THE WORLD.
IT IS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
WHAT IS A KALASHNIKOV OR AK 47?
NAME OF THE FAMOUS RUSSIAN BALLET IN RUSSIA?
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE BEST KNOWN MALE STAR?
IT IS A DEPENDABLE RUSSIAN RIFLE THAT HANDLES SAND AND MUD BETTER THAN THE NATO M-16. IT IS MOST WIDELY PRODUCED AND UTILIZED WEAPON IN THE WORLD, WITH OVER 100 MILLION UNITS MADE
BOLSHOI
RUDOLPH NURYEV
WHERE AND WHEN DID NUCLEAR FISSION OCCUR?
UNDER THE FOOTBALL FIELD AT THE UNIVERSITY NAMED AMOS ALONZO STAGG
A SPANISH FIREMAN IN CHICAGO HAD TWO TWIN BOYS. HE NAMED THE FIRST ONE JOSE.
WHAT DID HE NAME THE SECOND ONE?
JOS B "HOSE B"
WHAT IS THE CAPITOL OF MAINLAND CHINA?
BEJING
TIMBUCKTU IS LOCATED IN WHAT AFRICAN COUNTY?
MALI, IN NORTH CENTRAL AFRICA
THERE ARE TWO SPANISH COUNTRIES IN NORTHERN COAST OF AFRICA NEXT TO MOROCCO. NAME THEM.
THERE ARE THREE FAMOUS TENORS, PAVORATTI IS ITALIAN, BUT THE OTHER TWO ARE SPANISH. WHO ARE THEY?
EACH HAS A SIGNIATURE SONG. WHAT IS IT FOR THESE TWO TENORS?
CEUTA AND MELILLA. BOTH ARE ATONOMOUS, AND ARE LOCATED ACROSS FROM THE STRAIGHT OF GIBRALTER
PAVORROTTI FOR O SOLO MIO.
PLACIDIO DOMINGO KNOWN FOR CIELITO LINDO AND JOSE CARRAS KNOWN FOR GRENADA. HE HAS RECOVERED FROM THROAT CANCER.
WHERE IS CHERNOBYL LOCATED?
ARE ANY OF THE GENERATORS STILL PRODUCING NUCLEAR ENERGY?
THE UKRAINE
NO. THE RUSSIANS STILL RUN THE PLANT, BUT THEY ARE IN CHARGE WITH DE-COMISSIONING THE PLANT.
WHAT FAMOUS ITALIAN SCIENTIST WAS AT THAT MOMENT WHN FISSION OCCURRED?
ENRICO FERMI
THE RUNNING OF THE BULLS IN SPAIN STARTS EACH MORNING AT 8 AM FROM JULY 6 TO JULY 14TH.
WHAT IS THE CITY?
PAMPLONA, SPAIN
THERE ARE 6 BULLS AND STEERS (EACH WEIGHING ABOUT 1,500 POUNDS) RUNNING 1/2 MILES THROUGH THE NARROW COBBLESTONES ON THE STREET. EACH RUN TAKES ABOUT 2-4 MINUTES.
HOW LONG IS THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA?
A LITTLE OVER 13,000 MILES
THE AMAZON IS THE LONGEST RIVER FLOWING THROUGH AFRICA.
TRUE OR FALSE?
FALSE.
IT IS THE NILE 4,404 MILES LONG. THE LONGEST RIVER IN THE WORLD, FLOWINTO THE MEDITARANEN
WHO IS SANCHO PANZA?
WHO IS DULCINA?
DON WAS ALWAYS FIGHTING TORRE MOLINOS, WHICH ARE ?
DON QUIXOTE'S MAIN SIDE-KICK
HIS GIRLFRIEND
WIND MILLS
CHERNOBYL IS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN.
TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUE
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFIGANCE OF REDSTONE ARSENAL?
WHERE IS IT?
IT IS A MAJOR U. S. ARMY POST IN HUNTSVILLE, AL., KNOWN AS A MAJOR HUB FOR MISSLE AND SPACE PROGRAMS HOSTING NUMEROUS AGENCIES LIKE NASA'S MARSHALL'S SPACE FLIGHT CENTER AND THE FBI. ORIGINALLY A CHEMICAL WEAPONS FACILITY, IT BECAME CENTRAL TO U. S. ROCKET DEVELOPMENT.
SWITCHING TO FRANCE FOR THIS ONE QUESTION.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOST FAMOUS PAINTING IN PARIS? AUTHORS NAME AND THE PAINTING
NAME OF THE MUSEUM
LEONARDO DA VINCHI
MONA LISA
LOUVRE
WHERE IS TAIWAN?
WHERE IS IT?
WHAT WAS THE PREVIOUS NAME?
AN ISLAND OFF OF MAINLAND CHINA.
A GOOD FRIEND OF THE WESTERN WORLD
IT IS A VERY SMALL ISLAND.
FORMOSA WAS THE PREVIOUS NAME.
THE CHINESE WILL PROBABLY INVADE AND TAKE OVER THE ISLAND.
RUSSIA.
WHAT IS A GULAG>
WHO EXPOSED, THROUGH WRITING, HE CONDITIONS SURROUNDING THE PLANT?
THE GULAG ARCHIPELIGO, AN AREA OF WORK CAMPS WITH SEVERE BRUTAL WEATHER CONDITIONS IN SIBERIA.
ALEKSANDYR SOLZHENITZEN
WHO IS MAN OF LAMANCHA?
WHO SANG THE SONG "THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM" ABOUT THE AUTHOR?
RICHARD KILEY
WHY IS THE RUSSIAN K-19 A WIDOW MAKER AND WHAT WAS IT?
RUSSIA'S FIRST NUCLEAR BALLISTIC SUBMARINE. IN 2002, IT SUFFERED A CATASTROFIC COOLING FAILURE. THE CREW HAD TO SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES TO PREVENT A MELTDOWN THAT COULD TRIGGER WORLD WAR III.
HARRISON fORD STARRED AT THE SUBMAINE COMMANDER DURING THE MOVIE
WHAT FAMOUS ROCKET SCIENTIST WAS BROUGHT TO THE UNITED STATES AT THE END OF WW II?
THE ONES WHO WERE FORCED TO GO TO RUSSIA WERE NOT SO FORTUNATE!
WERNER VON BRAUN
SWITCHING TO MEXICO:
WHAT FAMOUS MEXICAN ARTIST IS KNOWN FOR PAINTING LARGE WALL MURALS? MANY ARE SEEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO, SITE OF THE OLYMPICS IN THE 1960'S ( UNAM. UNIVERSIDAD ATONIMA DE MEXICO) WITH 1/2 MILLION STUDENTS
WHAT WAS HIS WIFE'S NAME, WHOSE PICTURES MOSTLY DEPICTED PAIN, DUE TO A HORRIBLE AUTO ACCIDENT IN MEXICO.
POINT OF INTEREST. LEON TROTSKY WAS MURDERED IN MEXICO CITY. HE WAS A RULING MEMBER, IN EXILE, IN THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT MANY YEARS AGO.
DIEGO RIVERA
FRIDA KAHLO
WHAT IS THE MAIN LANGIAGE SPOKEN IN CHINA? sOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC THAN CHINESE
MANDERIN
WHAT IS THE ASWAN DAM?
IT IS A HIGH DAM IN EGYPT THAT CONTROLS THE FLOW OF THE NILE RIVER UNTIL IT EMPTIES INTO THE MEDITERANEUM SEA.
IT WAS ONCE BLOCKED BY A SUNKEN SHIP, WHICH HAD TO BE REMOVED SO OIL COULD CONTINUE TO FLOW. iT WAS FOUND OUT THAT CATERPILLAR EQUIPMENT PERFORMED BETTER THAN KOMATSU
WHAT IS THE CAPITOL OF SPAIN?
WHAT ARE THE INITIALS OF THE MAIN AIRLINE IN SPAIN
MADRID
MAD
WHAT WAS THE MOVIE "THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER" ABOUT?
IT WAS WRITTEN BY TOM CLANCYIT IS NOT A TRUE STORY, BUT WAS HEAVILY INSPIRED BY A REAL HISTORICAL EVENT. THE 1975 MUTINY, A POLITICAL OFFICER VALERY SABLIN LED A MUTINY ABOARD A SOLVIET FRIGATE IN THE BALTIC SEA. HE WANTED TO SPARK A NEW REVOLUTION AND OVERTHROW THE CORRUPT GOVERNMENT OF BREZHNEV. IT FAILED AND HE WAS EXECUTED.
SIR SEAN CONNERY IS THE CAPTAIN OF THE NEWEST AND MOST POWERFUL ATOMIC SUBMARINE IN THE SOLVIET FLEET. SEAN (CAPT. MARCO RAMIUS) DECIDES TO DEFECT AND BRING HIS SUB BACK TO THE UNITED STATES. THE RUSSIANS NOW KNOW OF HIS PLANS. THEY PLAN TO INTERCEPT HIM. THE SUB HAS A NEW ENGINE THAT CAN RUN VIRTUALLY SILENT
NEIL ARMSTRONG APPLIED FOR AND WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING FROM PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN 1955 AND THE SCHOOL OF MIT AT THE SAME TIME. WHICH ONE DID HE CHOOSE?
DID HE RECEIVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PROGRAM, AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNI IN 1970?
YES OR NO?
HE WAS 82 YEARS OLD WHEN HE DIED!
PURDUE
YES
WHAT EUROPEAN COUNTRY IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST SUPPLIER OF CORK?
WHAT IS THE COMMON LANGUAGE BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL? HINT: IT IS NOT ESPANOL AND NOT PORTUGESE
PORTUGAL
POR TAN YOL - THE COMBINATION
WHO WAS LEON TROTSKY?
HE HELPED IGNITE THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION OF 1917 AND BUILT THE RED ARMY AFTERWARD. HE WAS THE COMISSIONER OF WAR. HE LOST A POWER STRUGGLE TO JOSEPH STALIN AND WAS EXILED TO MEXICO CITY WHERE HE WAS MURDERED. ONE OF HIS SECRETARIES LET A FRIEND IN, WHO CLAIMED TO BE AN ADMIRAR. HE KILLED HIM WITH A HATCH TO THE HEAD.