Quiz 010

Description

What will you find in this quiz? This general knowledge quiz directly and factually tests teams’ knowledge across several key areas. The questions are designed so that every team member will find their strong suit, while keeping the exact answers a surprise until the game:

• Geography and architecture: You will test your knowledge of the planet’s highest eight-thousanders and recognize famous ancient temples and world mountain ranges from pictures. You will also test your knowledge of Asian capital cities, the Baltic states, the construction of the Panama Canal, and the exact location of European seas.

• History and world conflicts: You will recall key dates of the end of World War I, the division of Berlin during the Cold War, and the chronology of ancient events. You will also find out which inventions originate from ancient China and rack your brain dating modern tragic events.

• Biology, animals, and anatomy: You will uncover the specific functions of individual brain lobes in speech processing, recognize dog breeds from photographs, and find out which animal can move its eyes independently. We won’t skip modern botanical and agricultural terms either.

• Science, technology, and space: You will find out which chemical elements are most abundant in our solar system and estimate the average distance from the Earth to the Moon. You will also look at the dominant languages on the internet and recognize a famous scientific figure from a photo from their youth.

• Culture, pop culture, and sports: You will recall the visionary director behind visually and narratively complex films like Inception and The Dark Knight, uncover the real profession of Agent 007’s namesake, and the origin of the Rock-Paper-Scissors game. You will also test your knowledge about cycling scandals at the Tour de France, ski jumping rules, unconventional calendars, and wedding traditions.