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Category: Trivia
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Albert Lamorisse| |Board Games|
Before it became one of the world’s best-known war-themed board games, this game began as La Conquête du Monde, designed by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse. Players fight over territories on a world map, roll dice for battles, and often rely on temporary alliances that rarely last. What is the game called?
Risk
Category: Trivia
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Board Games|
One of the oldest and most complex board games in the world is played with black and white stones on a grid. Unlike chess, the goal is not to capture a king, but to control territory through placement, influence, and strategic balance. What is this game called?
Go
Category: Literature
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Ancient Greece| |Ancient Literature|
Although only fragments of her poetry survive, this archaic Greek poet remains one of the most important names in lyric literature. She wrote with emotional intensity about love, beauty, longing, and personal feeling. What was her name?
Sappho
Category: Film
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Film History| |Soviet Union|
In cinema history, one Soviet director became closely associated with montage theory, the idea that the meaning of a film can be powerfully shaped by the collision and arrangement of edited images. His film Battleship Potemkin became especially famous for the Odessa Steps sequence. Who was this director?
Eisenstein
Category: Art
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Architecture| |Germany| |Modern Architecture|
One of the most influential design schools of the 20th century was founded in Germany in 1919. It aimed to unite art, craft, architecture, and industrial design, and its ideas strongly shaped modern furniture, buildings, typography, and visual culture. What was the name of this school?
Bauhaus
Category: Art
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |André Breton| |Luis Buñuel| |Modern Art| |Salvador Dalí|
In the early 20th century, an artistic and literary movement became fascinated with dreams, the unconscious mind, unexpected juxtapositions, and images that seemed to break the rules of ordinary reality. It was connected with figures such as André Breton, Salvador Dalí, and Luis Buñuel. What movement was this?
Surrealism
Category: History
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Architecture| |Medieval Europe|
In medieval Europe, some of the most spectacular cathedrals were built with pointed arches, ribbed vaults, flying buttresses, tall windows, and a strong sense of vertical movement toward the sky. What architectural style is most associated with these features?
Gothic
Category: Art
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Italy| |Performing Arts|
In Renaissance Italy, a popular theatrical tradition developed around improvised performances, masked characters, comic misunderstandings, servants, lovers, old men, and stock figures such as Harlequin and Pantalone. What is this form of theatre called?
Commedia dell’arte
Category: Art
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Japan|
A major form of classical Japanese drama combines masks, chanting, dance, and symbolic movement rather than realistic acting. Its plays often deal with ghosts, legends, religious ideas, and emotional states hidden beneath a calm surface. What is the name of this theatre tradition?
Noh
Category: Sport
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Basketball| |Gregg Popovich| |NBA| |San Antonio Spurs|
He was never the loudest superstar in the league, but his bank shots, defense, rebounding, and calm leadership made him the foundation of the San Antonio Spurs for nearly two decades. Which player was famously known as “The Big Fundamental”?
Tim Duncan
Category: Sport
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Basketball| |NBA|
Long before the modern superstar era, one Boston Celtics center became the ultimate symbol of team success. His shot-blocking, rebounding, leadership, and defensive intelligence helped turn Boston into the league’s dominant force. Who was this 11-time NBA champion?
Bill Russell
Category: Sport
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Los Angeles Lakers| |NBA| |Toronto Raptors|
In 2006, one of the most famous individual scoring performances in NBA history took place in Los Angeles. A Lakers guard erupted for 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, creating a performance still remembered as one of the greatest scoring nights ever. Who scored those 81 points?
Kobe Bryant
Category: Sport
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Basketball| |NBA|
The NBA’s all-time scoring record was long associated with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, whose skyhook helped him stay on top for decades. In 2023, that record was broken by a player who had already won titles with Miami, Cleveland, and Los Angeles. Who became the NBA’s all-time leading scorer?
LeBron James
Category: Geography
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |South America| |Venezuela|
A famous Venezuelan lightning phenomenon is named after a river that flows into Lake Maracaibo, where storms can occur on an extraordinary number of days each year. What is the name of that river?
Catatumbo
Category: Film
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Crime Films| |True Crime|
Which feature-length directorial debut was inspired by the true story of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate?
Badlands
Category: Geography
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
A mountain system in Asia, on the northern edge of Tibet. It stretches from the Pamirs in Tajikistan to central China, over a length of about 2,500 kilometres, with an average width of around 200 kilometres. Its highest peak is Ulugh Muz Tagh, at about 7,720 metres. Which mountain system is this?
Kunlun Mountains
Category: Literature
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |William Shakespeare|
Which tragedy by Shakespeare takes place in Rome in 44 BC?
Julius Caesar
Category: Trivia
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |American Presidents| |Politics|
What surname connects the forty-first president of the United States with the forty-third, if the former was the father of the latter?
Bush
Category: Science
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Physics|
What physical quantity is defined as mass divided by volume?
Density
Category: Trivia
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Video Games|
Which company began in 1889 by producing hanafuda playing cards, and later became a global gaming giant behind characters and franchises such as Mario, Zelda, and Pokémon?
Nintendo
Category: Film
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Academy Awards| |Audrey Hepburn| |Classic Cinema| |Humphrey Bogart| |Marilyn Monroe| |Tony Curtis| |William Holden|
This legendary director worked with Hollywood greats such as Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, William Holden, Audrey Hepburn, and Humphrey Bogart. Born in Sucha, in today’s Poland, he won Oscars in several categories, including Best Director for The Apartment and The Lost Weekend. Who was he?
Billy Wilder
Category: Film
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Dolly Parton| |Jane Fonda| |Lily Tomlin|
Which working hours appear in the title of the famous film and song associated with Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton?
9 to 5
Category: Science
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Anxiety| |Neurology|
What is the name of the neurological condition in which certain everyday sounds, such as someone eating or breathing, cause irritation, nervousness, or anxiety?
Misophonia
Category: History
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Ancient Greece|
If the sons in question were Hipparchus, the more serious and politically capable one, and Hippias, described as more pleasure-seeking and loose in character, then their father must have been which tyrant?
Peisistratus
Category: Science
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Psychology| |Psychotherapy|
Which Austrian psychiatrist founded logotherapy, a form of psychotherapy centered on helping people find meaning in human existence?
Viktor Frankl