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100

How many cantons are there in Switzerland?

26

100

What Swiss/French region lends its name to one geological period associated with dinosaurs?

Jura (Jurassic)

100

What does the acronym NES stand for?

Nintendo Entertainment System

100

What is one  popular sport in Switzerland that is also the most popular sport in Canada?

ice hockey
100

How do you say hello in Romansh?

Bun di, bund de, bien di, bùn gi, allegra

200

What does the abbreviation "CH" stand for?

Confoederatio Helvetica

200

What 1993 American film about dinosaurs uses this Canton’s name in its title

Jurassic Park

200

Fans are still awaiting for a follow up to this PS1/PS2 era atmospheric horror series:

Silent Hill

200

What is the name of local Swiss wrestling?

Schwingen

200

What is the name for the French speaking region of Switzerland?

Romandy (French: Romandie or Suisse romande)

300

The Swiss alpine Hotel Belvédère is featured in what English film franchise?

James Bond

300

The world’s largest what were discovered in the Jura region when digging for a new highway?

Dinosaur foot tracks

300

This American game helped create professional e-sports in the 90s and 00s in South Korea:

Star Craft

300

What is the name of the NBA player from Switzerland?

Clint Capela

300

What is the current global lingua franca?

English

400

What is the tallest mountain peak entirely in Switzerland?

Dufourspitze

400

Theropod dinosaurs (like t-rex) are related to what modern animal?

birds

400

The PlayStaion 5 and Xbox Series X are from what console generation?

9th

400

According to stats released in 2022, what is the only country in Europe that has a higher percentage of the total population that skis higher than Switzerland's (35%)?

Liechtenstein (36%)

400

What historical language group is English from?

West Germanic (Dutch, Danish, and West German)

500

What is the name of the Lötschental Valley monster represented by wooden masks?

Tschäggätta

500

This dinosaur, found in Jura (and North America) also lends its name to a burger at Jurassic burger in Porrentruy:

Allosaurus

500

Name one console from the first or second generation:

  • Odyssey
  • Atari Pong
  • Coleco Telstar series
  • Channel F
  • Atari 2600
  • Odyssey 2
  • Intellivision
  • ColecoVision
500

How many times has Switzerland hosted the summer Olympics?

Zero, it has hosted the winter twice (1928 and 1948)

500

The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses how many letters of the English alphabet

26/all