KFLWk1-4 Flashcards
(384 cards)
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Which palace complex in Asia is the most visited monument in the world — almost nine million visitors ahead of Palace of Versailles?
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FORBIDDEN PALACE
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First time met at the master class in Pula, Luka Šulić and Stjepan Hauser have formed which famous duo, that rose to fame after their cover of “Smooth Criminal” in 2011?
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2CELLOS
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Derived from the Latin word means “chief” or “first”, what is the name of the first period of the Roman Empire from the beginning of the reign of Augustus in 27 BC to the end of the Crisis of the Third Century in 284, when it evolved into the so-called Dominate?
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PRINCIPATE
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Which capital city is this bust at the Pole of Inaccessibility Research Station facing?
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MOSCOW
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Which infectious disease in humans from parasite plasmodium falciparum is thought to have been caught initially from gorillas? Its origin dates back to a very early time in a warm and humid Africa, being present long before the whole timeline of the development of apes.
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MALARIA
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The episode titles of which Netflix original series, based on Vikram Chandra’s novel of the same name, are inspired by Hindu mythology?
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SACRED GAMES
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Which bird is depicted on the flag of San Francisco, assumed to be a symbol of the city’s recovery from the 1906 earthquake?
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PHOENIX
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In which country was Karel Kachyna’s 1970 film “Ucho” (“Ear”), shot under the watchful eyes of the Soviet occupying forces, banned until 1989, when it was finally shown at a local festival?
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA
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Which Irish composer (1782—1837) is mentioned in “War and Peace” when Countess Rostova calls on the household musician to play her favourite nocturne?
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John FIELD
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Who is the author of the 2019 novel Serotonin, that foresaw many concerns of the yellow vests’ movement began protesting in France in late 2018?
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Michel HOUELLEBECQ
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This photo is a remake of a famous painting by which artist? The Arnolfini portrait remake
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Jan VAN EYCK
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Which rock band’s debut studio album is the “Freak Out!” (1966), often cited as one of the Rock music’s first concept album? Paul McCartney regarded “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” as the Beatles’ “Freak Out!”
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MOTHERS OF INVENTION
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In the early 1860s, a Polish painter Stanisław Chlebowski sold his painting “Joanne d’Arc in Amiens Prison” to which emperor (1808—1873)?
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NAPOLEON III / Charles-Louis-Napoléon BONAPARTE
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Which satellite, originally called A-1, was launched from the Algerian village Hammaguir on November 26, 1965?
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ASTERIX
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Which French nobleman commanded the resistance against the Ottomans at the Great Siege of Malta in 1565?
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Jean Parisot de La VALETTE
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In which South-American country is Jaime Duque Park located? It was founded by the first head of the Avianca airline pilots in 1983.
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COLUMBIA (Avianca is the flag carrier of Columbia)
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Which Russian mathematician (1792—1856) published the work “Pangeometry” in 1855?
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Nikolai LOBACHEVSKY
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Which TV-series (2007—2015) is initially set at the fictional “Sterling Cooper” advertising agency on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, New York?
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MAD MEN
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Which Asian country used this flag from 1979 to 1989?
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People’s Republic of KAMPUCHEA / CAMBODIA
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Which Warsaw-born scientist does Rosamund Pike play in the 2019 British biographical drama “Radioactive”, directed by Marjane Satrapi?
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Marie CURIE
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“Horn of the Abyss” is a fun-made full-scale add-on for which classic turn-based strategy game? This project aims to create new features, includes the careful fixes of the original game balance, removal of the graphical imperfections left by the developers, and a considerable amount of new content, like new campaigns, new map objects and a new playable faction — The Cove.
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HEROES Of Might And Magic III
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Which fictional village was first time mentioned in the 1928 novel “The Mystery of the Blue Train”?
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ST. MARY MEAD
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Which Spanish New Year’s Eve tradition was supposedly developed from Madrid’s bourgeoisie copying the French custom of drinking champagne?
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Eating TWELVE GRAPES
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In which country should the 2nd African Games have been held in 1969, but were cancelled due to military coup led by Moussa Traore? As a result, the Games were held three years later in Lagos, Nigeria.
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MALI
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Whose body lay in state in the living room of Taliesin as dozens of people in the Taliesin Fellowship, along with old friends from Spring Green and Madison filed past the casket in 1959?
Frank Lloyd Wright
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In which European country is Pukkelpop music festival, founded by Humanistic Youth of Leopoldsburg, held every year since 1985 — except 1989 event, when it was cancelled after the two headliners, “The Pogues” and “The Sugarcubes”, called off their appearances a few weeks before the event?
BELGIUM
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Which empire dominated in the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century existed from 1674 with the coronation of Shivaji and ended in 1818 with the defeat of Peshwa Bajirao II by the hands of the British East India Company?
MARATHA Empire (Confederacy)
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Indigo Rose, Paul Robeson, Campari and Tigerella are cultivars of which species in the plant genus Solanum?
TOMATO
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Which Belgian Catholic priest (1894—1966) was introduced to modern cosmology, stellar astronomy, and numerical analysis while worked with Arthur Eddington at Cambridge UK in the early 1920s?
Georges LEMAÎTRE
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In the interview, Jodie Comer revealed that she often listened to the music of Swedish electronic band “Little Dragon” as a way of setting the mood for her character in which British TV-series (2018—)?
KILLING EVE
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. On 24 June 2017, Egypt transferred sovereignty of Sanafir Island and Tiran Island to which Asian country?
SAUDI ARABIA
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Which 1999 American drama film became a source of inspiration for this scene from “Madagascar”?
AMERICAN BEAUTY
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Created by Dr. William “Will” Magnus, the six robots: Gold, Iron, Lead, Mercury, Tin, and Platinum were members of which group of superheroes appears in DC Comics? I’m looking for a two-word answer that begins with the same letter.
The METAL MEN
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. Which Asian author wrote the 1910 play “Raja”, also known as “The King of the Dark Chamber”, loosely based on the Buddhist story of King Kush from “Mahāvastu”?
Rabindranath TAGORE
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Which American village hosted the Winter Universiade in 1972?
LAKE PLACID
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“Cactus Curtain” is a term describing the line separating which naval base from Cuban-controlled territory?
GUANTANAMO Bay / GTMO / Naval Station GUANTANAMO Bay / NSGB / Gitmo
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In which city was the famous Charles Clyde Ebbets’ photo “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” taken in 1932?
NEW YORK
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Which American indie rock band, consists of Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, and James McNew, was named after a story about New York Mets’ players collide while chasing fly balls due to misunderstanding of the language by one of them? In 2003, this band collaborated with Yoko Ono on the charity album “Wig in a Box: Songs from & Inspired by Hedwig and the Angry Inch”.
YO LA TENGO (Spanish for "I've Got It")
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After the 2014-15 Yemeni coup d'état, which city that gave its name to the deep-water gulf became provisionally the capital of Yemen instead of Sana’a?
ADEN
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Which species of dolphin (only one in the genus Grampus), commonly known as the Monk dolphin among Taiwanese fishers, was named after Nice-born naturalist (1777—1845)?
RISSO’s dolphin
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Which Danish mathematician (1887—1951), the founder of the field of almost periodic functions, was a member of the national football team, that won a silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics?
Harald BOHR
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Which sci-fi TV-series, the first German-language Netflix original series, tells the story of children’s vanishing in the German town of Winden?
DARK
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In which country is Royal Cemetery at Wat Ratchabophit, contains monuments to members of the Royal Family, closely related to King Chulalongkorn, located?
THAILAND
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Joel and Ethan Coen’s film “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” is loosely based on Homer’s “The Odyssey”. In this film, John Goodman portrays Daniel “Big Dan” Teague, who is probably corresponded to which son of Poseidon and Thoosa?
POLYPHEMUS (as you can see, “Big Dan” is the one-eyed man)
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Which artist’s (1928—1962) exhibition at the Iris Clert Gallery in May 1957 was opened using 1001 blue balloons?
Yves KLEIN (known for blue color)
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The name of which English literature’s character was encrypted by Nabokov in an episode of “Lolita” when the title character lies on the Humbert’s “marble arms”?
King LEAR (last two letters in the “marbLE” and first two letters in the “ARms”)
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. Which African country removed the word “Islamic” from its official name on 29 January 2017, right after Adama Barrow outran Yahya Jammeh in the December 2016 elections
Republic of the GAMBIA
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Which sports franchise is in spotlight of 2020 sports documentary miniseries “The Last Dance” focusing on the 1997-98 season?
CHICAGO BULLS (Jordan’s last season)
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Which Italian artist painted the “Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence” (1609), that was stolen from its frame in the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo, Sicily in 1969, and hasn’t been found yet?
CARAVAGGIO
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On the day of death of which American actress (1922—1969) there was a cyclone in Kansas?
Judy GARLAND
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. Which Palestinian city is considered to be the earliest known walled city with fortifications dated to 6800 BC?
JERICHO
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Which British lead singer and songwriter (b. 1977) first time saw this painting by Frida Kahlo in the late 2000s?
Chris MARTIN
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Which famous quote was said by Jack Swigert on 13 April 1970, right after he saw a warning light that accompanied the bang?
HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM
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On which 1878 novel is the Egyptian romance film “The River of Love”, in which one of the characters commits suicide at the railroad, based?
ANNA KARENINA
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Which island, in the last ice age connected to the mainland in what is now Cameroon, was named after Francisco Macias Nguema from 1973 to 1979? Right now, it's named after another Equatoguinean politician.
BIOKO / FERNANDO PO
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. In which 1990s animated film was the main character’s “hairstyle” supposedly inspired by Jon Bon Jovi’s hair?
KING LEON
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Which composer (1770—1827) did clench a stick in his teeth, held it against the keyboard of his piano in last years of life?
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
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0. In the MOBA video game “Smite”, the guardian with the nickname “God of the Nile” is named after which Egyptian deity?
SOBEK / SEBEK
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Which handball national team is the only one outside of Europe who has won gold medals (actually any medals!) at the Olympic Games?
SOUTH KOREA
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Which art period in Central Europe began with the Congress of Vienna at the end of the Napoleonic Wars and ended the onset of Revolutions of 1848? This term appeared first in literature in the form of pseudonym used by Adolf Kussmaul and Ludwig Eichrodt in poems that they published in the Munich journal “Fliegende Blätter”.
BIEDERMEIER
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In which English city did Sir William Reid Dick unveil this statue in 1949?
COVENTRY (Lady Godiva’s statue)
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With which star was Chris Brown in relationships in the late 2000s when he had recorded his version of her famous song, changing the chorus to “You can be my Cinderella”?
RHIANNA (cover on “Umbrella”)
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Which emperor was buried in Aachen Cathedral in 814?
CHARLEMAGNE
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What is the three-letter name of the Baltimore Raven’s mascot?
POE (after Edgar Allan Poe).
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. In 1904, American astronomer Charles Dillon Perrine discovered the largest irregular satellite of which planet? This satellite got its name after the nymph Himalia, who bore three sons of Zeus.
JUPITER
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In which American psychological horror drama TV-series (2013—2017), a contemporary prequel to the famous 1960 film, is the Wi-Fi password "MOTHER” used?
BATES MOTEL (Norman Bates was obsessed with his mother)
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József Váradi, the former CEO of Malev Ltd., is the current CEO of which low-cost airline?
WIZZ-AIR
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. Which state in South Caucasus changed its name to the Republic of Artsakh a day after a constitutional referendum took place on February 2017?
NAGORNO-KARABAKH Republic
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. In which country is the Balanta, closely related to Bak languages of West Africa, recognized as minority language?
SENEGAL
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Which English actress (b. 1996) had her career breakthrough in 2019 with films “Fighting with My Family”, “Midsommar”, and “Little Woman” — for the lattermost she received Academy Award and BAFTA Award nominations?
Florence PUGH
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. In the mid-90s, which Neolithic archaeological site in Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was excavated by Klaus Schmidt, who had previously worked at Nevalı Çori?
GÖBEKLI TEPE
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Which Ukrainian soprano (1872—1952), considered to be one of the brightest opera stars of the first half of the 20th century, is best known for saving of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly?
Solomiya KRUSHELNYTSKA
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Which artist’s painting “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen” (1884) was stolen from an exhibition at the Singer Laren museum in Laren, Noth Holland on 30 March 2020?
Vincent VAN GOGH
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On February 2019, the family of which U.S. writer confirmed that he left a large unpublished body of work on his death in 2010, which are preparing for publication?
J.D. SALINGER
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In the late 1990’s, Antonio and Ignacio Garrido became the second father and son combination after Percy and Peter Alliss to have played in which men’s golf competition?
RYDER CUP
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What is the name of the title character of this 1996 adventure video game?
ACE VENTURA
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Which British pop band, that changed their name to Babble in 1993, was named after two bumbling detectives in Herge’s comic strip “The Adventures of Tintin”? The band broke into the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100 chart at the beginning of 1983 with "Lies" and "Love On Your Side", which became the band's first UK Top 10 single.
THOMPSON TWINS
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The first episode of which 2019 historical drama TV miniseries is titled “1:23:45”?
CHERNOBYL (time of explode)
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In the late 2015, which deep-sea port in Balochistan province of Pakistan was officially leased to China until 2059?
GWADAR Port
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Which fictional comic book character, portrayed by Karl Urban in 2012, is the main protagonist of the storyline titled “The Day the Law Died”? But you probably know the more famous appearance of this character in the cinema.
JUDGE DREDD
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In which capital city was the Anciento Ortega del Villar’s opera “Guatimotzin, a romanticized account of the defense of this capital by Cuauhtemoc, premiered at the Gran Teatro Nacional in 1871?
MEXICO CITY
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On the National Ketchup Day in 2019, the Heinz released a limited-edition ketchup “Edchup” along with which singer-songwriter?
Ed SHEERAN
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Which Mexican Formula One driver, currently driving for Racing Point, is holding the record for most points without a win — outrunning Nico Hülkenberg by 70 points?
Sergio PEREZ
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Lived in the Roman province of Egypt between 20 BCE and 50 CE, which Hellenistic Jewish philosopher’s concept of the Logos as God’s creative principle is influenced early Christology? Despite this, he has never been claimed as a saint nor Doctor of the Church.
PHILO of Alexandria
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Earlier called the “Bouteflika’s unfinished dream”, in which country was the Djamaa el Djazaïr, that houses the world’s tallest minaret and the third-largest mosque after the Great Mosque of Mecca and Al-Masjid an-Nabawi of Medina, completed on 20 April 2019?
ALGERIA
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Which former lead singer of “4 Non Blondes” produced Christina Aguilera’s songs “Beautiful”, “Hurt”, “Candyman”, and “Keeps Getting’ Better”?
Linda PERRY
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. In which country is Havanese a national dog breed?
CUBA
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Which sportsman teamed up with Michael Stich to win the 1992 men’s doubles Olympic gold medal?
Boris BECKER
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Which Pre-Iranian civilization, also known as Susiana, a name derived from its capital Susa, was centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran?
ELAM
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On which bridge was this original rivet replaced during the seismic retrofit after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake?
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE (you can notice the specific color
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Which 1962 film was released in Egypt only after Omar Sharif arranged a viewing with President Gamal Abdel Nasser to show him that there was nothing wrong?
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
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. Which European festival of music and drama established in 1920 is famous for the annual performance of the play “Jedermann” (“Everyman”) by Austrian dramatist Hugo von Hofmannsthal? The first-ever operatic production came there in 1922, with Mozart's “Don Giovanni” conducted by Richard Strauss.
ZALZBURG Festiva
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In 1976, Antonio di Benedetto, best-known for his novel “Zama”, was imprisoned and tortured under the National Reorganization Process in which South-American country?
ARGENTINA
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Which Dutch artistic gymnast, the 2016 Olympic and 2018 European champion on balance beam, is the first Dutch female to become an individual Olympic champion? A gymnastic skill, described as “double turn with leg at horizontal” is named after her.
Sanne WEVERS
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Which fictional espionage agency in Marvel Comics, formed to replace S.H.I.E.L.D. during Skrulls’ invasion on Earth, was led by Norman Osborn?
H.A.M.M.E.R.
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Which HBO TV drama series (2001—2006) was written by Alan Ball after he lost his sister?
SIX FEET UNDER
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Which artist is the author of this 1892 painting “Sick Mood at Sunset. Despair”?
Edvard MUNCH
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Which American singer-songwriter (b. 1958) is best known for her 1997 hit “Bitch” (“Nothing In Between”), soundtrack in the film “What Women Want”? bit.ly/KFLW2D24142
Meredith BROOKS
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Which King of Sweden, considered to be the “Pater Patrie” (“Father of the nation”), abolished Medieval Sweden’s elective monarchy and replaced it with a hereditary monarchy under the House of Vasa in 1544? This #1 in the list of “Historiens 100 viktigaste svenskar (“The History's 100 Greatest Swedes”) is also founded one of the now oldest world’s orchestras, the Kungliga Hovkapellet (“Royal Court Orchestra”). \*
GUSTAV I Vasa / GUSTAV ERIKSSON
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In the 1920s, who told her master, Ernest Beaux, that she would present collections on the 5 May?
Coco CHANEL
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Which derived unit of the magnetic induction, named after a Smijan-born physics, was announced upon the proposal of the Slovenian electrical engineer France Avčin in 1960? \*
TESLA
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Which fictional serial killer has the boat “Slice of Life”, moored in Miami’s docks? \*
DEXTER
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Which country’s second-largest city is Namangan, that like many other cities in the Fergana valley, was originally populated by Sogdian people, and later became a Persian speaking city?
UZBEKISTAN
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Paul Muni researched the entire Alfred Dreyfus’ affair in preparation for a role in which 1937 film directed by William Dieterle? \*
THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA
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Birth to My Creation”, “The Creature’s Tale”, and “Dear Victor” are the musical numbers in which 2007 off-Broadway musical, based on the 19th-century novel? \*
“FRANKENSTEIN “
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Which annual sports competition became an inspiration for 1932 song “P'tit gars du Tour”? \*
TOUR DE FRANCE
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“The Night of the Murdered Poets”, an execution of thirteen Jews in the Lubyanka Prison, took place in which capital city on 12 August 1952? \*
MOSCOW
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Which arboreal black-furred gibbon native to the forest of Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia is the largest species in the family Hylobatidae? \*
SIAMANG
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The blood parasite Trypanosoma irwini was first discovered in which Southern Hemisphere country in 2009?
AUSTRALIA (blood parasite of coalas; named after Steve Irwin, who died 3 years earlier)
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Born as Toni-Ville Henrik Virtanen, which DJ and record producer represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song “Look Away” with singer Sebastian Rejman? His debut studio album “Before the Storm” was released in 2000
DARUDE
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Which politician and diplomat (b. 1949) was ranked as the best prime minister of Portugal of the previous 30 years in 2012 and 2014 polls?
António GUTERRES
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Which 1901 opera by Antonín Dvořák starting with three wood-sprites tease the Water-Gnome?
RUSALKA
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In which 1987 epic film the title character was played by 11-year-old Danish actor Pelle Hvenegaard?
PELLE THE CONQUEROR
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Formed in Los Angeles in 1983, which rock band filed a lawsuit against Showtime Networks in 2007?
Red Hed Chili Peppers
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Which Man Ray’s object was destroyed by a group of protesting students, led by the French poet Jean-Pierre Rosnay, on the 1957 Exhibition Dada in Paris?
OBJECT TO BE DESTROYED
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Which French-American economist became the youngest ever winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2019, awarded with Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty?
Esther DUFLO
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What was the only Chinese province, with its capital and largest city Lanzhiu, not involved in Taiping Rebellion in the mid-19th-century? It lies between the Tibetian and Loess plateaus and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the West, Sichuan to the south and Shaanxi to the east.
GANSU / KANSU
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On February 2018, the International Court of Justice ruled that a strip of northern Isla Portillos at the mouth of San Juan River in Nicaragua belongs to which country?
COSTA RICA
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Which Russian rhythmic gymnast (b. 1998) has won last three World All-around champion titles — two times defeated her identical twin sister, Arina?
Dina AVERINA
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Which author’s debut novel was the “Žert” (“The Joke”), published in 1967, tells the story of a student Ludvik Jahn, who was an enthusiastic supporter of the still-fresh Communist regime?
Milan KUNDERA
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Which French painter spent a lot of time on a terrace at St. Thomas’ Hospital overlooking the Thames in the early 1900s?
Claud MONET (while created the Houses of Parliament series)
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Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone commented positively about the “arctic melancholy” of which Madonna’s 1998 song from the album “Ray of Light”?
FROZEN
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Q3. In which country is the April 25 Sports Club based, established in the late 1940s
NORTH KOREA
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Q4. Which former pornstar (b. 1988) has started her steaming career on Twitch recently?
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Sasha GREY
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Q5. Which three letters were blanked from the name of the anticoagulant found in the saliva of vampire bats?
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DRA
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Q6. Which initials does Russia’s president have in the American TV-series “The House of Cards”?
V.P.(Viktor Petrov has initials as Vladimir Putin)
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Q7. Which empire used this coat of arms in the 1820s?
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First MEXICAN Empire
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Q8. The development of which Disney animated film began in 1994 with studio sending a select group of artistic supervisors to China for a three-week acclimatization and inspiration curse?
MULAN
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Q9. What two-word name of the style of clothing, popular during the late 1950s in the Northeastern United States, represented the dress manner of Harvard and Yale universities?
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IVY LEAGUE
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Q10. Often been called “the last of the Romans”, which Roman general (391—454) stopped the Huns in the Battle of Catalaunian Plains, ending the devastating Hunnic invasion of Attila in 451?
Flavius AETIUS
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Q11. Who designed the menu for the Bosnian Pavilion Restaurant at the Paris Exhibition 1900
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Alphonse MUCHA
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Q12. First Indian to perform in United Nations General Assembly, which Carnatic singer became the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award in 1998? She’s also the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award, often considered as Asia’s Nobel Prize.
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M S SUBBULAKSHMI
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n which European capital city is the equestrian statue of Absalon located? This statue was unveiled in 1902 to mark the 700 years’ anniversary of the death of Bishop Absalon, who’s considered as legendary city’s founder?
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COPENHAGEN
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Which tennis tournament reportedly paid $2 million a year for pandemic insurance for the last 17 years? For this year’s cancellation as a result of the Coronavirus, it will receive $141 million from the policy.
WIMBLEDON
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Which Mediterranean island was divided between the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Genoa in 1132, and remained so until the Battle of Meloria of 1284? You can see a 14th-century flag of this island.
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CORSICA
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Which chemical company along with the compound class of phospholanes gave its name to a class of asymmetric ligands for asymmetric synthesis, DuPhos?
DuPONT
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Which American photographer (1902—1984) was given his first camera at age twelve, during his first visit to Yosemite National Park?
Ansel ADAMS
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. In the TV-series “Narcos”, when Pablo Escobar first met Fernando Duque in his house, he said “I’m not a rich, I’m a poor man with money”. This is a famous quote of which Nobel Prize laureate?
Gabriel Garcia MARQUEZ
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In which country is a cultural and common linguistic region Igboland located?
NIGERIA
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Which Michael Haneke’s film takes its title from Völuspá, an ancient Norse poem which describes the time before the Ragnarök?
TIME OF THE WOLF
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. On 12 may 1902, at the Arlington National Cemetery was unveiled the Memorial commemorated that military personnel who died in which 1898 war?
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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. Alcindoromycine, Collinemycin, Mimimycin, Musettamycin, Marcellomycin, Rudolphomycin are anthracycline antibiotics that were named after the characters in which 19th-century opera?
LA BOHEME
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Which MLB team, the World Series winners of 1980 and 2008, have worn these baseball caps throughout its history? I’m looking for a two-word answer.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
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Which Japanese company is the only automotive manufacturer on the Forbes’s top 10 list of “The World’s Most Valuable Brands — 2019”?
TOYOTA
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Q1. According to Giorgio Vasari, which Italian painter (1477—1549) has “always surrounded himself with boys and beardless youths whom he loved beyond measure”? \*
IL SODOMA
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Which American singer founded the Born This Way Foundation in 2011, that aims to inspire youth and build better communities?
LADY GAGA
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Which Dominican friar (1452—1498) was seen by Machiavelli as an incompetent, ill-prepared and “unarmed” prophet, unlike “Moses, Cyrus, Theseus, and Romulus”?
Girolamo SAVONAROLA
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Which Islamic landlocked country is known for their belief that the number 39 is cursed or a badge of shame as it purportedly linked with prostitution? One man from this country with “39” in his phone number told the BBC: “I receive lots of anonymous calls asking if I have got prostitutes
AFGHANISTAN
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First introduced by Jerry B. Harvey in 1974, which paradox is often used to explain extremely poor group decisions, especially notions of the superiority of “rule by committee”? For example, Harvey himself cited the Watergate scandal as a potential instance of this paradox in action
ABILENE PARADOX
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Shares its name with a genus of crab, Halimede is the eighth-largest moon of which planet?
NEPTUNE
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What is the three-word alliterative name of the second-highest mountains of each continent, consists of K2, Ojos del Salado, Mount Logan, Dykh-Tau, Mount Kenya, Mount Tyree, and Mount Townsend?
SEVEN SECOND SUMMITS
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Which Hollywood actor portrayed a title character in the 1952 film “Vivi Zapata!” directed by Elia Kazan?
Marlon BRANDO
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Which English composer’s (1857—1934) unfinished Third Symphony, lately completed by Anthony Payne, was first performed at the Royal Festival Hall in 1998?
Edward ELGAR
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This is a cover of the graphic novel adaptation of which 1866 novel
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
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Which Brazilian middle-distance runner, 1984 Olympic Games winner, is the only South-American to run the 800 m in less than 1.42 min?
Joaquim CRUZ
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Shares its name with a famous Roden’s work, what is the main title of this 1900 painting by Thomas Eakins?
The THINKER
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Which famous painter created “Minotauromachy” in 1935, that is served as visual source for his much more notable work?
Pablo PICASSO
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Formed in 1979 by Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom, which American rockabilly band is best known for their songs “(She’s) Sexy +17” and “Rock This Town”? The last one was listed by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the songs that shaped rock and roll.
STRAY CATS
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In which Dutch city was a series of peace treaties ended War of the Spanish Succession signed in 1713? This city hosted the European Youth Olympic Festival in 2013, and the Grand Depart and the first stage of the Tour de France in 2015. On the picture below, you can see a form of an endless poem in the stones of a street in the city’s center.
UTRECHT
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4. Which republic, existed between 1835 and 1846, exploited the motto “Remember the Alamo” and the seal on the picture below?
Republic of TEXAS
161
The red avadavat (Amandava amandava) is a sparrow-sized bird of the family Estrildidae. Which species of the genus Fragaria is also a part of the common English name of this bird?
STRAWBERRY (Strawberry finch
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A member of the New Guard monarchist movement, Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith was the first who made a transpacific flight from the United States to which country in 1928?
AUSTRALIA
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With a total length of 621 km, the Glomma or Glåma is the longest river in which northern European country?
NORWAY
164
Which basketball legend, that’s considered to be the most dominant center in the game for all-time, has been wearing this sneaker in the late 2000s?
Shaquille O`NEAL
165
9. Used in religious dances by groups in ancient Greece, a crotalum is similar to which percussion instrument?
CASTANETS
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. Which American novelist (b.1943) is the author of the “Goosebumps” series of children’s horror fiction novels, becoming the second-best-selling book series in history, after J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter”?
R. L. STINE
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1. The story of which NYPD officer, portrayed by Al Pacino, became an inspiration to 1973 American neo-noir film directed by Sidney Lumet? He’s known for whistleblowing on police corruption in the late 1960s and early 1970s, an act that prompted Mayor John V. Lindsay to appoint the landmark Knapp Commission to investigate the NYPD.
Frank SERPICO (film “Serpico
168
Which ancient mathematician and engineer published a well-recognized description of a steampowered device called an “aeolipile”, sometimes called in his honour? You’re also could know his formula in geometry, that gives the are of a triangle when the length of all three sides are known.
HERO(N) of Alexandria
169
In which European capital city is the Zachęta National Gallery of Art located? It was named after Towarzystwo Zachęty do Sztuk Pięknych (the Society for Encouragement of the Fine Arts).
WARSAW
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Which English multi-instrumentalist and singer created music and lyrics for 1992 rock musical “The Who’s Tommy”?
Pete TOWNSHEND
171
Which Soviet politician, served as a vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1984 to 1989, was portrayed by Stellan Skarsgård in the 2019 HBO historical drama “Chernobyl”? He was also a crisis manager during the 1988 Armenian earthquake.
Boris SHCHERBINA
172
Manufactured by the SaeHan Information Systems, in which country was the first massproduced portable solid stated digital audio player, put into production in 1998?
SOUTH KOREA
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In 1900, a French chemist and physicist Paul Villard first discovered gamma radiation while studying radiation emitted by which chemical element?
RADIUM
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Which English author became the Poet Laureate on May 2019, succeeded Carol Ann Duffy? On march 2020 he published work “Lockdown”, that’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, and references the Derbyshire "plague village" of Eyam, which self-isolated in 1665 to limit the spread of the Great Plague of London, and the Sanskrit poem "Meghadūta" by Kālidāsa in which a cloud carries a message from an exile to his distant wife.
Simon ARMITAGE
175
The capital city of which country is served by Lynden Pindling International Airport, named after a man who regarded there as “Father of the Nation”?
BAHAMAS
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In which 2019 film is Robert Pattinson’s accent based on a very specific area of Maine farming dialect?
The LIGHTHOUSE
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. In which country was formed a mizik rasin band “RAM”, described by its founder Richard A. Morse as “Vodou rock ‘n’ roots”?
HAITI
178
Which painter (1541—1614) received his last major commission, for the Hospital of Saint John the Baptist in Toledo in 1608?
EL GRECO
179
USSR, East Germany and Bulgaria didn’t participate in 1975 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Madrid in protest against the regime. Interestingly, on the first day of the event, a famous person died. Who?
Francisco FRANCO
180
Which two Asian countries exchanged 162 enclaves, also known as the chitmahals or pasha enclaves, along with their borders, simplifying the border on 6 June 2015?
INDIA and BANGLADESH
181
The postage stamp dedicated to which person was announced during a ceremony in Graceland, attended by his daughter Priscilla, on August 2015?
ELVIS PRESLEY
182
Which American rock band take its name from the concept of de-evolution — the idea that instead of continuing evolve, mankind has actually begun to regress, as evidenced by the dysfunction and herd mentality of American society?
DEVO
183
On January 8, 1935, who became a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China?
MAO ZEDONG
184
Elohim is the God of Father’s name in which religious tradition, belief that the Garden of Eden was located in North America, and that the New Jerusalem would be built in Missouri?
MORMON
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Which female sculptor (1864—1943) created this version of “The Mature Age”, located at the Musee Rodin?
Camille CLAUDEL
186
“It’s a Wonderful Lie” is a 2007 Christmas episode of which TV medical drama (2004—2012)?
HOUSE M.D.
187
Which three letters were blanked from the name of a blue protein from the foam nests of a tropical frog?
SMU (As in SMURF)
188
After receiving specific threats, Spike Lee has removed all mention of Louis Farrakhan from which 1992 film?
MALCOLM X
189
Which Japanese singer, debuted with the single “Poker Face” in 1998, has sold over 80 million records, making her the best-selling Japanese solo artist of all-time? \*
Ayumi HAMASAKI
190
In the mid-1930s, a newspaper in France published the results of a survey asking whom the French would prefer to have as a dictator if their country were to have one. Which general officer received the most votes?
Charles de GAULLE
191
Which group of female artists rented the Red Rose Inn in Villanova, Pennsylvania from 1901 to 1906, before moving to Cogslea in Mount Airy, Philadelphia? \*
RED ROSE GIRLS
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Using attacks such as “Pyramid Power” and “Amemit”, which deity became an inspiration for the Digimon on the picture below? \*
ANUBIS
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In the spring of 1917, who bought a urinal from the New York showroom of the J. L. Mott Iron Works?
Marcel DUCHAMP
194
Which South-American heavy metal band take its name after Motörhead's song "Dancing on Your Grave"?
SEPULTURA
195
Succeeded to the throne after his father’s assassination in 1913, which monarch was commander-in-chief of the Hellenic Army during the unsuccessful Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and led the Greek forces during the successful Balkan Wars of 1912—1913, in which Greece expanded to include Thessaloniki?
CONSTANTINE I
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Has been in wide use among Georgians from the 9th century until the 1920s, what is the name of a woolen coat with a high neck that’s part of the traditional male dress of the peoples of the Caucasus?
CHOKHA
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Nineteen people, including Leo Kamenev and Grigory Zinoviev, was pledged guilty in Soviet court to conspiring to assassinate which Soviet politician in the mid-1930s?
Sergei KIROV
198
The name of M-matrix was chosen by mathematician Alexander Ostrowski in reference to which German mathematician (1864—1909), who also gave its name to a “diagram”, “space”, and “superspace”?
Hermann MINKOWSKI
199
Located over the Osum river, in which European country is the Gorica Bridge, one of the oldest and most popular Ottoman bridges?
ALBANIA
200
Which film’s poster is this? \*
SEVEN SAMURAI
201
“Pierre”, “Moscow”, and “The Ball” are the musical numbers in which 2010s musical written by Dave Malloy and directed by Rachal Chavkin? \*
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
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In American Gods, which Egyptian deity have retired in San Francisco in 1906, the time of the San Francisco earthquake, hinting he was responsible for it?
SET
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Which country has won every single Olympic gold medal in synchronized swimming in duets and teams events starting from 2000?
RUSSIA
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Known for his yodeling abilities and his smooth, high, three-octave-range falsetto in a style christened as “countrypolitan”, which American singer became popular in the 1990s through his famed “Indian Love Call” killed the invading Martians every time the record was played in the film “Mars Attacks!”?
Slim WHITMAN
205
Q1. From 1922 until 1931, Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor y Zaragoza was a director of which art museum?
PRADO Museum
206
Q2. In 1976, which English band could get $30 million from the concert promoter Bill Sargent if they reunited for a concert at least once?
The BEATLES
207
Q3. The Shaanxi earthquake, the deadliest in history (830,000 people may have been killed), occurred in which century during the Ming dynasty?
16th Century (1556) RTFQ
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Q4. Which beverage is the main ingredient of Acapulco and Bloody Aztec cocktails?
TEQUILA
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Q5. In 1885, Eduard Seuss published work “Das Antlitz der Erde”, set out his theory of eustasy, the existence of which supercontinent?
GONDWANA/GONDWANALAND
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Q6. The first-ever car built by which multinational company was premiered in Gothenburg in 1927?
VOLVO
211
Q7. Which country exploited this flag between 1961 and 2011, changed it because of the 1994 genocide?
RWANDA
212
Q8. The title of which 1966 American black comedy directed Mike Nichols was inspired by the song from Walt Disney’s “Three Little Pigs” (1933)? In her biography, Elizabeth Taylor remarked that her performance as Martha was her personal best. \*
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
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Q9. In which of Verdi’s opera, first premiered in 1847, is a large female chorus, singing in three-part harmony, divided into three groups, and every group sing “I” and not “We”?
MACBETH
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Q10. Which South-American writer (1899—1986) said, “If I were asked to name the chief event of my life, I should say my father’s library”?
Jorge Luis BORGES
215
Q11. Which tennis player, named the WTA Most Improved Player of the Year in 2019, is the reigning champion at the Australian Open, the youngest American to win a Grand Slam women’s singles title since Serena Williams in 2002?
Sofia KENIN
216
Q12. Which chemical element with atomic number 32 was discovered by Clemens Winkler from a new mineral founded in the Himmelsfürst mine near Freiberg in 1886?
GERMANIUM
217
Which architect (1898—1976) designed this tuberculosis sanatorium in Paimio, Southwest Finland in 1929? In the 2010s it was nominated to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On the picture below, you can see a chair that was designed exactly for this sanatorium.
Alvar AALTO
218
Q2. According to Boy George, which 1983 hit song from the album Colour By Numbers is “about the terrible fear of alienation that people have, the fear of standing up for one thing, about to suck up to everybody”?
KARMA CHAMELEON
219
Q3. One of the founders of the “Arbetarnas Bildningsförbund” (The Workers' Enlightenment League), Social Democratic politician Rickard Sandler was served as a 20th Prime Minister of which European country in 1925—1926?
SWEDEN
220
Q4. Invented by the Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva in the early 1920s, which type of rotorcraft was first documented to have flown, 600 feet at a steady altitude of 13 feet Cuatro Vientos Airport outside Madrid?
AUTOGYRO/GYROPLANE/GYROCOPTER
221
Q5. Who translated and expanded Menabrea’s notes on Charles Babbage’s analytical engine, including an algorithm for calculating a sequence of Bernoulli numbers in 1843?
Ada LOVELACE
222
Q6. Received the Nobel Peace Prize along with German Foreign minister Gustav Stresemann for the realization of the Locarno Treaties, which French statesman served 11 times as Prime Minister of France during the French Third Republic?
Aristide BRIAND
223
Q7. Which major American river took its name after English politician Thomas West, first colonial governor of Virginia?
DELAWARE
224
Q8. Which Alfred Hitchcock’s film was his penultimate, and the first of his movies to feature nude scenes? In 1972, Hitchcock returned to Britain to collaborate with Anthony Shaffer in a film version of Arthur La Bern’s novel “Goodbye Picadilly, Farewell Leicester Square.
FRENZY
225
Q9. Which composer wrote the Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Melodies, premiered in Pest in 1853?
Franz LISZT
226
Q10. In 1994, Poland’s Ministry of Culture and Art ordered the exhumation of the presumed grave of which absurdist painter, playwright and novelist, who committed suicide in 1939, shortly after Poland was invaded by Germany? Genetic tests on the remains showed they belonged to an unknown woman.
Stanislaw WITKIEWICZ
227
Q11. In 1972, Alois Schloder became the first Winter Olympics athlete to test positive for a banned substance. He was banned from the rest of the Games, but his team was allowed to continue. In which sport did he represent West Germany?
ICE HOCKEY
228
Q12. Which term was coined by K.W. Jeter, who was trying to find a general term for Tim Powers’ “The Anubis Gates”, James Blaylock’s “Homunculus”, and his own “Morlock Night” — all of which took place in a 19th-century setting?
STEAMPUNK
229
Q1. In which European capital city is the Toompea Castle, today houses the nation’s parliament? According to legend, Linda has built it boulder-by-boulder with her own hands.
TALLINN
230
Q2. “Viva Evita! Fuera \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_!” These words have been spray-painted over 50 walls in Argentina in the mid-1990s. What name was blanked?
MADONNA (after film “Evita”)
231
Q3. The battle of which city was the opening engagement of the German invasion of Belgium and the first battle of the First World War? In this battle took part the Army of the Meuse, led by General Otto von Emmich.
Battle of LIEGE
232
Q4. In 1862, who accepted an offer made by consul in Singapore, Tan Kim Ching, to teach the wives and children of King Mongkut?
Anna LEONOWENS
233
Q5. A species of chameleon Calumma tarzan is an endemic to the Alaotra-Mangoro region in which African country?
MADAGASCAR
234
Q6. In TV-series “Mandalorian”, the puppet of which character was controlled by two technicians, one who operates the eyes and mouth and another who controls other facial expressions?
THE CHILD / BABY YODA
235
Q7. Which volcano’s type is erupting volatiles such as water, ammonia, or methane, instead of molten rock? It may potentially form on icy moons and other objects with abundant water past the Solar System’s snow line.
CRYOVOLCANO (DNA: Ice Volcano)
236
Q8. A 1994 American biographical drama film “8 seconds” tells the story of Lane Frost (Luke Perry), who was a 1987 World Champion in which sport?
RODEO / BULL RIDING
237
Q9. In 1897, Teatro Nouvo in Bergamo changed its name in the occasion of the centenary of the which composer’s birth, who was one of the leading composers of the bel canto opera style along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini?
Gaetano DONIZETTI (born in Bergamo)
238
Q10. What four-letter name of a moist powder smokeless tobacco product originating from a variant of dry snuff in early 18th-century Sweden? The oldest brand of this type of tobacco is Ettan, founded in 1822 by Mr. Jacob Frederik Ljunglöf.
SNUS
239
Q11. Which European national team dominated the FIVB Volleyball Men’s Championship in the 1990’s, won three gold medals in 1990, 1994 and 1998?
ITALY
240
Q12. Kursat Ceylan, a blind man, is developed the WeWALK that detects objects above chest level and pairs with apps, such as Google Maps. WeWALK is a smart…what?
CANE / Synonymic answers
241
Which U.S. president created a painting “Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein” in 1952?
Dwight D EISENHOWER
242
Which 1984 music album, that produced seven top-10 hit singles, was recorded by singer-songwriter born in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA?
BORN IN THE USA
243
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies (1894—1978) is a longest-serving prime minister of which country — serving over 18 years in total, in office from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1949 to 1966? On the picture below, you can see his bust located in the Prime Minister’s Avenue in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.
AUSTRALIA
244
In 2019, an Italian restaurateur Massimo Bottura was named one of the Time 100 Most Influential People. He is a chef patron of which three-Michelin-star restaurant in Modena, that was ranked No.1 in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2016 and 2018?
OSTERIA FRANCESCANA
245
Which German mathematician (1690—1764) is described one of the oldest and best-known unsolved problems in number theory, that states: “Every even integer greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two primes”?
Christian GOLDBACH
246
Which manga series created by Masahi Kishimoto has given its name to this running style based on the way the characters run leaning forward with their arms behind their backs?
NARUTO
247
Which potentially active Antarctic shield volcano (3,110 m), dominating the northwest part of the island with the same name, is named after US explorer who took part in six Antarctic expeditions, including two Byrd expeditions on 1928-30 and 1933-35.
Mount SIPLE
248
Which two actors got copies of the book, “Farm Boys: Lives of Gay Men from the Rural Midwest” to help them understand their characters in the famous 2005 film?
Heath LEDGER and Jake GYLLENHALL
249
Which controversial musical, based on 1890’s famous opera, was given its first public performance at the New York Theatre Workshop, a day after the death of its creator, Jonathan Larson in 1996?
RENT
250
Which author’s first contemporary realist drama “The Pillars of Society” was premiered at the Odense Teater in 1877?
Henrik IBSEN
251
In the Olympic women’s field hockey history, only once the winning team was revealed after the penalty shootout. Which national team beat Netherlands in the 2016 final, thanks to successive penalties by Sophie Charlotte Bray and Hollie Pearne-Webb?
Team GREAT BRITAIN
252
Which bronze sculpture in New York was created by Arturo Di Modica in the wake of 1987 Black Monday stock market crash?
CHARGING BULL
253
This is the “Portrait of a Young Man as Saint \_\_\_\_\_\_\_”, painted by Bronzino in 1533. What name was blanked?
SEBASTIAN
254
According to Per Sundin, which 14-century poem became an inspiration for the lyrics of Avicii’s song “Heaven”?
DIVINE COMEDY
255
Assassinated by the right-wing modernist painter and art critic Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Gabriel Narutowicz was the president of which state from 11 to 16 December 1922?
POLAND
256
Which vaccine had been tested in 50 dogs before its first human trial in the late 19th century?
RABIES
257
What is the six-letter nickname of this an edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices?
NEEDLE
258
Located in the Zagros Mountains, Cheekha Dar, means “Black Tent” in Kurdish, is the highest mountain in which Asian country?
IRAQ
259
In 1544, Italian painter Girolamo de Treviso was killed by cannon shot at the First Siege of Boulogne while working as a military engineer for which British monarch?
HENRY VIII
260
The Florence and the Machine’s song “Jenny of Oldstones”, released on April 2019, is featured in the episode “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” in which TV-series?
GAME OF THRONES
261
.In which African country is the Virunga National Park in the Albertine Rift Valley, listed in the List of World Heritage in Danger since 1994? It was created in the early 1920s by the idea of Victor van Straelen, Jean Massart and Jean-Marie Derscheid.
Democratic Republic of CONGO
262
Which author has written the novel “Snow” (2002), that has an opening scene concerns reasons behind a suicide epidemic among teenage girls — which actually took place in the Turkish city of Batman?
Orhan PAMUK
263
Maria Gigova and Maria Petrova are the only non-Russian rhythmic gymnasts who have won three World Championships All-around gold medals in a raw. Which country did they represent?
BULGARIA
264
Which Serbian Neoclassicist painter (1815—1855), considered as “father of modern comic strips in Serbia, worked on painting icons and walls in the Cathedral Church in Belgrade, the iconostasis of the Karadjordjevich church in the town of Topola, and the iconostasis of the Vrdnik-Ravanica Monastery?
Dimitrije "Mita" AVRAMOVIĆ
265
Q1. Launched in a manifesto of 1929, “Perspectives of Flight”, signed by Benedetta Cappa, Fortunato Depero, Gerardo Dottori and others, aeropittura is a major expression of the second generation of which artistic movement, originated in Italy in the early 20th century?
FUTURISM
266
Q2. Which American rapper, husband of Whitney Houston from 1992 to 2007, is best known for his 1988 single “My prerogative”, which was later covered by a number of artists, including Britney Spears? Also, he is very controversial person, for example, this man was arrested for simulating a sex act onstage with Queline Young in 1993.
Bobby BROWN
267
Q3. Which British luxury fashion house, founded in 1864, used the “Equestrian Knight” logo from 1901 to 2018? This company was the outfitters for Roald Amundsen and Ernest Shackleton in the 1910s.
BURBERRY
268
Q4. In 1834, which geological period was named by Friedrich August von Alberti for the three distinct layers of redbeds, capped by chalk, followed by black shales that are found throughout Germany and Northwest Europe?
TRIASSIC
269
Q5. One of the most toxic substance known, which toxic protein occurring in the beanlike seeds of the castor-oil plant was discovered in 1888 by German scientist Peter Hermann Stillmark? The most famous use of it as a weapon of assassination occurred in 1978, when Georgi Markov was stabbed in the leg when the tip of an umbrella that injected a tiny hollow sphere into his body.
RICIN
270
Q6. According to 2019 Forbes column, which Marvel’s character “did nothing wrong”? Some evidence in favor of this view in particular when Captain America says, “I saw a pod of whales when I was coming over the bridge… There’s fewer ships, cleaner water?”
THANOS
271
Q7. Separated from the northwestern part of Andhra Pradesh in 2014, which state with its capital Hyderabad is the newest India’s state? The state’s name is derived from words mean “land of three lingas”.
TELEGANA
272
Q8. Who is the only actor to have portrayed Anakin Skywalker and his Sith alter ego, Darth Vader, in the same movie?
Hayden CHRISTIANSEN
273
Q9. Which Venetian opera house was destroyed by fire in 1774, 1836, and 1996, but was rebuilt and re-opened every time after this?
La FENICE
274
Q10. Officially launched its streaming app for iOS at the Salzburg Festival in 2015, IDAGIO is a paid streaming service specializing in which type of music?
CLASSICAL
275
Q11. What nationality of the handball player Cecilie Leganger, who is the only goalkeeper that won the IHF World Woman Player of the Year title?
NORWEGIAN
276
Q12. Later merged with four other towns to form the city of Wuppertal, which former German metropolis was a pioneering centre for both the early industrial revolution in the European mainland and for the socialist movement and its theory? In 1863, Friedrich Bayer founded the chemical manufacturing company of Bayer in this city.
BARMEN
277
Q1. Which group of artists, established in 1906 in Dresden, has reflected its name to youthful eagerness to cross into a new future?
DIE BRUCKE
278
Q2. Which American alternative rock band released their second studio album "Siamese Dream" in 1993, that stands alongside "Nevermind" and "Superunknown" as one of the decade's finest and most influential rock albums? The four tracks that were selected as singles — "Cherub Rock," "Today," and "Rocket," plus the symphonic ballad "Disarm" — became alternative radio standards. \*
SMASHING PUMPKINS
279
Q3. Which Catholic religious order is this? \*
TEUTONIC ORDER
280
Q4. In which Asian country is brenebon kidney bean soup commonly found? Its name is local Manado pronunciation of Dutch “bruine bonen”. \*
INDONESIA
281
Q5. This museum, located at the Bygdøy peninsula, is named after which vessel? \*
KON-TIKI
282
Q6. The first role of which famous actress was in the 1984 film “Once Upon a Time in America”, portraying Young Deborah Gelly? \*
Jennifer CONNELLY
283
Q7. In 1991, British chemist Helen Sharman became the first woman to visit which space station?
MIR
284
Q8. Which fictional character, designed by Naoto Ohshima in 1991, was portrayed by Jim Carey in 2020 action film? \*
DR. ROBOTNIK
285
Q9.Which jazz standard’s name is referring to the then-new subway service that runs through New York City in the 1930s? \*
TAKE THE A TRAIN
286
Q10. Which American writer created his Galactic Empire after reading Edward Gibbon’s “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” when he was working at the Philadelphia Navy Yard with Robert Heinlein? \*
??
287
Q11. In which martial art is the ranked system adopting ropes using the colours of the national flag, green, yellow, blue and white? \*
CAPOEIRA
288
Q12. Manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1991 to 2006, which family of Macintosh laptop computers, the first modern Laptop, was replaced by the MacBook Pro as part of Apple’s transition to Intel processors in the mid-2000s? \*
POWERBOOK
289
Q1. Which Arab country has the largest number of Christians, about 39%?
LEBANON
290
Q2. In which Southern Hemisphere’s capital city is Lake Burley Griffin located, named after an architect who designed this city in the 1910s?
CANBERRA
291
Q3. Until he was overthrown by Idi Amin in 1971, which political leader, who led country to independence in the early 60s, was President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971?
Milton OBOTE
292
Q4. The first ten episodes titles of the 4th season of which TV series (2015—2019) are named after HTTP status codes in the 4xx range?
MR ROBOT
293
Q5. The last confirmed specimen of which tiger subspecies was killed in the valley of the Sumbar River in the Kopet Dag Mountains of Turkmenistan in 1954?
CASPIAN TIGER
294
Q6. A Baroque composer, Johan Helmich Roman, is known as “Local Handel” and “the father” of which country’s music? His best composition is “Drottningholm Music”.
SWEDEN
295
Q7. Starting from 2014, which currency is bearing the portraits of prominent poets, among them Rachel Bluwstein, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Leah Goldberg and Nathan Alterman?
ISRAELI new SHEKEL
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Q8. Premiered on Broadway in 1972, the musical “Sugar” is based on which 1950s film?
SOME LIKE IT HOT
297
Q9. Which American composer (1912—1992) published the book “Silence: Lectures and Writings” in 1961?
John Milton CAGE Jr
298
Q10. Founded by Nikepheros and his son George in the 11th century, which dynasty was the last to rule the Byzantine Empire from 1259 to 1453? Its name derived from the word sometimes glossed as “ragman” or “antique collector”.
PALAIOLOGAN Dynasty
299
Q11. Which Estonian rally driver won 2019 World Rally Championship, interrupted the 15-year domination of the French racers, Sebastien Loeb and Sebastien Ogier?
Ott TANAK
300
Q12. How many studio albums does Russian gangsta rap band "Mnogotochie" ("Ellipsis") have? This number was thought out by the band's members at the time of creation.
THREE (number of dots in ellipsis)
301
Q1. According to legends, the first woman to receive Buddhist ordination in 6th century BCE was Mahapajapati Gotami, the aunt and foster mother of WHICH MAN?
BUDDHA
302
Q2. WHICH NU METAL BAND’S NAME derived from the Jacoby Shaddix’s step-grandfather nickname? This band are best-known for their songs “Last Resort”, “Between Angels and Insects”, and “She Loves Me Not”
PAPA ROACH
303
Q3. WHICH BRITISH GENERAL, best remembered as one of the leading commanders in the American War of Independence, was portrayed in 2000 film “Patriot” by Tom Wilkinson?
Charles CORNWALLIS
304
Q4. WHICH RUSSIAN COMPOSER is also written ‘The Tempest, Op.18” (1873) and ‘Hamlet, Op. 67a’ (1889)?
Peter TCHAIKOVSKY
305
Q5. WHICH MANUFACTURER produced this prototype in 1936, that’s often considered to be the first practical, functional helicopter?
FOCKE-WULF
306
Q6. This is a famous line from WHICH TV-SERIES?
BREAKING BAD
307
Q7. WHICH TENERIFE’S VOLCANO is the Earth’s third-tallest volcanic structure from its base on the ocean floor, behind only of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa?
TEIDE
308
Q8. WHICH MARVEL CHARACTER’S board is made with the same material that composes his body, thus making it indestructible?
SILVER SURFER
309
Q9. Gerald R. Ford’s presidential pet, Liberty, and Ronald Reagan’s presidential per, Victory, were both of WHICH DOG BREED?
GOLDEN RETRIEVER
310
Q10. The Norwegian classical composer Martin Romberg has written three full-scale symphonic poems, “Quendi” (2008), “Telperion et Laurelin” (2014), and “Fëanor” (2017), inspired by passages from WHICH 1977 COLLECTION OF MYTHOPOEIC WORKS, edited and published by writer’s son, Christopher?
SILMARILLION
311
Q11. WHICH NATIONAL TEAM won the first-ever water polo men’s tournament in the history of World Aquatics Championships? In the final, they defeated their principal rival, the Soviet Union.
HUNGARY
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Q12. Received by the London Mathematical Society for publication in the mid-1930s, introducing the concept of the theoretical "automatic-machine", "On Computable Numbers" is a work by which ENGLISH MATHEMATICIAN?
Alan TURING
313
Q1. After his friend lost a forbidden book from his department on the Pyongyang Metro in 2004, a North Korean poet Jang Jin-sung, one of the late Kim Jong-Il’s propaganda poets, defected to which country?
SOUTH KOREA 😊
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Q2. Which rapper (1.91 m, 140—170 kg) was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020?
The Notorious B.I.G. / Biggie Smalls / Biggie / Big / Christopher George Latore WALLACE
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Q3. The title of which musical film was blanked from the Sports Illustrated cover that came out on December 10, 1984 — the rookie season of Michael Jordan?
A STAR IS BORN
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Q4. On April 2020, more than 12 million people attended Travis Scott’s concert in which online video game developed by Epic Games?
FORTNITE
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Q5. Which French Realist painter (1819—1877) was a witness to the Claude Monet’s marriage with his mistress and model Camille Doncieux in 1870?
Gustave COURBET
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Q6. Until his death in 2016, investigative journalist Gavin MacFadyen was acknowledged as a “beloved director” of which non-profit organization that was established and published its first document in December 2006?
WIKILEAKS
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Q7. Which African country’s seal is this? MADAGASCAR
MADAGASCAR
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Q8. Which Irish-German actor’s debut role was 2007 film “300” as a Spartan warrior?
Michael FASSBENDER
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Q9. The music video of which Taylor Swift’s song featuring Brendon Urie of “Panic! at the Disco” was named the best at 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards?
ME!
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Q10. In 1995, Douglas Hofstadter’s “Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought” became the first book sold by which company, incorporated as an online bookstore a year earlier?
AMAZON.COM
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Q11. Which Florentine artist (1397—1475) created this set of three paintings depicting events that took place at the Battle of San Romano between Florentine and Sienese forces in 1432?
Paolo UCCELLO
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Q12. Also known under the Pitjantjatjara name nyanyitjira, the letter-winged kite is a bird of prey that could be found only in which country?
AUSTRALIA
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A prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group, which German artist (1893—1959) created painting “The Funeral” in 1917—1918, dedicated to the psychiatrist and avant-garde writer Oscar Panizza, noted for his play ‘Liebeskonzil’, that draws on the first historically documented outbreak of syphilis and depicts God the Father as a senile old man? Painter’s younger son, Marty, is a jazz guitarist who performed with Bob Wilber and wrote arrangements for him.
George GROSZ
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Q2. In 1958, which American manufacturer of guitars patented an electric guitar model “Flying V” that became a popular heavy metal guitar due to their aggressive appearance and were used by Rudolf Schenker, Andy Powell, Michael Schenker, K.K. Downing, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammet, and Dave Mustaine?
GIBSOn
327
Q3. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms, the Battle of Cerignola took place in which century, during the Second Italian War?
16th Century (1503)
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Q4. Who launched this emoji app inspired by himself in 2014?
Karl LAGERFELD
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Q5. In March 1966, the Soviet space probe Venera 3 crashed on which planet, becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet’s surface?
VENUS
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Q6. “F is for \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_” is a Netflix’s animated sitcom (2015— …) created by Bill Burr and Michael Price, tells the story of a disillusioned, quick-tempered, foul-mouthed, Korean War veteran and father of three?
FAMILY
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Q7. On the national flag of Saint Lucia, the blue epitomizes the sky and the sea; the black and white allude to the harmonious relationship between the black and white races; the yellow symbolizes the sunshine, as well as prosperity. Which two mountainous volcanic plugs are represented in the Saint Lucia’s flag by triangles?
PITONS
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Q8. “The Trolley Song” and “Over the Rainbow” are the soundtracks in which 2019 biographical drama film directed by Rupert Goold?
JUDY
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Q9. Which series of chemical reactions used by all aerobic organisms, named after a 1953 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, is this?
KREBS CYCLE
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Q10. Beginning in western Brazil, the Rappiran River forms the Brazil’s international border with which two countries?
PERU, BOLIVIA
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Q11. What is the only Asian national team to win gold medals in softball at the Summer Olympics? The other three gold medals were won by the United States (1996—2004)?
JAPAN
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Q12. Which American fashion designer (b. 1942) is best known for doing a cartwheel ending in a split at the end of her shows? Before founding her namesake line in 1978, she controlled the fashion label “Alley Cat” which was popular with the rock ‘n roll musicians of the day.
Betsey JOHNSON
337
Which King of France commissioned the architect Liberal Bruant to build the Hospice de la Salpêtrière hospital in Paris in 1656?
LOUIS XIV
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Q2. Had been part of a circle of anarchist poets in Reykjavik called “Medusa”, Sjon is best known for collaborating with which famous singer?
BJORK
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Q3. In the “Build Your Own Monument” competition, which World Heritage Site was built by many types of food?
STONEHENGE
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Q4. “#\_ _ \_ _ \_ _ \_ UNDEAD” Which letters were blanked from the twitter’s hashtag, became very popular at the end of April 2020?
KIM JONG
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Q5. Which Dutch scientist studied spherical lenses from a theoretical point of view in the early 1650s, aimed to understand telescopes?
Christian HUYGENS
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Q6. This is a poster of which American drama web television, premiered on Hulu on March, 2020, and based on 2017 novel of the same name by Celeste Ng?
LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE
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Q7. The largest Ecuadorian city, also a nation’s main port, Guayaquil is located on the west bank of which river, that’s present on the nation’s coat of arms?
GUAYAS
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Q8. A Spanish composer Vicente Martín y Soler (1754—1806) was often compared with his famous contemporary, that’s why he has been called “the Valencian \_\_\_\_\_\_\_”. What name was blanked from Martín y Soler’s if his melody from the opera “Una cosa rara” (“A Rare Thing”) is quoted in the dining scene of “Don Giovanni”?
MOZART
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Q9. Captain Fear is a mascot of which NFL team?
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
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Q10. Which Florentine family attempted to assassinate Lorenzo de Medici and his brother Giuliano during mass in the Florence Cathedral in 1478? Giuliano was killed, but the wounded Lorenzo was able to escape. Most of the conspirators were soon caught and summarily executed. One of the Filippo Brunelleschi’s chapel is named after this family.
PAZZI
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Q11. Which Nobel Prize-winning author wrote the 1982 novel ‘Baltasar and Blimunda’, that tells a love story to intertwine with the construction of the Palace of Mafra?
Jose SARAMAGO
348
Q12. The first Taiwanese film to win the Golden Lion award, which 1989 historical drama directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien tells the story of a family embroiled in the “White Terror”?
A CITY OF SADNESS
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Q1. Which country’s Heraldry and Vexillology Society is using this flag?
BULGARIA
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Q2. A 15-century Portuguese explorer of the African coast, Lopes Gonçalves is believed to be the first European sailor to cross…what? Also, he is the first who reached Gabon.
EQUATOR
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Q3. In which European capital was the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek art museum opened in 1897
COPENHAGEN
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Q4. Which American multinational software company was named after a 14.2-mile-long stream in California that ran behind the house of co-founder John Warnock?
ADOBE (after ADOBE CREEK)
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Q5. A species of ankylosaurian dinosaur, Tianchisaurus nedegoapeferima, was discovered in 1993. In this name, the letters “ma” stands for Joseph Mazzello, “ri” is for Ariana Richards, “fe” is for Martin Ferrero, “pe” is for Bob Peck, and “a” is for Richard Attenborough. Which two actors are standing behind the letters “ne” and “de” respectively?
San NEILL and Laura DERN (“go” is for Jeff Goldblum; The Jurassic Park’s cast)
354
Q6. Who obtained a licentiate in philosophy from the Jesuit college “Colegio Maximo de San Jose” in San Miguel in 1960?
Jorge Mario BERGOGLIO / Pope FRANCIS
355
Q7. Discovered by João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira in 1418, Porto Santo Island is the northernmost and easternmost island of which archipelago?
MADEIRA
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Q8. Which American writer (1940—2006) read a 1964 news story about fisherman Frank Mundus catching a big haul weighing 2,060 kg off the shore of Montauk Point, Long Island, New York?
Peter BENCHLEY
357
Q9. In the first act of which Richard Wagner’s opera, premiered in 1843, the sea captain Dailand is compelled by stormy weather to seek a port of refuge near Sandwike in southern Norway?
The FLYING DUTCHMAN
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Q10. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, which East German swimmer became the first woman swimmer to win four gold medals at a single Games, all in record times? Later was proven that team doctors had systematically administered steroids to their athletes, so her results are under suspicion.
Kornelia ENDER
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Q11. Which South African musician, who was described as “the father of nation’s jazz” is depicted on the Google Doodle below? From 1964 to 1966 he was married to famous singer and activist, Miriam Makeba
Hugh MASEKELA
360
Q12. Which American photographer is probably stood aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm at this point to take his famous photo in 1907?
Alfred STIEGLITZ
361
Q1. Which French animated children’s TV series (1998—…) was at the heart of the scandal in 2015 after a young viewer pointed out a brief image of a poster in the background with a woman’s exposed breasts, shown in the episode “(Un)happy Camper!”?
OGGY AND THE COCKROACHES
362
Q2. After their copyright lawsuit was amicably resolved, which English pop-rock band, formed in 1965, released their version of “Lithium” on their 1996 album “Orange and Blue”?
NIRVANA
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Q3. The Great Wall of Gorgan, a Sasanian-era defense system, is located in which Asian country? Among the archaeologists it’s also known as “Qizil Alan” (“The Red Snake”) because of the colour of its bricks.
IRAN
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Q4. In the 1971 film adaptation, which fictional small humans were played by actors with dwarfism and portrayed as orange-skinned, green-haired-men in striped shirts and baggy lederhosen-like pants?
OOMPA-LOOMPAS
365
Q5. Which Congolese-Spanish basketball player got the nickname “I-block-a” for his incredible defence skill?
Serge IBAKA
366
Q6. Which 2008 animated film was called by Kenneth Turan of The Los Angeles Times as “family animation version of The Truman Show”?
BOLT
367
Q7. The 4 out 5 longest suspension bridges are located in Asia — three of them in China and one more in Japan. Which European bridge, that’s connected town Korsør with Sprogø island, is the fifth longest main span in the world (1624 m)?
GREAT BELT BRIDGE
368
Q8. The double-T logo of Galeries Lafayette is stylized as which famous site?
EIFFEL TOWER
369
Q9. The gal, a unit of acceleration used extensively in the science of gravimetry, is named after which polymath (1564—1642)?
Galileo GALILEI
370
Q10. Which fictional character, a quasi-Robin Hood figure, was first introduced in the 1907 O. Henry’s short story “The Caballero’s Way”?
CISCO KID
371
Q11. Nicknamed “La Locomotora” (The Locomotive), Richard Carapaz won the 2019 Giro d’Italia, becoming the first race’s winner from which country?
ECUADOR
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Q12. Which American singer-songwriter released her fifth studio album “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” on April 17, 2020, received universal critical acclaimed and became the highest-rated album of all time on review aggregator Metacritic? Her debut album, Tidal, was released in 1996 and received a Grammy Award for Best Female Vocal Rock Performance for the single “Criminal
Fiona APPLE
373
Q1. Which saint is honoured by this ricotta and marzipan pastry, originated in Catania?
SAINT AGATHA
374
Q2. Which sitarist became a music director of All India Radio in 1949?
Ravi SHANKAR
375
Q3. Juan Idiarte Borda (1844—1897), who was a member of the Colorado Party, is the only president of which South-American country to be assassinated? On the picture below, you can see the flag of the Colorado Party.
URUGUAY
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Q4. What type of biological cell which is synthesises the extracellular matrix and collagen is also producing the stroma for animal tissue and plays a critical role in wound healing?
FIBROBLAST
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Q5. Which syndrome, first described by John Todd and Kenneth Dewhurst in 1955, refers to a dangerous form of psychosis whose central theme consists in a delusional belief in the infidelity of the spouse?
OTHELLO SYNDROME
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Q6. Which British TV series is based on Waller-Bridge’s monologue about a woman running a café, mourning her best friend, and detailing her many sexual escapades, inspired by a series of personal anecdotes?
FLEABAG
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Q7. Which special administrative region surpassed Japan as the highest-ranked country by life expectancy, in 2020? (Data based on the latest United Nations Population Division estimates)
HONG KONG
380
Q8. In which 2019 film a semi-basement apartment and its street was built on set partially out of necessity for filming the flooding scenes?
PARASITE
381
Q9. In the late 60s, which street dance style was popularized in Los Angeles by Bill Williams, who worked as a mannequin at that time?
ROBOT
382
Q10. The siege of which Russian naval base at the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula was the longest and most violent land battle of the Russo-Japanese War?
PORT ARTHUR
383
Q11. Which Italian diver dominated a platform event from the late 60s to the mid-70s, winning a total three Olympic Gold medals in the men's 10 m platform?
Klaus DIBIASI
384
Q12. Which Austrian-born art-historian (1909—2001) was the author of many works, most notably ‘The Story of Art’, a book widely regarded as one of the most accessible introductions to the visual arts?
Ernst GOMBRICH
