Which other British island has its own well-known breed of cattle? A Guernsey B Isle of Man C Lundy Like Jersey, Guernsey has its own famous breed of cattle, though they are larger and have a more reddish-brown colour. The Isle of Man and Lundy have their own famous animals: ponies. The correct answer is … Read more
What ship lies beneath the Pearl Harbor memorial? A USS Oklahoma B USS Arizona C USS California The USS Arizona was commissioned in 1916, and carried President Woodrow Wilson to the Paris Peace Conference that ended World War I. The battleship sank during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and 1,177 of its officers and crew … Read more
Which Hawaiian island is home to Pearl Harbor? A Kauai B Oahu C Maui Pearl Harbor was once a shallow lagoon with an entrance that was not deep enough for ships to pass through. It was made navigable first by Keaunui, an Ewa chief, and was later expanded when the US Navy established a base … Read more
What element reacts with water and oxygen, creating rust? A Lead B Copper C Iron The iron frame of the USS Arizona has turned reddish-brown because of oxidation. The sunken battleship is likely to remain on the sea floor until it erodes to nothing. The ship would likely fall to pieces if there was an … Read more
What’s the name of this eye-catching building at the CERN particle physics research center? A Exploratorium B Center for Innovators and Dreamers C The Globe of Science and Innovation The ball-shaped building in Geneva, made up of five different types of timber, was built for Switzerland’s 2002 national exhibition and gifted to CERN in 2014 … Read more
Who invented the World Wide Web? A Bill Gates B Tim Berners-Lee C Grace Hopper The British computer scientist invented the World Wide Web in 1989 while working at CERN. Berners-Lee also created the uniform resource locator (URL), the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), and hypertext markup language (HTML). The correct answer is Tim Berners-Lee.
What is the main memory in a computer called? A HDD B PTO C RAM RAM—shortened from random-access memory—is a hardware component of the computer that stores content that is available instantly thanks to the central processing unit, the CPU. The correct answer is RAM.
The castles of Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau sit in the foothills of which mountain range? A Balkan Mountains B Bavarian Alps C Pyrenees Mountains The Bavarian Alps in Germany comprise various mountain chains of the Northern Limestone Alps in the state of Bavaria and sit along the border with Austria. This region is renowned for its … Read more
Which architectural style characterises Neuschwanstein Castle? A Romanesque B Victorian C Baroque Although originally planned as a neo-gothic building, Neuschwanstein Castle is one of the most beautiful specimens of the Romanesque style. Some of the characteristic features of the style are tall towers, semi-circular arches and monolithic columns. The correct answer is Romanesque.
Which building’s architecture was inspired by Neuschwanstein Castle? A Sleeping Beauty Castle B Monticello C Buckingham Palace Neuschwanstein Castle inspired Walt Disney to place something similar at the center of Disneyland in California. Sleeping Beauty Castle also appears in the studio credit at the beginning of each Disney film. The correct answer is Sleeping Beauty … Read more