Movies & TV
Which movie features the character Jack Sparrow?
Pirates of the Caribbean
How many strings does a standard guitar have?
Six
What is the largest land animal on Earth?
The African elephant
What does “AI” stand for?
Artificial Intelligence
How long did the Thirty Years' War last (in years)?
30 years
Which science-fiction film series is set “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away”?
Star Wars
Which artist is known as the “King of Pop”?
Michael Jackson
What is the fastest land animal?
The cheetah
Who is the co-founder of Microsoft?
Bill Gates / Paul Allen
Who was the first President of the United States?
George Washington
What long-running TV show is known for the quote “Winter is coming”?
Game of Thrones
Which composer wrote the Moonlight Sonata (Klaviersonate Nr. 14)?
Ludwig van Beethoven
What do you call animals that only eat plants?
Herbivores
What year was the first iPhone released?
2007
When did the Berlin Wall fall (exact date!)?
9. November 1989
Which Netflix series had the most streaming views in 2021?
Squid Game
Name the song and artist(s), who performed the following lyric: "Du hast einen Grund dein Gesicht zu verziehen /
Ich lieg' in der Sonne, du in der Gerichtsmedizin."
K.I.Z, Spasst
Which animal has the most powerful bite force?
The saltwater crocodile
What does “USB” stand for?
Universal Serial Bus
What event marked the start of the French Revolution?
The storming of the Bastille
Who directed Jurassic Park?
Steven Spielberg
What musical term means “gradually getting louder”?
Crescendo
Which animal can regenerate lost limbs?
The axolotl
What was the acronym commonly used for the 2000s software problem that many thought would cause computers to become inoperable?
Y2K (millenium bug; computer problem in which many systems used only two digits for the year, and it was feared that they would fail when changing from 99 to 00)
What is considered the largest empire in history?
The Mongol Empire