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Category: Sport
Published: 5. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Ballon DOr| |Football| |Football History|
The very first Ballon d’Or was awarded in 1956, at a time when the prize was still limited to European footballers. The winner was an English legend famous for his longevity, elegance, and close control, and he received the award while playing for Blackpool. Who was the first player ever to win the Ballon d’Or?
Sir Stanley Matthews
Category: Music
Published: 5. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Irish Music| |U2|
U2 became one of the biggest music acts in the world, but their story on album began in 1980. What was the title of their debut record?
Boy
Category: Film
Published: 5. 5. 2026.
Terms: |John Travolta| |Pulp Fiction| |Quentin Tarantino| |Uma Thurman|
Among the most famous dance scenes in cinema is the one danced by Uma Thurman and John Travolta in Pulp Fiction. What is the name of the diner in which it happens?
Jack Rabbit Slim’s
Category: Science
Published: 5. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Famous Quotes| |France| |Philosophy|
One of the most quoted phrases in history is Cogito ergo sum. Which philosopher is responsible for it?
René Descartes
Category: TV
Published: 5. 5. 2026.
Terms: |David Lynch| |Twin Peaks|
The cult series Twin Peaks features the character Dennis, later Denise, Bryson. Who was the actor behind both versions of the character?
David Duchovny
Category: Music
Published: 5. 5. 2026.
Terms: |British Music| |Electronic Music|
The English DJ and producer Norman Quentin Cook, known for the hit Right Here, Right Now, performs under an oxymoronic stage name. What is it?
Fatboy Slim
Category: Science
Published: 5. 5. 2026.
Terms: |Mathematics| |Norway|
The Norwegians award one of the most famous prizes in mathematics. Bestowed by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and worth about 750,000 euros, it is named after a great Norwegian mathematician. What is the prize called?
Abel Prize
Category: Art
Published: 30. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Dance|
This dance is built on a strong use of the heel and the ball of the foot, together with rhythmic travelling steps. One of its best-known elements is the Appel, an energetic step danced in place on the ball of the foot with a slight bend of the knees, often serving as the introduction to many figures. The man is expected to dance with the pride, courage, and elegance of a matador, while the woman shows distance, speed, and flexibility. Which Latin competition dance is it?
Paso Doble
Category: Art
Published: 30. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Dance| |Performing Arts|
What is the name of the dance that belongs to the competitive Latin category, reached its final competitive form in France, and developed from a simplified Afro-American style danced to jazz and swing, while remaining quick, lively, and full of bounce?
Jive
Category: History
Published: 30. 4. 2026.
Terms: |England| |Great Britain| |Pirates|
In Elizabethan England, one seafaring adventurer became famous for exploring the New World and raiding Spanish ships, and later received a title of nobility from the queen. As the second man to sail around the world, what was his name?
Francis Drake
Category: History
Published: 30. 4. 2026.
Terms: |American History| |Pirates|
One of the last great pirates was active in the early nineteenth century and is remembered by Americans as a hero of the War of 1812, even though much of his career involved raiding Spanish ships and trafficking stolen goods around New Orleans. Who was he?
Jean Lafitte
Category: Science
Published: 30. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Chemistry| |Cosmetics|
Which basic alcohol compound is widely used in cosmetics for its softening effect and in toothpaste for keeping moisture in?
Glycerol
Category: Geography
Published: 30. 4. 2026.
Terms: |River Deltas| |Russia|
Astrakhan, the Russian city in the south of the country, lies in the delta of which river?
Volga
Category: History
Published: 30. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Bible| |Christianity|
Which apostle stepped out onto the water to go toward Jesus, only to grow afraid of the wind and start sinking?
Peter
Category: History
Published: 30. 4. 2026.
Terms: |American History| |American Presidents|
Which American president was born under the name Leslie Lynch King Jr.?
Gerald Ford
Category: Music
Published: 30. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Pop Culture|
Which singer-actor appeared as himself in Casino, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Full House, and is also referenced in a System of a Down song about a celebrity baseball game?
Frankie Avalon
Category: Literature
Published: 30. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Dostoevsky| |Russia| |Russian Literature|
In which nineteenth-century novel does the famous chapter “The Grand Inquisitor” appear, reflecting religious and philosophical ideas often linked with Vladimir Solovyov?
The Brothers Karamazov
Category: History
Published: 30. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Adolf Hitler| |Munich| |Nazi Germany| |World War II|
What was the name of the prison not far from Munich where Hitler wrote Mein Kampf and where many Nazi war criminals were imprisoned after World War II?
Landsberg Prison
Category: Sport
Published: 30. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Cross Country| |Finland| |Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen| |Nordic Skiing| |Winter Olympics|
What is the surname of the Finnish Nordic skier who won six Olympic bronze medals and was married to Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen, the most successful athlete of the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Games?
Kirvesniemi
Category: History
Published: 30. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Mathematics| |Scientific History|
The mathematician famous for calculating the value of pi was called Ludolph. What was his surname?
van Ceulen
Category: Music
Published: 30. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Classical music| |Music History|
Who composed the final Symphony No. 41, better known as the “Jupiter Symphony”?
W. A. Mozart
Published: 30. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Marvel Comics| |Marvel Films| |Superheroes|
What Marvel superhero connects Eric Bana, Edward Norton, and Mark Ruffalo, all of whom have played him?
Hulk
Category: Science
Published: 30. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Endocrinology| |Medical Terms| |Medicine|
The hormone vasopressin, produced in connection with the posterior pituitary and important for kidney regulation, is usually known by what three-letter abbreviation?
ADH
Category: Literature
Published: 30. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Umberto Eco|
What is the surname of the French physicist whose name appears in the title of an Umberto Eco novel?
Foucault
Category: History
Published: 30. 4. 2026.
Terms: |Philosophy| |Physics|
The earliest ideas about atoms and the first model of matter reach back to antiquity and are usually linked to a Greek philosopher whose theory Aristotle referred to as atomism. Who was he?
Democritus