NORDIC QUIZZING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018: PAIRS QUIZ Tallinn, 20.05.2018 1. This Roman general and later consul is best remembered for defeating Hannibal in the Second Punic War. Hence his nickname Africanus. In 211 BCE he destroyed Carthago Nova in modern Spain but was unable to prevent Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps. In 202 BCE he defeated the Carthagene army in the battle of Zama. Because he didn’t raze Carthage to the ground and let Hannibal live, Marcus Porcius Cato became his bitter enemy. Who? 2. Which country launched the new cryptocurrency “Petro” earlier this year? This is the world’s first crypto- currency officially launched by a government. 3. German filmmaker, playwright, author and photographer Wim Wenders is current and second president of European Film Academy. In 1996, Wenders took over the presidency from the man who was founder and first president of this Academy. Who was this influental filmmaker? 4. When you follow Wadi Musa, pass through Siq and face Khazneh then you are in which city? In search of the Holy Grail, Harrison Ford and Sean Connery followed the same path. 5. The man on the left immortalized his name with the picture that can be seen on the right. Who (1835-1910)? 6. This flag appeared at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics and in the qualification for the 1954 football World Cup. What short-lived ‘sports nation’ flew this flag, partly inspired by one of its neighbouring countries? 7. Feng shui is a Chinese metaphysical and quasi-philosophical system that seeks to harmonize individuals with their surrounding environment. “Feng shui” translates into which TWO English words? 8. This Indo-European language is the official language in only one non-European country. Which language? 9. When Charles Moore sailed from Hawaii to the US west coast in 1997, he took a different route and discovered a previously unknown island. Estimates of its size vary between 1 and 10 million square kilometers and there are 4 or 5 such islands in the world’s oceans. What are these islands made of? 10. He took up playing the trumpet at the age of 14. In 1959 he formed the first South African jazz group, Jazz Epistles. His music drew inspiration from the hardships of the black people under apartheid. He left South Africa in 1960 to attend the Manhattan School of Music in New York and did not return until the end of the apartheid. He has collaborated with African and Western musicians (Paul Simon, Miriam Makeba, The Byrds etc). Who? ♬♬♬ NORDIC QUIZZING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018: PAIRS QUIZ Tallinn, 20.05.2018 11. The price of this metal has more than tripled in few years (2016 $26,500/metric ton, 2018 $90,000/metric ton). Which metal? The causes are as follows: • increasing use of batteries containing this metal in electric vehicles; • most of the ore is mined in the unstable Democratic Republic of Congo; • most of the refining (approx 80%) takes place in China. China is being accused of stockpiling the metal and thus manipulating the world market price. 12. Which infamous former head of state is buried here? 13. Which city in northern Tuscany, Italy, gives it name to a type of white or blue-grey marble of high quality, popular for use in sculpture and building decor? It was used for some of the most remarkable buildings in Ancient Rome, such as The Pantheon, Michelangelo used for his „David“ and it is still used today in famous buildings in many countries. 14. Under which name is the aquatic salamander Proteus anguinus known? It is the only exclusively cave-dwelling chordate species found in Europe, basically in the Dinaric Alps. In contrast to most amphibians, it is entirely aquatic; it eats, sleeps, and breeds underwater. 15. A common saying in many Western countries tells you that you would hit China if you dug a hole straight through the Earth. It is far from the truth - the antipodal point of Tallinn would be in the Southern Pacific, some 2,000 km southeast of New Zealand. In which country would you find the antipodal point of Beijing? - China is approximately 3½ times larger in area than this country. 16. Theodore Sturgeon was born Edward Hamilton Waldo, a distant relative to Ralph Waldo Emerson and changed his name at age 11. Although he worked as a sailor, contractor, refrigerator salesman etc., he is best remembered as one of the greatest American science fiction writers. Most of his stories date from the 1940s and 1950s. His ”More Than Human” won the 1954 International Fantasy Award. In the 1960s he wrote a few Star Trek episodes. An annual sci-fi award named in his honour was established in 1987. He was also the prototype of famous literature character, whose first appearance was in 1965. Which character? 17. Who is the woman in this picture? She is 23 years old and made history in February 2018. 18. What is called the pseudoscientific system of teachings that forms the ideological basis of the Church of Scientology, created by L. Ron Hubbard? 19. The rules of the board game invented by Omar Syed in 2003 were considered simple for humans but difficult for computers. This motivated the set up of a $10,000 prize for the first computer program that could defeat top human players. The prize was won by David Wu’s Sharp in 2015. Which game? 20. You hear secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, named „Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht“ („Be still, stop chattering“), probably composed between 1732 and 1735. This cantata is better known under another name (…… cantata), which refers to something enjoyable also among some quizzers. What is the best known name for this cantata? ♬♬♬ NORDIC QUIZZING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018: PAIRS QUIZ Tallinn, 20.05.2018 21. Who was the mother of astrological twins Castor and Pollux? You can see her in the work of French painter Gustave Moreau. 22. This city of half a million inhabitants is the capital of Maynas province. It is the largest city in the world that is inaccessible by land. Which city? 23. When Johann Reichhart was born in the small German town Wichenbach in 1893, his ancestors had held an important job for eight generations. His career began in 1924, continued through the Third Reich and he was employed by the Allies after the WWII. He took great pride of his work, dressed according to old customs and kept detailed records of his work. He also improved his tool of the trade so that the crucial operation could be performed in seconds. What was Johann Reichhart’s occupation? 24. What is the Arabic name for the direction that should be faced when a Muslim prays during Ṣalāṫ? It is fixed as the direction of the Kaaba in the city of Mecca. Most mosques contain a wall niche that indicates the direction. 25. Whose monument? 26. This director was born in 1928 in Brussels. She is considered one of the leading figures of the French New Wave film movement. She focused on social and feminist issues and introduced protagonists that were women or otherwise marginalized members of the society. Her most famous works are „La Pointe Courte“ (1954), „Sans toit ni loi“ (”Vagabond”) (1984), „Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse“ (”Gleaners” i.e. „Pickers of leftovers“) (2000). She received Academy Award for Lifetime Achievements in 2017. Who? 27. Who is this basketball player nicknamed Kill Bill, Euroleague champion in 2009, 2012 and 2013 and All-Europe Player of the year in 2012 and 2013? 28. It boasts 80 million users, and 60 million documents are published there. What’s the name of this open publishing platform, founded in 2007, also called “the Netflix for books”? 29. Gottfried Leibniz, Immanuel Kant, Georg “Nobby” Hegel, Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Schelling, Karl Jaspers, Karl Schlegel, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger and ... Who's eleventh? 30. This term is being used in various fields of science. In mathematics it’s a point at which a given mathematical object is not defined, for example at x=0 for the function f(x)=1/x. In astrophysics it describes a region in space-time in which tidal gravitational forces become infinite, for example inside the black hole. Which term? You will hear a New Order song with same title. ♬♬♬ NORDIC QUIZZING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018: PAIRS QUIZ Tallinn, 20.05.2018 31. What is the name of the method of critical thought dominated teaching by the academics of medieval universities in Europe from about 1100 to 1700. It sought to reconcile the church's dogmas with the tradition of the church fathers and Aristotle's philosophy to a coherent system often with tacit arguments. 32. Perhaps not as well-known as a couple of his predecessors, who his this man in the picture, in the current office from April 2018? (NB! for the point we need his FULL surname!!!) 33. Already a game reserve since 1920s, it was named King George V National Park in 1939. After Malaysian independence it received its current name which means ”national park” in Malay. It contains one of the world’s oldest rainforests, estimated to be at least 130 million years old. A major tourist attraction, it’s home to rare mammals such as the Malayan tiger, gaur and Asian elephant. Also of interest are Gua Tehinga caves and Gunung Tahan, the highest point in mainland Malaysia. Which national park? 34. The role played by Newton’s laws in classical physics, by Maxwell’s equations in electrodynamics, is played by – whose equation in quantum physics? 35. After which Renaissance painter is this 85-metre tall self-standing tower, part of the local cathedral in its city, named? 36.