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Where is Portugal located?

a) Iberian Peninsulab) Spainc) Near the Pacific Sead) In America

What is Leyla Gencer called in the world?

a) Turkish musicianb) Turkish opera ladyc) Turkish divad) The diva in Turkey

What a masterpiece of Italian literature is considered among the foremost literary statements produced during the Middle Ages?

a) Decameronb) The Princec) Divine Comedyd) The Canzoniere

What is the lake in Hungary called which is the largest freshwater lake in Central -Europe?

a) Lake Balatonb) Lake Velenceic) Lake Szelidid) Lake Tisza

What is the title of the well-known novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz (a Polish writer), for which he received a Nobel Prize?

a) ‘Sir Michael’b) ‘Quo Vadis’c) ‘Heart of darkness’d) ‘Three bards’

Which of these Andalusian poets have obtained the Nobel Award?

a) Antonio Machadob) Federico García Lorcac) Vicente Aleixandred) Rafael Alberti

What important event took place in Poland in 1989?

a) The communist government was overthrownb) There was a famous battle of Grunwaldc) Poland was converted into Christianityd) Poland became e republic

The dawn of Western Civilization begins with

a) Cycladic, Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations

b) Byzantium and Roman Empiresc) Cycladic and Galatian civilizationsd) Egyptian and Roman civilizations

How often is the government in Germany usually elected?

a) Every three yearsb) Every four yearsc) Every five yearsd) Every eight years

Which of these musicians have never played and recorded with the famous Andalusian guitarist Paco de Lucía?

a) Al di Meolab) Camarón de la islac) Chick Coread) Pat Metheny

Which is the highest peak in the Iberian Peninsula?

a) Anetob) Veleta c) Mulhacén d) Naranjo de Bulnes

What was the longest pontificate in the history of the Vatican?

a) Pius IXb) Leo XIIIc) John Paul IId) Saint Peter

What was the legendary Hungarian football team in the 1950s called?

a)  the Silver Teamb) the Perfect Teamc) the Great Teamd) the Golden Team

Who was Slovak national hero?

a) Robin Hoodb) Juraj Jánošikc) Andy Warhold) Václav Havel

The sense of democracy in Europe appeared for the first time in Athens around

a) 2nd century BCb) 6th century BCc) 1st century ACd) 3rd century AC

In which sport Italy has won more medals at the 2012 Olympic Games?

a) Archeryb) Volleyballc) Swimmingd) Women's foil

Who was the Hungarian national poet who took part and died in the Hungarian war of independence of 1848-49?

a) Arany Jánosb) Jókai Mórc) Vörösmarty Mihályd) Petőfi Sándor

The Parthenon, a temple situated at the Acropolis of Athens is dedicated to the maiden goddess

a) Artemis-Dianab) Persephone c) Aphrodite-Venusd) Athena-Minerva

The Nobel Prize of Literature has been given to Greek poets:

a) George Seferis and Odysseas Elytis b) Nikos Kazantzakis and Antonis Samarakisc) Pierre de Coubertin and Kostis Palamasd) Kostas Karyotakis and Konstantinos Cavafis

Adam Malysz (Polish sportsman) has won many international tournaments in

a) volleyballb) footballc) ski jumpingd) cross-country skiing

Who were the Hungarian composers who collected a lot of Hungarian folk songs?

a) Bartók Béla, Erkel Ferencb) Bartók Béla, Kodály Zoltánc) Erkel Ferenc, Liszt Ferencd) Liszt Ferenc, Kodály Zoltán

When did the French football team won the worldcup ?

a) 1978b) 1984 c) 1998 d) 2002

When was the last Song and Dance Festival in Latvia?

a) In summer 2013.b) In summer 2012.c) In winter 2008.d) In summer 2010.

The ancient Olympic Games were held in Honor of the Greek god Zeus in

a) Delphib) Athensc) Creted) Olympia

How many countries border Germany?

a) 3b) 5c) 9d) 15

Which of these operas has not a direct relationship with Seville?

a) Il barbiere di sivigliab) Don Carloc) Le Nozze di Figarod) Fidelio

What is the Slovak capital and what river is it situated on?

a) Košice, the Hornád riverb) Prague, the Vltava riverc) Bratislava, the Danube riverd) Lisboa, the Tejo river

Germany played an important part in literature because of

a) the Bible which was written in former Germany.

b) the invention of the letterpress by Johannes Gutenberg

c) a German who secretly wrote Shakespeare’s plays.

d) J.K. Rowling who wrote Harry Potter

What are the two biggest Mediterranean islands of the Italian peninsula?

a) Sicily and Sardiniab) Lampedusa and Pantelleriac) Ischia and Sardiniad) Sicily and Stromboli

What is Alvis Hermanis?

a) Painterb) Singerc) Ballet dancerd) Director of Latvian theatre.

What are the cultural and historical regions in Latvia?

a) Sweden, Estonia , Lithuania, Rusiab) Courland, Latgale, Vidzeme, Zemgalec) Latgale, Vidzeme, Finland, Estoniad) Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Estonia

Which country does not border with Poland?

a) Germanyb) Serbiac) Lithuaniad) Ukraine

When latvian people celebrate Independence day of Latvia?

a) 18 Novemberb) 4 Mayc) 14 Junyd) 23 August

With how many countries does France share common borders (except Monaco, and Andora)?

a)  5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8

Which French king decided to build the Palace of Versailles ?

a) Henry IVb) Louis XIVc) Louis XVId) François 1st 

Which kind of Slovak fairy tales was originally for adult readers?

a) Animal fairy talesb) Realistic fairy talesc) Scary fairy talesd) Fantasy fairy tales

What was the real name of the French writer Molière ?

a) Jean Baptiste Poquelin b) Jean Valjeanc) André Malrauxd) Jean de la Fontaine

Which is the capital of Turkey Ankara Istanbul Izmir Bodrum

What disability did Ludwig van Beethoven have in his later life?

a) He was blind.b) He was deaf. c) He had only one leg. d) His hands were lame and he couldn’t move

them.

Who won Litretaure Nobel Prize in Turkey?

a) Orhan Pamukb) Oguz Atayc) Necip Fazil Kisakurekd) Halide Edip Adivar

What kind of sports does two- time Olympic Champion Maris Strombergs represent?

a) biathlonb) BMX cyclingc) swimmingd) track and field athletics

Which name was given to the third Republic Revolution?

a) Democratic Revolutionb) Reform revolutionc) Carnation Revolutiond) Angolan Revolution

In which of these sports have David Cal got several Olympic medals?

a) Racing Driverb) Sprint canoeing c) Basketball Playerd) Swimmer

Which name of the classical Lyrics Text by Luís Vaz de Camões?

a) Romantismb) Lusíadasc) Realismd) Popular

Which name is given to the style of music with Portuguese Guitar?

a) Fadob) Pop Musicc) Revolution Musicd) Classic Music

What is the most famous ice cave in Slovakia?

a) Dobšinská Ice Caveb) Demänovská Ice Cavec) Santa Claus Ice Caved) Ochtinská Ice Cave

In which kind of sport, we were the second in the UEFA and the WORLD?a) Basketballb) Footballc) Volleyballd) Wrestling

Where are the “fairy chimneys” in Turkey?

a) Ankarab) Nevsehirc) Pamukkaled) Artvin