IMAT Flashcards
Capital City of Scotland
Edinburgh
The most recent event
The fall of Berlin Wall(1989)
Who discovered blood circulation?
William Harvey
When did the war in Kosovo end?
1999
Who was the Father of modern medicine?
Hippocrates
Who was the founder of modern anatomy?
Andreas Vesalius
What was Guy de Chauliac discovered?
Bubonic Plague and Pneumonic Plague
When did Yugoslavia disintegrated?
1992
When was the Fall of Berlin Wall?
1989
When did World War I begin?
1914
When did World War I end?
1918
When did World War II begin?
1939(Germany invaded Poland)
When did World War II end?
1945(Japan Surrendered)
Where was Adolf Hitler born?
Austria
Where was John F.Kennedy assassinated?
(35th American President)
Dallas
Founding countries of EU
Belgium,France,Germany,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands
When was the Treaty of Rome to establish the EU?
1957
When was the Treaty of Paris?
1951
When was the Treaty of Lisbon?
2007
Capital city of France
Paris
How many countries in EU?
27
Is Switzerland part of EU?
No
Which country does NOT have euro as currently?
Denmark
How many countries included in Eurozone?
20 countries
European Commission Purpose
Proposes new EU laws and policies and monitors their implementation
When was the Treaty of Amsterdam?
1997
Capital city of Netherlands
Amsterdam
What is the purpose of UN peacekeeping?
Helps countries navigate the difficult path from conflict to peace
What is the best description of Bundestag in Germany?
Federal lower house
When did US invade Afghanistan?
2001
What is the name of Chinese President
Xi JinPing
On what continent do you find Suriname?
South America
Capital City of Spain
Madrid
Capital city of Russia
Moscow
Capital city of India
New Delhi
Capital city of Brazil
Brasilia
Capital city of Madagascar
Antananarrivo
Capital city of Kenya
Nairobi
Capital city of Egypt
Cairo
Capital city of Greece
Athens
Capital city of Mexico
Mexico city
Capital city of Japan
Tokyo
Capital city of South Korea
Seoul
Capital city of North Korea
Pyongyang
Capital city of Australia
Canberra
Capital city of Thailand
Bangkok
Capital city of Indonesia
Jakarta
Capital city of Malaysia
Kaula Lampur
Capital city of Iran
Tehran
Capital city of Kazachstan
Nursultan
Capital city of Sweden
Stockholm
Capital city of Ireland
Dublin
When was the first case of usage of atomic bombs on civilian?
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What is the oldest university in Italy?
University of Bologna
How many regions are in Italy?
20
What is the biggest island of Italy?
Sicily
Monument of Rome
Sistine Chapel
Monument of Venice
Saint Mark’s Basilica
Monument of Milan
La Scala
Monument of Bologna
Piazza Maggiore
Monument of Rome
Trevi Fountain
Monument of Rome
Pantheon
Monument of Florence
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
Who founded Facebook?
Mark Zuckerberg
Who founded twitter?
Jack Dorsey
Who founded TikTok?
Zhang Yiming
Who founded Instagram?
Kevin Systrom
Who founded LinkedIn?
Reid Hoffman
Who is Greta Thunberg?
environmental activist
What is the longest running animated TV show in the US?
The Simpsons
Vicodin related series
House MD
How many languages in Indo-European language family?
445 languages
Indo European languages
Albanian,Armenian
Baltic,
Slavic,Celtic
Germanic,Greek
Iranian,Indo-Aryan,Italic(Romance)
Nuristani
Who refused Noble Prize?
Sartre
Who was never awarded a Nobel Prize?
Mahatama Gandhi
Kazuo Ishiguro
Japanese-British novelist
won Nobel Prize in Literature (2007)
Albert Camus
France Philosopher
Won Novel Prize in Literature (1957)
Le Duc Tho and Nobel Prize
Vietnamese revolutionarie who refused Nobel Prize
For what is awarded the Pritzker Prize?
Architecture
Biggest Nobel prize for environment
Goldsmith Prize
Biggest Nobel prize for architecture
Pritzker Prize
Who was not awarded for Nobel Peace Prize?
Mahatma Gandhi
When was the first Nobel Prize invented?
1901
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie(Research on radioactivity)
Albert Einstein won Novel Prize for Physics in 1921 for what research?
The photoelectric effect