BIS curiosities
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Animal
Who am I?
Language
Geography
Four-letter-words
Netflix
Music
100
Around how many squared meters does the new BIS school have?
Around 8,000 m2
100
How many states does the United States have?
50
100
Who is the largest land animal?
The elephant
100
- soccer player
- born in 1985
- Did a TV commercial for Suzuki cars
- scores a lot of goals
- just hit 300 million followers on Instagram
Cristiano Ronaldo
100
How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
A peck
100
What is the largest river island in the world?
Ilha do Bananal, in Tocantins.
100
From the greek word for "deep sleep", it's a deep prolonged unconsciousness.
COMA.
100
Who plays Pablo Escobar in Narcos?
Wagner Moura
100
What rock band plays "Stairway to Heaven"?
Led Zeppelin
200
Around how many collaborators does BIS have?
Around 120.
200
Does a merry-go-round turn clockwise or counterclockwise?
Counterclockwise
200
I am a mammal.
I live in groups.
I am a pachyderm.
I am highly territorial.
My Greek name means "river horse".
Hippopotamus
200
Fictional Character
British by birth, but spent a long time away from England.
I know how to disappear in front of your eyes.
I am an orphan
Harry Potter
200
How many years is a generation considered to be?
25 years
200
Which country has the highest life expectancy in the world?
Japan
200
Cutting back on this food flavoring and preservative can help prevent hypertension.
SALT
200
"Miniseries" is a genre of "series" on Netflix. True or false?
False.
300
"Brazilian International School" was not our school's first name. What was it?
Integration School
300
For how many days do the Chinese celebrate New Year?
15 days
300
I am an animal.
I have two species, American and Chinese.
I have scales.
I rarely attack humans.
Alligator
300
A fictional character
Originally appeared in "A thousand and one nights"
I am Arabian
My favorite companion is a monkey
Aladdin
300
What is the first number with an "A" in its spelling?
one-thousand
300
Set of rocks from magma cooling.
Magmatic Rocks
300
It's rain in the form of balls or lumps of clear ice, more than 1/5 of an inch in diameter.
HAIL
300
Money Heist is the title in English of which hit Netflix series?
La Casa de Papel
300
Find the misfit in this group: Bach, Chopin, Picasso, Ravel.
Picasso
400
How many years ago was BIS founded?
22 years ago.
400
How many insects do toads eat daily, on average?
100 insects
400
What animal has the longest lifespan?
The giant tortoise
400
A fictional character
I live in the woods
I am known for my cloak
My name has four words
Little Red Riding Hood
400
What is the most commonly used letter in the English language?
The letter "e"
400
Technical term used to refer to rain.
Precipitation
400
Cheer for the home team or dig through the earth with your nose.
ROOT
400
What is the name of the fictional town where Stranger Things is set?
Hawkins
500
What countries do Year 1 students "visit" in the project "Traveling through English-speaking countries"?
England, Australia, the United States and Jamaica.
500
Which two planets do not have a moon?
Mercury and Venus.
500
Which organ can account for up to 30% of a shark's total body mass?
The liver.
500
I am a type of food
Different cities have different styles of me.
I get tossed around.
I am baked.
Pizza
500
About how many new words are included in the English dictionary every year?
Around 4 thousand new words.
500
What is the largest hydrographic basin (drainage system) on the planet?
The Amazon Basin
500
Camping item.
TENT
500
Name the one-word title of the Netflix series revolving around this character, Joe Goldberg. 
YOU
600
What is the name of the educational group that is now Alessandra's partner?
Bahema Educacional.
600
How many faces does the geometric figure "Icosahedron" have?
24
600
A group of lions is known as?
A pride.
600
I am an animated movie character.
I am big, ugly, recluse, but lovable.
I am feared by all people in the land of Duloc.
Donkey is my faithful friend.
Shrek.
600
A word meaning "to move quickly afoot". When you add a vowel, it becomes "to wreck or destroy". What are the two words?
Run and Ruin
600
What countries are the main leaders in the context of the Cold War?
Soviet Union and the United States.
600
Country better known for cigars.
CUBA
600
Who is revealed as Gossip Girl in the show's final season?
Dan Humphrey
700
What is the name of the previous partner of Alessandra at BIS?
Mônica Morejón.
700
Which country presented the United States with the Statue of Liberty?
France
700
Which animal has the highest blood pressure?
A giraffe.
700
What do you call a person who makes horseshoes?
A blacksmith
700
Which South American countries do not border Brazil?
Chile and Ecuador
700
It can be part of your foot, your shoe or your stockings.
HEEL
700
Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler starred in a murder mystery comedy film in 2019. What was the name of it? 
Murder Mystery
800
What is Audrey and Alessandra's relationship?
They are sisters.
800
What is the artistic name of "MIROSMAR", member of a famous country duo in Brazil?
Zezé di Camargo
800
A mandrill is what type of creature?
A monkey.
800
What do we call a scientist who studies the formation of the earth?
A geologist.
800
In which country is Mt. Fuji located?
Japan
800
Don't wave anything red in front of it.
BULL
800
Where do Hannah and Clay work in 13 Reasons Why?
The movie theater / cinema
900
How many groups of students were trained for BEO?
6
900
Which famous Brazilian politician uttered the phrase: "I leave life to enter history"?
Getúlio Vargas
900
A Baby elephant is known as a?
Calf.
900
A large collection of water droplets suspended in the air is called...
a cloud.
900
What is the largest country in Europe?
Russia
900
This is a roll of cloth or a flash of lightning.
BOLT
900
What's the name of this character from Netflix's Orange Is the New Black?
Piper
1000
What is the name of the food company that is a partner of the school?
Quitanda
1000
Number of musical notes.
7
1000
A Komodo dragon is which kind of animal?
A lizzard.
1000
Find the metaphor in this sentence: "At night my room is a cave filled with shadows".
"My room is a cave"
1000
What was the first Brazilian territory that the Dutch invaded?
Bahia
1000
In poetry writing, e'er is EVER & e'en is this.
EVEN
1100
Who of the staff usually calls students "man"?
Everaldo
1100
What skin color is the white polar bear?
Black
1100
Which bird only eats bones?
A vulture.
1100
What word means "patterns of stars"?
Constellation
1100
What is the capital of Ecuador?
Quito
1100
Type of tennis court that has to be mown.
LAWN
1200
How many Portuguese teachers do we have altogether?
8
1200
Which is greater than 90 degrees: an acute angle or an obtuse angle?
An obtuse angle
1200
Obstinacy is the collective group of which animal?
Buffalo.
1200
Use a suffix to turn the adjective "messy" into a noun.
Messiness
1200
Plains, forests and a hot and humid climate are characteristics of this Brazilian region.
North
1200
A spoiled child or a small sausage.
BRAT
1200
Which series features Kristen Bell as Eleanor Shellstrop and Ted Danson as Michael?
The Good Place
1300
Who was the first teacher hired by BIS and who continues to teach at the school?
Fernanda Furlan, teacher Fernandinha
1300
Give two things a dictionary can tell you aabout a word besides its meaning.
Spelling, division into syllables, pronunciation, correct use, origin.
1300
In certain memory tests, which animal performs better than the humans?
Chimpanzees.
1300
What word means the opposite of "clockwise"?
Counterclockwise
1300
The burden's on you to come up with this latin term for burden.
ONUS
1300
What's the name of Netflix's film about two police officers in a world where magic exists? 
Bright
1400
What is the name of the school's Financial Director?
Celso
1400
Who was the Roman goddess of love and beauty?
Venus
1400
All the six legs of an ant are attached to which of its part?
Thorax.
1400
Name two countries considered Bicontinental.
Russia and Turkey.
1400
This joint is formed by the articulation of the femur and the tibia.
KNEE
1500
How many windows are there in the high school lounge?
5
1500
What is a reservoir?
A place where water is stored.
1500
Murder is the collective group of which animal?
Crows.
1500
It's pretty apparent this is the beneficiary of a will.
HEIR