GEKOM
CULTURE & THE ARTS
CURRENT AFFAIRS
GRAMMAR
MISCELLANEOUS
100
What was the name of the gymnázium founded by Eliška Krásnohorská?
Minerva
100
"The Summer of Love" was in this very special year...
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Velvet Underground's debut album
The Doors debut album
Mr Dunn was born.
1967
100
Which Labour Party leader became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom last summer?
Sir Keir Starmer
100
name this punctuation mark...
;
semi-colon
100
Which country won this year's Eurovision Song Contest?
Austria (JJ singing 'Wasted Love')
200
What day did Mr Dunn and Mr Braňka do canteen duty in 2024/25?
Tuesday
200
Which Irish playwright is represented on the cover of The Beatles' album
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?
CLUE: There are two of them.
Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw
200
Which far-right political party is currently very popular in the Eastern part of Germany?
Alternative for Deutschland (AfD)
200
Which conditional describes a general truth, such as lasw of nature.
The zero conditional
200
Which of the conspirators who assassinated Julius Caesar was especially close to him?
Brutus (Marcus Junius Brutus)
300
Where did GEKOM students recently exhibit their art works (other than at the school)?
DOX
300
Which two related events in US history did Woody Guthrie document?
CLUE: One man-made, one natural
The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression - both in the 1930s.
300
Name one of the main drugs linked to the US opiod Crisis.
Fentanyl, oxycontin...
300
As well as the Czech Republic, name three countries that begin with "The..."
The United States, The Netherlands, The Philipines, The Maldives, The United Arab Emirates...
300
Which pagan celebration was the forerunner to Christmas throughout the Roman Empire?
The Saturnalia
400
Who Is Shirat Nassuna?
Shirat is a six-year-old girl who lives in Uganda. GEKOM staff and students raise money to pay for her education.
400
Who wrote 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night'?
(and what was his nationality?)
Dylan Thomas from Wales (He was Welsh).
400
What is the "One Big Beautiful Bill"?
Donald Trump's tax-cutting plan that has been passed in the House of Representatives and is soon to be voted on in the Senate.
400
Describe this Tesla Cyber Truck using four adjectives in the correct adjective word order.
opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose
400
Which Nobel prize-winning mathematician invented Game Theory?
Professor John Nash
500
What percentage of absence will require additional work to avoid an "N" grade in 2025/26?
20%
500
What year did William Wordsworth compose lines upon Westminster Bridge?
1802
500
Donald Trump is being given a $400 million bribe. What is it and who is giving it to him?
A luxurious Boeing 747 from the government of Quatar.
500
Fully punctuate the following:
The opinions of the workers relating to the workers rights will be considered when we hear each workers thoughts on the matter said the management
"The opinions of the workers, relating to the workers' rights, will be considered when we hear each worker's thoughts on the matter," said the management.
500
Whose arm length, from elbow to finger tips, gave us the measurement 'The Loket'?
Přemysl Otakar II, in 1268