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Culture And People

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  1. Complete the sentence about Rihard Jakopič with the correct year: After passing an entry exam, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, for a short time returned home due to an illness, and the…
  2. Complete the sentence about Rihard Jakopič with the correct year: Then he lived in Ljubljana, where he participated in the establishment of the Slovene Art Society, and after ______ in Škofja Loka.
  3. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, he continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague.
  4. Complete the sentence about Rihard Jakopič with the correct year: Jakopič died at his home in Ljubljana at 1:45 pm on 21 April ______ after a long and difficult illness.
  5. Complete the sentence about Rihard Jakopič with the correct year: Over ______ paintings and 650 drawings by Jakopič have been preserved.
  6. Complete the sentence about Jurij Vega with the correct year: Afterward, he studied at the Lyceum of Ljubljana and became a navigational engineer in ______.
  7. Complete the sentence about Jurij Vega with the correct year: Vega left Ljubljana five years after graduating and entered military service in ______, becoming a professor of mathematics at the Artille…
  8. Complete the sentence about Johann Weikhard von Valvasor with the correct year: Five children died very early, and then, when delivering their last child in ______, Anna Maria Rosina died as well.
  9. Complete the sentence about Johann Weikhard von Valvasor with the correct year: In ______, the same year that their last child, Franz Engelbert, was baptized, Valvasor died at age 52 in Krško.
  10. Complete the sentence about Johann Weikhard von Valvasor with the correct year: The Yugoslav Partisans dynamited the castle in ______ and no trace of his putative grave remains today.
  11. Complete the sentence about Jožef Stefan with the correct year: At thirteen, he experienced the revolutionary year of ______, which inspired him to show sympathy toward the Slovene literary and nation…
  12. Complete the sentence about Jožef Stefan with the correct year: Stefan then earned his habilitation in mathematical physics at the University of Vienna in ______.
  13. Complete the sentence about Jožef Stefan with the correct year: In ______, the law was extended to apply to grey-body emissions by Stefan's student Ludwig Boltzmann and hence is known as Stefan–Boltzm…
  14. Complete the sentence about Fritz Pregl with the correct year: In ______, the department of the University of Graz where Fritz Pregl had worked was named the Institute of Medical Chemistry and Pregl L…
  15. Complete the sentence about Fritz Pregl with the correct year: In Slovenia, Pregl Awards have been bestowed annually since ______ by the National Institute of Chemistry for the research work and for o…
  16. Complete the sentence about Fritz Pregl with the correct year: The Fritz Pregl Prize has been awarded annually since ______ in chemistry by the Austrian Academy of Sciences from the funds left at its…
  17. Complete the sentence about Herman Potočnik with the correct year: In ______, Herman's father Jožef participated with the second Battle of Vis, where the Austrian Navy commanded by Wilhelm von Tegetth…
  18. Complete the sentence about Herman Potočnik with the correct year: When Herman's father died in ______, his mother relocated the family to Maribor.
  19. Complete the sentence about Herman Potočnik with the correct year: In ______ he was pensioned from the Austrian military with the rank of captain because of tuberculosis that he contracted during the…
  20. Complete the sentence about Slavoj Žižek with the correct year: In ______, during an era of liberalization in Titoist Yugoslavia, Žižek enrolled at the University of Ljubljana and studied philosophy a…
  21. Complete the sentence about Slavoj Žižek with the correct year: In ______, he published his first book dedicated entirely to film theory, Pogled s strani.
  22. Complete the sentence about Janez Puhar with the correct year: On April 19, ______, he invented a photographic process on glass that he called the hyalotype, or svetlopis in Slovene.
  23. Complete the sentence about Janez Puhar with the correct year: A report about his invention was published in the newspaper Carniolia in ______.
  24. Complete the sentence about Janez Puhar with the correct year: Pucher was not the first to try to create photos on glass: A Frenchman, Abel Niépce de Saint-Victor, reported his own invention to the Fr…
  25. Complete the sentence about Edvard Rusjan with the correct year: Rusjan first attended a public flight event with the model EDA V on 6 December ______, when his aircraft broke apart at landing.
  26. Complete the sentence about Edvard Rusjan with the correct year: In June ______, he tried the model EDA VI, which enabled him to fly 40 meters above the ground and overfly the whole Miren Field.
  27. Complete the sentence about Edvard Rusjan with the correct year: In November ______, they constructed a new model, called "Sokol".
  28. Complete the sentence about Edvard Rusjan with the correct year: In January ______, Edvard and Josip Rusjan went on a promotional tour through the Balkan cities.
  29. Complete the sentence about Stanko Bloudek with the correct year: Stanko Bloudek was born on 11 February ______ as son of a Czech father and a Slovenian mother in the Slovenian mining town of Idrija.
  30. Complete the sentence about Stanko Bloudek with the correct year: After graduating from secondary school in ______, Bloudek studied in Prague.
  31. Complete the sentence about Stanko Bloudek with the correct year: In the 1930s, Bloudek designed the first Slovenian car, Triglav, which was produced in ______ by the Automontaža company, where he was…
  32. Complete the sentence about Stanko Bloudek with the correct year: In ______, he became a member of the Olympic team for the Winter Games in Sankt Moritz as a figure skater, but finally did not compete…
  33. Complete the sentence about Stanko Bloudek with the correct year: Based on his plans, the Bloudek Giant, the ski jumping hill in Planica, was built in ______.
  34. Complete the sentence about Alma Karlin with the correct year: After completing her secondary education in Graz, she traveled to London in ______, where she studied languages.
  35. Complete the sentence about Alma Karlin with the correct year: At the outbreak of World War I in ______ Karlin was in London working as a translator.
  36. Complete the sentence about Alma Karlin with the correct year: In ______, she returned home, to Celje, then already part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
  37. Complete the sentence about Alma Karlin with the correct year: On November 24, ______, she took off again, this time on a nine-year-long journey around the world.
  38. In which year was Rudolf Maister sent to Graz and promoted to the rank of major?
  39. Complete the sentence about Tadej Pogačar with the correct year: Pogačar was successful as a junior rider, winning the ______ Tour de l'Avenir.
  40. Complete the sentence about Primož Roglič with the correct year: In ______, at age 13, Roglič participated in his first FIS competition in Villach, Austria.
  41. Complete the sentence about Primož Roglič with the correct year: In ______, Roglič suffered a crash as a test jumper during official training in front of his home crowd at Letalnica bratov Gorišek, th…
  42. Complete the sentence about Janja Garnbret with the correct year: Garnbret won her first international title at the ______ World Youth B Championships in lead.
  43. Complete the sentence about Planica with the correct year: The first ski jumping hill was constructed before ______ at the slope of Mount Ponca.
  44. Complete the sentence about Slovenia national football team with the correct year: Slovenia played its first official match in ______, one year after the country gained independence from Yugoslavia.
  45. Complete the sentence about Slovenia national football team with the correct year: Before Slovenia's independence in ______, the national football team of Slovenia existed only as a regional team, not…
  46. Complete the sentence about Slovenia national football team with the correct year: On 23 June ______, the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana hosted a match between France and a selection of players from S…
  47. Complete the sentence about Slovenia national basketball team with the correct year: Before Slovenia's independence in ______, Slovenian players represented Yugoslavia.
  48. Complete the sentence about Slovenian cuisine with the correct year: In ______, the leading Slovenian ethnologists divided the country into 24 gastronomic regions.
  49. Complete the sentence about Slovenian cuisine with the correct year: The first Slovene-language cookbook was published by Valentin Vodnik in ______.
  50. Complete the sentence about Prekmurska gibanica with the correct year: Prekmurska gibanica was chosen to represent Slovenia in the Café Europe initiative of the Austrian presidency of the European Uni…
  51. Complete the sentence about Štruklji with the correct year: The first recorded preparation of štruklji is said to be in ______, when a chef at a manor in Graz wrote down the recipe for cooked štruklji…
  52. Complete the sentence about Slovenian wine with the correct year: In ______, Slovenia was the first Yugoslav republic to declare independence.
  53. Complete the sentence about Lipizzan with the correct year: Therefore, in ______, the Habsburg Emperor Maximillian II brought the Spanish Andalusian horse to Austria and founded the court stud at Klad…
  54. Complete the sentence about Lipizzan with the correct year: Beginning in ______, the Piber Federal Stud, near Graz, Austria, became the main stud for the horses used in Vienna.
  55. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The name Triglavski narodni park was first used in ______ by Fran Jesenko.
  56. Complete the sentence about Triglav National Park with the correct year: Finally, in ______, Triglav National Park was officially established in the modern form.
  57. Complete the sentence about Škocjan Caves with the correct year: After gaining independence from Yugoslavia in ______, Slovenia made a commitment to actively protect the Škocjan Caves area.
  58. Complete the sentence about Škocjan Caves with the correct year: In ______, the Carniolan scholar Johann Weikhard von Valvasor described the sink of the Reka River and its underground flow.
  59. Complete the sentence about Škocjan Caves with the correct year: The systematic exploration of Škocjan Caves began with a speleology expedition in ______.
  60. Complete the sentence about Škofja Loka with the correct year: Laws were passed against the new religion, and a Counter-Reformation committee was convened at the castle in ______, resulting in the bur…
  61. Complete the sentence about Škofja Loka with the correct year: Škofja Loka was occupied by Italian forces on 13 April ______.
  62. Complete the sentence about Kamnik with the correct year: The first time it was mentioned as a town was in ______, when it was an important trading post on the road between Ljubljana and Celje.
  63. Complete the sentence about Novo Mesto with the correct year: Graben Castle on the Krka River, ancestral seat of the noble House of Graben von Stein, was first mentioned in an ______ deed.
  64. Complete the sentence about Novo Mesto with the correct year: The town itself was founded by the Habsburg archduke Rudolf IV of Austria on 7 April ______ as Rudolfswerth.
  65. Complete the sentence about Novo Mesto with the correct year: During World War II, the city was controlled by Fascist Italy as part of the Province of Ljubljana until Mussolini's downfall in ______.
  66. Complete the sentence about Velenje with the correct year: The city of Velenje was officially opened on September 20, ______, according to a unified construction plan.
  67. Complete the sentence about University of Maribor with the correct year: The university's roots reach back to ______ when a theological seminary was established with the encouragement of Maribor bisho…
  68. Complete the sentence about University of Maribor with the correct year: The university's opening ceremony occurred on 19 September ______.
  69. Complete the sentence about University of Maribor with the correct year: The University of Maribor has cooperated in European Framework Programmes since ______ and the number of international research…
  70. Complete the sentence about Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts with the correct year: Slovenian scientists entertained the idea of an Academy since the establishment of the University of Ljubljana…
  71. Complete the sentence about Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts with the correct year: The Scientific Society for Humanistic Sciences was established in ______.
  72. Complete the sentence about Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts with the correct year: In ______ the Slovene Society, the National Gallery of Slovenia and Pravnik association drafted the first prop…
  73. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Excavations in the area were led by Tatjana Bregant from ______.
  74. Complete the sentence about Ljubljana Marshes with the correct year: Since ______, the area of pile dwellings near Ig has been protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  75. Complete the sentence about Slovenian Railways with the correct year: A double-track line was continued via Postojna, Pivka, and Divača, finally reaching Trieste in ______.
  76. Complete the sentence about Slovenian Railways with the correct year: In ______, Pragersko was connected to Ormož and further to Čakovec, Croatia, thus connecting the Austrian and the Hungarian parts…
  77. Complete the sentence about Slovenian Railways with the correct year: In ______, the "Carinthian railway" was built along the Drava river, connecting Maribor with Dravograd, Klagenfurt and Villach.
  78. Complete the sentence about Slovenian Railways with the correct year: In ______, a railway along the upper Sava river valley was built, connecting Ljubljana with Kranj, Jesenice and Tarvisio, Italy.
  79. Complete the sentence about Slovenian Railways with the correct year: In ______, a line from Pivka via Illirska Bistrica connected Rijeka, then the most important commercial port in the Hungarian part…
  80. Complete the sentence about Slovenian Railways with the correct year: In ______, a line from Divača connected Pula, the Austrian naval base, via Prešnica.
  81. Complete the sentence about Slovenian Railways with the correct year: In ______, Bohinj Railway was built, connecting Villach with Jesenice, along the Soča river valley to Gorizia and further to Tries…
  82. Complete the sentence about Slovenian Railways with the correct year: One of them connected Ormož with Ljutomer and Murska Sobota, and opened in ______.
  83. Complete the sentence about Port of Koper with the correct year: In ______, Koper was absorbed by the Venetian Republic, and developed into the pre-eminent commercial and administrative centre of Istr…
  84. Complete the sentence about Port of Koper with the correct year: Following the fall of Venice in ______, the entire region was absorbed into the Habsburg monarchy, and, for a short while, Koper was kn…
  85. Complete the sentence about Port of Koper with the correct year: When Trieste and Rijeka were proclaimed as free ports in ______, Koper's status, trade, and influence began to ebb.
  86. Complete the sentence about Port of Koper with the correct year: Koper's maritime and commercial stagnation continued, first under Habsburg rule, and then after ______ under the Italian rule.
  87. Complete the sentence about Krka with the correct year: Prescription pharmaceuticals remain its main product group, with an 81.7% share of Krka Group's total sales in ______.
  88. Complete the sentence about Gorenje with the correct year: In ______, Gorenje was established by the Yugoslavian government in the village of Gorenje, Šmartno ob Paki.
  89. Complete the sentence about Gorenje with the correct year: In ______, the company was relocated to the nearby town of Velenje.
  90. Complete the sentence about Gorenje with the correct year: In ______, Gorenje started producing washing machines under license from Zanussi.
  91. Complete the sentence about Ljubljana with the correct year: The city retained this status until Slovenia became independent in ______ and Ljubljana became the capital of the newly formed state.
  92. Complete the sentence about Maribor with the correct year: The Slovene name Maribor is an artificial Slovenized creation, coined by Stanko Vraz in ______.
  93. Complete the sentence about Kranj with the correct year: A parish school was established in Kranj in ______, and the same year the right was granted to Kranj to elect its own judge.
  94. Complete the sentence about Koper with the correct year: The Slovenian name Koper was first attested in writing in ______, but with the spelling Copper.
  95. Complete the sentence about Piran with the correct year: On 22 February ______, the Battle of Pirano was fought between a British and a French ship of the line in the vicinity of Piran.
  96. Complete the sentence about Bled with the correct year: In ______, Henry II signed another deed of donation that added the castle and an area of land the size of thirty king's farms.
  97. Complete the sentence about Bled with the correct year: In ______, Brixen's rule came to an end when the prince-bishopric was secularized in the course of the German Mediatization.
  98. Complete the sentence about Lake Bled with the correct year: Emperor Henry II, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, enjoyed the lake so much that he built Bled Castle in ______ to confer it as an estate.
  99. Complete the sentence about Triglav with the correct year: The next known occurrence of Terglau is cited by Gstirner and is from a court description of the border in ______.
  100. Complete the sentence about Triglav with the correct year: The first recorded ascent of Triglav was achieved in ______, at the initiative of the industrialist and polymath Sigmund Zois.

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