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  1. Complete the sentence about Bulgarian folk music with the correct year: The Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir has received a Grammy Award in ______.
  2. Complete the sentence about Bulgarian folk music with the correct year: In ______, the Ministry of Culture founded the Koprivshtitsa National Music Festival, which has become an important event in sho…
  3. Complete the sentence about Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir with the correct year: First created by Georgi Boyadjiev in ______ as the Ensemble for Folk Songs of the Bulgarian Radio, the…
  4. Complete the sentence about Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares with the correct year: The album was the result of fifteen years of work by Swiss ethnomusicologist and producer Marcel Cellier and was release…
  5. Complete the sentence about Bulgarian yogurt with the correct year: Yogurt containing L. d. bulgaricus and S. thermophilus was first identified by the Bulgarian physician and microbiologist Stamen Gri…
  6. Complete the sentence about Bulgarian yogurt with the correct year: Yogurt with added fruit jam was patented in ______ by the Radlická Mlékárna dairy in Prague.
  7. Complete the sentence about Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus with the correct year: Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus was first identified in ______ by Stamen Grigorov, who named…
  8. Complete the sentence about Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus with the correct year: In bacterial taxonomy, the basionym for L. d. bulgaricus was "Thermobacterium bulgaricum" Orla-Jensen ___…
  9. Complete the sentence about Shopska salad with the correct year: The term "Shopska salad" first appeared in a Bulgarian cookbook from ______, but it referred to a recipe for some kind of lyutenitsa.
  10. Complete the sentence about Shopska salad with the correct year: The Shopska salad is a variation on a Greek salad of cucumbers, tomatoes, and feta; Balkantourist in ______ named their version Shopska…
  11. Complete the sentence about Rakia with the correct year: The first legal and official rakija distillery, Bojkovčanka, was established in ______ about 10 miles south of Belgrade.
  12. Complete the sentence about Bulgarian wine with the correct year: A government decree of 13 July ______ officially divided Bulgaria into five distinct viticultural regions.
  13. Complete the sentence about Boza with the correct year: The oldest written account of the drink is under the name buχsum and is attested from the ______ Middle Turkic dictionary Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk b…
  14. Complete the sentence about Boza with the correct year: In ______, brothers Haci Ibrahim and Haci Sadik established a boza shop in the Istanbul district of Vefa, close to the then center of entertainm…
  15. Complete the sentence about Ivan Vazov with the correct year: In ______, he joined the struggle for his country's independence from the Ottoman Empire.
  16. Complete the sentence about Ivan Vazov with the correct year: After the failure of the April Uprising of ______, he had to flee the country, going back to Galaţi, where most of the surviving revolutio…
  17. Complete the sentence about Ivan Vazov with the correct year: Bulgaria regained its independence in ______ as a result of the Russo-Turkish War and Vazov wrote the famous Epic of the Forgotten.
  18. Complete the sentence about Hristo Smirnenski with the correct year: On October 8, ______, when Smirnenski was 14 years old, the First Balkan War started, and Bulgarian troops left Kukush.
  19. Complete the sentence about Hristo Smirnenski with the correct year: In May ______, Hristo enrolled as a cadet at the Military School, and from his barracks continued to write daily and publish humoro…
  20. Complete the sentence about Hristo Smirnenski with the correct year: In ______, the Soldiers' Revolt against King Ferdinand made a strong impact on his conceptual development.
  21. Complete the sentence about Hristo Smirnenski with the correct year: In November ______, Smirnenski was published in the Communist Party's weekly literary magazine Red Laughter.
  22. Complete the sentence about Elin Pelin with the correct year: In ______, he was named president of the Union of Bulgarian Writers.
  23. Complete the sentence about Yordan Yovkov with the correct year: In ______, he received the Cyril and Methodius Prize for Literature from the Bulgarian Academy of Science.
  24. Complete the sentence about Pencho Slaveykov with the correct year: In January ______ he fell asleep on a bench while it was snowing and developed pneumonia.
  25. Complete the sentence about Pencho Slaveykov with the correct year: After returning to Bulgaria in ______, Slaveykov joined the Misal circle with a number of other noted writers, such as Krastyo Krast…
  26. Complete the sentence with the correct year: At the end of the month, he arrived in the small town of Brunate near Lake Como, where he died on 10 June ______.
  27. Complete the sentence about Pencho Slaveykov with the correct year: Slaveykov was buried in Brunate's cemetery and his remains were moved to Bulgaria in ______.
  28. Complete the sentence about Nikola Vaptsarov with the correct year: In April and May ______, Vaptsarov visited Istanbul, Famagusta, Alexandria, Beirut, Port Said, and Haifa as a crew member of the Bur…
  29. Complete the sentence about Nikola Vaptsarov with the correct year: At the end of ______, he participated in the so-called "Sobolev action," gathering signatures for a pact of friendship between Bulga…
  30. Complete the sentence about Nikola Vaptsarov with the correct year: The Macedonian Literary Circle disbanded itself in the spring of ______, and its attempts to awaken Macedonian identity were abandon…
  31. Complete the sentence about Elias Canetti with the correct year: In Ruse, Canetti's father and grandfather were successful merchants who operated out of a commercial building, which they had built in…
  32. Complete the sentence about Julia Kristeva with the correct year: Kristeva became influential in international critical analysis, cultural studies and feminism after publishing her first book, Semeiot…
  33. Complete the sentence about Julia Kristeva with the correct year: On August 2, ______, Kristeva married the novelist Philippe Sollers, born Philippe Joyaux.
  34. Complete the sentence about Tzvetan Todorov with the correct year: Tzvetan Todorov was born on 1 March ______ in Sofia, Bulgaria.
  35. Complete the sentence about Tzvetan Todorov with the correct year: With structuralist literary critic Gérard Genette, he edited the Collection poétique, the series of books on literary theory publishe…
  36. Complete the sentence about Christo and Jeanne-Claude with the correct year: Christo and Jeanne-Claude were both born on June 13, ______, in Bulgaria and Morocco, respectively.
  37. Complete the sentence about Christo and Jeanne-Claude with the correct year: Christo and Jeanne-Claude met in October ______ when he was commissioned to paint a portrait of her mother, Précilda de Gui…
  38. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The couple relocated to New York City, the new art world capital, in ______.
  39. Complete the sentence about Christo and Jeanne-Claude with the correct year: In ______, at the invitation of the museum director Jan van der Marck they wrapped the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art w…
  40. Complete the sentence about Boris Christoff with the correct year: After two visits in Bulgaria in ______, Boris Christoff went to Austria.
  41. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______ he was arrested and sent to a prison camp near Feldkirch.
  42. Complete the sentence about Boris Christoff with the correct year: Christoff made his operatic debut as Colline in La bohème at Reggio Calabria on 12 March ______.
  43. Complete the sentence about Ghena Dimitrova with the correct year: Ghena Dimitrova was born in the Bulgarian village of Beglezh, some 25 km from Pleven, in ______.
  44. Complete the sentence about Ghena Dimitrova with the correct year: Dimitrova won the Sofia International Singing Competition in ______, the prize including a course of study at La Scala's Scuola di Pe…
  45. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York performing the same role.
  46. Complete the sentence about Nicolai Ghiaurov with the correct year: Ghiaurov made his operatic debut in ______ as Don Basilio in Rossini's The Barber of Seville in Sofia.
  47. Complete the sentence about Nicolai Ghiaurov with the correct year: In ______ he moved to the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, singing his first Mephistopheles.
  48. Complete the sentence about Nicolai Ghiaurov with the correct year: Ghiaurov first shared a stage with Mirella Freni in ______ in Genoa.
  49. Complete the sentence about John Atanasoff with the correct year: Challenges to his claim were resolved in ______ when the Honeywell v.
  50. Complete the sentence about John Atanasoff with the correct year: Atanasoff was born on October 4, ______, in Hamilton, New York to an electrical engineer and a school teacher.
  51. Complete the sentence about John Atanasoff with the correct year: Atanasoff's father, Ivan Atanasov, was of Bulgarian origin, born in ______ in the village of Boyadzhik, close to Yambol, then in the O…
  52. Complete the sentence about John Atanasoff with the correct year: In ______, Ivan immigrated to the United States with his uncle.
  53. Complete the sentence about John Atanasoff with the correct year: In ______, Atanasoff received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Florida.
  54. Complete the sentence about Assen Jordanoff with the correct year: In ______, at the age of 16, Yordanov built his first workable glider.
  55. Complete the sentence about Assen Jordanoff with the correct year: In ______, the first Salon de l'Aviation took place in Paris, presenting the latest aeronautic achievements and the latest planes, de…
  56. Complete the sentence about Peter Petroff with the correct year: Petroff founded Care Electronics, Inc. which was acquired by Electro-Data, Inc. of Garland, Texas in autumn ______.
  57. Complete the sentence about Hristo Stoichkov with the correct year: In ______, Stoichkov was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.
  58. Complete the sentence about Hristo Stoichkov with the correct year: At the club level, Stoichkov spent six years at CSKA Sofia and became the top goalscorer in Europe in ______, receiving the European…
  59. Complete the sentence about Yordan Letchkov with the correct year: Despite helping Bulgaria to reach ______ World Cup, he could not play due to his dispute with Beşiktaş.
  60. Complete the sentence about Yordan Letchkov with the correct year: Because of his matches, he was placed in the 13th position of the ______ Ballon d'Or.
  61. Complete the sentence about Grigor Dimitrov with the correct year: Dimitrov reached the ranking after winning the biggest title of his career at the season-ending ATP Finals in November ______.
  62. Complete the sentence about Yordanka Donkova with the correct year: After the ______ Seoul Olympics, Donkova received an offer to compete for the United States, but refused to change her national alle…
  63. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Five-time Bulgarian National Champion at 100 m hurdles, ______, 82, 84, 86 & 94.
  64. Complete the sentence about Stefka Kostadinova with the correct year: Kostadinova won the gold medal in the ______ Summer Olympics in Atlanta, setting an Olympic record of 2.05 m.
  65. Complete the sentence about Tsvetana Pironkova with the correct year: Pironkova won her first title on WTA Tour at the ______ Sydney International, defeating three top-10 ranked players in a row.
  66. Complete the sentence about Vasil Levski National Stadium with the correct year: The Vasil Levski stadium was used for athletics competitions immediately after its official opening on 5 July ______.
  67. Complete the sentence about PFC CSKA Sofia with the correct year: The contract was signed on 5 May ______, which is officially considered the club's date of foundation.
  68. Complete the sentence about PFC CSKA Sofia with the correct year: The club's played its first official match on 19 May ______ against Slavia Sofia at Yunak Stadium, a 1–1 draw.
  69. Complete the sentence about PFC Levski Sofia with the correct year: Sports Club Levski was founded in ______ by a group of students from the Second Male High School in Sofia.
  70. Complete the sentence about PFC Levski Sofia with the correct year: The club's name was chosen in honour of the Bulgarian revolutionary Vasil Levski, and the club was officially registered on 24 May _…
  71. Complete the sentence about PFC Ludogorets Razgrad with the correct year: Since their promotion to the Bulgarian top-flight in ______, Ludogorets have established themselves as a dominant force in Bul…
  72. Complete the sentence about PFC Ludogorets Razgrad with the correct year: In ______ the club merged with FC Antibiotic Razgrad and was renamed to FC Antibiotic-Ludogorets.
  73. Complete the sentence about 1994 FIFA World Cup with the correct year: The ______ FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams.
  74. Complete the sentence about 1994 FIFA World Cup with the correct year: The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, ______.
  75. Complete the sentence about Bulgaria men's national volleyball team with the correct year: In ______, Bulgaria qualified for the first time in the Final Round after four years, and they finished in fi…
  76. Complete the sentence about Bulgaria men's national volleyball team with the correct year: The ______ Final Round was held in the newly opened Armeets Arena in Sofia, and the host reached the Semi-Fin…
  77. Complete the sentence about Naim Süleymanoğlu with the correct year: At the ______ Summer Olympics, Süleymanoğlu set multiple world records in the featherweight division in the snatch, clean and jerk…
  78. Complete the sentence about Naim Süleymanoğlu with the correct year: Following the ______ Summer Olympics, he made the cover of Time magazine.
  79. Complete the sentence about Sofia University with the correct year: The university was founded on 1 October ______—ten years after the liberation of Bulgaria—to serve as Bulgaria's primary institution…
  80. Complete the sentence about Sofia University with the correct year: Not until a new government with Aleksandar Malinov at the head came into power in January ______ was the crisis resolved.
  81. Complete the sentence about Bulgarian Academy of Sciences with the correct year: The following year, the Literary Society began issuing the Periodical Journal, its official publication, and in ______…
  82. Complete the sentence about Sofia Airport with the correct year: On 16 September ______, Tsar Boris III signed a decree which declared land within the Village of Vrazhdebna be allocated for the constr…
  83. Complete the sentence about Sofia Airport with the correct year: From June through September ______, Yugoslav airline Aeroput connected Sofia with Belgrade thrice weekly using Lockheed Model 10 Electr…
  84. Complete the sentence about Bulgaria Air with the correct year: The airline was established in ______ as a successor to the insolvent Balkan Bulgarian Airlines and commenced operations on 4 December t…
  85. Complete the sentence about Bulgaria Air with the correct year: By order of the Minister of Transport and Communications, it was declared the national flag carrier in November ______.
  86. Complete the sentence about Bulgaria Air with the correct year: In mid ______, Bulgaria Air announced that they had completed a thorough analysis of its routes and had decided to acquire the new Embra…
  87. Complete the sentence about Bulgaria Air with the correct year: The delivery of the first new Embraer E190 aircraft occurred in March ______.
  88. Complete the sentence about Bulgaria Air with the correct year: In February ______, the airline's CEO Yanko Georgiev stated that the carrier was in talks with two aircraft manufacturers to place an or…
  89. Complete the sentence about Bulgaria Air with the correct year: The company was founded in ______, but after merging with the Bulgarian national carrier, TABSO became part of Balkan Bulgarian Airlines…
  90. Complete the sentence about Bulgarian Telegraph Agency with the correct year: The BTA was founded in ______ through a decree of Knyaz Ferdinand of Bulgaria during the government of Konstantin Stoilov.
  91. Complete the sentence about National Palace of Culture with the correct year: In July ______, the National Palace of Culture was proclaimed the best congress centre in the world for the year by the In…
  92. Complete the sentence about Ivan Vazov National Theatre with the correct year: The theatre has been host to productions from notable theatre directors such as Alexander Morfov who has been the Chief d…
  93. Complete the sentence about Ivan Vazov National Theatre with the correct year: A theatrical school was established as part of the National Theatre in ______.
  94. Complete the sentence about Ivan Vazov National Theatre with the correct year: The bombing of Sofia in World War II caused further damage to the building, but it was reconstructed in ______.
  95. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The construction of the first reactor began on 6 April ______.
  96. Complete the sentence about Trakia motorway with the correct year: In ______ the motorway reached Plovdiv, the second largest city in Bulgaria.
  97. Complete the sentence about Trakia motorway with the correct year: In ______ a 32 km section between Plovdiv and Plodovitovo interchange was completed with EBRD co-financing.
  98. Complete the sentence about Trakia motorway with the correct year: Meanwhile, in ______ a controversial concession contract was signed by the Bulgarian government and a Portuguese-led consortium.
  99. Complete the sentence about Port of Varna with the correct year: Since ______, Port of Varna serves as a hub for BP and German wind turbine manufacturer Saga.
  100. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The first BRC organization was established in May ______ in Sofia.

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