The Environment
What are 'exoplanets'?
a) planets that orbit stars outside our solar system
b) planets that are inhabitble
c) planets that do not orbit around a sun
d) planets that are no loner in existence
a) planets outside our solar system
Which is the largest ocean?
a) Atlantic ocean
b) Indian ocean
c) Pacific ocean
c) Pacific ocean
Who was the director of the first 'Jurassic Park'?
a) James Cameron
b) Woody Allen
c) Steven Spielberg
c) Steven Spielberg
'Floppy Discs' are / were
a) mechanical storage devices
b) optical storage devices
c) flash memory
a) mechanical storage
A 'Rabbi' is a priest of the following religions:
a) Catholicism
b) Judaism
c) Islam
d) Hinduism
b) Judaism
True or false: There are no venomous snakes in Switzerland (in wildlife).
False, there are two: the 'Kreuzotter' and the 'Aspisviper'
On which continent do you find the country named 'Laos'?
a) Asia
b) Africa
c) Americas (South America)
a) Asia
Since when is homosexuality in Switzerland legal?
a) it has never been illegal
b) since 1942
c) since 1971
b) 1942
Which internet browser was released in 1994 and hugely popular, until it lost its fight for dominance to Microsoft's Internet Explorer?
a) Opera
b) Netscape Navigator
c) Safari
d) Firefox
b) Netscape Navigator
What fuel is used in most planes / aircraft?
Kerosene
What is a compound of several atoms called?
a) ion
b) molecule
c) element
b) molecule
What is the South African Flag called?
a) Rainbow Salad
b) Stars and Stripes
c) Union Jack
a) Rainbow Salad (Nickname!)
Which country does the rock band AC/DC come from?
a) The USA
b) Australia
c) the UK
d) Ireland
b) Australia
What is it called when a system, technology or product is also usable with older versions of that system, technology or product?
backward compatible
What type of vehicle is a 'catamaran'?
a boat (it has two hulls)
Which organ does an owl have:
a) teeth
b) ears
c) eyeballs
b) ears
they do NOT have teeth or eyeballs
The official 'birthday' of Switzerland is the 1st of August. But to which year does the 1st August refer to?
a) 1291
b) 1519
c) 1848
a) 1291 (Rütlischwur)
1519: Einleitung der Reformation (Zwingli)
1848: Annahme der Bundesverfassung
In what sports do you have expressions such as 'afraid of the dark', 'cat box', 'driver', 'handicap'?
a) Tennis
b) Ice Hockey
c) Horse riding
d) Golf
d) Golf
Which company produced the first mobile phone?
a) Apple
b) Motorola
c) Nokia
d) Samsung
b) Motorola (in 1973!)
What is the name of the political system where a small (unelected) group has control over a whole country?
a) Oligarchy
b) Monarchy
c) Meritocracy
d) Pluralism
a) Oligarchy (Rule of the few)
The science of the study of fungi (mushrooms and yeast (Hefe)) is called
a) Mythology
b) Mykology
c) Fungology
d) Arbology
b) Mykology
What does the GDP (Gross Domestic Product, Bruttoinlandsprodukt) define? (German explanation also fine)
Gross domestic product (GDP) is the total monetary or market value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific time period.
Languages: Chinese is the language with the most native speakers (1.3 Billion). But which is the second most-spoken language (native speakers)?
a) English
b) French
c) Spanish
c) Spanish (471 Million)
(English: 370 Million, Hindi 342 Million)
What does the term "dataset bias" refer to?
a) When a model uses too much memory
b) Systematic imbalance in the training data that affects model fairness
c) When a model is trained too quickly and improperly
d) When the dataset contains only numeric data
b) systematic imbalance used in the training data that can affect 'fairness'
There are two modi ('Geschlechter') in music. What are they called (German also fine)?
Major and Minor
Major = 'Dur', sounds upbeat, joyful
Minor = 'Moll', sounds sad, melancholic