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Category: Science
Published: 7. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Biology| |Matthias Schleiden| |Scientific Discovery|
Cell research reached a major turning point in the nineteenth century. In 1838, Matthias Schleiden concluded that all plant tissues are made of cells and that the plant embryo develops from a single cell. A year later, another German scientist reached similar conclusions about animal tissue, disproving older ideas that plants and animals were structurally different. What was his name?
Theodor Schwann
Category: Science
Published: 7. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Physics|
Lenses are shaped pieces of glass or another transparent material that gather or spread light. Among spherical lenses, some are concave, some are plane, and some bulge outward. What are these outward-curving lenses called?
Convex Lenses
Category: Science
Published: 7. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Physics|
What is the name for the emission of light caused by mechanically crushing, scratching, or rubbing a material, a phenomenon often observed in certain non-metallic minerals such as fluorite and calcite?
Triboluminescence
Category: Sport
Published: 7. 5. 2026.
Spain’s national football league was founded in 1928, and the first season was played in 1929 with ten clubs. Which team became the first champion of the Spanish league?
FC Barcelona
Category: Sport
Published: 7. 5. 2026.
Terms: |England| |Football| |Germany| |World Cup|
At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Germany beat England 4–1 in the round of 16, but the match is also remembered for a clear English goal that was not awarded. The shot came from around twenty meters, hit the crossbar, and bounced well over the line, yet play continued. Which English player was denied that goal?
Frank Lampard
Category: Geography
Published: 7. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Bolivia| |Heraldry|
Instead of an eagle, Bolivia placed a condor on its national emblem, and with it another animal strongly associated with the country. Which animal is shown?
Alpaca
Category: Geography
Published: 7. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Fiji| |Heraldry|
Here is one for true flag experts. Fiji’s flag also includes two animals. One is the British-style lion, but which other animal appears on the Fijian flag?
Dove
Category: Music
Published: 7. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Bob Marley| |Reggae Music|
Football indirectly cost the world one of the great music legends of the twentieth century. Bob Marley died on May 11, 1981, from cancer that began in his toe after a football injury. In which city did Marley die?
Miami
Category: Film
Published: 7. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Jurassic Park|
The frightening raptor noises in Jurassic Park were created using the mating sounds of a real animal. Which animal was used?
Tortoise
Category: Trivia
Published: 7. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Shopping Culture|
One day is traditionally seen as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season, when many stores advertise major discounts and sales. Which day is it, if its name includes the color black?
Friday
Category: Music
Published: 7. 5. 2026.
Terms: |British Bands| |British Music| |Electronic Music| |New Wave|
Blue Monday is a 1983 song remembered for one of the most recognizable intros in popular music. Which band performed this hit?
New Order
Category: Literature
Published: 7. 5. 2026.
Terms: |English Literature| |Robinson Crusoe|
Robinson Crusoe eventually frees a native man from cannibals and gives him the name Friday, because that was the day of his rescue. This character came from the imagination of the writer behind Robinson Crusoe. Who wrote the novel?
Daniel Defoe
Category: History
Published: 6. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Mexico|
Pancho Villa is one of the most recognizable Mexican revolutionaries and freedom fighters, but Pancho itself is only a nickname. What first name stands behind that nickname?
Francisco
Category: Music
Published: 6. 5. 2026.
Terms: |New York|
Which New York band is associated with the hits “Denis,” “Hanging on the Telephone,” and “Heart of Glass”?
Blondie
Category: Music
Published: 6. 5. 2026.
Terms: |British Music| |Epitaphs|
The words Love Will Tear Us Apart appear as the epitaph on the grave of a musician who died in 1980. Who was he?
Ian Curtis
Category: Art
Published: 6. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Art Museums| |Coyoacán| |Mexico| |Women Artists|
In Coyoacán, the famous Blue House is home to a museum dedicated to which artist?
Frida Kahlo
Category: Trivia
Published: 6. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Epitaphs|
Imagine not being primarily known as a musician, yet having the words “I may be gone, but Rock and Roll lives on” written on your tombstone beside the year 1982. Whose grave is this?
John Belushi
Category: Science
Published: 6. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Epitaphs| |Mathematics|
3.14159265358979323846264338327950288… This sequence was engraved on the tombstone of a mathematician who died in 1610 and was buried in Leiden in the Netherlands. What was his name?
Ludolph van Ceulen
Category: Film
Published: 6. 5. 2026.
What name connects the Canadian film director Egoyan with a particle made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons?
Atom
Category: History
Published: 6. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Cold War| |Cuba| |Fidel Castro|
In 1961, around 1,400 Cuban exiles, backed by the CIA, attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro. They landed in a bay, but the operation ended in complete failure. Which animal gives that bay its name?
Pigs
Category: Sport
Published: 6. 5. 2026.
Between 1921 and 1927, the world chess champion was a Cuban grandmaster remembered as one of the greatest natural talents in the history of the game. What was his name?
José Raúl Capablanca
Category: Music
Published: 6. 5. 2026.
A famous American producer, composer, and musician died in 2021 after leaving a major mark on twentieth-century pop and rock music. His first name was Phil, and he worked with artists such as Ike & Tina Turner, the Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison, and the Ramones. What was his surname?
Spector
Category: TV
Published: 6. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Game of Thrones| |Peter Dinklage|
Peter Dinklage became world-famous as Tyrion in Game of Thrones, appearing in more episodes than any other character. What is the surname of the powerful family to which Tyrion belongs, even if he is not exactly loved by them?
Lannister
Category: Trivia
Published: 6. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Christianity|
Saint Peter is remembered as one of the twelve apostles, the first bishop of Rome, the first pope, and a Christian saint. What did he do for a living before he met Jesus?
Fisherman
Category: Sport
Published: 6. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Football| |Premier League|
Peter Schmeichel is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers in football history. He made his name in English football and also ended his playing career there. For which Premier League club did he play his final professional match?
Manchester City