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100

Which sport was played on the Moon in 1971 by an astronaut Alan Shepard?

 a)baseball

 b)golf 

 c)darts

 b)golf

The ball went flying "miles and miles and miles"


What sports do you play? In what way does it develop your body and character?

100

What is the oldest musical instrument?

drum

guitar

panpipe

drum


Do you play any musical instrument? If yes, why have you chosen that particular one?

100

Before Mt. Everest was discovered, which was the highest mountain in the World?



Answer: Mount Everest! It wasn’t just discovered, yet!


If you know any funny brain teasers, feel free to ask each other.

100

What topic we haven't discussed during our conferences?

Politics

Books, TV shows

Civic participation

Politics



What spheres are you interested in apart from school education?

100

What is the most spoken language in the world if you count native speakers?

Spanish

English

Mandarin

Mandarin

1, 118 million speakers


Why do you value communication?

200

1)Which one is the oldest sport ever?

 a)wrestling 

 b)weight lifting 

 c)swimming

a)wrestling



Why have people always been competitive? 

200

Which is players' choice video Game of the Year 2022?

a) Elden Ring 

b) Genshin impact 

c) Call of duty MW2(2022)


b) Genshin impact


Why are so many people into gaming? What features of character do video games develop?

200

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

Footsteps


Brain teasers make us stop and think. What other techniques do you know which motivate heavy brain activity?

200

What is the slogan of Ted Talks?

1. Ideas worth spreading 

2. Listen more. See more. Do more

3. Never give up

Ideas worth spreading


Ted Talks is a free resource for self-education. What other resources do you know and can recommend?

200

What are the types of communication between people?

 a) Verbal, non-verbal and written;

 b) Electronic, remote and personal;

 c) Direct, indirect and default

 a) Verbal, non-verbal and written;


Are you watching people attentively while speaking with them? What information can be transmitted without words?

300

According to the list of the greatest athletes of the 20th century, published by Sports Illustrated in 1999, who is the Greatest Athlete of the 20th century?

Muhammad Ali

Pele

Michael Jordan

Muhammad Ali


What features of character does sport develop?

300

Finish the quotation:

The world is a book and those who do not travel....

read only one page.


Why do so many people enjoy travelling and invest huge sums of money into it?

300

Turn me on my side, and I am everything. Cut me in half, and I am nothing. What am I?

The number 8.


Visualization works wonders. Do you imply all senses to memorize things? Share some ways how to make learning more effective.


300

Who is the Greek god or goddess of wisdom?

1.Hermes

2.Themis

3.Athena

3.Athena



What's the difference between knowledge and wisdom?

300

The authors of the Collins Dictionary defined "permacrisis" as the word of the year 2022.  What does it mean?

a) disorder, decline, aggravation of contradictions

b) describes the feeling of living in a time of war, inflation and political instability.

c) inability or low ability of the enterprise to develop, loss of socio-economic purpose

b) describes the feeling of living in a time of war, inflation and political instability.


How does "leaving your comfort zone" work? 

400

Who is the number 1 scorer in NBA history?

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Stephen Curry

LeBron James

LeBron James


How does sport influence physical and mental health?

400

What is a crossword puzzle?

a) A puzzle that involves solving word-based challenges

b) A sport that involves constructing different geometric shapes using special tools

c) A type of puzzle that involves filling in words in a grid

c) A type of puzzle that involves filling in words in a grid


It's a fact that doing crossword puzzles is useful for brain and memory. What else do you challenge yourselves with?

400

What's the missing number?

6 / 16 / 8

            5 / ? / 6

                      9 / 21 / 7 

6 / 16 / 8

            5 / 10 / 6

                      9 / 21 / 7 

Multiple two numbers and divide by 3

Do you agree that maths is a prime science?

400

Earth Doesn’t actually take 24 hours to rotate on its axis. How much time does it need?

24 hours, 56 minutes and 3 seconds

23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds

23 hours, 54 minutes and 6 seconds

It actually takes 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds for the Earth to rotate once completely on its axis


How important is it to have encyclopedia knowledge these days?

400

Remember the date when our first meeting took place.

17, February, 2022


Challenge your mind with remembering some details of the meeting.

500

The origin of what modern entertaining activity is described here?

The primitive implements included nine pieces of stone at which a stone "ball" was rolled, the ball having first to roll through an archway made of three pieces of marble.

Bowling


Is sport an entertainment or a hard work?  

500

The process  of forming objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form.

Pottery


Working by hand is a popular way to relax. What crafts are you into? How does it help you advance?

500

Who is an ambidexter?

a person who seeks out social interaction

one that uses both hands with equal facility

someone with multiple hobbies

one that uses both hands with equal facility


Take two pencils and try writing the phrase "We love you" with both hands simultaneously. Share the result and check your ability.

500

What is the oldest English word that is still in use?

town

number

tree

“town”


Do guessing and intuition help you sometimes? Why is it so? 

500

Read the tongue twisters:

Betty Botter bought some butter
But she said the butter’s bitter.

Бабин біб розцвів у дощ — буде бабі біб у борщ.

Bubyn bib roztsviv u doshch - bude bubi bib u borshch

Well done!!!


In what way does learning languages bear fruit for a personality?