Famous People
The name of the famous Swiss citizen who said of nuclear bombs: "If I had known, I would have become a watchmaker."
Albert Einstein.
The name of the language ancient Britons spoke.
Celtic.
The largest island in the Mediterranean sea.
Sicily.
An all-electric coupé-SUV under development by Škoda Auto that was unveiled at the 2017 Auto Shanghaias a concept car which is planned to be produced from 2020.
Škoda Vision E.
The place where you would find the sea of Tranquility.
The Moon.
The name of the 1980s president who survived an assassination attempt.
Ronald Reagan.
The four official languages of Switzerland.
German, French, Italian and Romansh.
The country which is also known as "Persia."
Iran.
The name of the World´s first computer.
ENIAC. (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer).
The country which is the leading producer of eggs in the world.
China.
The British film director, 1899-1980, whose films include "The 39 Steps" and "The Birds."
Alfred Hitchcock.
The language that the Norman Conquest introduced to England.
Norman French.
The main island of Japan.
Honshu.
The man responsible for breaking the German Enigma codes who created a test that provided a foundation for artificial intelligence.
Alan Turing.
The 5 techniques to speak any language by Sid Efromovich. (a TEDtalk video we watched on tuesday. You know you love me).
1. Make Mistakes
2. Scrap the foreign alphabet
3. Find a Stickler
4. Shower Conversations.
5. Buddy Formula
An English chemist and physicist, after whom the SI unit of capacitance is named.
Sir Michael Faraday.
The language where alpha and omega are the first and last letters.
Greek.
The names of all four countries that share a border with the Czech Republic.
Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Austria.
The year when the "@" was chosen for its use in e-mail addresses.
1972.
Four British cities that have underground rail systems.
Liverpool, Glasgow, Newcastle and London.
The name of an English Architect born 1632 who designed 53 London churches and was a founder of the Royal Society.
Sir Christopher Wren
Korean, Hebrew, Aramaic, Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, Tamil, Latin, Armenian, Sanskrit.
The sea with the highest average salinity.
Dead Sea.
The name of the AI robot, which is launched to the International Space Station (ISS) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida. |
CIMON.
The singer/actor who gave Marilyn Monroe a white poodle named Mafia.
Frank Sinatra.