Latvian Science, Arts and Culture

Science Arts And Culture

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  1. Complete the sentence about Rihards Zariņš with the correct year: Petersburg, where he graduated in ______ from the Stieglitz Central School for Technical Drawing.
  2. Complete the sentence about Rihards Zariņš with the correct year: In ______, he returned to newly independent Latvia where he was appointed director of the government printing house.
  3. Complete the sentence about Latvian National Museum of Art with the correct year: The museum traces its origins to the Riga City Art Gallery, which opened to the public in ______.
  4. Complete the sentence about Latvian National Museum of Art with the correct year: In ______ the Riga City Council acquired the paintings of collector Domenico de Robiani.
  5. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The Riga Society for the Promotion of Art was founded in ______.
  6. Complete the sentence about Latvian National Museum of Art with the correct year: After Latvia became independent in ______, the museum turned its attention to national art.
  7. Complete the sentence about Latvian Academy of Arts with the correct year: On 4 May ______, the Soviet Latvian government announced plans for a proletarian art workshop, but it never opened.
  8. Complete the sentence about Latvian Academy of Arts with the correct year: The Provisional Government of Latvia established the academy on 20 August ______, with Vilhelms Purvītis as its first rector.
  9. Complete the sentence about Latvian Academy of Arts with the correct year: The academy first occupied premises on Kronvalda Boulevard, then moved to the Railway Administration building in ______.
  10. Complete the sentence about Latvian Academy of Arts with the correct year: Following the Soviet occupation of Latvia in ______, the institution was renamed the State Art Academy.
  11. Complete the sentence about University of Latvia with the correct year: With Latvia regaining independence, the Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia reconfirmed the Constitution of the University…
  12. Complete the sentence about Riga Technical University with the correct year: In ______, the Riga Polytechnic Institute was established as a separate institution, separating the departments of engineer…
  13. Complete the sentence about Riga Technical University with the correct year: Riga Polytechnicum was first established in ______ and was the first polytechnical institute in Imperial Russia.
  14. Complete the sentence about Riga Stradiņš University with the correct year: In ______, Riga Medical Institute was established on the basis of the Faculty of Medicine of the State University of Latvia.
  15. Complete the sentence about Riga Stradiņš University with the correct year: On 13 June ______, Riga Stradiņš University Act came into effect and Medical Academy of Latvia was renamed Riga Stradiņš Uni…
  16. Complete the sentence about Riga Graduate School of Law with the correct year: RGSL was founded as a private law school in ______ through an international agreement between the Governments of Sweden a…
  17. Complete the sentence about Riga Graduate School of Law with the correct year: In ______, the Law School opened its doors for students from all over the world.
  18. Complete the sentence about Riga Graduate School of Law with the correct year: The Law School's address is Strēlnieku iela 4k-2, Rīga, LV-______.
  19. Complete the sentence about Stockholm School of Economics in Riga with the correct year: The school was founded in ______ by the Stockholm School of Economics with the support of the Swedish governmen…
  20. Complete the sentence about Latvian Academy of Sciences with the correct year: The spire was originally decorated with a wreath and a five pointed star, which was removed after Latvia regained indepen…
  21. Complete the sentence about Latvia national football team with the correct year: The team played its first official international match in ______, a 1–1 draw against Estonia, and joined FIFA later tha…
  22. Complete the sentence about Latvia national football team with the correct year: In ______, Latvia made its Olympic debut by participating in the Summer Games in Paris, and was an active participant i…
  23. Complete the sentence about Latvia national football team with the correct year: The team came close to qualifying for the ______ FIFA World Cup, but political events soon altered its course.
  24. Complete the sentence about Latvia national football team with the correct year: The Latvia national football team played their first official match on 24 September ______, against Estonia, resulting…
  25. Complete the sentence about Football in Latvia with the correct year: The first Latvian football club, Amatieris, was founded in ______.
  26. Complete the sentence about Football in Latvia with the correct year: With the first occupation by Russia in ______, the Virsliga was disbanded, along with many other regional teams.
  27. Complete the sentence about Football in Latvia with the correct year: The Soviets began a new Soviet Latvian Championship in ______, but this was interrupted by German occupation later that year.
  28. Complete the sentence about Latvian Higher League with the correct year: The first all-national, regular Latvian championship – the Virslīga – which succeeded the Riga Football League and other, paral…
  29. Complete the sentence about Latvian Higher League with the correct year: The Virslīga lasted until the Soviet occupation and annexation of Latvia in ______.
  30. Complete the sentence about FK Liepāja with the correct year: In their first season they finished 4th in the ______ Latvian Higher League.
  31. Complete the sentence about Riga FC with the correct year: Riga Football Club, commonly referred to as Riga FC, is a Latvian football club, founded in ______.
  32. Complete the sentence about Riga FC with the correct year: Since ______, the club has been playing in the Virslīga, the highest tier of the Latvian football league system.
  33. Complete the sentence about Riga FC with the correct year: After winning the ______ First League and earning promotion to the Higher League, the club changed its name to Riga FC.
  34. Complete the sentence about FK Ventspils with the correct year: In ______ FK Ventspils became the first Latvian club to participate in the group stages of a UEFA competition after beating BATE Borisov…
  35. Complete the sentence about FK Ventspils with the correct year: The next notable success for “Venta” was in ______, when they won the Latvian Cup.
  36. Complete the sentence about FK Ventspils with the correct year: By that time they had quite a fighting fit line-up, and ______ already was their golden year when Venta became champions.
  37. Complete the sentence about Skonto FC with the correct year: In ______, Skonto finished third in a close contest with FK Liepājas Metalurgs and FK Ventspils.
  38. Complete the sentence about Skonto FC with the correct year: In the same ______ season, Skonto FC made its debut in the Champion's League by beating the Faroe Islands champions Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfela…
  39. Complete the sentence about FK Jelgava with the correct year: Until ______ two Jelgava football clubs FK Viola and RAF Jelgava played in 1. līga.
  40. Complete the sentence about FK Jelgava with the correct year: In ______, it was made decision to merge both clubs into one forming FK Jelgava.
  41. Complete the sentence about FK Jelgava with the correct year: On 19 May ______ FK Jelgava won the Latvian Cup final in Skonto Stadium, beating FK Jūrmala-VV 6:5 in a penalty shoot out after the game h…
  42. Complete the sentence about Marians Pahars with the correct year: At 18, he signed for Pardaugava Riga moving on to Skonto Metāls and then into the Skonto first-team in ______.
  43. Complete the sentence about Māris Verpakovskis with the correct year: In ______ Verpakovskis joined another Latvian side, Skonto Riga, where he scored 41 goals in 77 appearances.
  44. Complete the sentence about Andrejs Rubins with the correct year: Born in Riga, Rubins started his career in ______ at FK Auda in the Latvian 2nd Division.
  45. Complete the sentence about Andrejs Rubins with the correct year: The following year he moved to Sweden with Östers, where he made eleven league appearances, before moving back to Latvia in ______ to…
  46. Complete the sentence about Andrejs Rubins with the correct year: In ______, Rubins moved to England, joining English Football League First Division club Crystal Palace.
  47. Complete the sentence about Andrejs Rubins with the correct year: In December ______, Rubins moved to Russia, initially to play for Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League on a free transfer.
  48. Complete the sentence about Aleksandrs Starkovs with the correct year: In ______ Starkovs went to FC Dynamo Moscow but it was not the right team for him, so soon Starkovs was back in Riga.
  49. Complete the sentence about Aleksandrs Starkovs with the correct year: Starkovs returned to Latvia in ______ and took over the Latvia national team, which had been struggling under Jurijs Andrejevs.
  50. Complete the sentence about Aleksandrs Starkovs with the correct year: In January ______ Starkovs left Skonto FC, signing a contract in Azerbaijan with FC Baku.
  51. Complete the sentence about Latvia at the Olympics with the correct year: The National Olympic Committee for Latvia was first created in ______.
  52. Complete the sentence about Latvia at the Olympics with the correct year: The current NOC is the Latvian Olympic Committee, which was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in ______.
  53. Complete the sentence about Jānis Lūsis with the correct year: The javelin competition at the ______ Games was the closest in Olympic history.
  54. Complete the sentence about Kristaps Porziņģis with the correct year: In Dallas, he was plagued by injuries and inconsistent play and was traded to the Washington Wizards in ______.
  55. Complete the sentence about Kristaps Porzingis with the correct year: In New York, Porziņģis was seen as one of the Knicks' potential cornerstones, and he was selected as an All-Star in ______.
  56. Complete the sentence about Latvia national basketball team with the correct year: Although after ______, Latvia were forced to suspend their national team operations, due to the Occupation of the Bal…
  57. Complete the sentence about Latvia national basketball team with the correct year: On 26 November ______, the Latvijas Basketbola Savienība was founded, earlier than most basketball federations from o…
  58. Complete the sentence about Latvia national basketball team with the correct year: On 13 December ______ in Riga, when the Lithuanian national team played their first international game.
  59. Complete the sentence about Ice hockey in Latvia with the correct year: The first hockey match in Latvia took place on February 15, ______, with two teams facing Union and Strēlnieka Dārzs.
  60. Complete the sentence about Ice hockey in Latvia with the correct year: In ______, Rīgas Strādnieku Sports un Sargs, a sports club of the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party began playing the so…
  61. Complete the sentence about Ice hockey in Latvia with the correct year: The first official game took place one year later, on February 15, ______, between Riga center and a team from Königsberg.
  62. Complete the sentence about Ice hockey in Latvia with the correct year: The first official game of the Latvia men's national ice hockey team, which consisted of pure amateurs, took place on February 2…
  63. Complete the sentence with the correct year: At the World Championships in ______, she first met Canada and lost the game with 0:14.
  64. Complete the sentence about Dinamo Riga with the correct year: For the first two seasons, he was assisted by Miroslav Miklošovič and Artis Ābols, but in ______, Viktors Ignatjevs replaced Miklošovič.
  65. Complete the sentence about Dinamo Riga with the correct year: On 27 April ______, the new head coach, Pekka Rautakallio, was announced.
  66. Complete the sentence about Sandis Ozoliņš with the correct year: Ozoliņš was drafted in the ______ NHL entry draft by the San Jose Sharks as the 8th pick of the second round, 30th overall.
  67. Complete the sentence about Sandis Ozoliņš with the correct year: Ozoliņš helped the Sharks to move beyond the first round of the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, losing in the ______…
  68. Complete the sentence about Artūrs Irbe with the correct year: Born during the Soviet era, Irbe played for various Soviet league teams and the Soviet Union national team before moving to North America…
  69. Complete the sentence about Artūrs Irbe with the correct year: Irbe was rated number 93 on The Hockey News list of the Top 100 Goalies of All-Time in ______.
  70. Complete the sentence about Artūrs Irbe with the correct year: Irbe was drafted in the 10th round, 196th overall, by the Minnesota North Stars in the ______ NHL entry draft.
  71. Complete the sentence about Artūrs Irbe with the correct year: The Soviet team won those two championships and Irbe was honoured as the best goalkeeper of the ______ tournament.
  72. Complete the sentence about Kaspars Daugaviņš with the correct year: The Senators selected him in the third round, 91st overall, in the ______ NHL entry draft.
  73. Complete the sentence about Kaspars Daugaviņš with the correct year: As a youth, Daugaviņš played in the ______ Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Riga.
  74. Complete the sentence about Zemgus Girgensons with the correct year: With this selection, Girgensons became at that time the highest-drafted Latvian in NHL history, 16 spots higher than previous highe…
  75. Complete the sentence about Skeleton at the Olympics with the correct year: Skeleton was first included in the Olympic programme at the ______ Winter Olympics in St.
  76. Complete the sentence about Mārtiņš Pļaviņš with the correct year: Pļaviņš and team mate Samoilovs represented Latvia at the ______ Summer Olympics in Beijing, China after which they stopped playing t…
  77. Complete the sentence about Mārtiņš Pļaviņš with the correct year: At the ______ European Beach Volleyball Championships, Pļaviņš and Šmēdiņš won the bronze medal.
  78. Complete the sentence about Latvia at the 2018 Winter Olympics with the correct year: Latvia has qualified two skaters for men's events for the Olympics during the four World Cup events in November __…
  79. Complete the sentence about Airbaltic with the correct year: After unsuccessful privatisation attempts, Latavio was declared insolvent in October ______.
  80. Complete the sentence about Airbaltic with the correct year: Operations started on 1 October ______ with the first Air Baltic aircraft, a Saab 340, in Riga, and that afternoon, the plane made the firs…
  81. Complete the sentence about Airbaltic with the correct year: In ______, the airline's first Avro RJ70 was delivered; and Air Baltic joined the SAS frequent flyer club as a partner.
  82. Complete the sentence about Rigas Satiksme with the correct year: The company PLC "Rīgas satiksme" was founded on February 20, ______, by merging the bus fleets "Imanta" and "Tālava".
  83. Complete the sentence about Rigas Satiksme with the correct year: The first buses appeared in Riga in ______, but before the First World War they had no significant transport value.
  84. Complete the sentence about Laima Clock with the correct year: In ______ the Laima Clock was fully reconstructed and its original design restored.
  85. Complete the sentence about Laima Clock with the correct year: Beginning from November 27, ______, the clock was reconstructed again.
  86. Complete the sentence about Latvijas Mobilais Telefons with the correct year: LMT announced on April 3, ______ that it was partnering with Hansabank to release the first ever mobile banking solution i…
  87. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Following the expansion, LMT announced the support for MMS on March 31, ______.
  88. Complete the sentence about Latvijas Mobilais Telefons with the correct year: After acquiring the licence, the initial release of the commercial UMTS network was in December ______.
  89. Complete the sentence about Lattelecom with the correct year: On January 14, ______, the agreement with TILTS Communications was concluded and SIA Lattelekom was established.
  90. Complete the sentence about Lattelecom with the correct year: Until January 1, ______, the company held a monopoly on fixed voice communication services.
  91. Complete the sentence about Latvijas Radio with the correct year: In December ______, under the second Soviet occupation, the station began broadcasting from Dome Square.
  92. Complete the sentence about Latvijas Radio with the correct year: Launched on 6 January ______, Latvijas Radio 3 is the only station in Latvia broadcasting classical music and jazz.
  93. Complete the sentence about Latvijas Televīzija with the correct year: LTV is a member of the European Broadcasting Union, having joined on 1 January ______.
  94. Complete the sentence about Latvijas Televīzija with the correct year: In ______, the Riga Television studio in Nometņu iela, Āgenskalns was created to produce its own programming and the first TV tow…
  95. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, it was renamed Panorāma, as it is known to this day.
  96. Complete the sentence about MikroTik with the correct year: In ______, with a value of €1.30 billion, Mikrotik was the 4th largest company in Latvia and the first private company to surpass €1 billion…
  97. Complete the sentence about Infogr.am with the correct year: As of October ______, Infogram says it has 3 million users who have created charts and infographics that have been viewed more than 1.5 bil…
  98. Complete the sentence about Infogr.am with the correct year: In December ______, Infogram acquired the Brazil-based data visualization blog, Visualoop.
  99. Complete the sentence about Latvijas Krājbanka with the correct year: Pasta krājkase was originally founded in ______ as the Latvian postal savings bank.
  100. Complete the sentence about Latvijas Krājbanka with the correct year: In ______, Latvijas Krājbanka's turnover was LVL 34.6 million, with a loss of LVL 1.9 million.

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