Sunday Super Quiz on May 12, 2024

Brothers Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier built the first working aircraft, a hot-air balloon. The first manned ascent was made on November 21, 1783, in Paris.

In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy's dog, Toto, chases a cat belonging to Miss Almira Gulch, who threatens to kill Toto. However, Toto manages to sneak home, and Dorothy decides to run away with Toto.

The Monkees is an American musical group formed 1966 for a television series. The group originally consisted of Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, and Davy Jones.

Turning Torso is a building at Lilla Varvsgatan in Västra Hamnen, Malmoe, The building was inaugurated in 2005.

His first significant work was A Study in Red, published in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887. The work was the first to feature Sherlock Holmes.

CODA, a film written and directed by Sian Heder, was named best film. Emilia Jones plays Ruby Rossi, the child of deaf adults (CODA) and the only hearing member of her family.

In the medley team race, the swimmers use the order backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle. The individual medley starts with a butterfly.

Clark Gable is often referred to as the "King of Hollywood." He had roles in more than 60 films in a variety of genres during a career that lasted 37 years. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the romantic comedy "It Happened One Night" (1934). He was further Oscar-nominated for his roles as Fletcher Christian in the drama "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935) and Rhett Butler in the historical romance drama "Gone with the Wind" (1939).

A hexagon is a six-sided polygon.

Methuselah was a biblical patriarch who lived for 969 years. According to the Book of Genesis, he was the father of Noah's father, Lamech, and the eighth progenitor from Adam to Noah.

The Portuguese flag is a rectangular bicolour with a field divided into green on the hoist and red on the fly. The lesser version of the national coat of arms of Portugal (armillary sphere and Portuguese shield) is centered over the colour boundary at equal distance from the upper and lower edges.

Pluto was counted as the ninth and outermost planet in the solar system until 2006 when it was reclassified from planet to dwarf planet.

The penalty spot in football is 11 meters from a point midway between the goalposts.

The image shows aspen leaves.

Naruhito is the Emperor of Japan, the son of Emperor Akihito. Emperor Akihito abdicated in 2019, and Naruhito became Emperor the same year.

Gorgonzola is an Italian green mold cheese named after a village outside Milan of the same name.

The Ascension of Christ is celebrated 40 days after Easter. It is a Christian holiday that commemorates Jesus Christ's ascension into heaven, according to Christian belief.

Laika or Lajka was a Soviet dog. In 1957, she became the first living creature to be sent into orbit.

Pisco is a colorless or yellowish-to-amber colored spirit produced in winemaking regions of Peru and Chile.

Andrés Segovia was a Spanish classical guitarist and a prominent figure for most of the 20th century.