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100

This Japanese art form, whose name means “folding paper,” requires no scissors or glue.

Origami

100

What do you call a family tree that traces your ancestors?

Genealogy

100

What do you call a small, often mobile, house on wheels that people use for travel or minimalist living?

Tiny House

100

Which island is the largest in the Mediterranean Sea?

Sicily

200

Name the three beverages Austrians drink the most in the correct order. (1 wrong placement allowed)

  • coffee: 150 litre per person and year pro Person und Jahr.
  • water: 127 litre per person and year
  • beer: 118 litre per person and year
200

What term describes the family consisting of two parents and their children living together?

Nuclear family

200

Which city is known as the “City of Lights”?

Paris

200

Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?

Japan

300

Which country won the most gold medals at the 2024 Olympics?

United States (40 gold and 126 in total) and China (40 gold and 91 in total)

300

What percentage of families worldwide are estimated to be single-parent households? (+/-5%)

around 23%

300

What is the most populous city in the United States?

New York

300

Mount Everest lies on the border between which two countries?

Nepal and China/Tibet

400

What is the name of the productivity technique that breaks work into 25-minute focused intervals followed by 5-minute breaks?

The Pomodoro Technique

400

Which country is known for having one of the highest rates of multigenerational households?

India

400

Which country has the highest population density per square kilometer?

  1. China (around 22.000)
  2. Monaco (around 19.000)
  3. Singapore (around 8.000)


7. Vatican ( around 900)

400

Name 4 of the 7 New Wonders of the World.

New Seven Wonders of the World (2007)

  1. Great Wall of China (China)

  2. Petra (Jordan)

  3. Christ the Redeemer (Brazil)

  4. Machu Picchu (Peru)

  5. Chichen Itza (Mexico)

  6. Roman Colosseum (Italy)

  7. Taj Mahal (India)

500

Name one of the two highest paid sport athletes in the world. (total earnings in their combined life.)

1. Michael Jordan (3,5 Billion US-Dollars)

2. Tiger Woods (2,7 Billion US-Dollar)

500

What describes the term `sandwich generation´?

adults caring simultaneously for their children and their aging parents.

500

In which country is the city with the highest population density?

  1. Manila, Philippines: 119,600
  2. Pateros, Philippines: 94,400
  3. Mandaluyong, Philippines: 90,460
  4. Baghdad, Iraq: 85,140
  5. Mumbai, India: 83,660
500

Which desert is the largest desert on Earth?

1. Antarctic polar desert: 14,200,000 sqkm

2. Arctic desert: 13,900,000 sqkm

3. Sahara desert: 9,200,000 sqkm