Impossibly Hard
The name of Ms Kis' cat
Noodles
What is the capital city of Canada?
Ottawa
What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
What are the four official national languages of Switzerland?
German, French, Italian, and Romantsch
Why did everyone pass the FCE / CAE?
Any of those: the class is just uniquely gifted / not because of Ms Kis as she never taught anything / cheating / Dublin
Ms Kis' son's favorite (and only) activity
Playing Minecraft all day
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest peak on which continent?
Africa
What is the largest land animal by weight?
African bush elephant
Which large, well-known lake forms a significant part of Thurgau's northern border?
Lake of Constance
Lars's biggest achievement in Ms Kis' English class
The job application video. Honestly, Ms Kis' had never seen anything like it before!
The drink Ms Kis will never again have
Berentzen Saurer Apfel
Which Italian Baroque composer is most famous for his set of four violin concertos known as "The Four Seasons"?
Antonio Vivaldi
Which acclaimed director is known for helming the classic dinosaur film, Jurassic Park?
Steven Spielberg
Due to its abundant fruit production, especially apples, Thurgau is commonly known by what "fruity" nickname in Switzerland?
When do the first lessons start in the morning? (question for Dominic)
The meaning of life, the universe and everything
42
Name three of the five permanent member countries of the United Nations Security Council.
China, France, Russia (or Russian Federation), the United Kingdom, and the United States
This popular brined curd cheese, often found in Greek salads, is traditionally made from the milk of sheep, or a mixture of sheep and goat.
Feta
In what year did the Canton of Thurgau officially join the Swiss Confederation as a full member canton, after centuries as a subject territory?
1803
Ms Kis' aim for every Wednesday morning (and she fails at it every time)
Teaching the M1W22-25a something useful instead of chatting with the class for 2 lessons.
The name of Ms Kis' younger dog
Oreo
What is the primary function of the hippocampus in the human brain?
Memory formation (or learning and memory)
How many players are on the field for one team at any given time in a standard baseball game?
9
What is the name of the prominent medieval castle located in Steckborn, Thurgau, right on the shores of Lake Constance?
Turmhof Castle
Muhammed's other Wednesday morning activity
Inventing places where Dominic could be (other than in the classroom)
The number of pets Ms Kis has
5
Which Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author wrote the epic novel One Hundred Years of Solitude?
Who is Gabriel García Márquez?
Often credited with inventing the practical incandescent light bulb, what American inventor also established a research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey?
Thomas Edison
Which key figure of the Swiss Reformation, a close associate of Huldrych Zwingli, was notably active in the Thurgau region in the early 16th century?
Sebastian Hofmeister
Muhammed's Wednesday morning activity
Distracting Ms Kis
What Ms Kis never wanted to become
a teacher
What is the smallest prime number?
2
In J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, what is the name of the dragon who guards a vast treasure hoard in the Lonely Mountain?
Smaug
The historic estate of Arenenberg in Salenstein, Thurgau, is particularly famous for its connection to which exiled European royal family?
Bonaparte family (specifically Hortense de Beauharnais and Napoleon III)
What won't Yara leave her home with?
Her AirPods Max
What a teacher told Ms Kis during the entrance exam for Kantonsschule
"Es ist mir schei**egal was du denkst, wissen musst du es"
In quantum mechanics, what phenomenon describes two or more particles that become linked in such a way that the measurement of one particle's quantum state instantaneously influences the state of the others, regardless of the distance between them?
Quantum Entanglement
What is the chemical symbol for the element gold?
Au
Beyond the general "Swiss German" umbrella, what is the specific, distinct dialect spoken in parts of Thurgau and neighboring regions that is known for retaining older Germanic phonetic and grammatical features, making it challenging even for other Swiss German speakers?
Alemannic
Dominic's favorite morning activity
Sitting in a traffic jam