The Environment
What are 'exoplanets'?
a) planets that orbit stars outside our solar system
b) planets that are inhabitble
c) planets that do not orbit around a sun
a) planets outside our solar system
Which is the largest ocean?
a) Atlantic ocean
b) Indian ocean
c) Pacific ocean
c) Pacific ocean
Who was the director of the first 'Jurassic Park'?
a) James Cameron
b) Woody Allen
c) Steven Spielberg
c) Steven Spielberg
'Floppy Discs' are / were
a) mechanical storage devices
b) optical storage devices
c) flash memory
a) mechanical storage
What fuel is used in most planes / aircraft?
a) Kerosene
b) Liquid Gas
c) Plasma benzole
a) Kerosene
True or false: There are no venomous snakes in Switzerland (in wildlife).
False, there are two: the 'Kreuzotter' and the 'Aspisviper'
On which continent do you find the country named 'Laos'?
a) Asia
b) Africa
c) Americas (South America)
a) Asia
Since when is homosexuality in Switzerland legal?
a) it has never been illegal
b) since 1942
c) since 1971
b) 1942
Which internet browser was released in 1994 and hugely popular, until it lost its fight for dominance to Microsoft's Internet Explorer?
a) Opera
b) Netscape Navigator
c) Firefox
b) Netscape Navigator
What religion is the priest called 'Rabbi' of?
a) Judaism
b) Hinduism
c) Islam
a) Judaism
What is a compound of several atoms called?
a) ion
b) molecule
c) element
b) molecule
What is the South African Flag called?
a) Rainbow Salad
b) Stars and Stripes
c) Union Jack
a) Rainbow Salad (Nickname!)
Which country does the rock band AC/DC come from?
a) The USA
b) Australia
c) The UK
d) Ireland
b) Australia
What is it called when a system, technology or product is also usable with older versions of that system, technology or product?
a) cloud computing
b) overclocking
c) backward compatible
c) backward compatible
What type of vehicle is a 'catamaran'?
a) plane
b) electric truck
c) boat
c) boat (it has two hulls)
Which organ does an owl have:
a) teeth
b) ears
c) eyeballs
b) ears
they do NOT have teeth or eyeballs
The official 'birthday' of Switzerland is the 1st of August. But to which year does the 1st August refer to?
a) 1291
b) 1519
c) 1848
a) 1291 (Rütlischwur)
1519: Einleitung der Reformation (Zwingli)
1848: Annahme der Bundesverfassung
In what sports do you have expressions such as 'afraid of the dark', 'cat box', 'driver', 'handicap'?
a) Tennis
b) Ice Hockey
c) Golf
c) Golf
Which company produced the first mobile phone?
a) Apple
b) Motorola
c) Samsung
b) Motorola (in 1973!)
What is the name of the political system where a small (unelected) group has control over a whole country?
a) Oligarchy
b) Monarchy
c) Democracy
a) Oligarchy (Rule of the few)
The science of the study of fungi (mushrooms and yeast (Hefe)) is called
a) Mythology
b) Mykology
c) Fungology
d) Arbology
b) Mykology
The rule called the 80/20 rule, states that roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes.
What is the name of this rule?
a) the Rule of Law
b) the Pareto Principle
c) the Law of Averages
b) the Pareto Principle
Languages: Chinese is the language with the most native speakers (about 1 Billion). But which is the second most-spoken language (native speakers)?
a) English
b) Arabic
c) Spanish
c) Spanish (485 Million)
(English: ca 380 Million, Arabic ca 373 Million)
What does the term "dataset bias" refer to?
a) When a model uses too much memory
b) Systematic imbalance in the training data that affects model fairness
c) When a model is trained too quickly and improperly
b) systematic imbalance used in the training data that can affect 'fairness'
In music, you have 'Dur' (major) and 'Moll' (minor). What do they mean?
a) whether a tune sounds more sad or joyful
b) that there are two voices singing the main melody
c) that a song is either produced by a human or by AI
a) it sets the 'mood' of a song, depending on the Key (Tonart) of it
Major and Minor mean:
Major = 'Dur', sounds upbeat, joyful
Minor = 'Moll', sounds sad, melancholic