Grammar
Trivia
Abbreviations
Atonement
2024
Riddles
100

What is the correct plural form for "mouse"? 

mice
100

Where can you find the headquarters of the NATO? 

Brussles

100

What does lol stand for? 

laughing out loud 

100

What was the name of the play Briony writes?

The Trials of Arabella

100

Is 2024 a leap year? 

yes or no? 

yes

100

They come out at night without being called and are lost in the day without being stolen. What are they?

Stars

200

What is the correct comparative form of "good"? 

better

200

In Greek mythology, who is the god of the sea? 

Poseidon

200

What letter is used to symbolize songs that are not appropriate for children? 

E - explicit

200

Why are Lola, Jackson, and Pierrot Quincey coming to the Tallis estate for the summer?

Their parents were getting a divorce

200
A custody battle has been reported on recently because of the fame of the parents involved. Why are the parents famous? 

mother is the daughter of the Block House restaurant founder

200

One rabbit saw 6 elephants while going towards River. Every elephant saw 2 monkeys are going towards river. Every monkey holds one tortoice in their hands.

How many animals are going towards the river?

 5

Explanation:

1 rabbit is going towards river not the six elephants. And these 6 elephants saw 2 monkeys are going towards river. Each monkey is holding 1 tortoice.

Hence, number of animals going towards river are 1 rabbit, 2 monkeys and 2 tortoice

= 1 + 2 + 2

= 5.

300

Explain the difference between "fewer" and "less". 

fewer - used with countable nouns

less - used with uncountable nouns

300

What is the chemial symbol of gold? 

Au

300

What does the abbreviation o.b. stand for in the name of hygiene products? (German answer)

ohne Binde

300

Who ensures the Quincey children that "there will be a war?"

Paul Marshall

300

An airplane crash with multiple fatalites occured in the past days. On which airport? 

Tokio

300

A man was murdered in his office.

The suspects are Ericson, Maggi, Jason, Benny, Sona, Patick.

A calendar found near the man has blood written 6, 4, 9, 10, 11.

Who is the killer?

Jason

Explanation:

If we consider the given numbers  6, 4, 9, 10, 11 to be the month number then we can easily find the killer.

6 – June – J

4 – April – A

9 – September – S

10 – October – O

11 – November – N

400

Differentiate between "imply" and "infer". 

We imply something by what we say. We infer something from what somebody else says. The main difference between these two words is that a speaker can imply, but a listener can only infer. 

When someone implies something, they put the suggestion into the message:

Are you implying that the team cheated?

When someone infers something, they take the suggestion out of the message. In order to underline this difference, infer is used with the preposition from:

Then I think we must infer from what they said that they believe we should reapply for the job.

Source: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/imply-or-infer?q=infer


400

What is the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise? 

Venus

400

What does "VAR" stand for? 

Video Assistant Referee

400

When Briony returns to the Tallis House at the age of seventy-seven, it is a hotel. What is its name?

Tilney's Hotel

400

The airplane of which type recently lost a part during flight? 

brand AND number needed

Boeing 737

400

How many times in a day, are the hands of a clock in straight line but opposite in direction?

22

The hands of a clock point in opposite directions (in the same straight line) 11 times in every 12 hours. (Because between 5 and 7 they point in opposite directions at 6 o'clcok only).

So, in a day, the hands point in the opposite directions 22 times.

500

What is the general order of adjectives before a noun if you do not want to emphasize anything specific? 

Put theses qualities into the correct order: 

material, age, general opinion, colour, size, shape 

opinion (e.g. unusual, lovely) 

size (e.g. big, small, tall)

physical quality (e.g.thin, rough, untidy)

shape (e.g. round, square)

age (e.g. old, young)

colour (e.g. red, pink, blue)

origin (e.g. Dutch, German, English)

material (e.g. metal, woo) 

type (e.g. general-purpose, four-sided) 

purpose (e.g. cleaning, hammering)


Example: She was a beautiful, tall, thin, young, black-haired, Scottish woman. 

Source: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/adjectives-order

500

What kind of animal is Hein Blöd in the "Käpt'n Blaubär" series? 

rat

500

What does the "GPT" stand for in ChatGPT?

Generative Pre-trained Transformer

500

The film "Atonement" received how many Academy Award nominations?

7

500

What is the German bird of the year 2024? 

Kiebitz

500

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

Charcoal