Science, Arts and Culture
Slovak Science, Arts and Culture
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- Which list puts these Slovak inventions in the correct order of time: Kempelen's Turk, the Petzval lens, Bahýľ's helicopter, the Banič parachute?
- Which Slovak hockey team won the World Championship in 2002 in Sweden?
- Which national dish is made of potato dumplings with sheep cheese and bacon?
- Which Slovak-born inventor built a chess-playing automaton called the Turk in 1770 in Pressburg for Maria Theresa's court?
- Which Slovak defenceman, born in Trenčín, captained the Boston Bruins to the Stanley Cup in 2011?
- Which museum in Bratislava Castle is known for its collections of history and the Crown Tower?
- In which winter sport did Anastasiya Kuzmina win Olympic gold for Slovakia in 2010 and again in 2014?
- Which cyclist won three consecutive world road race titles in 2015, 2016 and 2017?
- Which Slovak mathematician, born in Pressburg in 1704, built a water wheel in the 18th century and worked in Göttingen and Halle?
- Which Slovak town is famous for the Slovak National Museum in Martin and for Matica slovenská?
- Which Slovak skier won the Olympic gold medal in the slalom in Beijing in 2022?
- Which Slovak poet wrote the collection Zvony (Bells) in 1968 and was a main poet of the 20th century?
- Which Slovak city on the Danube is the home of the Slovak National Gallery?
- Which pop artist, whose parents came from the village of Miková in Slovakia, is remembered in a museum in Medzilaborce?
- Which tennis player, born in Košice in 1980, became world number one and won Wimbledon in 1997?
- Which Slovak inventor built a helicopter that made a short flight in Bratislava in 1905?
- Which Slovak priest and inventor made pioneering experiments with wireless telegraphy in the United States around 1905?
- Which Slovak painter (1888 to 1971) is known for paintings of the Slovak countryside and folk life, and for designing stamps and banknotes?
- Which art nouveau church in Bratislava is called the Blue Church because of its colour?
- Which traditional Slovak fruit brandy (pálenka) is made from plums?
- Which composer was born in Pressburg (Bratislava) in 1778 and was a pupil of Mozart?
- Which Slovak tennis player won the WTA Finals in 2016, after she beat Angelique Kerber?
- Which Slovak village is known for its houses with white geometric patterns painted on dark walls?
- In which city is the Slovak National Theatre based?
- Which traditional Slovak soup, made with sauerkraut and sausage, is eaten on Christmas Eve?
- Which Slovak-born physicist and mathematician designed the Petzval portrait lens in 1840?
- How many years passed between the design of the Petzval lens in 1840 and the patent of the Banič parachute in 1914?
- Which Slovak tradition takes place on Easter Monday and involves sprinkling girls with water and hitting them with a decorated whip?
- Which Slovak engineer and professor in Zürich is known for his work on steam and gas turbines?
- Which wind instrument, a long shepherd's flute with a deep sound, was inscribed by UNESCO in 2008 as an example of intangible heritage?
- Which bridge in Bratislava has a flying-saucer-shaped restaurant at the top of its pylon?
- Which Slovak scientist and politician, born in Košariská, was an astronomer in Paris and a general in the French army?
- Which Czechoslovak film, directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos, won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1966?
- Which Slovak writer and politician wrote the epic Svätopluk and was a Catholic priest, a classicist poet?
- Who invented a working parachute, which he tested in 1913 in Washington and patented in 1914?
- Which smoked sheep cheese from the highlands, often shaped in a decorated form, has a protected geographical status in the European Union?