Geography
Countries through which the river Rhine flows.
(Name three out of five)
Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France, Netherlands
Milky Way
King who was toppled by the French Revolution.
Louis XVI.
Spiderman, Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man ... are figures from this comic publisher.
British-French passenger airplane that could fly at supersonic speed.
Concorde
Bodies of water connected by the Suez Canal.
Mediterranean - Red Sea
The force that pulls us down to earth.
Gravity
Year the first man steps on the moon.
1969
The period when J. S. Bach, G. P. Telemann, and G. F. Händel were active.
Baroque era
ca. 1700
The highest mountain in Switzerland is named after this person.
Henry Dufour
(General of the Swiss Civil War, 1847-48)
"Islamabad" is the capital of this country.
Pakistan
The process through which plants turn Carbondioxide CO2 into Oxygen O2.
Photosynthesis
First name of Julius Cesar.
Gaius
Michael Jackson
This country has won the most football world cups.
Brazil
Highest mountain outside Asia / the Hymalaya.
Aconcagua, 6'961m
(Andes, Argentina)
The approximate speed of light
300'000 km/s
The Great Pyramide of Gizeh was built for this Pharao.
Cheops
Tony
The second man on the moon.
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
Five countries that have only one neighbouring country.
(Land borders only!)
San Marino, Vatican, Monaco
Denmark, Portugal, Republic of Ireland
Gambia, Lesotho, Katar
Haiti, Dominican Republic
Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Brunei Darussalam
Canada
The four nucleotide bases (= building blocks) of DNA.
(Name two)
Guanine
Adenina
Cytosine
Thymine
Title of the Samurai Lords that ruled Japan from 12th century until 1867.
Shogun
Theatre which Shakespeare co-owned and where most of his plays were performed.
The Globe
Four out of five Nobel Prize ceremonies are held in this city.
Stockholm
(Nobel Peace Prize: Oslo)