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Category: Trivia
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Comic Books| |Pop Culture| |The Smurfs|
The Smurfs began as a comic series in 1958. In which country did they originate?
Belgium
Category: Trivia
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Gastronomy| |Spain|
Which famous Spanish dish from Valencia takes its name from the pan in which it is cooked?
Paella
Category: Science
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Which family of beasts includes striped, spotted, and brown members?
Hyenas
Category: Music
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Pop music| |The Mamas and the Papas|
Which day is the one that cannot be trusted in the 1966 song by The Mamas and the Papas?
Monday
Category: Literature
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Jonathan Swift|
Journey to Brobdingnag and Journey to Lilliput are two sections of which famous satirical book in four parts?
Gulliver’s Travels
Category: Science
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Philosophy| |Psychology|
Under the influence of Freud’s ideas, which theory was further developed by Jacques Lacan?
Psychoanalytic theory
Category: Science
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
The largest species of penguin is named after which ruler’s title?
Emperor
Category: Film
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |War film|
The second scene of which film is the well-known twenty-three-minute landing in Normandy?
Saving Private Ryan
Category: History
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Bible| |Religion| |Roman Empire|
Which figure washes his hands in front of the crowd while saying, “I am innocent of this blood”?
Pontius Pilate
Category: Science
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
What obsolete six-letter term is also used for the unit called the micrometer?
Micron
Category: Literature
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Nobel Prize|
Pygmalion, the romantic and linguistic tale of Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, is likely the most famous work of the Irish playwright who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. His first names were George and Bernard. What was his surname?
Shaw
Category: Film
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
In the cult film Back to the Future, time travel itself is achieved in a car, but only once it reaches a precisely defined speed. Which car is it, and what speed in miles per hour must it hit for the jump through time to happen?
DeLorean, 88 mph
Category: History
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |António de Oliveira Salazar| |Dictators|
António de Oliveira Salazar was one of the twentieth century’s longest-lasting dictators. As a rigidly right-wing prime minister, he ruled his country from 1933 until 1968, when a stroke forced him from power. Which country was it?
Portugal
Category: Science
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Geology|
A type of ground that remains at the freezing point of water, or colder, for at least two years is known in geology by a special term. Ice need not be present, but is often found there. What is this ground called?
Permafrost
Category: Science
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Geology| |Glaciers|
Every glacier, as it moves, carries with it fragments of rock and other material gathered along the way. What is the collective name for this material, which remains behind in characteristic accumulations after the glacier has vanished?
Moraine
Category: Science
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Geology| |Glaciers|
The old coarse-grained snow found on a glacier, considered an intermediate stage between snow and ice and later transformed into glacial ice, has a specific name. What is it?
Firn
Category: Trivia
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Animals| |Reptiles|
When an animal appears in forms described by words like king, spitting, Egyptian and black-necked, it is clear which creature is being referred to. Which animal is it?
Cobra
Category: Film
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Disney| |The Jungle Book|
Mowgli’s main animal friends in Walt Disney’s The Jungle Book are Bagheera and one very cheerful bear. What is the bear’s name in the cartoon?
Baloo
Category: Film
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Animated film| |Disney| |Pixar|
The 2007 Disney and Pixar animated film Ratatouille tells the story of a rat dreaming of becoming a chef. What is the name of that rat?
Remy
Category: Film
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Marvel Comics|
Tony Stark, better known as Iron Man, built an artificial intelligence system that assists him extensively in his laboratory. What name did he give it?
J.A.R.V.I.S.
Category: Science
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Biology| |Luigi Galvani| |Physics|
Luigi Galvani made his famous discovery when he noticed that the prepared legs of a certain animal jerked when touched by two different metals. He mistakenly connected this with animal electricity. Which animal helped him reach this finding?
Frog
Category: Film
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Hollywood| |Marilyn Monroe|
The legendary Marilyn Monroe was married several times. How many marriages did she have in total?
3
Category: History
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Cold War| |Poland| |Solidarity movement|
Solidarity, the trade union movement that emerged in Poland in 1980, was born at the Lenin Shipyard in which Polish city?
Gdańsk
Category: Trivia
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Gastronomy| |Japan| |Portugal|
This Japanese dish is most often made from seafood or vegetables coated in batter and deep-fried. It developed under the influence of cooking methods brought to Nagasaki by the Portuguese in the 16th century. What is it called?
Tempura
Category: Science
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Biology|
These microscopically small animals, often called water bears, can be found wherever there is water. When water disappears, they enter a dormant state until it returns. They can survive without food for 30 years, endure outer space, tolerate extreme temperatures, and withstand radiation remarkably well. What are these tiny creatures called?
Tardigrades