The 1946 Aleutian disaster led to creation of which early Pacific warning system?
Answer
Seismic Sea Wave Warning System
94851 Intermediate Trivia Questions
94851 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which critically endangered bird is the national bird of Cambodia?
Answer
Giant ibis
Which endangered canid is endemic to the Ethiopian Highlands?
Answer
Ethiopian wolf
What is the scientific name of the endangered monkey puzzle tree?
Answer
Araucaria araucana
Which endangered seal is the only living species in the genus Monachus?
Answer
Mediterranean monk seal
Which endangered blue Brazilian parrot is also called the indigo macaw?
Answer
Lear's macaw
Which critically endangered shorebird is named for its spatula-shaped bill?
Answer
Spoon-billed sandpiper
Which critically endangered orangutan has the scientific name Pongo abelii?
Answer
Sumatran orangutan
Which endangered wild horse is also called the takhi?
Answer
Przewalski's horse
Which critically endangered macaw is endemic to Bolivia's Los Llanos de Moxos?
Answer
Blue-throated macaw
Which endangered monkey has the scientific name Leontopithecus rosalia?
Answer
Golden lion tamarin
Which endangered North American mammal was rediscovered near Meeteetse, Wyoming, in 1981?
Answer
Black-footed ferret
Which critically endangered Australian conifer was discovered in 1994?
Answer
Wollemi pine
Which island is the only home of the pygmy three-toed sloth?
Answer
Isla Escudo de Veraguas
Which Grimm fairy tale is tale number 31 in the collection?
Answer
The Girl Without Hands
Which Grimm fairy tale is KHM 18?
Answer
The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean
What ATU type is 'Jorinde and Joringel' classified as?
Answer
ATU 405
What KHM number is assigned to 'The Seven Ravens'?
Answer
KHM 25
In 'Godfather Death,' what profession does Death's godson become?
Answer
physician
In 'The Golden Goose,' what is the youngest son commonly called?
Answer
Simpleton
Which American author of The Good Earth won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature?
Answer
Pearl S. Buck
Which French-Mauritian writer won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature?
Answer
J. M. G. Le Clézio
Which Yiddish-language writer won the 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature?
Answer
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Which Irish playwright and novelist won the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature?
Answer
Samuel Beckett
Which Nigerian playwright became the first African Nobel laureate in Literature?
Answer
Wole Soyinka
Which Saint Lucian poet and playwright won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992?
Answer
Derek Walcott
Which German-Swiss author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946?
Answer
Hermann Hesse
Which Greek poet and diplomat won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1963?
Answer
Giorgos Seferis
Which Peruvian-Spanish novelist won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature?
Answer
Mario Vargas Llosa
Which Polish writer received the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature?
Answer
Olga Tokarczuk