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Arts, Heritage, Sport and Science

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Which Lithuanian composer, painter and choirmaster is a major cultural figure of the early 20th century?
In which Lithuanian city is the M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art located?
Which long-standing Lithuanian festival, Dainų šventė, has been organised since 1924?
Which songs did UNESCO inscribe into its representative list, recognising their uniqueness and value?
Which traditional Lithuanian art is known as kryždirbystė?
What is Midsummer commonly called in Lithuania?
Which fair is held in Vilnius on the Sunday nearest to 4 March, the feast of Saint Casimir?
Which Lithuanian potato dumplings have a shape that resembles a Zeppelin airship?
Which beetroot-and-kefir cold soup is one of Lithuania's best-known summer dishes?
Which Lithuanian spit cake, like spettekaka, has an irregular shape?
Which sport is the most popular in Lithuania?
In which year did the Lithuanian national basketball team win the first of its two pre-war European titles?
How many bronze medals did Lithuania win at the first Summer Olympics to include NBA players, in 1992, 1996 and 2000?
Which Lithuanian centre was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011?
Which Lithuanian swimmer is an Olympic gold medallist and world record holder in the breaststroke?
Which Lithuanian won two Olympic gold medals in the discus throw, in 2000 and 2004?
Which Lithuanian-born archaeologist is known for her work on the Neolithic cultures of Old Europe and the Kurgan hypothesis?
Which philosopher was born on 12 January 1906 into a middle-class Litvak family in Kaunas?
Which Lithuanian-born filmmaker and poet, called the godfather of American avant-garde cinema, died in 2019?
In which year was Vilnius University founded as a Jesuit academy?
Which is the largest university in Lithuania and one of the oldest in Northern Europe?
In which museum do amber pieces make up a major part of the collection?
At what temperature does pure water boil at sea level?
Which gas does photosynthesis convert into carbohydrates, using energy from sunlight?
Which planet is the largest in the solar system?
Which Lithuanian poet and scholar has taught Russian and Polish literature at Yale University since 1980?
How often has the Lithuanian Song and Dance Festival in Vilnius been presented since 1990?
In which year was Arvydas Sabonis inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame?
On which date was Vilnius University established, during the conflict between the Reformation and the Catholic Reformation?
What other name do Lithuanians use for cepelinai, the potato dumplings?
Which sport's popularity among Lithuanians led to it being nicknamed the second religion?
In which city was the poet Tomas Venclova born in 1937?
At what age did Čiurlionis die of pneumonia on 10 April 1911?
Which Lithuanian basketball club from Kaunas won the EuroLeague title in 1999?
Which Lithuanian composer wrote the opera 'Birutė', one of the first Lithuanian operas, in 1906?
Which Lithuanian plucked string instrument belongs to the Baltic box zither family?

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