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36. What is the name of a vast amphitheater in Rome (begun 75 A.D) capable of holding 50,000
people, the scene of gladiatorial combats, fights between men and beasts, and large-scale
mock battles? (1 point)
37. To cross that stream for that great man meant reaching the point of no return. The name of
the stream has become proverbial in all languages. What is its name? (2 points)
38. What is the name of the State colloquially known as Centennial State? (2 points)
39. It is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The great temple was built by Croesus, king of
Lydia, in about 550 BC and was rebuilt after being burned by an ambitious man who wanted
to become famous or infamous alike? What is the name of the Wonder? (2 points) What is
the name of the man? (3 points)
40. What is the Russian equivalent of the Latin ‘vale’. What is its literal translation? (2 points)
41. In Roman mythology, he was the chief of the gods, giver of victory, identified with Zeus of
Greece. What is his name? (2 points)
42. What is the name of the ancient civilization which supposedly existed on the continent that
is said to have sunk into the sea as a result of a volcanic eruption? (2 points)
43. This great reformer, when summoned by Emperor Charles to renounce his heresies (in
1521), refused to do it, traditionally with the words: “Here I stand: I can do no other.” A
branch of Christianity bears now his name. What is the name? (2 points)
44. Who said this: “My heart is in the Highlands, my heart is not here…” (3 points)
45. He was the son of a king, at the head of the expedition of Argonauts in their quest for the
Golden Fleece? (1 point)
46. What is the name of the state colloquially known as Constitution State or Nutmeg State? (1
point)
47. He was the greatest universal genius of the Renaissance whose teacher is said to have given
up painting on seeing his pupil’s outstanding ability. He rarely completed his projects,
abandoning them as soon as he realized that he had solved the problem. What is his name?
(1 point)
48. What was the name of the daughter of Prince Yaroslav the Wise who became Queen of
France, and the regent in the early years of her son? (1 point)
49. What historical event is associated with the Bay of Pigs? (2 points)
50. What is the name of the State in the Western part of the USA welcomed by the Mormons?
(2 points)
51. What is the name of the Muse in charge of dances? (2 points)
52. What country does Corsica belong to? (2 points)
53. It is a classical (Greek or Roman) order of architecture distinguished by a slender, fluted
column and a bell-shaped capital decorated with a design of acanthus leaves. What is the
name of that order of architecture? (3 points)
54. “He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.” In which of Shakespeare’s plays do we find
this? (2 points)
55. Two States of the USA are nicknamed “Sunshine State.” What are their names? (2 points)
56. What is the name of an ancient Greek scholar who made his famous discovery while taking
a bath? (2 points + 1 for correct pronunciation)
57. The national academy of which country has a constant membership of 40 called “The
Immortals”?
58. It is a gold-mining region in Canada, in western Yukon Territory, surrounding the river of
the same name. The site is particularly remembered for the gold rush at the end of the 19th
century. The name is now used metaphorically in reference to a place which might
potentially bring big money. What is the name of that place? (3 points)
59. What was the language of Jesus Christ? (2 points)
60. Queen Victoria of Great Britain has had the longest reign in British history. How long did
she reign? (2 points)
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61. That Scottish-born writer of popular detective stories after his son’s death in WWI got
interested in spiritualism. What is his name? (3 points)
62. In Greek mythology, it is the name of the father of Odysseus; in Shakespeare’s Hamlet it is
the name of Ophelia’s brother? (2 points)
63. What is the name of the State colloquially known as Peach State, or Empire State of the
South? (1 point)
64. What is the name of a modern city in NE Italy, on a lagoon of the Adriatic Sea, built on
numerous islands which are separated by canals with numerous bridges? (1 point)
65. In Greek mythology, she was the daughter of Boreas and became a mistress of Poseidon.
She considered herself more beautiful than Artemis. In a fit of jealousy, Artemis killed her.
What is her name?
66. It was a violent demonstration by American colonists in protest at the imposition of a tax on
tea by the British Parliament. Dressed as Red Indians, colonists boarded the vessels and
threw the cargoes of tea into the water. In fact, that was the beginning of the War of
Independence. What is the traditional name of that demonstration? (2 points)
67. Which country marks a storming of a prison as its national holiday? (2 points)
68. What is the name of a beautiful young woman in the Muslim Paradise? (2 points)
69. What is the colloquial name of Hawaii? (2 points) What does the word mean (2 points)
70. The Guinness Book of World Records describes it as the world’s largest art gallery. One has
to walk 15 miles to visit each of the 322 galleries, which house nearly 3 million works of art
and objects of archeological interest. What is the name of this art gallery? (3 points)
71. This capital of a province of central Austria is world-famous as Mozart’s birthplace and for
the annual music festival (begun 1917) in honor of that composer. What is the name of that
city? (1 point)
72. That US senator initiated anti-Communist persecution, verging on witch-hunt and public
hysteria. This campaign resulted in the ruin of many careers and a nationwide suspicion of
Communism and lingered for a long time after the Senator had to resign. What is the name
of that senator?
73. Where are the following words written: “All hope abandon, ye who enter here.”? Who wrote
them (2 points)
74. What is the name of the robber released by Pontius Pilate instead of Christ? (Mark 15: 6-15)
(2 points)
75. In Greek mythology, he is a hero and god of healing, often represented bearing a staff with a
serpent coiled round it, and, sometimes, a scroll or tablet symbolizing medical learning. His
name is now sometimes used (with a slight irony) in reference to a doctor. What is his
name? (3 points)
76. What was the Greek name of a member of a mythical race of female warriors in Scythia and
elsewhere? (1 point)
77. What is the name of the State colloquially known as Gem State? (2 points)
78. The Devanagari is the script with 48 letters and is written from left to right. It dates back to
the 7th century AD. It is the written form of the ancient language of Hindus in India (IndoEuropean family), which is now used only for religious purposes. What is the name of that
ancient language? (3 points)
79. In Greek mythology, Charybdis and Scylla were two deadly enemies of sailors. Those who
survived one of them were likely to become victims of the other. But what kind of danger
was allegedly there? (3 points)
80. In the Old Testament we learn the story of David, the second king of Israel and Judah, who
sent an officer of his army, Uriah, to the battle, being aware that the officer was doomed to
die. What was the reason for this decision?
81. In Roman mythology, he is the counterpart of Poseidon, Greek god of the sea. His
traditional; attributes are the trident and the dolphin. What is the name of that god?
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82. It is a mountainous peninsula in Greece, inhabited by monks of the Eastern Orthodox
Church who forbid women or even female animals to set foot on the peninsula. What is its
name? (3 points) Why do they not tolerate women? (4 points)
83. In Greek mythology, these are any of the creatures who had the power of luring seafarers to
destruction on dangerous rocks by their songs. What is their name? (2 points)
85. In Greek mythology, her father, Acrisius, was warned by an oracle that her son would kill
him, therefore he kept his daughter in captivity, isolating her from all men. However, Zeus
visited her in the form of a shower of gold, and she bore Perseus, who ultimately did kill
Acrisius. What is her name? (3 points) How did Acrisius die?
86. He is a minor Old Testament prophet, who was thrown overboard in a storm sent because he
had disobeyed God. He was then swallowed by a big fish, but three days later cast up on the
shore unharmed. What is the name of the prophet? (2 points)
87. “An iron curtain has descended across the Continent.” Who said it? (1 point)
88. What is the name of the inland country situated between Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil? (3
points)
89. He was the Holy Roman Emperor since 1152, one of the strongest rulers of his age, who got
drowned while crossing a river in Asia Minor on his way to the Third Crusade. Legend says,
however, that he still sleeps in a mountainous cavern until his country needs him. The
nickname of the emperor was used by the German Fascistis as a code name of the plan of
their war against the Soviet Union. What is the name of that emperor? (3 points)
90. What is the name of the State colloquially known as Hawkey State?
91. The grandson of Genghis Khan became Mongol emperor (1260-94) and founder of the
Mongol dynasty in China, He conquered the Song dynasty (1279) and established a great
capital. What is his name? (3 points) What is the modern name of the capital? (3 points)
92. She was Henry VIII’s first wife. Her failure to bear a son led to his love affair with Anne
Boleyn and eventually to a break with the Vatican, as the Pope wouldn’t give consent for
Henry’s divorce. What is her name? (3 points)
93. What is the name of the opera by G. Verdi that was written specially for the inauguration of
the Suez Canal, linking the Red and the Mediterranean Seas? (3 points)
94. He was an illegitimate son, but claimed the throne of England. Therefore, in 1066 he
defeated and killed King Harold in a battle, becoming the first Norman king of England.
What is his name? (2 points) Where did the battle take place? (2 points)
95. What is the name of the State colloquially known as Sunflower State? (2 points)
96. This is a national gallery of British art, built at the expense of a sugar manufacturer and
opened in 1897 to house the collection presented by him and by various other benefactors. It
was originally subordinated to the National Gallery, but has been fully independent since
1955. What is the name of the gallery? (3 points)
97. In the Labors of Hercules, the Lernean Hydra is a many-headed (100) snake of the marshes
of lerna in the Peloponnese, whose heads grew again as soon as they were cut off. How did
Hercules manage to kill the monster? (2 points)
98. What is the name of the garden where Adam and Eve stayed before they were expelled for
duisobedience? (1 point)
99. His unrealized town-plan for the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire (1666) would
have made the capital of England one of the greatest European show-pieces of Baroque
architecture. However, St. Paul’s and the churches he built for London are enough to make
him immortal. What is the name of that architect? (2 points)
100. What is the name of the strait joining the North Sea and the English Channel? (1
point)
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Соломоновская Анна Леонидовна
ABOUT WORLD CULTURE IN ENGLISH
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