STONEHENGE DIFFICULT

ALPHA

1

German and English are both part of the Germanic Languages, making them share manysimilarities whether in grammar, vocabulary or spelling etc. There is a rule worth noticing is how German words with the letter "D" can be altered into "th" to make the English word of it. Try to guess what "Dank" and "Dein" mean in German with the rule just mentioned. 

Hint1: The "ei" in "Dein" is pronounced "ai" as in "eyes"

Dank---Thank

Dein---Your (Thine)

2

How many iPhone 15 pro max does it take to balance a balance with a Stonehenge-stone on average? 

The answer must be within a 1000 range in order to claim this square.

113122.171946 iPhone 15 pro max phones

3

When Nora is on her trip to Stonehenge, she had a brief stay in the metropolis of London. She took the Underground to get to Greenwich and visited the old observatory of Greenwich and is fascinated to learn about the _____ ______ Line, also known as the zero degree longitude,the imaginary line that separates the eastern from western hemisphere. What is the line called in English.

The Prime Meridian Line

4

Prehistoric mysteries has long been an amalgation mythologies and beautiful fantasies. The myth of Atlantis also holds many mysteries like the Stonehenge. A Greek philosopher first proposed such concept of Atlantis was when ________ wrote about Atlantis as a moral lesson, using the island and its inhabitants as an example of the dangers of hubris and the eventual downfall of those who become too powerful. Who is the Greek philosopher mentioned?

Plato

5

List five key figures that are in a courtroom trial. 

The judge, a court reporter (in superior court), a clerk, and a bailiff, the attorneys, the plaintiff, the defendant, witnesses, court interpreters, and jurors.

BRAVO

1

Nora wants to visit the world renowned Stonehenge, but in order to do so she will need to fly a plane and land in London. But, she is very confused by the airports in London because of the amount of airports found in the metropolitan area of the city and the nearby satellite cities. How many airports are there in London?

2

Which of the following places in Japan have the same level of administrative division as Nagoya ( 名古屋 ) ?

A: Tokyo Do

B: Osaka Fu

C: Hiroshima Shi

D: Shinjuku Ku

E: British Columbia Province

F: Yorkshire

C

3

When Nora visited the mythical, mysterious structure of the Stonehenge, she realized that the wind in the region is blown in the same direction whole year round, shaping the climate in Western Europe. Here is the coordinates of the Stonehenge ( it will help a lot if you are clueless )  (51°10′44″N 1°49′34″W). What kind of wind blows this par of the world every season?

The Westerly Winds

4

The Stonehenge is located in Wiltshire, and the UK have many shires throuout the entire country. Explain what a "shire" is?

It is an administrative division

5

Loanwords are very common in the English language and can also be found in almost every language on the planet. A word becomes a loanword when the word is borrowed from another language. Try to identify which languafe these loanwords were originally from.

1. rendezvous, reservoir, coupe

2. jalapeño, avocado, canyon

3. kindergarten, quartz, antifa

4. umbrella, broccoli, archipelago 

1. French

2. Spanisch

3. German

4. Italian

CHARLIE

1

Which of the following songs is also written by the smae artist as the song "Stonehenge"?

A: Baby Shark

B: What Does the Fox Say

C: If You Were Gay

D: You Missed

B

2

All of the following places was or is part of the United Kingdom and their names all follow a "New + _____" format.But, which of the following places is not named after a place in Great Britain.?

A: NYC, US

B: New Hampshire, US

C: New Zealand, NZ

D: New South Whales, AU

C

New Zealand is named after a place called "Zeelandia" in Netherlands by a Dutch cartographer.

熱蘭遮城 is also named as Fort Zeelandia in the 1600s by Dutch 

3

People often mistake South America as a continent where ONLY Spanish and Portuguese is spoken as an official language. But in reality, it is far from the truth, in fact, there are more than just Romance Languages that are spoken in South America. Some Germanic languages are also listed as some South American nations' official languages. Name 4 European languages that serve as the official language of at least one nation in the South American continent.

English- Guyana

Dutch- Suriname

French- French Guiana (region)

Portuguese- Brazil

Spanish- Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uraguay, Argentina

4

Pronounce the following words. Claiming the square will require you to pronounce at least two with the correct pronounciation according to Cambridge dictionary.

a: gourmet

b: sergeant

c: acquiesced

d: coup d'état

Gourmet: ˈɡɔː.meɪ, ˈɡʊr.meɪ, ɡʊrˈmeɪ 

Sergeant: ˈsɑː.dʒənt, ˈsɑːr.dʒənt 

Acquiesced: ˌæk.wiˈes, ˌæk.wiˈes 

Coup d'état: ˌkuˌdeɪˈtɑ, -ˈtɑz

5

By the time this presentation is presented, it is just a few weeks away from Christmas. While the word "Christmas" is seen all around us, we also often use the term "X'mas" as a shortform for the word "Christmas". Explain why before and after the "Christ" is replaced with "X" the meaning of it does not shift.

Hint: There is something to do with the language Greek.

The Greek word for Christ is Christós, and the first letter of Christós is Chi. In Greek, the word for “Christ” is Χριστός. Written in the Greek alphabet, Chi is essentially the same as the English letter Χ. Over time, X became an abbreviation for Christ, and Christmas became Xmas

DELTA

1

Which of the following historical landmarks/cities are not listed as a UNESCO heritage site?

A: Mont-Saint-Michel, France

B: Samarkand, Uzbekistan

C: The Eiffel Tower, France

D: Venice, Italy

E: Buckingham Palace, United Kingdom

CE

2

Estimate what time did the first human beings settle on the island where the Stonehenge is located. this square is claimed if the answer is between a 50000 years range.

500000 years ago

3

What is the main rerason why you wouldn't receive a gun as soon as you finish signing all the paperwork, paying and backgroundchecking for 7 days in the United States of America.

to prevent impulsive, volatile acts of gun violence

4

What does Alpha, Beta, Charlie, Delta, Echo stand for, and what is it used for.

ABCDE. The alphabet military code is used to make sure that oral communication is clearly understood.

5

Name three astrological signs.

 Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces.

ECHO

1

When learning a language, being fluent in both casual and formal speaking is essential. What does the following African American slang mean? Identify one or more.

1. whip

2. crib

3. trap

whip=car

crib=home

trap=a location where illegal drugs are traded

2

Many historians around the world speculated that the stonehenge was built for multiple religious and ceremonial purposes. Prehistoric temples can be found all around the world, for example, the Ggantija temple in Gozo Island of Malta. Where is the oldest religious structure known to man located?

A: Rome, Italy

B: Goebelik, Tuerkiye

C: Dingli, Malta

D: Jarusalem, Israel/Palestine

E: Chongqing, People's Republic of China

B

3

People often believed that the Pyramids, the Stonehenge and many more prehistoric wonders weren't built with bare hands of cavemen, but rather with the help of simple machines. List at lest two simple machines that might help them accomplish such ambitious tasks.

Inclined plane/ wheel and axle/ wedge/ screw/ lever/ pulley

4

List the planets of the solar system by order from the fasrthest to the nearest away from the Sun.

Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury

5

Throughout the history of Christianity, it had been split into many branches, and each European country usually has its own preference when it comes to religion. Name three countries in Europe that has its majority being Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox.

Orthodox Majority

• Belarus
• Bulgaria
• Georgia
• Greece
• Moldova
• Romania
• Russia
• Serbia
• Ukraine

Catholic Majority

• Andorra
• Austria
• Croatia
• France
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Italy
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Monaco
• Poland
• Portugal
• San Marino
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Vatican City

Protestant Majority

• Denmark
• Estonia (Lutheran/Orthodox mix, Protestant majority historically)
• Finland
• Iceland
• Latvia (Mixed Protestant and Orthodox; majority Protestant historically)
• Norway
• Sweden
• ---------------------------------------------------Czech Republic (Traditionally Catholic, now mostly secular)
• Germany (Mixed Catholic and Protestant)
• Netherlands (Mixed Catholic and Protestant, rising secularism)
• Switzerland (Mixed Catholic and Protestant)