CC Quiz

What are the names of the two feuding families in

William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" ?

• Capulets and Montas

• Montaguesand and Carpenters

• Carpenters and Mercutio

• Montague and Capulet

Answer explanation

In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare presents two families to the audience: the Montagues and the Capulets. These two families, despite their similarities, despise each other and continually battle. The conflict between the two families is almost presented to be natural until Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love.

Who is considered to be the final prophet?

• 
  Prophet Moses

• Prophet Muhammad

• Prophet Isa

• Prophet Abraham

What it the definition of oligarch ?

• A member of a small and powerful group of people who control a country or organization, often by owning a large portion of its wealth and resources
  

• A style of art originating characterized by intricate geometric patterns
  

• Employee of "Calm Coders"

• A mythical creature that lives in the depths of the ocean and possesses magical powers to control the tides and the weather. It is said that oligarchs can grant wishes to those who offer them great wealth and power.

Answer explanation

The word oligarch has Greek roots, and comes from oligoi for "few” and arkhein "to rule." When a country is ruled by an oligarchy, power isn't in the hands of one person (like a monarchy) or the people (like a democracy) but a small group of people. An oligarch can be a member of the nobility or a wealthy person.

Who was the one who led a team that successfully broke

the Enigma code during World War II?

• Charles Darwin

• Joan Clarke

• Alan Turing

• Charles Lovelace

Answer explanation

The Enigma was a type of enciphering machine used by the German armed forces to send messages securely.

Turing played a key role in this, inventing – along with fellow code-breaker Gordon Welchman – a machine known as the Bombe.

What is the name of the world's largest coral reef system ?

• The Great

  Barrier Reef

• The Big

  Coral Reef

• The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System

• The New Caledonia Barrier Reef

Answer explanation

One of Australia’s most remarkable natural gifts, the Great Barrier Reef is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world’s largest coral reef. The reef contains an abundance of marine life and comprises of over 3000 individual reef systems and coral cays and literally hundreds of picturesque tropical islands with some of the worlds most beautiful sun-soaked, golden beaches.

What is the largest planet in our solar system ?

• Saturn

• Neptune

• Pluto

• Jupiter

Answer explanation

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.

It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, and slightly less than one one-thousandth the mass of the Sun.

Which is the language that has most native speakers in the world ?

• Spanish

• Mandarin Chinese

• English

• Italian

Answer explanation

It is estimated that Mandarin Chinese is spoken by over 1.3 billion people as a first language.

What is the fastest land animal ?

• Cheetah

• Panthera

• Tiger

• Lion

Answer explanation

The cheetah is a large cat native to Africa and Southwest Asia (today restricted to central Iran). It is the fastest land animal, capable of running at 80 to 98 km/h (50 to 61 mph), as such has evolved specialized adaptations for speed, including a light build, long thin legs and a long tail.

What is the climate like in Albania ?

• Mountain

  Climate

• Temperate Climate

• Continental Climate

• Mediterranean climate

Answer explanation

Albania has a subtropical Mediterranean climate. Its topography is dominated by its mountains, hills, and coastline and the country's geologic and climatic characteristics result in an extensive network of rivers and lakes.

Which is the largest animal on Earth ?

• Blue whale

• Hippopotamus

• Great white shark

• Ostrich

Answer explanation

The blue whale is a marine mammal and a baleen whale. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9 meters (98 ft) and weighing up to 199 tonnes (196 long tons; 219 short tons), it is the largest animal known ever to have existed.