Green: The Colour of Life and Renewal!

#58 Week 12

Author

Sigrun Sørumgård
March 21, 2025

Are you green when it comes to knowing about the colour green?

  1. Which gemstone is famous for its rich green colour and is associated with Cleopatra?

  2. In what country can you find The Green Mountains?

  3. Which green drink is traditionally consumed in Japan and is made from powdered tea leaves?

  4. What country does the type of wine is known as “Vinho Verde” (Green Wine (Young Wine)) originates from?

  5. From 1977 to 2011 which country's flag was simply all green, without any design or details?

  6. What is the name of the green ghost that appears in the original Ghostbusters movie?

  7. Which green ingredient is commonly used in pesto sauce?

  8. As part of a long running tradition, which American city's river is dyed green to celebrate St. Patrick's Day?

  9. What was green in a children's book by Dr. Seuss, first published on August 12, 1960?

  10. Which Viking explorer founded the first European settlement in Greenland?

The Wonder Wall

  • The human eye is able to differentiate more shades of green than any other colour. The belief behind this is one of evolution and survival when our early ancestors relied on being able to find food, water and life.

  • Have you heard of the saying ‘green-eyed’ jealousy? It was it first used by Shakespeare, in his play The Merchant of Venice written way back in the 16th Century. This phrase is a common saying in Britain and has morphed further into people believing green is the colour of jealousy. And to think it all started by a few words in a play.

  • The word green comes from the Middle English and Old English word grene, which, like the German word grün, has the same root as the words grass and grow. The first recorded use of the word as a colour term in Old English dates to ca. AD 700.

Yesterday´s Questions & Answers

  1. Who invented the first practical telephone?

    Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone.

  2. What invention is Tim Berners-Lee known for?

    World Wide Web (Internet)

  3. Which mathematician and computer scientist played a key role in the development of the Bomben, a machine that helped break the German Enigma code during World War II?

    Alan Turing

  4. Who founded Microsoft in 1975?

    Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

  5. What year was the first email sent?

    The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson, a young engineer at the firm Bolt, Beranek, and Newman

  6. Which gaming company created the popular franchises Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda?

    Nintendo

  7. What year was the first iPhone released?

    2007

  8. Who was the scientist who experimentally confirmed the existence of electromagnetic waves, including radio waves, in the 1880s?

    Heinrich Rudolf Hertz

  9. What does "USB" stand for?

    Universal Serial Bus

  10. Which American president sent the first email from the White House?

    Bill Clinton responded to an email from astronaut and Senator John Glenn, who was in space.

  11. What is the name of Google's parent company?

    Alphabet Inc.