Geography
What is the only letter that DOES NOT APPEAR in any U.S. state name?
Letter Q.
"King of Pop" and "King of Rock" are two different people. Who are we talking about?
Name at least THREE traditional ingredients of "Guacamole"
DOUBLE POINTS: Name at least SIX ingredients.
avocado, lime juice, onion/shallot, chilli, cilantro, garlic, tomatoes,...
The US president who "freed the slaves" - declared that slavery is illegal and that all the slaves are free people?
Abraham Lincoln
What is haka?
DOUBLE POINTS: What is the name of people who came up with it (ethnicity)?
A type of war/celebration dance.
DOUBLE: Maori people of New Zealand
Which country used to be so big that there used to be a saying about it - "The sun never sets on ..." ?
The British Empire
Traditional Japanese robe used for celebrations and festivals is called..
DOUBLE POINTS: also name the "summer variant" of it (lighter, less official, more comfortable)
Kimono
Double: Yukata
What is "chai" and where does it come from?
Spiced tea (ginger, cardamom,..) with milk, originally from India.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães) famous for? What did he do?
An expedition leader who sailed around the globe and proved that the world is a sphere.
Which country is the largest (pure volume/weight) rice exporter in the world?
India
Name FIVE neighbors of Switzerland:
Germany, France, Austria, Italy and Lichtenstein
Which country traditionally celebrates a colorful festival of the dead, decorated with skulls?
DOUBLE POINTS: Give the original name of the festival.
Mexico
DOUBLE: Día de los Muertos
We all know sushi very well - how is the South Korean version of a dish similar to a sushi roll called?
Kimpap (Gimpap)
Who were the first TWO people who stepped on the Moon?
DOUBLE POINTS: What was the name of their expedition/flight?
Neil Armstrong and (Edwin) Buzz Aldrin
DOUBLE: Apollo 11
Native population of today's USA were not formed into nations, but tribes. Name at least TWO of such tribes.
Cherokee, Apache, Comanche, Navajo, Chinook, Hopi, Iroques,..
Which country has the most islands in the entire world?
Sweden (then Norway, Finland, Canada, Indonesia,..)
What art and architecture style is typical for breaking down the subject into geometric shapes and showing them from multiple perspectives and different points in time, simultaneously?
Cubism
What dish is the most iconic for Valencia region?
Paella
Who was the first woman to ever win a Nobel prize?
hint: chemistry and physics
Marie Curie-Sklodowska
What was the name of the first and most famous antibotics?
DOUBLE POINTS: Who invented/discovered it?
Penicillin
DOUBLE: Alexander Fleming
Which country - including its overseas territories - has the most time zones (12)?
France
The Greek Gods, known also as "The Olympians", had 12 core members, the most famous Gods of many myths and tales. Name at least SIX of them.
DOUBLE POINTS: Flex and name them all.
Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Hermes, Dionysus
note: Hades is famous but he does not belong to the Olympus - he rules the underworld. Also Hestia sometimes replaces Dionysus.
You've probably had "spaghetti carbonara" - a simple dish of pasta, eggs pork, cheese and black pepper... but what does the word "Carbonara" mean?
DOUBLE POINTS: Name the most fitting traditional type of pork meat that should be included.
Carbonara means "a coal maker/digger" or "in a style of a coal maker/digger" (uhlířské špagety).
DOUBLE: Guanciale or pancetta
Name at least THREE "Founding Fathers" of the USA.
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
What is the fastest animal on the planet, capable of reaching up to 385 km/h?
Peregrine Falcon.