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Which country hosted the 18th FIFA world Cup in 2006?
Germany
What is depicted on the flag of Liechtenstein?
crown, field
What is the name of the stadium of the Villareal football team?
Estadio de la Cerámica
What did the Aztecs use as a bargaining chip?
cocoa bean
In what country is the town of Boryspil?
Ukraine
A tributary of which river is a Golden Lime?
Dniester
What singing voice did Fyodor Chaliapin have?
bass
In what sea is the island of Kimolos located?
Aegean Sea
In what field of creativity was the Austrian Gustav Klimt famous?
art of painting
What Empire replaced the Parthian Kingdom?
Sasanian Empire
On which river is the island of the Tagar?
Yenisey
Whose "Logical-philosophical treatise" inspired the Vienna circle to create a program of logical positivism?
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Which city is the administrative capital of South Africa?
Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein
Which group of elementary particles do electrons belong to?
fermion, lepton
What does the well have?
wheel and axle
Which city is the capital of the U.S. state of Kentucky?
Frankfort
In which country are the Seven Rila lakes located?
Bulgaria
Who is the Chairman of the Russian Geographical Society?
Sergei Shoigu
What constellation is the crab nebula in?
Taurus
In what language did Paracelsus write and teach?
German
In What work by F. Kafka is the main character named Gregor Samza?
The Metamorphosis
What are the Hawaiian Islands?
U.S. state
Who in 2002 coached Alexey Yagudin, who won Olympic gold in figure skating competitions?
Tatiana Tarasova, Alexei Mishin
What city near Moscow has the marinkina tower?
Kolomna
Who is the lead singer of the DDT group Yuriy Shevchuk by education?
actor, composer, poet, singer, record producer, singer-songwriter, public figure, songwriter, painter, manufacturer, peace activist, rock musician
What state does Tibet now belong to?
People's Republic of China
In which socialist country was martial law imposed in December 1981?
Poland
Who was Thomas Dylan, whose last name was taken as a pseudonym by the American composer, musician and singer Robert Zimmerman?
screenwriter, writer, poet, playwright, author, novelist
In what novel does the pirate Ben Gan act abandoned on a desert island?
Treasure Island, The Adventures of Ben Gunn
Which country is home to Parmesan cheese?
Italy
Who was the philosopher S. Kierkegaard by nationality?
Danes
On what ship did V. Tereshkova fly into space?
Vostok 6
What regiment did Lermontov serve in?
His Majesty's Hussar Life Guards Regiment
What was the name of Louis XIV's mother?
Anne of Austria
Who is the author of the novel "Island of Crimea"?
Vasily Aksyonov
Who are the heroes of "the Silmarillion" created Silmarilli?
Fëanor
Which vessel is the basis of the thermos design?
Dewar flask, drinking vessel
What city was Saadi born in?
Shiraz
What science deals with the study of flags?
vexillology
Where was the residence of the knights of the Round table?
Camelot
What is new York's nickname?
Big Apple
Which city is represented by the Swiss football club grasshopper?
Zürich
What is the name of the administrative center of the Chinese province of Qinghai?
Xining
Who was Niobe's father?
Tantalus
Where did they develop the Zastava-a modification of the Kalashnikov assault Rifle?
Serbia
Which group of astronomical objects do pulsars belong to?
neutron star, white dwarf
Who was one of the creators of cognitive psychotherapy?
Aaron T. Beck
In which sport did Larisa Latynina win 18 Olympic medals?
artistic gymnastics
What is the location of the Djoser Pyramid built by Imhotep?
Saqqara
Where is Neuschwanstein castle?
Germany
What is the name of Harry Potter's owl?
Hedwig
Which city was home to world chess champion Mikhail tal?
Riga
Where is the city of Eisenach?
Thuringia
Who was the Director of the famous film about the Titanic?
James Cameron
In which country is the famous Copacabana beach located?
Brazil
What writer is the author of the fantastic story "Exchange of minds"?
Robert Sheckley
In which country is the Peace bridge built, designed by an Italian architect and a French lighting designer?
Georgia
In which English County is the city of Coventry located?
West Midlands
In which city is the monument to Faina Ranevskaya installed?
Taganrog
Which country hosted the 2000 summer Olympics?
Australia
Which Pope was Cesare Borgia's father?
Alexander VI
Which country has a unique pitcher Valley?
Laos
Who is the Director and main character of the movie "Dancing with wolves"?
Kevin Costner
In which city is the international airport "Nikola Tesla"?
Belgrade
Who is the author of the philosophical treatise "on the nature of things"?
Lucretius
In which country do tughriks have circulation?
Mongolia
What region is the city of Buzuluk located in?
Orenburg Oblast
In what city was Francis Skaryna, the great cultural activist of the Belarusian first printer and enlightener?
Polotsk
Who wrote the poem "Ruslana and Lyudmila"?
Alexander Pushkin
In which country did the rebellion take place under the leadership of the artisan Wat Tyler?
England
What is included in the Ten commandments ?
Great Commandment, Thou shalt not kill, Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy, Thou shalt have no other gods before me, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, I am the Lord thy God, Honour thy father and thy mother, Thou shalt not covet, Thou shalt not commit adultery
Who was Svyatoslav Richter?
composer, pianist
In which country does the order of Academic palms exist?
France
Who created the Facebook social network ?
Mark Zuckerberg
Who was the first editor-in-chief of the first edition of the BSE?
Otto Schmidt
Which city is the capital of Madagascar?
Antananarivo
Which city is the capital of Botswana?
Gaborone
Who played one of the roles in the movie "Aviator"?
Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Cate Blanchett, Jude Law, Alec Baldwin, Kate Beckinsale, Willem Dafoe, Rufus Wainwright, Adam Scott, Ian Holm, John C. Reilly, Frances Conroy, Martha Wainwright, Josie Maran, Kelli Garner, Alan Alda, Brent Spiner, Danny Huston, Loudon Wainwright III, Amy Sloan, Gwen Stefani, Edward Herrmann, Kenneth Welsh, Vincent Laresca, Matt Ross, Sam Hennings, Arthur Holden, Harry Standjofski, Stéphane Demers, Yves Jacques, Jacob Davich
Where does the plant grow from which the herbal tea "Rooibos" is prepared?
South Africa
Where is the city of Fulda?
Germany
What philosopher in his" First speech against Catiline "mentioned the winged expression" o times, o mores"?
Cicero
What city is Fiumicino international airport located in?
Rome
What country does Aer Lingus represent?
Republic of Ireland
Which city is the capital of the Republic of the Congo?
Brazzaville
Which artist is the author of the picture "Warriors of the Apocalypse"?
Viktor Vasnetsov
Who planted the Apple of contention for Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite?
Eris
Where is the action of the plot of the cult novel by j. Joyce's "Ulysses"?
Dublin, Grafton Street, Dalkey, Glasnevin Cemetery, National Library of Ireland, O'Connell Bridge, James Joyce Tower and Museum, Cabra (Dublin), Nelson's Pillar, Davy Byrne's pub, Freeman's Journal, Sandymount Strand, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, #7 Eccles street
What instrument did the great jazz master dizzy Gillespie play?
trumpet, voice
What is the name of the highest mountain in the Crimean mountains system?
Roman-Kosh
Which actress established her own children's charity Fund "give life"?
Çulpan Xämmatova, Dina Korzun
What is the language of Charles de Coster wrote "the Legend of till Eulenspiegel"?
French
Which rock band owns an album called "Hair of the Dog"?
Nazareth
Who wrote the "Brief history of time"?
Stephen Hawking
In which city on lake Geneva did V. V. Nabokov spend the last years of his life and was buried?
Montreux
On what mountain does the Hindu deity Shiva live?
Mount Kailasa worshipped by Shaivits, Hindus, Buddists and Bon
The son of a country which was Kobo Abe?
Japan, Empire of Japan
What chemical element predominates in the composition of coal?
carbon
Who awarded Aphrodite the Apple of discord?
Paris
What country has a city of Raisins?
Ukraine
What else is the biblical Pentateuch of Moses called?
Torah