Science, Arts and Culture

Science Arts And Culture

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  1. Complete the sentence about Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the correct year: Bosnia and Herzegovina remained a province in the Ottoman Empire and gained autonomy after the Bosnian uprising in __…
  2. Complete the sentence about Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the correct year: After the ______ Congress of Berlin, Bosnia and Herzegovina came under the control of Austria-Hungary.
  3. Complete the sentence about Žitomislić Monastery with the correct year: In ______, during the Bosnian War, Žitomislić was destroyed by the Croatian Defence Council.
  4. Complete the sentence about Žitomislić Monastery with the correct year: In ______, the regular session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church began in the fully restored Žitomi…
  5. Complete the sentence about Tavna monastery with the correct year: Between ______-45 Tavna was bombed by the Nazi-affiliated Croat Ustashe but was reconstructed after the war.
  6. Complete the sentence about Sarajevo Synagogue with the correct year: The synagogue was constructed in ______ and is the only functioning synagogue in Sarajevo today.
  7. Complete the sentence about Sarajevo Synagogue with the correct year: The history of the Jews in Sarajevo dates back over 400 years to ______ when the first Jewish settlers arrived via Salonika.
  8. Complete the sentence about Sarajevo Synagogue with the correct year: In ______, the community, with the assistance of a Turkish benefactor, built a synagogue in El Cortijo within a building called Ve…
  9. Complete the sentence about Sarajevo Synagogue with the correct year: Ashkenazi Jews began arriving in Sarajevo after the Austro-Hungarian Empire occupied Bosnia in ______.
  10. Complete the sentence about Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Sarajevo with the correct year: The construction of the church commenced in ______ when Sarajevo was part of the Bosnia Vilayet…
  11. Complete the sentence about FK Željezničar Sarajevo with the correct year: In ______, World War II came to Sarajevo, and all football activity was stopped.
  12. Complete the sentence about FK Borac Banja Luka with the correct year: The football club Borac Banja Luka was founded on 4 July ______.
  13. Complete the sentence about FK Borac Banja Luka with the correct year: The opening ceremony took place on September 5, ______, on the ground of the present-day Banja Luka City Stadium.
  14. Complete the sentence about FK Borac Banja Luka with the correct year: The club's first success in this early period came in ______ when RSK Borac won a tournament played in Sarajevo.
  15. Complete the sentence about FK Borac Banja Luka with the correct year: Before World War II, the major club in Banja Luka was ŠK Krajišnik, however, after ______, it was disbanded, and Borac replaced K…
  16. Complete the sentence about FK Borac Banja Luka with the correct year: In ______, Borac was promoted to the Yugoslav First League for the first time but was instantly dropped back down at the end of t…
  17. Complete the sentence about FK Velež Mostar with the correct year: Founded in ______, the club is one of the most successful clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  18. Complete the sentence about FK Velež Mostar with the correct year: Due to the divisions between Bosniak and Croat territories, Velež lost its previous home ground of Bijeli Brijeg in ______.
  19. Complete the sentence about HŠK Zrinjski Mostar with the correct year: Zrinjski's fans are called Ultras Mostar, and the fan club was founded in ______.
  20. Complete the sentence about HŠK Zrinjski Mostar with the correct year: Zrinjski Mostar was founded by Croat youth in ______ in what was then Austria-Hungary and is the oldest football club in Bosnia a…
  21. Complete the sentence about HŠK Zrinjski Mostar with the correct year: In ______, Zrinjski celebrated its first championship crown in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  22. Complete the sentence about HŠK Zrinjski Mostar with the correct year: At the time, this was not allowed, but in ______, Croat youth led by Professor Kuštreb succeeded.
  23. Complete the sentence about FK Sloboda Tuzla with the correct year: FK Sloboda Tuzla was founded in ______, as a part of the Labour Sport Society Gorki, named after the great socialist Russian poet Ma…
  24. Complete the sentence about FK Sloboda Tuzla with the correct year: In the beginning of ______, the sports section becomes independent and renames itself to RSK Sloboda.
  25. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The club was founded on 16 June ______ by a group of World War II veterans.
  26. Complete the sentence about NK Čelik Zenica with the correct year: Čelik was relegated from the Bosnian Premier League for the first time ever in the ______–20 season.
  27. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The first football club was FK Podrinje which was formed in ______.
  28. Complete the sentence about FK Radnik Bijeljina with the correct year: In ______ they became champions of the Tuzla District beating FK Sloboda Tuzla in the final.
  29. Complete the sentence about Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the correct year: After the breakup of Yugoslavia, and following proclamation of independence in late winter ______, many club…
  30. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In April ______, the N/FSBiH applied for membership with FIFA and UEFA.
  31. Complete the sentence about Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup with the correct year: Prior to ______, clubs from the Bosnia and Herzegovina territory contested in the Yugoslav Cup.
  32. Complete the sentence about Edin Džeko with the correct year: On 3 March ______, he scored his 50th league goal for the club, thus becoming the first player ever to record 50 goals in three of Europe'…
  33. Complete the sentence about Miralem Pjanić with the correct year: In ______, he joined Russian Premier League side CSKA Moscow, following his departure from Sharjah.
  34. Complete the sentence about Miralem Pjanić with the correct year: Pjanić was ranked 55th in The Guardian's list of "The 100 best footballers in the world" in ______.
  35. Complete the sentence about Vedad Ibišević with the correct year: Ibišević scored a goal that took Bosnia and Herzegovina to the ______ FIFA World Cup, the nation's first major tournament.
  36. Complete the sentence about Emir Spahić with the correct year: On 28 June ______, Spahić was signed by Bayer Leverkusen of the German Bundesliga on a two-year contract.
  37. Complete the sentence about Asmir Begović with the correct year: In July ______, he joined Premier League champions Chelsea for a fee of £8 million, remaining second-choice until his move to AFC Bourn…
  38. Complete the sentence about Asmir Begović with the correct year: After losing his place to Artur Boruc early in ______, he was loaned to Qarabağ and AC Milan before signing for Everton.
  39. Complete the sentence about Asmir Begović with the correct year: Begović represented Canada at youth level playing for them at the ______ FIFA U-20 World Cup.
  40. Complete the sentence about Asmir Begović with the correct year: In ______, he decided to change his allegiance and represent his native country, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  41. Complete the sentence about Sergej Barbarez with the correct year: Barbarez joined Hamburger SV in ______, and has since been considered one of the all-time greatest players of the club where he score…
  42. Complete the sentence about Meho Kodro with the correct year: Kodro started playing professionally at Velež Mostar, making his first team debut in ______.
  43. Complete the sentence about Meho Kodro with the correct year: Born in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, Kodro's professional debut occurred in ______ at the age of 18 with hometown cl…
  44. Complete the sentence about Safet Sušić with the correct year: Sušić made his senior debut for Sarajevo in ______, one year after joining the youth team.
  45. Complete the sentence about Ivica Osim with the correct year: As a player, Osim was in the Yugoslavia national team and played at the ______ Summer Olympics.
  46. Complete the sentence about Ivica Osim with the correct year: Osim was head coach of the Japan national team, before suffering a stroke in November ______ and subsequently leaving the post.
  47. Complete the sentence about Ivica Osim with the correct year: Since ______, Osim had lived with his wife mostly in Graz, Austria.
  48. Complete the sentence about Mehmed Baždarević with the correct year: Internationally, Baždarević earned caps with Yugoslavia and took part in playing at UEFA Euro ______.
  49. Complete the sentence about Mehmed Baždarević with the correct year: Born in Višegrad, FPR Yugoslavia, present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Baždarević's professional playing career started in Željeznič…
  50. Complete the sentence about Mehmed Baždarević with the correct year: In ______, Baždarević moved to French club Sochaux alongside compatriot Faruk Hadžibegić.
  51. Complete the sentence about Hasan Salihamidžić with the correct year: Then, Salihamidžić moved to Velež Mostar where he stayed until ______.
  52. Complete the sentence about Mirza Delibašić with the correct year: Delibašić was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in ______.
  53. Complete the sentence about Mirza Delibašić with the correct year: Delibašić, nicknamed Kinđe, led his club Bosna to the EuroLeague Championship in ______.
  54. Complete the sentence about Mirza Delibašić with the correct year: Three years later, in ______, he signed a contract with KK Bosna.
  55. Complete the sentence about Mirza Delibašić with the correct year: In August ______, the team went for preseason training and conditioning to the town of Bormio in the Italian Alps.
  56. Complete the sentence about Dražen Dalipagić with the correct year: Dalipagić started playing basketball at the age of 19, and one year later he signed his first professional contract with Partizan, i…
  57. Complete the sentence about Predrag Danilović with the correct year: Already showing promise at streetball, in ______, the fourteen-year-old began playing organized basketball in KK Bosna's youth setu…
  58. Complete the sentence with the correct year: By late ______, Vujošević started courting the fifteen-year-old.
  59. Complete the sentence about Jusuf Nurkić with the correct year: Nurkić was born on 23 August ______ in Živinice, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  60. Complete the sentence about Jusuf Nurkić with the correct year: In January ______, he was loaned to Zadar until the end of the season on his initiative, hoping to play more minutes.
  61. Complete the sentence about Mirza Teletović with the correct year: In ______, Teletović moved to the Belgian Basketball League club Telindus Oostende and stayed for two seasons.
  62. Complete the sentence about Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team with the correct year: Bosnia and Herzegovina reached their first international tournament at the EuroBasket in ______.
  63. Complete the sentence about Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team with the correct year: Until ______, Bosnia and Herzegovina was a part of Yugoslavia, which meant players born in Bosnia and…
  64. Complete the sentence about Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team with the correct year: After gaining its independence from Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina qualified to the EuroBasket fo…
  65. Complete the sentence about Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team with the correct year: After a positive showing for the national team in their first EuroBasket appearance, they would fail…
  66. Complete the sentence about Dušan Ivković with the correct year: In ______, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors.
  67. Complete the sentence about Jasna Šekarić with the correct year: In ______, Šekarić lost the Olympic gold medal to Marina Logvinenko despite having the same score.
  68. Complete the sentence about Jasna Šekarić with the correct year: In ______, Šekarić moved to Belgrade, where she had a successful year in sports at a private level.
  69. Complete the sentence about Jasna Šekarić with the correct year: In ______, since Yugoslavia was under UN sanctions, Šekarić – along with fifty other Serbians, Montenegrins, and Macedonians – competed…
  70. Complete the sentence about Sarajevo Zoo with the correct year: In February ______, it was announced that two lions from Sofia Zoo would be donated to the Pionirska dolina zoo.
  71. Complete the sentence about BH Telecom with the correct year: Established in ______ amidst the breakup of Yugoslavia, this company was the first in Bosnia and Herzegovina to provide GSM, 3G, IPTV, and…
  72. Complete the sentence about BH Telecom with the correct year: In ______, BH Telecom began with a major introduction of broadband technology.
  73. Complete the sentence about BH Airlines with the correct year: The airline was founded as Air Bosna in May ______ and officially registered on 12 August.
  74. Complete the sentence about BH Airlines with the correct year: Flight operations began two years later, on 15 August ______, using ad hoc leased aircraft.
  75. Complete the sentence about BH Airlines with the correct year: In June ______, it restarted operations, operating a pair of leased ATR-72 aircraft.
  76. Complete the sentence about BH Airlines with the correct year: In late ______, the Bosnian government announced it would sell its shares in the airline.
  77. Complete the sentence about BH Airlines with the correct year: On 29 October ______, the Bosnian government announced that Turkish Airlines had been picked as the best bidder in an auction for B&H Air…
  78. Complete the sentence about Sarajevo International Airport with the correct year: In ______, Aeroput operated three times weekly the non-stop route Belgrade – Sarajevo, which was extended to Dubrovnik…
  79. Complete the sentence about Sarajevo International Airport with the correct year: On 2 May ______ Bosnian President Alija Izetbegović and his daughter flew into the airport from Lisbon, where they had…
  80. Complete the sentence about Sarajevo International Airport with the correct year: The airport re-opened to civilian air traffic on 16 August ______ and has since been renovated and slowly restored.
  81. Complete the sentence about Banja Luka International Airport with the correct year: The construction of the Banja Luka International Airport began in ______.
  82. Complete the sentence about Banja Luka International Airport with the correct year: Banja Luka International Airport was opened for civilian air traffic on 18 November ______.
  83. Complete the sentence about Banja Luka International Airport with the correct year: The company ceased all operations in ______ after increasing debt, and the withdrawal of Jat Airways from the partne…
  84. Complete the sentence about Mostar International Airport with the correct year: Mostar Airport was opened for civilian air traffic in ______, targeting domestic flights.
  85. Complete the sentence about Mostar International Airport with the correct year: Prior to ______, Mostar was a local airport with a large concrete runway used by aircraft manufacturer SOKO for testing…
  86. Complete the sentence about Mostar International Airport with the correct year: In ______, the airport had a twofold increase in traffic, making it the second-busiest in Bosnia and Herzegovina after S…
  87. Complete the sentence about Tuzla International Airport with the correct year: In ______, Tuzla Canton turned Tuzla International into a civil airport.
  88. Complete the sentence about Tuzla International Airport with the correct year: Tuzla International opened on 10 October ______ as a civilian airport and military airfield.
  89. Complete the sentence about Tuzla International Airport with the correct year: Finally, on 5 June ______, Tuzla International Airport obtained a provisional Certificate for Public Airport Use in inter…
  90. Complete the sentence about Tuzla International Airport with the correct year: In June ______, Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air opened an operating base in Tuzla, by basing one Airbus A320 at the a…
  91. Complete the sentence about Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine with the correct year: The company, public and owned by the government of the Federation, was founded in ______ by the fusion of s…
  92. Complete the sentence about Bosnalijek with the correct year: Bosnalijek was established in ______ in Sarajevo, FPR Yugoslavia, present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  93. Complete the sentence about Bosnalijek with the correct year: In ______, the International Finance Corporation provided Bosnalijek with a €7.5 million loan for the construction of an €18.5 million pro…
  94. Complete the sentence about Bosnalijek with the correct year: In October ______, the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina sold its remaining shares in the company in the auction.
  95. Complete the sentence about Gorenje with the correct year: In June ______, Hisense acquired a 95% majority stake in the Gorenje Group.
  96. 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.
  97. Complete the sentence about Gorenje with the correct year: In ______, the company was relocated to the nearby town of Velenje.
  98. Complete the sentence about Gorenje with the correct year: In ______, Gorenje started producing washing machines under license from Zanussi.
  99. Complete the sentence about Energoinvest with the correct year: Energoinvest was established as a small design office under the name of "Elektroprojekt" in ______ with Emerik Blum at the top of the co…
  100. Complete the sentence about Energoinvest with the correct year: In ______, Energoinvest was an export oriented company conducting business in markets in more than 20 countries from Mexico to Malaysia.

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