North Macedonian Science, Arts and Culture

Arts, Literature and Heritage

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  1. Which Nobel Peace Prize winner was born in Skopje in 1910?
  2. Which film by Milcho Manchevski from 1994 won the Golden Lion in Venice?
  3. Honeyland (2019), a documentary from North Macedonia, was nominated for Academy Awards in which two categories?
  4. In which town on Lake Ohrid, where the Black Drin begins, has an international poetry festival been held each summer since 1962?
  5. Which summer festival, held since 1961 in the town on the lake, features concerts, opera and theatre?
  6. Which medieval church in Ohrid stands on a cliff above the lake and is dedicated to John the Theologian?
  7. What is Kokino, a site near Kumanovo, thought to be?
  8. In which city is the Stone Bridge, a symbol of the capital, found?
  9. Which two brothers, saints of the Slavic peoples, are honoured on 24 May?
  10. Which folk ensemble, founded in 1949 in Skopje, is a state ensemble for folk dances and songs?
  11. Which singer, born in Prilep in 1981 and raised in Kruševo, who died in 2007, remains one of the most loved Macedonian musicians?
  12. Which monastery stands on the shore of Lake Ohrid near the Albanian border?
  13. Which alphabet is used in everyday writing in North Macedonia?
  14. Which traditional dance, danced in a line with a leader, is typical across the Balkans?
  15. Which Ohrid collection holds an important group of medieval icons?
  16. Which city hosts the Mother Teresa Memorial House?
  17. What is rakija?
  18. Which hill and monastery site in Ohrid, called Plaošnik, is linked with Saint Clement and his school?
  19. What is a fresco?
  20. Which institution issues the national currency, the denar?
  21. How many players does one handball team have on the court at a time, including the goalkeeper?

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