Museums
Sputnik/Satellite
Actors and roles
Time to study!
Skyscrapers
100

In the Sigmund Freud Museum in London you can see the library of the father of psychoanalysis as well as this legendary piece of furniture

a couch / a daybed

100

Saturn's moon Titan is one and a half times denser than Earth's...

Atmosphere

100

This actor isolated himself for weeks, kept a diary in character, and studied chaotic personalities to create the character's unpredictable nature (one of the DC's villains). His performance is considered iconic.

Heath Ledger’s Joker

100

In the central zone, Soviet students went to pick potatoes every year, and in Central Asia, the students harvested this crop.

Cotton

100

Although this Q1 Tower is not located in Sydney but in the city of Gold Coast, its shape is inspired by this attribute of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney

Olympic torch

200

This New York museum hosts an annual ball organized by American Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour (held for the benefit of Costume Institute in Manhattan.)

The Met Gala

200

his is the term for satellites that orbit the Earth at the same speed as its rotation, staying fixed over one spot.

geostationary satellites

200

Roman Griffin Davis  played the role of Johannes Betzler in this Taika Waititi movie.  The nickname is the name of the movie. So, name either.

Jojo rabbit

200

Vladimir Nabokov was a student of this college. Byron, Tennyson, Milne graduated from it

Trinity College

200

The Landmark skyscraper, completed in 2018, temporarily took over the title of the tallest building in Southeast Asia and is located in this city in Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City

300

This museum exhibits the triptych of Bosch, "The Garden of Earthly Delights". The Duke of Alba took this work from the Netherlands in 1568

the Prado Museum (Museo del Prado)

300

Why was Ross Geller (from 'Friends) dressed as a potato (a spud) with antennas?

This is costume was a parody of Sputnik, the first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.

300

For the role of Manolete, one of the most famous representatives of this profession, Adrien Brody  signed up for Spanish language courses. Name the profession/trade

Torero or a bullfighter

300

A future doctor Vladimir Dal lived in the attic and shared a closet with this teaching aid, and at night admired its outlines

a human skeleton

300

Completed in 2004, THIS skyscraper stood at 508 meters (1,667 feet) tall and was officially recognized as the tallest building in the world until the Burj Khalifa surpassed it.

the Taipei 101 in Taiwan

400

During the war, most of the Hermitage collection was evacuated here, and in 2022, the Ural Hermitage cultural and educational center opened here.

Sverdlovsk/Ekaterinburg

400

This "Sputnik", produced in Leningrad, was stereoscopic.

A triple lens camera

400

In her later years, Vivien Leigh complained that this role, first in the play and then in the film, drove her crazy.

Blanche Dubois (from the play A Streetcar Named Desire)

400

This time management technique involves working for 25 minutes, then taking a 5-minute break.

the Pomodoro Technique

400

While THIS wasn’t the first skyscraper (as many people think), it was a groundbreaking structure that captured the imagination of New Yorkers and the world. It remains a beloved symbol of architectural creativity and urban innovation, as it used a steel frame, which allowed it to rise to 22 stories (87 meters/285 feet).  

the Flatiron Building

500

This stone, housed in the British Museum, is a granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree in three scripts: Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphs. Its discovery in 1799 was pivotal because it allowed scholars like Jean-François Champollion to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs, unlocking the secrets of ancient Egyptian civilization.

The Rosetta Stone

500

This is the name of the first living creature sent into space aboard Sputnik 2 in 1957.

Laika (the dog)

500

According to J.D. Rostan, the soul of the main character of this play moved into the actor Coquelin, who played the role at the premiere.

Cyrano de Bergerac

500

This is the term for the feeling of being overwhelmed by too much information or too many tasks.

cognitive overload

500

Engineers use THIS to absorb seismic energy. For example, the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco is designed to sway during earthquakes. Or in Taiwan's skyscraper - a 660-ton steel sphere suspended near the top—to stabilize the building against strong winds and earthquakes, which are common in the region.

base isolators, dampers, and flexible materials