Civics
Emma has brown eyes and is 175cm tall. Is that due to nature or nurture?
Nature
Mary’s parents have five daughters and no sons. Their daughters are called Katie, Lily, Sophia and Victoria. What is the fifth daughter called?
Mary
Name 5 countries that start with the B
Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi
How many hearts does an octopus have?
Three
What is the body's largest and heaviest organ?
In order of weight - 1. Skin 2. Liver 3. Brain 4. Lungs 5. Heart 6. Kidneys
Name the 5 senses
hearing, vision, taste, touch, smell
Grandpa went for a walk, and it started raining. He forgot to bring an umbrella and didn’t have a hat. When he got home, his clothes were soaking wet, but he did not have a single wet hair. How was this possible?
Grandpa is bald.
What is the longest river in Slovakia? (Do you know long it is in km?)
Váh (403km)
What is the only mammal capable of true flight?
Bat
What do the inventors of the world's first flying car, the world's first radio, and the parachute all have in common?
They are all slovak.
The parachute was invented and patented by Štefan Banič (1870 – 1941), born in Smolenice in western Slovakia. To test his his umbrella-like invention, he jumped off the rooftop of a 15-floor building in Washington, DC. The patent was then purchased by the US Army for just a couple of dollars.
The first radio was constructed by Jozef Murgaš (1864 – 1929) from Tajov, Central Slovakia. He made the first wireless transmission of speech from the sender to the recepient, earning him the title inventor of the radio .
Štefan Klein, a Slovak designer, constructor and university teacher, is the inventor of the first flying automobile, which he started developing in 1990. He was inspired by the flying car in the French film Fantomas Unleashed. He built the very first version of the AeroMobil 1.0 in his garage.
Name 3 internal states and 3 mental processes
fatigue, stress, hunger
perception, thinking, problem-solving, memory
If a red house is made of red bricks, and a yellow house is made of yellow bricks, what is a greenhouse made of?
Glass. All greenhouses are made of glass.
What is the second highest peak in Slovakia?
The second-highest is Lomnický štít, 2634 m, - 20m shorter than the highest peak - Gerlachovský štít, 2654 m
Which sea creature is known for its ability to regrow its arms?
Starfish
What does the Scoville Heat Unit Scale measure?
The spiciness of "heat" of chilli peppers and other substances. Jalapeno Pepper = 2,000 - 8,000 SHU. The Carolina Reaper = 2.2 million SHU
What type of memory is used when you memorise by analysing and understanding something, rather than just learning off by heart (repetition).
Logical (explicit)
If you drop me, I’m sure to crack, but smile at me and I’ll smile back. What am I?
A mirror
What is the northernmost national capital city in the world? It's the capital city of a country also known as the Land of Fire and Ice due to its volcanoes and glaciers.
Reykjavik, Iceland
What is the slowest animal in the world?
Three-toed sloth
What is the oldest living thing known on earth?
A tree! A bristlecone pine in California... it's about 4600 years old!
What are the 3 phases of memory in the correct order?
Encoding, storage, retrieval
I follow you everywhere you go but disappear when it gets dark. What am I?
Your shadow
Most flags are rectangular. However, 3 are not. Can you name at least one country that does not have a rectangular flag?
Hint: 2 are square and 1 has two stacked triangles.
Switzerland, Vatican City, Nepal.
How many bones does a shark have?
None
What is the capital city of the country that Ivi grew up in?
Kuwait city