Say What?
The French Open tennis tournament started on Sunday, so you if you're talking to Novak Djokovic or Jannik Sinner, you could say "the ball is in your court". What does this mean?
It's your turn to do respond or take an action / your partner has already done their part and is waiting on you
The United States is celebrating a birthday this year - which one?
250
Name a famous Austrian composer that is NOT mozart
Mahler
Schubert
Schönberg
Haydn
Vienna is closer to this European capital than to Graz
Bratislava
Micah has lived in Vienna and New York State - name another place he has lived or gone to school
London
Edinburgh
Indiana
Illinois
Canada
Berlin
Minnesota
Translate a german idiom/phrase/saying into english and explain its meaning
Open
A groudbreaking scientist, this person won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics and the 1914 Prize in Chemistry - something that hadn't been done before
Marie Curie
This musical piece is associated with the Wiener Philharmoniker and Musikverein - it was written to honor the army's 1848 victory in Italy
Radetsky March - Johann Strauss
This Austrian City held the Winter Olympics twice
Innsbruck
Micah Day-O'Connell is a citizen of this EU country
Ireland
I went to the store, and they told me "not to keep all my eggs in one basket" - what did they mean?
Don't go "all-in" on one thing / keep many options open so an accident doesn't happen
The moonwalk was made popular by the King of Pop - but which Americans actually walked on the moon in 1969? (Name one of two)
Niel Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
Jazz, Parades, Mardi Gras, French culture - they all point to this American city on the Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
The US State of Minnesota is known as the "Land of Ten Thousand Lakes" - but which Austrian Bundesland has the most large bodies of water?
Kärnten
Micah studied physics and philosophy - what could be a question that connects both subjects...
What is time? What is real? Does everything in the universe follow the same rules? Can we know anything for certain in science?
I don't have an uncle named Bob - but what would it mean if someone said "Bob's your uncle" to me?
You're all set / ready to go
Years ago, Theodore Roosevelt made the first and only visit of an American President to the Austrian Empire. Which Monarch invited him to coffee at the Hofburg?
Franz-Joseph I
This popular American/British musical tells the true story of an Austrian family of singers that crossed the alps to flee the Nazis - name the family or the musical
Von Trapp family
"The Sound of Music"
How many MORE neighbouring countries does Austria have than the United States?
(# of austria's neighbours MINUS # of USA's neighbours)
SIX
USA has 2
Austria has 8
How old is Micah?
23
I'm not an architect - but I'm pretty sure that you're not supposed to "burn your bridges". What does this phrase mean?
Go into a situation where there's no turning back, esp. to ruin your reputation with someone
Micah ran the Vienna Marathon, but 2516 years ago, a soldier named Pheidippedes did it first. He didn't run in front of the Rathausplatz, and definitely didn't get any free pastries at the end. Where did he go?
From the city of Marathon to Athens
Next year Micah will move to Minneapolis, Minnesota - a part of the country that is very famous for its music history. There are two American musicians associated with this state - name one of them
Bob Dylan
Prince
Austria has a land area of 84,000 km. Name a US state that is a similar size (within 30%)
Five possible:
Kentucky Indiana Maine SouthCarolina WestVirginia
Micah's teaching exchange program has been sending Americans to teach in Austria for 75 years! What is it called?
Fulbright