Sunday Super Quiz June 23, 2024

Charles Bridge is a bridge over the Vltava River in Prague that was built during the reign of Charles IV. In 1648, fierce battles were fought on Charles Bridge between the Swedish army and the population of the Old Town. Everyone who visits Prague usually walks across the Charles Bridge at least once.

True aloe or Aloe vera is a species in the Apodillaceae family. True aloe is sometimes grown as a pot plant in Sweden. It grows only in subtropical climates. In Sweden, Aloe massawana is often grown and marketed under the name Aloe vera. It can be recognized by its mottled leaves and usually orange flowers.

Neuschwanstein is a castle in southern Germany, outside Füssen in the Bavarian Alps, built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria beginning in 1869. It is often considered the model for Disney's Sleeping Beauty Castle.

Volkswagen began manufacturing the "Beetle" 1938. It became one of the world's best-selling cars. The Beetle was also called Käfer (German).

The Addams Family is originally a series of comic cartoons by cartoonist Charles Addams. They became an American television series in 1964, and several films were made on the same theme. In 2022, Wednesday, the daughter in the family, got her own TV series.

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da is a song by Police from the album Zenyatta Mondatta, released as a single in 1980.

TBE is a tick-borne disease that causes encephalitis. Many people have no symptoms or only mild symptoms, but severe TBE manifests itself as encephalitis with high fever, severe headache, confusion, and occasionally convulsions and paralysis. There is a vaccine against TBE.

The Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters or The US Masters, is one of the four major championships in professional golf. The US Masters is held annually at the same venue, Augusta National Golf Club, in Augusta, Georgia, USA.

John Travolta stars as Vincent Vega in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 Pulp Fiction.

Lyrics from the song 'The End,' which appeared on the album Abbey Road:
Oh yeah, all right
Are you going to be in my dreams
Tonight?
And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love
You make

Volvo was founded in Gothenburg in 1927.

M*A*S*H is an American sitcom that aired from 1972 to 1983. The series is a spin-off of the 1970 film of the same name. It takes place mainly in what was then Korea during the Korean War in the 1950s.

Indiana Jones is a professor of archeology who teaches and conducts research at Barnett College in New York. He is the main character in several adventure films, TV series, novels, and computer games. George Lucas created the character as a tribute to the action heroes of 1930s films.

The 1936 Summer Olympics was the eleventh modern Olympic Games, held in Berlin, Germany, between August 1 and 16, 1936. The American runner and long jumper Jesse Owens was the most successful athlete, winning four golds.

The Moonlight Sonata, or "Piano sonata No. 14 Quasi una fantasia op. 27 No. 2 in C sharp minor", is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1801.

This is Michelangelo's most famous work, The Creation of Adam, from 1510.

In 1865, Nokia was founded as a mechanical pulp factory in Tampere by entrepreneur Fredrik Idestam. In 1898, Finska Gummi Ab was formed, and in 1912, Finska Kabel Ab, which later moved to Nokia and where, together with the paper mill, became a dominant industry. Finska Gummi (today Nokian) manufactured car and bicycle tires, boots, and galoshes.

Hello Kitty is a kitten-like figure created in 1974 by the Japanese company Sanrio.

Patricia Routledge played the snobbish Hyacinth Bucket in "Keeping Up Appearances", a comedy series about her attempts to climb the social ladder. Clive Swift played the role of the husband, Richard Bucket.

Madame Bovary is an 1856 novel by the French author Gustave Flaubert.