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International Trivia for HS

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where is this company's global headquarters located? Airbus

a)

United Kingdom

b)

United States

c)

Germany

d)

France

2.

Where is this company's global headquarters located? Santander

a)

United States

b)

Spain

c)

Switzerland

d)

Singapore

3.

Where is this company's global headquarters located? Lenovo

a)

Taiwan

b)

Japan

c)

South Korea

d)

Vietnam

4.

Where is this company's global headquarters located? Fiat

a)

Germany

b)

United States

c)

Italy

d)

China

5.

Where is this company's global headquarters located? BioNTech (the company that partnered with Pfizer for one of the Covid-19 vaccines)

a)

India

b)

Switzerland

c)

Brazil

d)

Germany

6.

Where is this company's global headquarters located? Sony

a)

Japan

b)

Denmark

c)

Taiwan

d)

Israel

7.

Where did this invention (or its creator) originate from? The first passenger drone

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

Austria

d)

Canada

8.

Where did this discovery (or its creator) originate from? X-ray technology

a)

Russia

b)

Egypt

c)

Germany

d)

Puerto Rico

9.

Where was the first person to characterize a full CRISPR gene sequence from? (CRISPR/Cas9 edits genes by precisely cutting DNA and then letting natural DNA repair processes to take over)

a)

Sweden

b)

Spain

c)

South Africa

d)

South Korea

10.

Where did this invention (or its creator) originate from? Blue LEDs

a)

United States

b)

France

c)

Thailand

d)

Japan

11.

Where did this invention (or its creator) originate from? The style of stay cables for bridges shown here.

a)

France

b)

Japan

c)

Australia

d)

Argentina

12.

Where did this invention (or its creator) originate from? Arduino, a great tool for learning and building DIY electronics projects, including in robotics

a)

Taiwan

b)

Italy

c)

Thailand

d)

Mexico

13.

How many native speakers of Chinese are there in the world? (as of 2022/23)

a)

Around 750 million

b)

Around 1.25 billion

c)

Around 1.75 billion

d)

Around 2 billion

14.

How many countries and territories in the world have French as an official language?

a)

20

b)

29

c)

35

d)

40

15.

Where do the largest amount of native Spanish speaking individuals live?

a)

Colombia

b)

Argentina

c)

Mexico

d)

United States

16.

Which of these languages ranks highest (respectively) for the number of speakers who identify it as their first language? (as of 2022/23)

a)

Japanese

b)

Turkish

c)

Korean

d)

German

17.

Where can you find Italian-speaking populations outside of Italy?

a)

Argentina

b)

Switzerland

c)

United States

d)

Brazil

e)

All of the above

18.

After Russian (and not including English), which is the most widely spoken language in Europe? (as of 2021/22)

a)

French

b)

Spanish

c)

German

d)

Italian

19.

Brand failure due to cultural misunderstanding: Why do you think General Mills cake mix, beloved in the US at the time, not perform well in Japan in the 1960s?

a)

Many Japanese people did not like cake

b)

Many Japanese people did not own an oven

c)

Many Japanese people did not know how to cook

d)

Many Japanese people preferred to buy pastries from a shop

20.

Brand failure due to cultural misunderstanding: Wal-Mart never really took off in in Germany. Which was NOT one of the reasons why?

a)

People preferred to purchase small things from local stores

b)

People thought the prices weren't low enough as compared to local competitors

c)

People thought that the customer service was creepy because it was too smiley and personal

d)

People had many other big box stores around