Ctm Flashcards
The dessert Tiramisú is also known as
Tuscan Trifle
Nippon is also know as
Japan
Capital de Portugal
Lisbon
When is celebrated Thanksgiving, in USA?
The fourth Thursday in November
______ _____ serve as shock absorbers for the spine
Spinal discs
How long does The Tour de France lasts?
3 weeks
Van Helsing hunts
Dracula
Table Mountain is in
Cape Town, South Africa
The US author Edgar Allan Poe was known for…
His crime and horror stories
The world’s largest flower
Rafflesia
The capital of El Salvador
San Salvador
Where were the first Iron Man competition?
Hawaii
The Iron Man triathlon consists of a…
of a 3.86 km swim, a 180.25 km bicycle ride and a marathon 42.2 km run, raced in that order and without a break
Capital of Chile
Santiago
Rhinos are
Herbivores
The capital of Iran is
Teheran
Chestnut, Oyster and Shiitake are all types of…
Mushroom
A Minotaur consists of
Head of a bull and the body of a man
A male goose is called
Gander
How many ribs are in the human body?
12 pairs
In golf, the term bogey means…
Scoring one-over-par
The musical term “adagio” means…
Slow & leisurely
Fernando Alonso is a
F1 driver
Marco Polo was from
Italy
Marco Polo was born in
1254, Venice
Marco Polo was a
Merchant
The former name of Sri Lanka
Ceylon
The airborne Australian medical service is commonly known as
The Flying Doctor
A dinner jacket in Britain is called ______ in America
Tuxedo
“Shortsighted” is the opposite of
“Longsighted”
The girlfriend of Robin Hood
Maid Marian
War and Peace was written by
Leo Tolstoy
Yellow in Dutch
Geel
“The Scream” was draw by
Edvard Munch
Describes a one-on-one game of poker
“Head-to-head”
Optical illusions that can occur in the desert are called
Mirages
The US president that was forced to resigned from office
Richard Nixon
The mainly diet of Koalas
Eucalyptus
The author of “The Canterbury Tales”
Goeffrey Chaucer
Who invented the ballpoint pen?
Laszlo Biro
Dumbwaiter
Small goods elevator
Bob Marley is from
Jamaica
The author of “The Da Vinci Code”
Dan Brown
A marmot is a type of?
Squirrel
The region that is home to the many of the world’s largest technology corporations and startups
Silicon Valley
The CDs came onto the market on the…
Early 1980s
The terms curd and whey are associated with the making of
Cheese
An angle of more than 180 degrees is called
A reflex angle
The Greek god of love
Eros
The largest planet on our solar system
Jupiter
A still life describes a painting of
Inanimate objects
An altimeter measures
Height of an object above a fixed level
Sauerkraut is a typical food from?
Germany
When did the extreme sport bungee became popular?
1970s
During the First World War German airships were called
Zeppelins
Storks are _____ birds
Migratory
Carbon Monoxide is ____
Toxic
A Geiger counter detects
Radiation
In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, Juliet was a…
Capulet
A cub is the young of a
Hyena
How much does it takes for a ray of sunlight to reach the Earth
8 minutes
Queen Victoria’s husband
Prince Albert
The speed that is faster than the speed of sound is called
Supersonic
Photosynthesis is a process that results on the release of
Oxygen
Hydrofracturing is more commonly known as
Fracking
How many legs does a centipede has on each segment of it’s body
Two
The Greek Goddess of justice
Astraea
The line of latitude runs _____ around Earth
Horizontally
The Java Islands belong to
Indonesia
How many cards are in a deck?
52
Thank you in Russian
Spasiba
A smack is a collective noun for
Jellyfish
He became King of England in 1066
William the Conqueror
A baby seal is called a
Pup
Pizza is Italian for
Pie
The sun is primarily composed of the chemical elements
Hydrogen and helium
Dialysis
A blood purification process
The dessert “gulab jamun” comes from
India
In Greek mythology pan was
Half man and half goat
The furniture store IKEA originated in
Scandinavia
Strawberries grow on
Plants
Aperitif
A drink served before a meal
Sty
An inflation of the sebaceous gland in the eyelid
The smallest penguin species
The Fairy Penguin
Golf balls, in early years were Meade of
Leather and feathers
Grapefruit in French
Pamplemousse
The largest human organ
The skin
Triad
A set of three notes - the root, the third and the fifth
Ostriches are found on the wild in
Africa
The word yogurt comes from the x language
Turkish
Tanks were first used in
World War One
How much minutes are in a day
1440
A graphologist examines
Handwriting
Diamond wedding anniversary
60 years
Bodies of water always freeze from
The top down
Pollyanna
Naively cheerful and optimistic person
Air Force One
The name of the US President’s airplane
The official language of Liechtenstein
German
Where did Sherlock Holmes lived at
221b Baker Street
The lead singer of the band Queen
Freddy Mercury
Arctic Monekys
- Alex Turner: lead vocals, lead, rhythm guitar
- Jamie Cook: rhythm/lead guitar
- Nick O’Malley: bass guitar, backing vocals
- Matt Helders: bass guitar, backing vocals
The stethoscope was invented…
in France in 1816 by René Laennec
Which US party does the donkey is the symbol of
Democratic
Acupuncture is a practice derived from traditional ______ medicine
Chinese
“Girl with the Pearl Earring” is a painting by
Artist: Johannes Vermeer
Location: Mauritshuis
Created: 1665
Where is the Mauritshuis museum?
The Hague, Netherlands (Coast; near Amsterdam and Rotterdam)
Malaria
causes symptoms that typically include fever and headache, which in severe cases can progress to coma or death. And is carried by mosquitoes
Harpoon
Hunting tool used by whalers
Rose hips
Escaramujos
Rose hips is the fruit of which plant?
Rose plant
The author of “The Old Man and the Sea”
From the US; EM Hermigway
Sn (Tin)
Estaño
Pb (Lead)
Plomo
Peltre(pewter)
Aleación entre plomo y estaño
Where’s Dracula’s castle?
Transylvania
Who invented the fictional character Count Dracula at the end of the 19th century
Bram Stoker
What does hedgehogs do when they are in danger?
Roll up into a ball
North Korea capital
Pyongyang
Korea’s currency
Won and northkorean won
Fecha de la Independencia de México
16/Sep/1810
Participantes de la Independencia de México
Miguel Hidalgo, Ignacio Allende, José María Morelos, Guadalupe Victoria, Francisco Javier Mina
Fecha de la Revolución Mexicana
20/Nov/1910
Participantes en la revolución mexicana
Victoriano Huerta, Porfirio Díaz, Pascual Orozco, Emiliano Zapata
Beligerante
adj. y com. [Potencia, estado o grupo] que está en guerra o que está de parte de alguno de los contendientes. Más en pl.:
naciones beligerantes.
In the human body, where’s located the labyrinth?
Ear
