WorksheetsInternational Trivia for HS
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Where is this company's global headquarters located? Airbus
United Kingdom
United States
Germany
France
Where is this company's global headquarters located? Santander
United States
Spain
Switzerland
Singapore
Where is this company's global headquarters located? Lenovo
Taiwan
Japan
South Korea
Vietnam
Where is this company's global headquarters located? Fiat
Germany
United States
Italy
China
Where is this company's global headquarters located? BioNTech (the company that partnered with Pfizer for one of the Covid-19 vaccines)
India
Switzerland
Brazil
Germany
Where is this company's global headquarters located? Sony
Japan
Denmark
Taiwan
Israel
Where did this invention (or its creator) originate from? The first passenger drone
Japan
China
Austria
Canada
Where did this discovery (or its creator) originate from? X-ray technology
Russia
Egypt
Germany
Puerto Rico
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)
Sweden
Spain
South Africa
South Korea
Where did this invention (or its creator) originate from? Blue LEDs
United States
France
Thailand
Japan
Where did this invention (or its creator) originate from? The style of stay cables for bridges shown here.
France
Japan
Australia
Argentina
Where did this invention (or its creator) originate from? Arduino, a great tool for learning and building DIY electronics projects, including in robotics
Taiwan
Italy
Thailand
Mexico
How many native speakers of Chinese are there in the world? (as of 2022/23)
Around 750 million
Around 1.25 billion
Around 1.75 billion
Around 2 billion
How many countries and territories in the world have French as an official language?
20
29
35
40
Where do the largest amount of native Spanish speaking individuals live?
Colombia
Argentina
Mexico
United States
Which of these languages ranks highest (respectively) for the number of speakers who identify it as their first language? (as of 2022/23)
Japanese
Turkish
Korean
German
Where can you find Italian-speaking populations outside of Italy?
Argentina
Switzerland
United States
Brazil
All of the above
After Russian (and not including English), which is the most widely spoken language in Europe? (as of 2021/22)
French
Spanish
German
Italian
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?
Many Japanese people did not like cake
Many Japanese people did not own an oven
Many Japanese people did not know how to cook
Many Japanese people preferred to buy pastries from a shop
Brand failure due to cultural misunderstanding: Wal-Mart never really took off in in Germany. Which was NOT one of the reasons why?
People preferred to purchase small things from local stores
People thought the prices weren't low enough as compared to local competitors
People thought that the customer service was creepy because it was too smiley and personal
People had many other big box stores around
