Science
What does STEM stand for?
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
This countries first female Olympian, Friba Rezayee, says she is "very angry" that her country's situation is "falling off the world agenda" as she continues to help those still trying to escape.
Afghanistan
The beast
lulu
Where is the biggest pub in Europe?
Gronigen, NL
The drie Gezuisters
An informal way to refer to the woman who gave birth to you or who has the responsibility of physical and emotional care for you
mom
The average adult human body has 206 bones, how many bones does the average developing baby have?
300
Pittsburgh is the only American city with 3 sports teams that uses the same two colors. What colors are they?
black and yellow
“My mama always said, ‘____ was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.’”
life
Although Ferdinand Porsche invented the Volkswagen Beetle, this person commissioned it in the 1930s as the "people's car".
Adolf Hitler
The first name of the fictional pop star character Miley Cyrus played
Hannah
Where does the theory and practice of acupuncture originate?
China
On Thursday, December 24, three-time World Cup winner, who burst onto the international stage as a teenager the 1958 World Cup, Pelé was released from the hospital where he was undergoing cancer treatments. Where is he from?
Brazil
From the Greek word for deep sleep or deep prolonged unconsiousness
coma
This political theorist wrote 'it is better to be feared than to be loved, if one cannot be both.'
Niccolo Machiavelli
Many people injur or lose this during the New Year's Eve fireworks
eye
What is the formula for speed?
distance/time
What was the first rock climbing grading system ever used?
Benesch scale.
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Named after the Austrian mountaineer Fritz Benesch who created the system in 1894, the Benesch scale measured difficulty in seven levels from VII (being the easiest) to I (being the most difficult). Every expanding climbing achievements forced an additional 0 and 00 onto this until it was eventually replaced by the Welzenbach Scale (after German mountaineer Willo Welzenback) in 1923. This system replaced 00 with the grade V and asserting increased difficulty with ascending roman numbers. This was renamed as the UIAA scale we know today in 1968.
This fleet of 130 ships that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588 under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia, with the purpose of escorting an army from Flanders to invade England.
Spanish Armada
The FIFA World Cup was hosted by South Korea and Japan in this year, making it the first World Cup to be held in more than one nation
2002
What Greek god was able to cure diseases?
Asclepius
This modern Olympic sport is comprised of five different events; fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming (200 m), equestrian show jumping, and a final combined event of pistol shooting and cross country running (3200 m). The the original sport of the ancient Olympic Games, consisted of the stadion foot race, wrestling, long jump, javelin, and discus.
pentathlon
Ghana controlled the amount of this item available to make sure it stayed in demand and the price was high
gold
Water way that was blocked by the Evergiven
Suez Canal
Mode of transportation by water
kayak