NOTABLE AND LEVEL 5

Question 1

One of the pre eminent German philosophers between Leibniz and Kant, who coined the term “teleology”

Answer 1

Christian Wolff

Question 2

The ideas who wich Soviet agronomist and geneticist contributed to multiple famines?

Answer 2

Trofim LYSENKO

Question 3

Which Bulgarian actess was nominated for the Borat sequel, and plays Ivana Trump in the Apprentice?

Answer 3

Maria BAKALOVA

Question 4

Which French nobleman and rachorse breeder founded Lanome in 1935?

Answer 4

Guillame D’ornano

Question 5

What is the highest point of Sweden?

Answer 5

Kebnekaise

Question 6

Which 5 time runner up became the first Belgian world rallying champion in 2024?

Answer 6

Thierry NEUVILLE

Question 7

For his work on the Jenny Erpenbeck novel Kairos, who became the first male translator to win the International Booker Prize in 2024

Answer 7

Michael HOFFMAN

Question 8

It became the capital of major powers in ancient India, such as the Shishunaga Empire (c. 413–345 BCE), Nanda Empire (c. 460 or 420 – c. 325 BCE), the Maurya Empire (c. 320–180 BCE), and the Pala Empire (c. 750–1200 CE). During the Maurya period (see below), it became one of the largest cities in the world

Answer 8

Pataliputra

Question 9

Jesse Rutherford is the lead singer of which US rock group, whose hits include Sweater Weather

Answer 9

The NEIGHBOURHOOD

Question 10

a roasted pig stuffed with a mixture of rice, peas, onions, and spices. The preparation process is an art form that requires precision and expertise. A signature dish of Colombia.

Answer 10

LECHONA

Question 11

French astronomer and geodesist who named 14 out of the 88 constellations. From 1750 to 1754, he studied the sky at the Cape of Good Hope in present-day South Africa. Lacaille observed over 10,000 stars using a refracting telescope.

Answer 11

Nicolas Louis LACAILLE

Question 12

Male and femalr wotld alpine skiing cup holders

Answer 12

Marco ODERMATT
Lara GUT-BEHRAMI

Question 13

a god of fire and lightning. He was commonly depicted as a dog-headed man and was a soul-guide for the dead.[2] He was also god of twins, monsters, death, misfortune, sickness, and deformities. Xolotl is the canine brother and twin of Quetzalcoatl,[3]

Answer 13

XOLOTL

Question 13

a 1976 American sports comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Bill Lancaster. It stars Walter Matthau as an alcoholic ex-baseball pitcher who becomes a coach for a youth baseball team

Answer 13

BAD NEWS BEARS

Question 14

Set in the 22nd century, the story follows the Helldivers, an elite force of shock troops dispatched to combat various threats to humanity.

Helldivers 2 was released on 8 February 2024 and was a critical and commercial success, having sold in excess of 12 million copies within three months of its release. It won a number of awards and is considered one of the best games of 2024.

Answer 14

HELLDIVERS2

Question 15

What name is given to the seasonal droving of livestock?

Answer 15

TRANSHUMANCE

Question 16

Light Armenian flatbread

Answer 16

lavash

Question 17

an algorithm for finding the shortest paths between nodes in a weighted graph, which may represent, for example, a road network. I

Answer 17

Dijkstra’s algorithm

Question 18

December 4, 1927 – December 17, 2024) was an American linguist widely regarded as the founder of the discipline of variationist sociolinguistics

Answer 18

william labov

Question 19

He was Napoleon III’s preferred painter[2] and, with Gérôme and Meissonier, was one of “the three most successful artists of the Second Empire.”[3]

Answer 19

Alexandre CABANEL

Question 20

December 10, 1920 – December 9, 1977) was a Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and short story writer. Her distinctive and innovative works delve into diverse narrative forms,

Answer 20

Clarice LISPECTOR

Question 21

The sultanate was the first Muslim state in Java, and once dominated most of the northern coast of Java and southern Sumatra.[3]

Answer 21

DEMAK