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Mexico

100

Colors of the mexican flag and meanings:

• Green: Hope and independence

• White: Unity and purity

• Red: The blood of national heroes

200

Mention 3 oficial holidays in Mexico

• January 1 – New Year's Day (Año Nuevo)

• First Monday of February – Constitution Day (Día de la Constitución – celebrates the 1917 constitution)

• Third Monday of March – Benito Juárez's Birthday (Natalicio de Benito Juárez)

• May 1 – Labor Day (Día del Trabajo)

• September 16 – Mexican Independence Day (Día de la Independencia)

• Third Monday of November – Mexican Revolution Day (Día de la Revolución)

• December 25 – Christmas Day (Navidad)

300

Mention 8 characters that are (or have been) in mexican bills:

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, José María Morelos y Pavón, Ignacio Allende, Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, Benito Juárez, Melchor Ocampo, Francisco I. Madero, Venustiano Carranza, Emiliano Zapata, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Octavio Paz, Nezahualcóyotl.

400

Mention 7 presidents of mexico

• Claudia Sheinbaum (2024–present)

• Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018–2024)

• Enrique Peña Nieto (2012–2018)

• Felipe Calderón (2006–2012)

• Vicente Fox (2000–2006)

• Ernesto Zedillo (1994–2000)

• Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1988–1994)

• Miguel de la Madrid (1982–1988)

• José López Portillo (1976–1982)

• Luis Echeverría (1970–1976)

500

What is the meaning of "Mexico"?

According to tradition, the word Mexico comes from the Nahuatl language: metztli, which means moon; xictli means navel or center. it means "in the navel of the moon"; or put another way "in the center of the moon".

Culture

100

¿How many continents are there? Mention them.

Asia, Africa, America, Europe, Australia. (Antarctica)

200

The language with the most speakers in the world is:

English – Most widely spoken as a second language; total speakers (native + second language) exceed 1.5 billion.

300

Mention 1 of the 5 oldest countries:

• Egypt – Civilization dates back to ~3100 BCE with the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.

• Iran (Persia) – Has a continuous cultural identity for over 4,000 years.

• China – Civilization began around 2100 BCE (Xia dynasty).

• Japan – Traditionally founded in 660 BCE, with an unbroken monarchy.

• San Marino – Founded in 301 CE; often called the world’s oldest republic.

400

Seven wonders of the modern world

• Great Wall of China

• Petra

• Christ the Redeemer

• Machu Picchu

• Chichén Itzá

• Colosseum

• Taj Mahal

500

Seven wonders of the ancient world

• Great Pyramid of Giza

• Hanging Gardens of Babylon

• Statue of Zeus at Olympia

• Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

• Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

• Colossus of Rhodes

• Lighthouse of Alexandria

Random

100

The primary colors are:

Red, blue and yellow.

200

What is the biggest animal in the earth.

The biggest animal on Earth is the blue whale. Length: up to 30 meters (98 feet). Weight: up to 180,000 kg (400,000 pounds)

300

Who is top #1 in spotify right now?

BTS - SWIM

400

Mention 10 of the Disney Princess lineup

Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, Moana, Ana, Elsa.

500

Mention 10 countries with capital cities

It varies

Science

100

Name of the planets in the solar system

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, pluto

200

What is a leap year?

A Leap Year is a year that has 366 days instead of 365

300

What is the possition of the earth, sun and moon in a solar eclipse

The Moon moves between the Sun and the Earth. It blocks the Sun’s light, casting a shadow on Earth

400

Mention the principal states of matter:

• Solid – definite shape and volume
• Liquid – definite volume but takes the shape of its container
• Gas – no definite shape or volume; expands to fill the container

500

Mention 5 of the most important scientists in history:

**1. Isaac Newton – Laws of motion, gravity, calculus
**2. Albert Einstein – Theory of relativity, E=mc²
**3. Galileo Galilei – Astronomy, experimental physics, telescope improvements
**4. Charles Darwin – Theory of evolution by natural selection
**5. Marie Curie – Radioactivity, first woman to win Nobel Prizes in two sciences
**6. Nikola Tesla – Alternating current, electrical engineering innovations
**7. Louis Pasteur – Germ theory, pasteurization, vaccines
**8. Dmitri Mendeleev – Periodic table of elements
**9. Michael Faraday – Electromagnetism, electrochemistry
**10. Gregor Mendel – Genetics, laws of inheritance
**11. James Clerk Maxwell – Electromagnetic theory
**12. Richard Feynman – Quantum electrodynamics, physics education
**13. Stephen Hawking – Black holes, cosmology
**14. Robert Hooke – Microscopy, Hooke’s law
**15. Carl Linnaeus – Modern taxonomy, classification of organisms

True or false

100

Avocado is a vegetable

False. An Avocado is botanically a fruit, specifically a berry, because it develops from the flower of the plant and contains a seed.

200

A water molecule is made of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.

True. The oxygen atom sits in the center. Two hydrogen atoms are attached at an angle (about 104.5°). The shape is bent (V-shaped), not straight.

300

Avengers end game is the highest-grossing movie of all time.

False. Avatar is the highest-grossing movie of all time. Avatar has made about $3.08 billion USD worldwide

400

You can see the Great Wall of China from the Moon.

False. The Moon is about 384,000 km (238,000 miles) away. The wall is too narrow (only a few meters wide) to be visible from that distance. Even cities and continents are hard to distinguish without aid.

500

Olympus Mons is the tallest mountain in the entire solar system.

True. It’s nearly three times taller than Mount Everest on Earth. Height: about 22 km (13.6 miles). Width: roughly 600 km (370 miles) across. Location: on Mars.