Sunday Super Quiz July 7, 2024

Ireland left the British Commonwealth and became fully independent as a republic on 18 April 1949.

The Uralic languages form a language family of more than 40 languages spoken, predominantly in Europe and North Asia. The Uralic languages with the most native speakers are Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian.

NATO's headquarters are in Brussels, the capital of Belgium.

Sigmund Freud was the one who laid the foundations of psychoanalysis (psychotherapy), which became fashionable around the turn of the century in 1900.

27 Club, or 27 Forever, is a popular term for a group of musicians who all died at 27. The group includes, among others, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse.

Usually called Parmesan, the full, legally protected name of the Italian cheese is Parmigiano Reggiano. It is a classic Italian hard cheese made from cow's milk, which got its name from the fact that the cheese first began to be made in the area between the cities of Parma and Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy.

The Sagrada Família is a large, unfinished basilica in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Antoni Gaudí.

Containers of food that have been improperly preserved is the most common cause of food-borne botulism.

The Plastic Ono Band was a supergroup formed in 1969 by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The group was meant to serve as a vehicle for their solo projects.

The longest-reigning British queen is Elizabeth II (1926-2022). She was queen since 1952, and her reign spanned 70 years and 214 days.

Italian is not one of the official languages of the United Nations. The official languages are Arabic, English, French, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.

The Bullpen (sometimes called "the Pen") is the area where baseball pitchers warm up before entering a game.

The Tyrrhenian Sea is part of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Apennine Peninsula (Italian peninsula), Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica.

The black box is usually orange (or red). The orange facilitates searches in the event of an accident.

The two largest islands in the Mediterranean are Italian. The largest is Sicily, followed by Sardinia, Cyprus, Corsica, and Crete.

Tiger Beer is a Singaporean beer brand that was first launched in 1932. It is currently produced by Heineken Asia Pacific, formerly known as Asia Pacific Breweries.

A handball team consists of up to 14 players. A maximum of seven (7) players may be on the court at the same time. Other players are substitutes.

The human body has 33 vertebrae, including 24 presacral vertebrae: seven cervical, twelve thoracic, and five lumbar vertebrae. Five sacral vertebrae form the sacrum, and four coccygeal vertebrae form the tailbone.

In 2021, Sarina Wiegman became the national captain of England's women's national football team. In 2022, England won European Championship gold at home.

House (also known as House, M.D.) is a 2004 American television series by David Shore in a hospital setting. The main character, Dr. Gregory House, is played by Hugh Laurie.