Science, Arts and Culture

Science Arts And Culture

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  1. Complete the sentence about Kaunas University of Technology with the correct year: On 21 August ______, following Soviet occupation, the university was renamed to the University of Kaunas.
  2. Complete the sentence about Kaunas University of Technology with the correct year: The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences was transferred to the University of Vilnius in the autumn of ______.
  3. Complete the sentence about Kaunas University of Technology with the correct year: The Soviet government reopened the University on 13 November ______.
  4. Complete the sentence about Kaunas University of Technology with the correct year: The university operated under the name, Kaunas National Vytautas Magnus University until ______.
  5. Complete the sentence about Vytautas Magnus University with the correct year: In ______ with the establishment of the independent Republic of Lithuania, the State Council decided to reestablish Vilniu…
  6. Complete the sentence about Vytautas Magnus University with the correct year: At the beginning of ______, Higher Courses of Study were established in Kaunas, laying the foundation for the establishmen…
  7. Complete the sentence about Vytautas Magnus University with the correct year: The Lithuanian Cabinet of Ministers decided to establish the University of Lithuania in Kaunas, 13 February ______.
  8. Complete the sentence about Vytautas Magnus University with the correct year: In ______, Vytautas Magnus University contributed to the reestablishment of Vilnius University.
  9. Complete the sentence about Vytautas Magnus University with the correct year: The occupation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union forced the university to be named the University of Kaunas in the summer o…
  10. Complete the sentence about Vytautas Magnus University with the correct year: At the beginning of ______, university professors took an active role in establishing the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
  11. Complete the sentence about Vytautas Magnus University with the correct year: The Lithuanian Provisional Government restored the name of Vytautas Magnus to the university after the Nazi invasion of th…
  12. Complete the sentence about Lithuanian University of Health Sciences with the correct year: The academy began its history in ______ as the Veterinary department, under the Faculty of Medicine in Kauna…
  13. Complete the sentence about Kaunas Zoo with the correct year: The zoo was founded by the renowned Lithuanian zoologist Tadas Ivanauskas and opened on 1 July ______ with 40 animals.
  14. Complete the sentence about Žalgiris Arena with the correct year: In March ______, the Kaunas City Municipality named the arena Žalgiris Arena.
  15. Complete the sentence about Vilnius Cathedral Square with the correct year: After the city was occupied by Germany in ______ and the local Polish administration was allowed to govern the city, the mon…
  16. Complete the sentence about Vilnius Cathedral Square with the correct year: Another notable feature of the square is the monument to Gediminas, one of the first rulers of Lithuania, by Vytautas Kašuba…
  17. Complete the sentence about Užupis with the correct year: Until Lithuania's declaration of independence in ______, it was one of the most neglected areas in the city, containing many run-down houses…
  18. Complete the sentence about Republic of Užupis with the correct year: The Republic has granted honorary citizenship to several notable individuals, including the 14th Dalai Lama, who first visited the…
  19. Complete the sentence about Vilnius Great Synagogue with the correct year: In ______ the short-lived Jewish Museum of Vilnius tried to list the synagogue as a historic monument and thus to preserve it…
  20. Complete the sentence about Lithuanian Americans with the correct year: As a result, information about Lithuanian immigration before ______ is not available because incoming Lithuanians were not origi…
  21. Complete the sentence about Lithuanian Americans with the correct year: Only after ______, when Lithuania established its independence, did immigrants to the U.S. start being recorded as Lithuanians.
  22. Complete the sentence about Kaziukas Fair with the correct year: Casimir, son of King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Casimir IV, was canonized in ______.
  23. Complete the sentence about Kaziukas Fair with the correct year: In ______, they received a privilege to hold the fair in the Cathedral Square.
  24. Complete the sentence about Kaziukas Fair with the correct year: In ______, after a monument to Catherine the Great was unveiled in the Cathedral Square, the fair was moved to Lukiškės Square.
  25. Which place completes the sentence? Nazi Germany's invading forces entered ______ on 26 June 1941.
  26. Which place completes this sentence about Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas? In 2002, a memorial museum of Putinas was opened at Rygiškių Jonas Gymnasium in ______.
  27. Which place completes this sentence about Ričardas Gavelis? In 1961, at the age of eleven, he and his parents moved to ______ – both Gavelis' parents worked as teachers there previously.
  28. Which place completes this sentence about Ričardas Berankis? In 2004, Berankis dominated the U14 circuit of the Tennis Europe Junior Tour, winning six junior events, Leeuwarden, Piešťany, ______, Köln…
  29. Which place completes this sentence about Lithuanian Football Federation? Panevėžio Ekranas from ______ long dominated this league in the early 2010s, amassing a yearly budget of 2 million Euros.
  30. Which place completes this sentence about Orlen Lietuva? The ______ refinery, located near the town of Mažeikiai, has a design processing capacity of 15 million tons of sour crude oil per year.
  31. Which place completes the sentence? The ______ refinery is the only oil refinery in the Baltic States.
  32. Complete the sentence about Švyturys with the correct year: In ______, most of the company's shares were bought by Denmark-based Carlsberg A/S, which made substantial investments in renewing its produ…
  33. Complete the sentence about Jonas Valančiūnas with the correct year: Valančiūnas became February's MVP in the VTB United League in ______.
  34. Complete the sentence about Domantas Sabonis with the correct year: In ______, Sabonis was traded to the Sacramento Kings for Tyrese Haliburton.
  35. Complete the sentence about Austra Skujytė with the correct year: The latter medal was allocated retrospectively following the disqualification in ______ of original medalist Tatyana Chernova for hist…
  36. Complete the sentence about Daina Gudzinevičiūtė with the correct year: In ______, Gudzinevičiūtė became the first Lithuanian to be elected into IOC.
  37. Complete the sentence about Laura Asadauskaitė with the correct year: Asadauskaitė took part in her first Olympics at the ______ Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she finished 15th overall.
  38. Complete the sentence about Edgaras Ulanovas with the correct year: On 25 April ______, Ulanovas was named the Co-VTB United League Young Player of the Year, along with Dmitry Kulagin.
  39. Complete the sentence about Vilnius Airport with the correct year: Operations were suspended effective 17 January ______ as a result of growing financial difficulties.
  40. Complete the sentence about Lietuvos Energija with the correct year: In ______, the company was registered as Lietuvos Energija AB and it was partly privatized.
  41. Complete the sentence about Lithuanian art with the correct year: According to the ______ census, 79% of Lithuanians are Roman Catholic.
  42. Complete the sentence about Lithuanian cinema with the correct year: On 28 July ______, Thomas Edison live photography session was held in the Concerts Hall of the Botanical Garden of Vilnius Universi…
  43. Complete the sentence about Lithuanian cinema with the correct year: In ______, Lithuanian cinema pioneers Antanas Račiūnas and Ladislas Starevich released their first movies.
  44. Complete the sentence about Lithuanian cinema with the correct year: Until ______ all Lithuanian feature films were made in cooperation with other motion-picture studios in Soviet Union focusing on Co…
  45. Complete the sentence about Lithuanian cinema with the correct year: After the death of Stalin in ______ a more liberal period in Soviet Union's cultural policies followed.
  46. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, spectators and critics recognized it the best film in Lithuania.
  47. Complete the sentence about Eimuntas Nekrošius with the correct year: Nekrošius was born in Pažobris village, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuanian SSR on November 21, ______.
  48. Complete the sentence about Eimuntas Nekrošius with the correct year: In ______, Nekrošius graduated from Lunacharsky Institute of Theatre Arts in Moscow.
  49. Complete the sentence about Eimuntas Nekrošius with the correct year: On November 20, ______, Nekrošius died in Vilnius, Lithuania, at the age of 65.
  50. Complete the sentence about Juozas Naujalis with the correct year: In ______, he founded the Lithuanian Society of Singers Daina and was one of the founder of St.
  51. Complete the sentence about Juozas Naujalis with the correct year: Was the conductor of the Cathedral Choir in Kaunas and from ______ was the professor and Conductor of Organ Music in the Conservatory…
  52. Complete the sentence about Stasys Šimkus with the correct year: A national Romantic, Šimkus helped resurrect the Lithuanian cultural organization Daina in ______.
  53. Complete the sentence about Bronius Kutavičius with the correct year: Among many awards, he received the Lithuanian State Prize in ______.
  54. Complete the sentence about Andrius Mamontovas with the correct year: In ______, Andrius Mamontovas began his musical quest by forming Foje, one of the most popular bands in Lithuania.
  55. Complete the sentence about Andrius Mamontovas with the correct year: Mamontovas initiated a LT United project, intended to represent Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest ______.
  56. Complete the sentence about Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest with the correct year: Lithuania has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 26 times since its debut in ______.
  57. Complete the sentence about Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest with the correct year: Lithuania debuted in the contest in ______, however, its entry, "Lopšinė mylimai" performed by Ovidijus Vyšn…
  58. Complete the sentence about Ieva Zasimauskaitė with the correct year: In ______, Zasimauskaitė spent a semester following the Erasmus Programme in Barcelona, Spain.
  59. Complete the sentence about Šaltibarščiai with the correct year: One of his later books, published in Vilnius in ______, included chłodnik among the characteristic dishes of the region.
  60. Complete the sentence about Šaltibarščiai with the correct year: In Wincenta Zawadzka's Kucharka litewska, first published in Vilnius in ______, cold beet soup appears as a local regional specialty.
  61. Complete the sentence about Tinginys with the correct year: In ______, production of chocolate and other products arrived to Kaunas, situated in the south-centre of Lithuania.
  62. Complete the sentence about Rytas Vilnius with the correct year: In ______, the first basketball team from Vilnius, called Žalgiris, was formed.
  63. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The following year in ______, it changed its name to Plastikas.
  64. Complete the sentence about Rytas Vilnius with the correct year: Jonas Kazlauskas, Rimas Girskis, and then-head coach Rimantas Endrijaitis led Statyba to third place in the ______ Soviet Union Champio…
  65. Complete the sentence about Mindaugas Kuzminskas with the correct year: Kuzminskas started his basketball career in ______ with Sakalai where he played for one season.
  66. Complete the sentence about Mindaugas Kuzminskas with the correct year: In June ______, Kuzminskas signed a contract with the Spanish team Unicaja.
  67. Complete the sentence about Linas Kleiza with the correct year: At 16 years old he moved to the United States where he attended Montrose Christian School and graduated in ______.
  68. Complete the sentence about Linas Kleiza with the correct year: Kleiza was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 27th pick of the ______ NBA draft.
  69. Complete the sentence about A Lyga with the correct year: The Lithuanian professional top division was restored in ______.
  70. Complete the sentence about FK Kauno Žalgiris with the correct year: After their debut season in the A Lyga, the club adopted the name FK Kauno Žalgiris in ______.
  71. Complete the sentence about FK Kauno Žalgiris with the correct year: On 1 May ______, FM Spyris played their first official match, defeated 2–1 by FK Sveikata Kybartai.
  72. Complete the sentence about FK Kauno Žalgiris with the correct year: For a single season in ______, FM Spyris was renamed to FM Aisčiai Kaunas, the team finished as runners-up.
  73. Complete the sentence about FK Kauno Žalgiris with the correct year: On 1 March ______, the club debuted in the A Lyga by defeating FK Klaipėdos Granitas 2–1 in Kaunas as FK Spyris Kaunas.
  74. Complete the sentence about Lithuania at the Winter Olympics with the correct year: In ______ Summer Olympics Lithuania had 12 representatives for 4 sports: 2 boxers, 4 cyclists, and 5 athletics and o…
  75. Complete the sentence about Lithuania at the Winter Olympics with the correct year: In ______ Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Lithuania did not participate due to economic difficulties and political c…
  76. Complete the sentence about Lithuania at the Winter Olympics with the correct year: In ______ Summer Olympics in Berlin, Lithuania was not invited by Germany due to German territorial claims over Klai…
  77. Complete the sentence about Viktorija Čmilytė with the correct year: In ______, at the age of sixteen, Čmilytė won both the women's and absolute national championships of Lithuania, held in Vilnius.
  78. Complete the sentence about Lithuanian crosses with the correct year: Lithuanian cross crafting has been included in the list of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity of ______…
  79. Complete the sentence about Lithuanian names with the correct year: The later influx of Christian names came after the adoption of Christianity in ______.
  80. Complete the sentence about Lithuanian orthography with the correct year: Letter ū is the latest addition by linguist Jonas Jablonskis in ______.
  81. Which place completes this sentence about Čiurlionis National Art Museum? The museum shares its building with the Vytautas the Great War Museum and is located in the New Town of ______.
  82. Which place completes this sentence about Klaipėda Port? Therefore, ______ emerged as a major trading port only in recent centuries.
  83. Which place completes this sentence about Lietuvos Energija? In 2007, Lietuvos Energija acquired a stake in UAB Geoterma, the owner and operator of the ______ Geothermal Demonstration Plant.
  84. Which place completes this sentence about Palanga Botanical Garden? In the years preceding World War I about 2,000 kilograms of raw amber were processed in ______ annually.
  85. Which place completes this sentence about Kūčiukai? In ______ region at the beginning of the 20th century, Kūčia was made from a mixture of wheat and peas flavored with water sweetened with poppies an…
  86. Which place completes this sentence about Mindaugas Kuzminskas? In September 2009, Kuzminskas signed with Žalgiris, but he stayed one more season on loan with ______.
  87. Which place completes this sentence about Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis? Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis was born in Senoji ______, a town in southeastern Lithuania which at the time was part of…
  88. Which place completes this sentence about Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis? The newly formed family moved to Senoji ______, where their eldest child, Mikalojus, was born.
  89. Which place completes this sentence about Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis? K. Čiurlionis studied in the ______ Palace Orchestra School from 1889 to 1893.
  90. Which place completes this sentence about Žemaitė? Žemaitė was born in a manor house near ______ in the Kovno Governorate of the Russian Empire.
  91. Which place completes this sentence about Eimuntas Nekrošius? Nekrošius was born in Pažobris village, ______ district municipality, Lithuanian SSR on November 21, 1952.

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