Odds & Ends
These animals outnumber Danes in their homeland 2-to-1
What is a pig?
This company, with headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, is considered Novo Nordisk's top competitor.
What is Eli Lilly and Company
This person has the most followers on Instagram
Who is Cristiano Ronaldo?
This collection of ancient trade routes existed for over 1500 years before being supplanted by mordern technological advances
What is the silk road?
A system of finding truth through emperical observation and measurement, direct testing, and repeatable experiments
What is the scientific method?
If you're reading the writing on the wall & it's there illegally, it's this, from Italian for "scribblings."
What is graffiti?
A production plant in Kalundborg, Denmark, designed by Danish architect Arne Jacobsen was opened in this year
What is 1969?
Directed by Spielberg: "Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire."
What is Schindler’s List?
In 1839 the first of several wars broke out over the trade of an extract from a certain type of plant/flower
This living animal has the heaviest brain
What are sperm whales?
Norse king Fjolne is said to have been drowned in this honey-based drink.
What is mead?
In 1921 insulin was first successfully extracted from this animal's pacreas
What is a dog?
This comedian is known as the ultimate rebound guy
Who is Pete Davidson?
This region contains the last major landmasses to be permanently occupied by humanity
What is Polynesia?
The weakest of the four fundamental forces of nature
What is gravity?
The name “Danmark” was first mentioned in written record on a rune stone around 965 AD. The rune stone belonged to this king.
Who is King Harald Bluetooth/Blåtand?
The Novo Nordisk logo, a bull with a sun disk between his horns is based on a deity from this ancient civilization.
What is Egypt?
Writing their first song at 6, this artist won eleven Grammy Awards and three Emmy Awards, and was known for their philanthropy
Who is Dolly Parton?
From a flowering plant, the Aztecs used it as a chocolate enhancer and the Spanish called it this, meaning “little pod.”
What is vanilla?
What is a valence electron?
This famous question "What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?" comes from this 1975 comedy film
What is Monty Python (& the Holy Grial)?
CEO Mike Doustdar has this other name that originates from Persian and Middle Persian mādayār, meaning "steward"
What is Maziar?
In 1984, in the first of the films featuring this character, he only has 21 lines, for a total of 133 words
Who is The Terminator?
“The Trial” and “The Metamorphosis” are works by this Czech author
Who is Franz Kafka?
Dictates how much an object can change its speed based on its exhaust speed and the ratio of its full mass to its empty mass
What is the rocket equation?