December 15, 2021

Did you know everything? The World Wide Prisma Quiz Part THREE

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Congratulations, you also mastered Part THREE of The Worldwide Prisma Quiz and travelled through different cultures, traditions and fun facts with us.

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Here are the correct answers from Part THREE

The film Casablanca, with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, was shot in Burbank, California.

Liechtenstein and Haiti developed identical national flags independently of each other without realising it until they competed against each other in the 1936 Summer Olympics under the same flag.

We were looking for Spain.

The 2014 winter olympics took place in Russia (Sochi).

We were looking for a Beagle.

The Great Wall of China has a total length of 21196.18 km and got built over hundreds of years. In 1987, this landmark was added to the World Heritage List by UNESCO.

The local currency in Liechtenstein is Swiss Franks (CHF).

Beijing isconsidered one of the oldest cities in the world. Its history dates back around 3000 years, it is 6 times as old as New York and 10 times as old as Sydney. Beijing is famous for its Calligraphy, the literal meaning of calligraphy is beautiful writing. The city was visited in the early 13th century by an Italian explorer of the name of Marco Polo, his notes are the earliest on record from western civilization. Beijing has changed name 15 times, some of its previous names have been Zhongdu meaning Central Capital, Dadu meaning Great Capital and Beiping meaning Central Peace.

Rome was founded in roughly 753 BC, although it only became the capital in 1871! It is home to more than 2 thousand fountains, most of which are quite small but provide free drinking water to all its residents. The first shopping mall in the world was built here in 110 AD. It was named Trajan’s Market and was built by a Greek engineer.

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Manufacturers use Barium salts to produce green sparks in fireworks.

There are only 2 countries in the world whose official flags contain (a small amount of) pink in them. One is Mexico, the other one is Spain.

The singer Elvis Presley is from Mississippi, United States.

A stunning natural phenomenon, also called “Cotton Castle” is used as a Spa and includes around 17 hot spring terraces (water temperature is around 36°C) in Pamukkale, Turkey.

 Pamukkale, Turkey

Eric Carle wrote a children’s book about The very hungry caterpillar.

“Revenge is a dish best served cold” is a line from the movie “The Godfather“.

The first single released by Adele was “Chasing Pavements“.

A Luxembourgish “Kaweechelchen” is a squirrel.

There are 11 time zones in Russia.

The daffodil is the national flower of Wales.

The kangaroo is the national animal of Australia.