Which Kazakh poet and philosopher is considered the father of Kazakh written literature?
Abai Qunanbaiuly
Which part of an electrochemical cell loses electrons?
Anode
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
Which movie features the line: “I’ll be back”?
Terminator
What comes next in the sequence: 1, 3, 7, 15, __?
31
1*2+1=3
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15*2+1=31
What major body of water does Kazakhstan share with several other countries?
Caspian Sea
What is the term for the minimum potential at which an electrocatalyst begins to drive a significant current in a redox reaction, often used to compare catalytic activity?
Overpotential
Which artist is known for cutting off part of his own ear?
Vincent van Gogh
Which movie series features a character named Frodo Baggins?
The Lord of the Rings
A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 run away. How many are left?
9
All but 9 ran away
What is the traditional Kazakh beverage made from fermented mare’s milk?
Shubat
Which art movement is Salvador Dalí associated with?
Surrealism
Which film franchise includes the fictional African nation of Wakanda?
Black Panther
Which number completes the pattern:
1 = 5, 2 = 25, 3 = 325, 4 = 4325, 5 = ?
54325
Each result starts with the current number, followed by the previous result.
In which Kazakh region is the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the world’s first and largest space launch facility, located?
Kyzylorda
What is the selectivity of a gas sensor?
The ability to recognize the target gas among a mixture of gases.
Which artist is famous for painting water lilies in his garden at Giverny?
Claude Monet
Which film won Best Picture at the 2020 Academy Awards, making history as the first non-English language film to do so?
Parasite
You see a boat filled with people. It hasn’t sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on board. Why?
All the people were married
What is the name of the ancient Kazakh script discovered in the Orkhon Valley, used before the Arabic alphabet was adopted?
Runic Turkic
Which painter is known for her self-portraits and was married to Diego Rivera?
Frida Kahlo
Who directed the science fiction film Inception (2010)?
Christopher Nolan
A guard stands before a gate. A man walks up, and the guard says “12.” The man replies “6” and is let in. Another person comes, the guard says “6,” they reply “3” and are let in.
You come forward. The guard says “10.” What should you say?
3
The answer is the number of letters in the number. “Twelve” = 6 letters, answer was 6. "Ten" = 3