European Union
Name one of the founding countries of the EU
What is Luxembourg, Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium or Italy?
In 2020 this woman was sentenced to 6 years in jail for embezzlement of 117 mio. DKK from the Danish Authority of Social Services
Who is Britta Nielsen?
This generation grew up with MSN Messenger, Napster, and the first social media platforms like MySpace and Facebook
What is Millennials/Generation Y (1981-1996)?
This global agreement from 2015 aims to limit global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius
What is the Paris Agreement?
This American investment bank collapsed in 2008, triggering a global financial crisis
What is Lehman Brothers?
In this year Denmark last held the Presidency of the Council of the European Union
What is 2012?
In December 2024, this British trader was sentenced to 12 years in jail for tax fraud, the heaviest penalty ever handed out in Denmark for a fraud case
Who is Sanjay Shah?
This generation was the first to use landline telephones and black-and-white televisions as children
What is Baby Boomers (1946-1964)?
This country has the largest greenhouse gas emissions in the world
What is China?
This global economic crisis began in 1929 and led to massive unemployment and bank failures
What is the Great Depression?
This country is the smallest member country of the EU both by size and population
What is Malta?
This former entrepreneur (and convicted criminal) was known as the CEO of the Danish company IT Factory
Who is Stein Bagger?
This generation is known for being “born with a screen in their hand” and has never known a world without smartphones and Wi-Fi
What is Generation Z or Zoomers (1997-2012)?
The EU has committed to reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least this percentage by 2030 compared to 1990 levels
What is 55%?
This crisis in the late 1990's saw the bursting of a speculative bubble in internet-based companies
What is the Dot-com Bubble?
This European organization established in 1951 would eventually lead to the creation of the EU
What is the European Coal and Steel Community?
Leonardo DiCaprio stars as this fradulent stockbroker in the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street" from 2013
Who is Jordan Belfort?
This generation remembers life before the internet and mobile phones, and many learned to use email as adults
What is Generation X (1965-1980)?
In this Japanese city an international treaty was adopted in 1997 to limit countries' greenhouse gas emissions
What is Kyoto (Protocol)?
This economic plan was launched after World War II to rebuild Europe
What is the Marshall Plan (European Recovery Program, ERP)?
This country was the latest to join the EU in 2013
What is Croatia?
In 2009 this american businessman was sentenced to 150 years in jail for running the largest Ponzi scheme in history
Who is Bernie Madoff?
This generation, still in childhood today, is expected to grow up with artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and voice assistants as a natural part of everyday life
What is Generation Alpha (2013-mid 2020's)?
This greenhouse gas is about 25 times more potent than CO₂ over a 100-year period and is mainly emitted from agriculture and livestock
What is methane (CH₄)?
This European 17th-century event is considered one of the first recorded speculative bubbles in history
What is the Dutch Tulip Mania?