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  1. Complete the sentence about Albanian language with the correct year: The oldest surviving attestation of modern Albanian is from ______.
  2. Complete the sentence about Albanians with the correct year: In ______, after the Great Schism, the north gradually became identified with Roman Catholicism and the south with Eastern Orthodoxy.
  3. Complete the sentence about Albanians with the correct year: In ______ Albanians established the Principality of Arbanon in central Albania with the capital in Krujë.
  4. Complete the sentence about Baklava with the correct year: The word baklava is first attested in English in ______, a borrowing from Ottoman Turkish: باقلاوه /bɑːklɑvɑː/.
  5. Complete the sentence about Baklava with the correct year: Written in ______ in today's Iraq, the cookbook was based on an earlier collection of 9th century Persian-inspired recipes.
  6. 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.
  7. Complete the sentence about Albanian wine with the correct year: After the Albanian Declaration of Independence, viticulture gained widespread popularity but was almost destroyed in ______ by phylloxe…
  8. Complete the sentence about Lahutë with the correct year: On November 29, ______, the Serbian Gusle was inscribed as a part of Serbia's intangible cultural heritage on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural H…
  9. Complete the sentence about Lahutë with the correct year: In some older Serbian books on literature it was stated that a Serbian guslar performed at the court of Władysław II Jagiełło in ______.
  10. Complete the sentence about Fustanella with the correct year: In ______, it was proclaimed the official court costume and eventually it became the Greek national dress.
  11. Complete the sentence about Fustanella with the correct year: In Greece, a short version of the fustanella is worn by ceremonial military units such as the Evzones since ______.
  12. Complete the sentence about Albanian wedding with the correct year: Therefore, it was inscribed on the UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in ______.
  13. Complete the sentence about Albanian wedding with the correct year: Albania saved and protected almost ______ Jewish people during the Holocaust.
  14. Complete the sentence about Besa with the correct year: In ______ Albanians swore a besa and rebelled against the Ottoman government.
  15. Complete the sentence about Besa with the correct year: During the Albanian revolt of ______, Kosovo Albanian chieftains gathered at Firzovik and swore a besa to fight the centralist polices of the Ot…
  16. Complete the sentence about Besa with the correct year: In the 1980s until ______, a bimonthly newspaper named Besa was published by the Arvanite community of Greece.
  17. Complete the sentence about Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini with the correct year: In ______ the bylykbashi of Gruda sent a letter to the sergeant asking for the Kanun-i Jhibal, giving reason to believe that…
  18. Complete the sentence about Broken April with the correct year: Published in ______, the book explores one of Kadare's recurring themes: how the past affects the present.
  19. Complete the sentence about Migjeni with the correct year: Migjeni was born on 13 October ______ in the town of Shkodër at the southeastern coast of Lake of Shkodër.
  20. Complete the sentence about Migjeni with the correct year: In the revised birth certificate dated to 26 January ______, his name is spelt Millosh Nikolla.
  21. Complete the sentence about Faik Konica with the correct year: In ______, at the age of fifteen, he was sent to study in France where he spent the next seven years.
  22. Complete the sentence about Faik Konica with the correct year: In ______, Konica converted from Islam to Roman Catholicism, and changed his name from Faik to Dominik, signing for many years as Faik Do…
  23. Complete the sentence about Lasgush Poradeci with the correct year: In ______, Fan Noli awarded Poradeci a scholarship to continue his higher education abroad.
  24. Complete the sentence about Rita Ora with the correct year: In ______, she signed with American rapper Jay-Z's label Roc Nation.
  25. Complete the sentence about Rita Ora with the correct year: In ______, Ora featured on Australian rapper Iggy Azalea's single, "Black Widow", which peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100.
  26. Complete the sentence about Dua Lipa with the correct year: Lipa moved with her family to Pristina after Kosovo declared independence in ______.
  27. Complete the sentence about Bebe Rexha with the correct year: On March 21, ______, Rexha released her debut single, "I Can't Stop Drinking About You".
  28. Complete the sentence about Ermonela Jaho with the correct year: After completing her studies at the Liceu Artistik "Jordan Misja" in Tirana in ______, she entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana w…
  29. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Inva Mula was born in Tirana, Albania on 27 June ______, to Avni Mula and Nina Mula.
  30. Complete the sentence about Inva Mula with the correct year: In ______, she was busy in Italy, performing Verdi's Falstaff at the Teatro alla Scala and Rigoletto at the Verona Arena, both of which wer…
  31. Complete the sentence about Anna Oxa with the correct year: Beginning her career as a teenager, Oxa debuted in the Sanremo Music Festival ______ with the song "Un'emozione da poco", placing second in…
  32. Complete the sentence about Anna Oxa with the correct year: After numerous participations in Sanremo during the 1980s, Oxa competed again in the Sanremo Music Festival ______, performing "Ti lascerò"…
  33. Complete the sentence about Anna Oxa with the correct year: Oxa went on to win Sanremo once more, as a soloist, in ______, with the song "Senza pietà".
  34. Complete the sentence about Anna Oxa with the correct year: Oxa was born on 28 April ______ in Bari to an Albanian father originally from Krujë, Qazim Hoxha, and an Italian mother, Elena Piccininno.
  35. Complete the sentence about Eneda Tarifa with the correct year: In ______, Tarifa took part in Kënga Magjike with the song "Rreth zjarrit tënd", and finished 4th in the competition with 154 points.
  36. Complete the sentence about Ronela Hajati with the correct year: Ronela Hajati was born on 2 September ______ in the city of Tirana, then part of the People's Socialist Republic, present Albania.
  37. Complete the sentence about Ronela Hajati with the correct year: In May ______, Hajati released her following single "Mala Gata".
  38. Complete the sentence about Ronela Hajati with the correct year: In December ______, Hajati released her follow-up single "A do si kjo" and peaked at number 13 in Albania.
  39. Complete the sentence about Ronela Hajati with the correct year: The succeeding charting single, "Marre", followed in June ______ and peaked at number 13 as well.
  40. Complete the sentence about Albina Kelmendi with the correct year: At Eurovision in Liverpool, she performed in the second semi-final on 11 May ______, and managed to successfully qualify to the final…
  41. Complete the sentence about Kejsi Tola with the correct year: After winning the 47th edition of Festivali i Këngës, she represented Albania at the Eurovision Song Contest ______.
  42. Complete the sentence about Kejsi Tola with the correct year: In late ______, it was confirmed that Tola would compete in the 48th edition of Festivali i Këngës with the song "Ndonjëherë".
  43. Complete the sentence about Elhaida Dani with the correct year: Elhaida Dani was born on 17 February ______ into an Albanian family in the city of Shkodër, Albania.
  44. Complete the sentence about Era Istrefi with the correct year: Era Istrefi was born on 4 July ______ into an Albanian family in the city of Pristina, then part of the FR Yugoslavia, present-day Kosovo…
  45. Complete the sentence about Noizy with the correct year: Rigels Rajku was born on 27 September ______ into a multi-religious Albanian family in the village of Sukth, then part of the People's Socialis…
  46. Complete the sentence about Noizy with the correct year: In ______, Rajku and his family fled to London, England, as refugees to escape the war and conflicts in connection with the Albanian unrest.
  47. Complete the sentence about Noizy with the correct year: In May ______, he collaborated with Albanian rappers J-No and Decee and returned to the competition with the song "Kur vijm na".
  48. Complete the sentence about Noizy with the correct year: In ______, Rajku launched a fashion label, Illyrian Bloodline.
  49. Complete the sentence about Albanian cinema with the correct year: Films were first shown in Albania starting in ______, as part of travelling shows and to aristocrats.
  50. Complete the sentence about Albanian cinema with the correct year: The Charles Urban Trading Company shot films in Albania from between ______ and the Balkan Wars.
  51. Complete the sentence about Albanian cinema with the correct year: Albert Kahn's ethnographical footage from ______ was among the first films shot in Albania.
  52. Complete the sentence about Albanian cinema with the correct year: On 10 September ______, Benito Mussolini ordered the creation of the Tomorri Society, which would make films in Albania.
  53. Complete the sentence about Kinostudio Shqipëria e Re with the correct year: In May ______ the company presented its first cinematographic chronicle.
  54. Complete the sentence about Kinostudio Shqipëria e Re with the correct year: In ______ the current National Center of Cinematography was created by a government decree.
  55. Complete the sentence about National Museum of Albania with the correct year: The work, completed in ______ for the opening of the museum, is an example of Socialist realism.
  56. Complete the sentence about Onufri with the correct year: Then he worked in both Berat and Kastoria and in ______, in Shelcan near Elbasan.
  57. Complete the sentence about David Selenica with the correct year: In ______ he painted frescoes in one of the chapels of the monastery of the Great Lavra, the first monastery built on Mount Athos in G…
  58. Complete the sentence about David Selenica with the correct year: In ______ he painted the murals and the frescoes of the church of Saint John the Baptist in Kastoria, and the church of Blessed Virgin…
  59. Complete the sentence about Kolë Idromeno with the correct year: Kolë Idromeno was of Greek origin and was born on 15 August ______ in Shkodër.
  60. Complete the sentence about Kolë Idromeno with the correct year: After his studies in Venice, he started to travel around Europe and decided to move back to his hometown in ______.
  61. Complete the sentence about Academy of Sciences of Albania with the correct year: As of ______, the Academy had 23 regular members, 10 associated members, one permanent member, and 26 honor members.
  62. Complete the sentence about Albania national football team with the correct year: At the FIFA World Cup, Albania has campaigned to qualify since their entry into FIFA in ______.
  63. Complete the sentence about Albania national football team with the correct year: Albania was invited to play in the ______ World Cup, but did not take part due to logistical problems.
  64. Complete the sentence about Albania national football team with the correct year: Albania participated at the ______ Summer Olympics in the Men's qualification tournament, and closely lost both matche…
  65. Complete the sentence about Kategoria Superiore with the correct year: The competition was founded in ______ as the Albanian National Championship during the reign of King Zog, shortly after the creat…
  66. Complete the sentence about Kategoria Superiore with the correct year: Football was first introduced to Albania by an English-Maltese priest named Gut Ruter, who visited the Saverian college in Shkodë…
  67. Complete the sentence about Kategoria Superiore with the correct year: The first football club in Albania was Indipendenca, founded in Shkodër in ______ by Palokë Nika.
  68. Complete the sentence about Kategoria Superiore with the correct year: The first 90-minute game with two 45-minute halves was played in October ______ between Indipendenca Shkodër and the occupying Au…
  69. Complete the sentence about KF Tirana with the correct year: Tirana played their first international match against Yugoslav team Crnogorac Cetinje from Montenegro in ______.
  70. Complete the sentence about Partizani Tirana with the correct year: Founded in ______, the club was historically affiliated to the Albanian army and the communist regime.
  71. Complete the sentence about Partizani Tirana with the correct year: FK Partizani Tirana was officially founded on 4 February ______ soon after the end of World War II and the liberation of Albania.
  72. Complete the sentence about KF Skënderbeu Korçë with the correct year: Skënderbeu Korçë have won 8 league titles, with the first coming in ______ before going on 78-year run without winning the league…
  73. Complete the sentence about KF Skënderbeu Korçë with the correct year: The first football club in the city of Korçë was formed on 15 April ______ under the name Vllazëria by politician and poet Hilë M…
  74. Complete the sentence about KF Skënderbeu Korçë with the correct year: In ______, the Albanian National Lyceum formed the Shpresa sports society.
  75. Complete the sentence about Teuta Durrës with the correct year: In ______, before entering the National Championship, the club changes its name to the Klubi Sportiv Teuta Durrës, in reference to Queen…
  76. Complete the sentence about Teuta Durrës with the correct year: Since ______ the club has renamed KS Teuta Durrës, with the football team being called KF Teuta.
  77. Complete the sentence about Teuta Durrës with the correct year: In ______ local businessman and owner of Eurotech Cement Edmond Hasanbelliu he was named as the new president of the club, he brought in…
  78. Complete the sentence about KF Laçi with the correct year: The club was founded in ______ under the name Industriali Laç, and they competed in the Albanian Second Division, the third tier, for the maj…
  79. Complete the sentence about Elseid Hysaj with the correct year: A full international since ______, Hysaj has 100 caps for the Albania national team, which he captained on multiple occasions.
  80. Complete the sentence about Rey Manaj with the correct year: In ______, Cremonese loaned him to Sampdoria youths which was managed at the time by Pedone.
  81. Complete the sentence about Myrto Uzuni with the correct year: Uzuni was born in Berat in ______, Albania, to an Albanian family.
  82. Complete the sentence about Myrto Uzuni with the correct year: Uzuni spent seven years there until ______, when he returned to his hometown of Berat.
  83. Complete the sentence about Naim Kryeziu with the correct year: Following the ______ Italian invasion of Albania, he was noted by an Italian sports professor who suggested him to AS Roma.
  84. Complete the sentence about Albania at the Olympics with the correct year: Albania first participated at the Summer Olympic Games in ______.
  85. Complete the sentence about Albania at the Olympics with the correct year: The nation returned for the Barcelona ______ Summer Olympics and has appeared in all games since then.
  86. Complete the sentence about Weightlifting in Albania with the correct year: Football in particular has seen a rapid transformation, with the Albania national football team making its debut at the ____…
  87. Complete the sentence about Romela Begaj with the correct year: On 11 November ______ in Almaty she became world champion in the Snatch style for the category up to 63 kg.
  88. Complete the sentence about Romela Begaj with the correct year: Previously Begaj represented Albania at the ______ European Weightlifting Championships where she took home the silver medal.
  89. Complete the sentence about Briken Calja with the correct year: In ______ Calja was suspended for two years for using androsterone.
  90. Complete the sentence about Ervin Bulku with the correct year: At international level, Bulku represented Albania at under-18 and under-21 levels before making his senior debut in ______.
  91. Complete the sentence about Albanian national basketball team with the correct year: In ______, the federation held the first Albanian Basketball Supercups for men and women, which is played between t…
  92. Complete the sentence about Albanian national basketball team with the correct year: Albania first competed in a European Championship at EuroBasket ______ held in Prague, Czechoslovakia, shortly afte…
  93. Complete the sentence about Air Albania with the correct year: Air Albania was the flag carrier of Albania, established in ______ as a public–private partnership with Turkish Airlines.
  94. Complete the sentence about Albtelecom with the correct year: During ______, many of the telephone lines were rebuilt, while the Post and Telegraph offices were reopened to their pre-war levels.
  95. Complete the sentence about Albtelecom with the correct year: Only a year earlier, in ______, telephone communication with the world was established through the Tirana-Peshkopi line.
  96. Complete the sentence about Albtelecom with the correct year: Given the growing need for communication, in ______, Post and Telecommunication offices were opened in all localities of the country.
  97. Complete the sentence about Radio Televizioni Shqiptar with the correct year: The beginnings of RTSH date to the creation of Radio Tirana on 28 November ______.
  98. Complete the sentence about Radio Televizioni Shqiptar with the correct year: In ______, Radio Tirana's director by that time, Petro Kita, founded the first Experimental Television Centre to provide t…
  99. Complete the sentence about Top Channel with the correct year: After his death in a car accident in ______, his wife Vjollca Hoxha assumed leadership of the company.
  100. Complete the sentence about Klan TV with the correct year: On 1 August ______ at 19:30, TV Klan made its first news report ever on its channel.

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