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Arts, Heritage, Sport and Science

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  1. What is the 'kolo' in Montenegrin and Balkan folk tradition?
  2. Which sculptor designed the mausoleum of NjegoÅ” on Mount Lovćen?
  3. Why is NjegoÅ”'s former residence in Cetinje known as 'Biljarda'?
  4. Which monastery in Montenegro is built into an almost vertical cliff and is a major pilgrimage site?
  5. In which year was Durmitor National Park inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List?
  6. The stećci are medieval tombstones. In 2016 UNESCO listed some of them as a World Heritage Site shared by which group of countries?
  7. Which Montenegrin coastal town is part of a UNESCO listing of Venetian defence works from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
  8. Which cured meat from a village near Cetinje is a famous Montenegrin speciality?
  9. What is kačamak?
  10. Which red grape variety is most closely linked with Montenegrin winemaking?
  11. Which Montenegrin white grape variety is grown in the Skadar Lake region?
  12. Which result did the Montenegrin women's handball team achieve at the 2012 Olympic Games in London?
  13. Which Montenegrin footballer scored the winning goal for Real Madrid in the 1998 UEFA Champions League final?
  14. Which Montenegrin footballer won the European Cup with AC Milan in 1994?
  15. In which year was the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts founded?
  16. In which year was the University of Montenegro founded?
  17. Which historic theatre building in Cetinje opened in 1896?
  18. Petar Lubarda, born in 1907 in Ljubotinj near Cetinje, was a well-known Montenegrin
  19. Which Cetinje-born artist, active in France, became known for dark, detailed drawings and paintings under the name 'Dado'?
  20. What is celebrated each year on 22 July in Perast?
  21. Which kind of landscape, common on Lovćen and Durmitor, forms when water dissolves limestone?
  22. What are the 'mountain eyes' (gorske oči) of Durmitor?
  23. Which large bird, rare in Europe, nests on Lake Skadar?
  24. What process lets green plants make sugar from light, water and carbon dioxide?
  25. Which planet of the solar system is the largest?
  26. Who painted the Mona Lisa?
  27. What is the chemical formula of water?
  28. Which sequence puts these institutions in the order in which they were founded or opened?
  29. Which statement about NjegoÅ” is correct?
  30. Why do caves form mainly in limestone landscapes such as Lovćen?
  31. Which statement about Montenegrin footballers in the European Cup finals is correct?
  32. Which statement about two Montenegrin mountain lakes is correct?
  33. In which order were these UNESCO listings made?
  34. At what temperature does pure water boil at sea level?
  35. Which scientist developed the theory of relativity?
  36. Which composer wrote the Ninth Symphony that ends with the 'Ode to Joy'?

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