Around the World
Which country is the most populated country in the world?
a) China b) USA
c) India d) Nigeria
India
Which planet has the shortest year
Mercury
What is the best-selling album of all time?
Michael Jackson's Thriller
Which fairy tale were the first gingerbread houses inspired by?
Hänsel und Gretel
What is the tallest type of grass?
Bamboo
What is the name of the capital of Australia?
a) Melbourne b) Canberra
c) Wellington d) Sydney
Canberra
Who formulated first the Periodic Table of Elements?
Dmitri Mendeleev
Guess the title and singer. Careful, the song is playing in reverse!
Cher - Believe
What is the typical Christmas spice cinnamon?
Bark of the cinnamon tree
How many types of Great Apes are there?
4
Who is considered to be the first person to have demonstrably traveled around the globe?
a) Christopher Kolumbus b) Ferdinand Magellan
c) Ibn Battuta d) Marco Polo
Ferdinand Magellan
Which scientist won two nobel prizes (and in which fields)?
Marie Curie (Physics and Chemistry) and Linus Pauling (Chemistry and Peace).
Rihanna's hit "Umbrella" was originally written with another pop icon in mind. Who was supposed to sing it?
Rihanna's hit "Umbrella" was originally written with another pop icon in mind. Who was supposed to sing it?
What are the names of Santas reindeers according to the song “Rudolf the red nosed reindeer”?
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupit, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph
How many teeth can a crocodile have over the course of its lifetime?
Over 4000
Which island is not located in the pacific ocean:
a) Samoa b) Hawaii
c) Easter Island d) Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands
Which planet has the shortest day?
Jupiter has the shortest day in the solar system. One day on Jupiter takes only about 10 hours.
Singer and jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald made her debut performance at one of the very first infamous "Amateur Nights" at what Harlem theater in 1934?
The Apollo
In which modern-day country was St. Nicholas born?
Turkey (city: Patara)
How many millions of years old is the Grand Canyon
6
Where was ice cream invented?
a) Greenland b) Italy
c) China d) Germany
China
What are Gödel's incompleteness theorems?
1. For any formal system, there will always be statements about natural numbers that are true, but that are unprovable within the system.
2. A logical system cannot demonstrate its own consistency.
What did Benjamin Britten use to simulate raindrops in his opera for amateur musicians, "Noye's Fludd"?
Teacups on a string.
Name three Christmas movies that can be found on the Letterboxd top 10 Christmas movies list
It’s a Wonderful Life (Ist das Leben nicht schön?), 1946
Tokyo Godfathers (Tokyo Godfathers), 2003
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Nightmare Before Christmas), 1993
Scrooge (Charles Dickens – Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte), 1951
Meet Me in St. Louis (Meet Me in St. Louis, auch: Heimweh nach St. Louis, Die große Liebe nebenan, Die törichten Jungfrauen), 1944
Black Christmas (Jessy – Die Treppe in den Tod), 1974
The Muppet Christmas Carol (Die Muppets Weihnachtsgeschichte), 1992
Miracle on 34th Street (Das Wunder von Manhattan), 1947
A Christmas Story (Fröhliche Weihnachten), 1983
Home Alone (Kevin – Allein zu Haus), 1990
One of the biggest waterfalls in the world, Victoria Falls, provides a natural border between which two countries
Zimbabwe and Zambia