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This nation was the first to be the host both the summer olympics and the winter olympics
What is France?
This movement in visual art emerged in Germany in the early 1900s and focused on subjective feelings and strong colours.
This Japanese entertainment console from 2006 introduced a movement control system and made it a standard function in their future products.
What is the Nintendo Wii
Dave Grohl, the drummer of Nirvana, was a part of a different famous rock band. What is the name of it?
According to myth, who are the founders of the city of Rome
Romulus & Remus
This Brazillian Formula 1 driver, won the world championship in 1988, 1990 and 1991 and as famously known, tragically died on the track in 1994
Who is Ayrton Senna?
Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most famous paintings of all time, but where has it been hanging since 1941?
Is it called MoMA?
This person was the first female German Chancellor when she was elected in 2005
Who is Angela Merkel?
Name 5 of the 7 ancient wonders of the world
The Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.
This female tennis player holds the record for most Grand-Slam-Titels won
Is it Margaret Court?
The Japanese are quite known for their art, especially their manga art. When is manga said to date back to in its earliest form?
Edo period(12-13th century)
In 2021, this company sent the first all-civilian crew into orbit on its Inspiration4 mission, marking a milestone in private space tourism.
What is SpaceX?
This American actress has won the most Oscars for best actress in a female lead and appears in movies such as Morning Glory(1933) & Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Katharine Hepburn
How many times did Rome lose the majority of its fleet to storms in their war with Carthage, spanning from 264bc-241bc?
They lost their fleet 4 times
Wrestling is famously one of the oldest sports we have that possibly dates back to thousands of years before modern history, but in what century was it adobted by the greek?
Could it be between 800-700 bc?
This Flemish Baroque painter is known for his dramatic and dynamic historical and mythological works such as The Descent from the Cross.
Who is Peter Paul Rubens
This female Pakistani activist survived an assassination attempt in 2012, and later she received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
What is Hell's Angeles?
This Greek historian is known as the "Father of historians" and wrote in great detail about the Persian wars in "The Histories", the main source on the war.
Who is Herodot?
What is 9.69?
This play from the 17th century by Molière poked fun at the medical science of the time.
what is "Le Malade Imaginaire"
This Venezuelan leader introduced the ‘Bolivarian Revolution’ and died in 2013.
Who is Hugo Chávez?
In 2020, a non-English speaking movie won the Oscar for best picture, but which non-English speaking movie from 1938 was the first to be nominated?
The Grand Illusion
What are the 2 main reasons that we cant be sure if the hanging gardens of Babylon ever existed?
1. The men who are our main sources for the 7 ancient wonders of the world have never seen them and are strictly describing them based on what they have heard.
2. We have found no signs of anything that would resemble the hanging gardens of Babylon, where the sources said they should be