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  1. Complete the sentence about Budapest with the correct year: Following the foundation of Hungary in the late 9th century, the area was pillaged by the Mongols in ______.
  2. Complete the sentence about Budapest with the correct year: By this time, Budapest had become the co-capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a great power that dissolved in ______ following World War…
  3. Complete the sentence about Debrecen with the correct year: In ______, Louis I of Hungary granted the citizens of Debrecen the right to choose the town's judge and council.
  4. Complete the sentence about Debrecen with the correct year: King Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, as part of a treaty with Serbian ruler Stefan Lazarević, gave him the opportunity to rule Debrecen in Se…
  5. Complete the sentence about Szeged with the correct year: The name Szeged was first mentioned in ______, in a document of King Béla III.
  6. Complete the sentence about Pécs with the correct year: The Roman-era Christian necropolis in Pécs was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in ______.
  7. Complete the sentence about Kecskemét with the correct year: The Kiskunság National Park was established in ______ to preserve the many different regional species of plants and animals.
  8. Complete the sentence about Székesfehérvár with the correct year: Székesfehérvár was first mentioned in a document by the Bishopric of Veszprém, ______, as Alba Civitas.
  9. Complete the sentence about Székesfehérvár with the correct year: The Bull included the rights of nobles and the duties of the king, and the Constitution of Hungary was based on it until ______.
  10. Complete the sentence about Veszprém with the correct year: The university was destroyed by fire in ______, when Peter I Csák invaded and devastated the Diocese of Veszprém.
  11. Complete the sentence about Sopron with the correct year: During the Ottoman occupation of Hungary, the Ottoman Turks ravaged the city in ______, but did not occupy it.
  12. Complete the sentence about Szentendre with the correct year: Because of this invitation, there was a mass emigration of Serbs in ______ to the Szentendre region.
  13. Complete the sentence about Tokaj with the correct year: The wine-growing area was first mentioned by the name Tokaj in ______.
  14. Complete the sentence about Tokaj with the correct year: After ______, Tokaj was the property of the Hunyadi family, so after Matthias Hunyadi became king, the town became a royal estate.
  15. Complete the sentence about Visegrád with the correct year: After the destructive Mongol invasion of Europe in ______, the town was rebuilt in a slightly different location to the south.
  16. Complete the sentence about Visegrád with the correct year: King Charles I of Hungary made Visegrád the royal seat of Hungary in ______.
  17. Complete the sentence about Visegrád with the correct year: In ______, Charles hosted at Visegrád a two-month congress with the Bohemian king, John of Luxembourg, and the Polish king, Casimir III.
  18. Complete the sentence about Visegrád with the correct year: Visegrád lost importance after the partition of the Kingdom of Hungary following the Battle of Mohács in ______.
  19. Complete the sentence about Visegrád with the correct year: In ______, after the death of Zápolya, Habsburg general Leonhard Fels took the city, as well as Vác, Pest, Tata and Székesfehérvár.
  20. Complete the sentence about Siófok with the correct year: In ______, the region was liberated from the Ottoman occupation.
  21. Complete the sentence about Siófok with the correct year: Fok became the property of the Chapter of Veszprém, who settled people there, and in ______ built a wooden church for them.
  22. Complete the sentence about Siófok with the correct year: The Baroque parish church was built in honor of the Immaculate Conception in ______.
  23. Complete the sentence about Siófok with the correct year: From ______ the Transylvania-Adria Mail Coach Route already ran through Siófok.
  24. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Budapest was united from three cities, Buda, Óbuda, and Pest, in ______.
  25. Complete the sentence about Hungarian Parliament Building with the correct year: During the People's Republic of Hungary, a red star was perched on the top of the dome, but it was removed in ______ af…
  26. Complete the sentence about Hungarian Parliament Building with the correct year: Mátyás Szűrös declared the Hungarian Republic from the balcony facing Kossuth Lajos Square on 23 October ______.
  27. Complete the sentence about Buda Castle with the correct year: The Castle Quarter falls within the part of Budapest that UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site in ______.
  28. Complete the sentence about Matthias Church with the correct year: According to church tradition, it was originally built in Romanesque style in ______, although few references exist.
  29. Complete the sentence about Matthias Church with the correct year: In ______, during the siege of Buda by the Holy League, a wall of the church - used as a mosque by the Ottoman occupiers of the city…
  30. Complete the sentence about Chain Bridge with the correct year: In World War II, the bridge was blown up on 18 January ______ by the retreating Germans during the Siege of Budapest, with only the towe…
  31. Complete the sentence about Chain Bridge with the correct year: In ______ Hungarian stunt pilot Péter Besenyei flew upside down under the bridge, a manoeuvre that has become a standard in Red Bull air…
  32. Complete the sentence about Citadella with the correct year: Actually built by Hungarian forced labourers, it was finished in ______.
  33. Complete the sentence about Citadella with the correct year: In the Hungarian Revolution of ______, Soviet troops occupied the Citadella and fired down into the city during the assault that overthrew…
  34. Complete the sentence about Statue Park with the correct year: After the fall of the Communist regime in Hungary in ______, many of the Communist statues and monuments were immediately removed.
  35. Complete the sentence about Statue Park with the correct year: On 29 June ______, the second anniversary of the withdrawal of the Soviet troops from Hungarian territory, the park celebrated a grand op…
  36. Complete the sentence about Statue Park with the correct year: In ______, a life-sized copy of the tribune of the Stalin Monument in Budapest was built in the Statue Park with the broken bronze shoes…
  37. Complete the sentence about House of Terror with the correct year: The museum opened on 24 February ______, and its director general has been Mária Schmidt.
  38. Complete the sentence about Hungarian National Museum with the correct year: The Hungarian National Museum traces its foundation to ______, when Count Ferenc Széchényi set up the National Széchényi Li…
  39. Complete the sentence about Hungarian National Museum with the correct year: In ______, the Hungarian National Parliament passed legislation on the new institution and asked the nation to help donate…
  40. Complete the sentence about Hungarian National Museum with the correct year: In ______, the Hungarian National Museum played a major role in the Hungarian Revolution.
  41. Complete the sentence about Lake Balaton with the correct year: The battle was a German attack by Sepp Dietrich's Sixth Panzer Army and the Hungarian Third Army between 6 and 16 March ______, and in t…
  42. Complete the sentence about Lake Tisza with the correct year: As part of the ongoing Tisza River flood control project, the Tisza Dam was built in ______.
  43. Complete the sentence about Lake Tisza with the correct year: The Hortobágy National Park has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since ______.
  44. Complete the sentence about Tisza with the correct year: In early ______, there was a sequence of serious pollution incidents originating from accidental industrial discharges in Romania.
  45. Complete the sentence about Danube with the correct year: The Middle Mongolian name for the Danube was transliterated as Tho-na in ______ by Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat.
  46. Complete the sentence about Danube with the correct year: The amount of goods transported on the Danube increased to about 100 million tons in ______.
  47. Complete the sentence about Danube with the correct year: In ______, transport on the river was made difficult by the NATO bombing of three bridges in Serbia during the Kosovo War.
  48. Complete the sentence about Transdanubia with the correct year: Before the Treaty of Trianon in ______ the present-day regions of Burgenland, Prekmurje and Međimurje were integral parts of Transdanubi…
  49. Complete the sentence about Transdanubia with the correct year: The boundaries of these counties, established by Stephen I of Hungary, remained unchanged for almost 900 years until ______.
  50. Complete the sentence about Transdanubia with the correct year: In 900 Pannonia was occupied by the Magyars and after ______ became part of the Kingdom of Hungary.
  51. Complete the sentence about Danubian Lowland with the correct year: Since about ______, the region became part of the Kingdom of Hungary.
  52. Complete the sentence about Hollókő with the correct year: The Ottomans captured the castle in ______, and for the next 150 years, control alternated between Ottoman and Hungarian forces.
  53. Complete the sentence about Hollókő with the correct year: In ______, the village, castle ruins, and surrounding area were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  54. Complete the sentence about Pannonhalma Archabbey with the correct year: The oldest surviving document to use the Hungarian language, the Charter of the Tihany Benedictine Abbey, dating back to ______…
  55. Complete the sentence about Pannonhalma Archabbey with the correct year: In ______, the abbey was reconstructed under King Matthias in the Gothic style.
  56. Complete the sentence about Pannonhalma Archabbey with the correct year: The monastery became an archabbey in ______, and as a result of Ottoman incursions into Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries i…
  57. Complete the sentence about Esztergom Basilica with the correct year: In ______, the Archdiocese was restored and archbishop Sándor Rudnay decided to restore Esztergom's status as mother church of the…
  58. Complete the sentence about Eger Castle with the correct year: Historically, it is known for repelling the Turkish attack in ______ during the Siege of Eger.
  59. Complete the sentence about Eger Castle with the correct year: During the Mongol invasion in ______, this castle was ruined, and the bishop of Eger moved it to a rocky hill in the city of Eger.
  60. Complete the sentence about Eger Castle with the correct year: After that Turks besieged the castle again in ______, resulting in a Turkish victory.
  61. Complete the sentence about Siklós Castle with the correct year: In ______, the castle was taken away from that family by Sigismund, then king of Hungary, as punishment for a failed rebellion against…
  62. Complete the sentence about Siklós Castle with the correct year: In ______ disgruntled nobles led by Count György II Benyóvszky temporarily imprisoned King Sigismund in the castle.
  63. Complete the sentence about Siklós Castle with the correct year: After a three day battle in ______, the castle was captured by the Ottoman Turks.
  64. Complete the sentence about Siklós Castle with the correct year: The castle was built and owned by the Benyóvszky de Siklósvar branch of the family until it was nationalized in ______.
  65. Complete the sentence about Festetics Palace with the correct year: The palace's construction, started by Kristóf Festetics in ______, lasted more than a century.
  66. Complete the sentence about Festetics Palace with the correct year: When Rumpelmayer died in ______, the work was carried to completion by architects Gusztáv Haas and Miksa Paschkisch.
  67. Complete the sentence about Festetics Palace with the correct year: Prince Tasziló Festetics died in possession of the palace on 4 May ______, and unlike the surrounding area it was not damaged during…
  68. Complete the sentence about Festetics Palace with the correct year: The property continued to belong to the Festetics family until it was nationalized by the Communists in ______.
  69. Complete the sentence about Szeged Cathedral with the correct year: Construction of the church began in ______ after a flood had destroyed most of Szeged.
  70. Complete the sentence about Szeged Cathedral with the correct year: The construction of the church was a result of a pledge made by the inhabitants of Szeged to build a cathedral after the flood of Ma…
  71. Complete the sentence about Szeged Cathedral with the correct year: Thirty-five design plans were submitted in a competition, and in the end the plans were chosen and the foundation was laid on 21 Jun…
  72. Complete the sentence about Szeged Cathedral with the correct year: The construction was stopped because of World War I and was finally finished on 24 October ______.
  73. Complete the sentence about Kalocsa with the correct year: After the 148 years lasting rule, on 13 October ______ the Turks burnt down the castle of Kalocsa and withdrew their troops.
  74. Complete the sentence about Kalocsa with the correct year: The first charter of incorporation was mentioned in ______ in Kalocsa.
  75. Complete the sentence about Hungarian Grey cattle with the correct year: Hungarian cattle are documented at Augsburg in a document of ______.
  76. Complete the sentence about Hungarian Grey cattle with the correct year: In ______ the Hungarian Grey Cattle Breeders' Association was established and encouraged the keeping and breeding of the cattle…
  77. Complete the sentence about Hungarian Grey cattle with the correct year: In ______ the Hungarian Grey supplied approximately 12% of the locally-produced beef consumed in Hungary.
  78. Complete the sentence about Mangalica with the correct year: Monte Nevado, a Spanish company, began the breeding and recovery of Mangalica, and the company was awarded with the Middle Cross of Hungary…
  79. Complete the sentence about Mangalica with the correct year: In ______, Mangalica were introduced into the Zasavica wetlands.
  80. Complete the sentence about Mangalica with the correct year: The Romanian Native or Bazna breed was created in ______ by cross-breeding Mangalitsa and Berkshire stock.
  81. Complete the sentence about Komondor with the correct year: The Komondor was brought to Europe by the Cumans and the oldest known mention of it is in a Hungarian codex from ______.
  82. Complete the sentence about Komondor with the correct year: Cumans were granted asylum and settled in Hungary in ______ under Köten Khan.
  83. Complete the sentence about Komondor with the correct year: The name Komondor is found for the first time written in ______ in the History of King Astiagis by Péter Kákonyi, in Early Modern Hungarian.
  84. Complete the sentence about Komondor with the correct year: In ______, the Komondor was used to acquire fresh blood in the rare South Russian Ovcharka.
  85. Complete the sentence about Przewalski's horse with the correct year: Przewalski's horse was formally described as a novel species in ______ by Ivan Semyonovich Polyakov.
  86. Complete the sentence about Nonius horse with the correct year: Even after the Ottoman occupation of Hungary ended in ______, the attachment between Hungary and the Arabian horse remained.
  87. Complete the sentence about Nonius horse with the correct year: The State Stud of the Hungarian Royal and Imperial Court, Mezőhegyes, was founded in ______ to help meet the demand for horses.
  88. Which place completes this sentence about Debrecen? Debrecen is Hungary's second-largest city, after ______, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County.
  89. Which place completes this sentence about Székesfehérvár? Székesfehérvár was first mentioned in a document by the Bishopric of ______, 1009, as Alba Civitas.
  90. Which place completes this sentence about Tokaj? The main road connecting it to the surrounding area is Main Road 38, which provides access from both Szerencs and ______.
  91. Which place completes this sentence about Visegrád? In 1540, after the death of Zápolya, Habsburg general Leonhard Fels took the city, as well as Vác, Pest, Tata and ______.
  92. Which place completes this sentence about Balatonfüred? Highway No 71 crosses the town as well as a single track railway line between ______ and Tapolca.
  93. Which place completes this sentence about Siófok? Fok became the property of the Chapter of ______, who settled people there, and in 1693 built a wooden church for them.
  94. Which place completes this sentence about Buda Castle? The Castle Quarter falls within the part of ______ that UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site in 1987.
  95. Which place completes this sentence about Chain Bridge? In World War II, the bridge was blown up on 18 January 1945 by the retreating Germans during the Siege of ______, with only the towers remaining…
  96. Which place completes this sentence about Hungarian State Opera House? Construction began in 1875, funded by the city of ______ and by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary, and the new house open…
  97. Which place completes this sentence about Tokaj wine region? With its 908 ha, ______ is the smallest of the six vine-growing regions of Slovakia.
  98. Which place completes this sentence about Tokaj wine region? A number of experts claim that viticulture could have started amongst in the ______ region as early as the 3rd century BC, amongst local Ce…
  99. Which place completes this sentence about Esztergom Basilica? In 1820, the Archdiocese was restored and archbishop Sándor Rudnay decided to restore ______'s status as mother church of the country.
  100. Which place completes this sentence about Eger Castle? Historically, it is known for repelling the Turkish attack in 1552 during the Siege of ______.

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