Ricardo's Easter Brain Exerciser
Across
- 4. What is the longest river in South America?
- 5. Who was Burnley FC’s longest serving manager
- 7. Which city hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics?
- 9. What is the name of the largest known structure in the universe, consisting of a vast network of galaxies?
- 11. Which ancient civilization developed the concept of zero as a numerical placeholder?
- 14. Who proposed the concept of the "Big Bang" as the origin of the universe?
- 17. Who was the first president of the United States?
- 19. What is the title of the novel by Leo Tolstoy about Russian aristocracy during the Napoleonic era?
- 24. What is the term for the theoretical framework that seeks to unify the fundamental forces of nature?
- 27. What is the term for the condition where a person believes they are dead or do not exist?
- 28. What is the capital city of New Zealand?
- 29. In which country is the ancient city of Petra located?
- 30. What is the highest mountain peak in North America?
Down
- 1. Who wrote the novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude"?
- 2. Who was the first female prime minister of a European country?
- 3. Who is the author of the mathematical work "Principia Mathematica," which laid the foundations for classical mechanics?
- 6. What is the name of the hypothesis that suggests the existence of an advanced extraterrestrial civilization capable of harnessing the energy of entire galaxies?
- 8. What is the term for the process by which an organism develops from a single fertilized egg cell?
- 10. What is the term for the point in a black hole where gravitational forces are so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape?
- 12. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
- 13. What is the name of the particle associated with the Higgs field, responsible for giving other particles mass?
- 15. Who holds the record for the most goals scored in FIFA World Cup history?
- 16. What animal has been observed to lift weights of 1,800kg (4,000 pounds) with relative ease. 4 to 9 times the strength of an average human male.
- 18. Which ancient civilization developed the first known system of writing, known as cuneiform?
- 20. Who formulated the principle of uncertainty in quantum mechanics?
- 21. Where was Vladimir Putin born on 7 October 1952
- 22. What is the name of the river that flows through the Grand Canyon?
- 23. Who was the ancient Greek philosopher known for his paradoxes, such as the paradox of Achilles and the Tortoise?
- 25. What is the term for a group of islands?
- 26. Which Shakespearean play features the character Iago?