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  1. Complete the sentence about Bryndza with the correct year: The word was first recorded as brençe, described as "Vlach cheese", in the Croatian port of Dubrovnik in ______.
  2. Complete the sentence about Kapustnica with the correct year: In ______, it became his diploma work at the graduation course of the Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts.
  3. Complete the sentence about Kapustnica with the correct year: The painting was created by the artist in ______ as a final work in his fifth year of study at the Higher Art School of the Imperial Acade…
  4. Complete the sentence about Pirohy with the correct year: The recipe itself dates back to at least ______, when Poland's first cookbook, Compendium ferculorum, albo Zebranie potraw, was published.
  5. Complete the sentence about Slivovitz with the correct year: In ______, the Monastery's spirit was presented at a spirits competition in Antwerp, Belgium, where it won a bronze medal.
  6. Complete the sentence about Slivovitz with the correct year: In ______, in cooperation with the Bulgarian government, the Czech distillery Rudolf Jelinek protected the brands "Troyanska slivova" and "…
  7. Complete the sentence about Kofola with the correct year: In ______, Kofola created a Christmas TV commercial that became one of the most successful ads on Czech television.
  8. Complete the sentence about Kofola with the correct year: After the fall of the communist regime in ______, Kofola had to compete with foreign brands that entered the new open market.
  9. Complete the sentence about Kofola with the correct year: In ______, the brand was purchased by the Samaras family from Opava.
  10. Complete the sentence about Kofola with the correct year: In ______, Kofola acquired Pinelli and has since produced the energy drink Semtex.
  11. Complete the sentence about Gorals with the correct year: Another peasant rebellion in Podhale occurred in ______, when Gorals and local peasants rebelled against high taxes and oppressive rule impose…
  12. Complete the sentence about Čičmany with the correct year: In year ______ was 119 people by religion 106 from Roman Catholic Church and 13 from None.
  13. Complete the sentence about Juraj Jánošík with the correct year: A 7.5m metal statue of Jánošík, sculpted by Ján Kulich in ______, stands on a hill overlooking the Vrátna Valley near his home town of…
  14. Complete the sentence about Juraj Jánošík with the correct year: Jánošík was born on 25 January ______, and baptised shortly after.
  15. Complete the sentence about Martin Kukučín with the correct year: Temporarily buried in Zagreb, he was interred in the National Cemetery in Martin in October ______.
  16. Complete the sentence about Martin Kukučín with the correct year: On May 17, ______, Google Doodle commemorated Martin Kukucin's 150th birthday.
  17. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The rest of the house burned down in a fire on 16 August ______.
  18. Complete the sentence about Andrej Sládkovič with the correct year: In ______, together with Samuel Jurkovič, he contributed to create the "slovak national theater" in Sobotište.
  19. Complete the sentence about Andrej Sládkovič with the correct year: Since ______ until his death in Radvaň, he served as a pastor.
  20. Complete the sentence about Ladislav Mňačko with the correct year: In the autumn of ______, he went to Israel in protest against the official position of Czechoslovakia during the Six-Day War, but he…
  21. Complete the sentence about Ladislav Mňačko with the correct year: After the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact in August ______, he emigrated again, this time to Austria, where…
  22. Complete the sentence about Ladislav Mňačko with the correct year: After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in ______, which he strongly opposed, he moved to Prague.
  23. Complete the sentence about Dominik Tatarka with the correct year: In ______, The Demon of Consent was published in a book form and became widely known.
  24. Complete the sentence about Slovak literature with the correct year: The first Slovak language book printed in territory of today's Slovakia is Bardejov Catechism of ______.
  25. Complete the sentence about Slovak literature with the correct year: Jan Holly's epic poem Svätopluk, published in ______, serves as the most significant text of the period.
  26. Complete the sentence about Slovak literature with the correct year: Dramatist Ján Chalupka's first works were in Czech, but after ______ he started writing in Slovak and translated Czech originals in…
  27. Complete the sentence about Samo Chalupka with the correct year: When an uprising against Russia broke out in Poland in ______, Samo Chalupka interrupted his long studies and fought on the Polish side…
  28. Complete the sentence about Ján Botto with the correct year: Born into a family of farmers, he began to attend Latin Gymnasium at Ožďany and from ______ the Evangelical lyceum at Levoča, where he wrot…
  29. Complete the sentence about Ján Botto with the correct year: From ______ he had been engaged as a land surveyor in different towns throughout Slovakia, Zvolen, Martin and Banská Štiavnica.
  30. Complete the sentence about Ján Botto with the correct year: In ______ he wrote one of his most important ballads, Smrť Jánošíkova /Death of Jánošík/.
  31. Complete the sentence about Pavol Dobšinský with the correct year: Pavol Dobšinský was born on 16 March ______ in Slavošovce in Rožňava District.
  32. Complete the sentence about Jozef Miloslav Hurban with the correct year: After ordination, he served as a Lutheran chaplain in Berezó, and from ______ served as a priest in Luboka.
  33. Complete the sentence about Jozef Miloslav Hurban with the correct year: Subsequently, from ______ on, he was assigned responsibilities as a superintendent of the Slovak Evangelical Church.
  34. Complete the sentence about Peter Pišťanek with the correct year: In the 1980s, Pišťanek was a co-founder and drummer in the music group Devínska Nová Vec, named after the Bratislava borough where he…
  35. Complete the sentence about Peter Pišťanek with the correct year: In ______, it was adapted into a feature film of the same name by director Vladimir Balco, with music by Jaroslav Filip and a minor ro…
  36. Complete the sentence about Rivers of Babylon with the correct year: Rivers of Babylon is a ______ thriller novel by Slovak author Peter Pišťanek.
  37. Complete the sentence about Rivers of Babylon with the correct year: A film of the same name, directed by Vladimir Balco and produced by Marian Urban, was released in ______.
  38. Complete the sentence with the correct year: After the war, he returned to Prague, where he lived until ______.
  39. Complete the sentence about Martin Benka with the correct year: In ______, he participated in the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne.
  40. Complete the sentence about Martin Benka with the correct year: In ______, he was provided with a country home, studio and gallery near Martin, at state expense.
  41. Complete the sentence about Ladislav Medňanský with the correct year: Mednyánszky met the Austrian artist Thomas Ender in ______ when Ender visited the chateau.
  42. Complete the sentence about Ladislav Medňanský with the correct year: After the death of his professor, Isidore Pils, in ______, Mednyánszky left the École and began practicing independently from Mont…
  43. Complete the sentence about Ladislav Medňanský with the correct year: Mednyánszky held his only solo exhibition at the Galerie Georges Petit in Paris in ______.
  44. Complete the sentence about Koloman Sokol with the correct year: In ______ he returned to Slovakia, where he taught at the Slovak University of Technology and at the Comenius University.
  45. Complete the sentence about Andy Warhol with the correct year: After Warhol survived an assassination attempt in ______, the Factory evolved into a business enterprise.
  46. Complete the sentence about Andy Warhol with the correct year: Andy Warhol was born Andrew Warhola Jr. on August 6, ______, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  47. Complete the sentence about Andy Warhol with the correct year: In ______, Warhol's father emigrated to the United States and found work in a coal mine.
  48. Complete the sentence about Warhol Family Museum of Modern Art with the correct year: The museum was founded on 1 September ______, as a joint initiative of John Warhola, brother of the late Andy Warh…
  49. Complete the sentence about Warhol Family Museum of Modern Art with the correct year: The original name of the museum, The Warhol Family Museum of Modern Art, was changed to the current name in ______…
  50. Complete the sentence about Warhol Family Museum of Modern Art with the correct year: On 16 November ______, a monument to Warhol, consisting in a 230 cm statue, created by Juraj Bartusz, was unveiled…
  51. Complete the sentence about Slovak National Museum with the correct year: The first permanent exposition funded from a national collection was opened in Martin in ______.
  52. Complete the sentence about Slovak National Museum with the correct year: The Slovak National Geographic and History Museum was established in Bratislava in ______ by the Slovak National Geographic an…
  53. Complete the sentence about Slovak National Museum with the correct year: In ______, the Slovak National Geographic and History Museum and the Agricultural Museum were merged into the Slovak Museum.
  54. Complete the sentence about Slovak National Museum with the correct year: In ______, the Slovak Museum and the Slovak National Museum in Martin were merged into the Slovak National Museum, based in Br…
  55. Complete the sentence about Slovak National Theatre with the correct year: The opera of the SNT began its activities on 1 March ______ with the production of The Kiss by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana…
  56. Complete the sentence about Slovak National Theatre with the correct year: The ballet section of the theatre made its debut with a production of Coppélia by Léo Delibes on 19 May ______.
  57. Complete the sentence about Slovak National Theatre with the correct year: Austrian sculptor Viktor Oskar Tilgner built the Ganymede fountain located in front of the theatre in ______.
  58. Complete the sentence about Eugen Suchoň with the correct year: In ______, at the age of twelve, he started taking piano lessons at the Bratislava School of Music with the distinguished musician Frico…
  59. Complete the sentence about Eugen Suchoň with the correct year: The work was premiered in Bratislava in ______, and performed the same year in Prague and Košice.
  60. Complete the sentence about Ján Levoslav Bella with the correct year: In ______ however, visiting Vienna and Prague, he heard for the first time the music of, amongst others, Robert Schumann, Richard…
  61. Complete the sentence about Ján Levoslav Bella with the correct year: Banská Bystrica's Ján Levoslav Bella Conservatory, founded in ______, is named after him.
  62. Complete the sentence about Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský with the correct year: In ______, he performed together with Czech barytonist Bohumír Nepomucký on the concert tour through Europe.
  63. Complete the sentence about Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský with the correct year: After returning to Trnava, in ______, he became regenschori at the Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Trnava and remained at this…
  64. Complete the sentence about Peter Dvorský with the correct year: During the study, he made his professional opera debut at the Slovak National Theatre in ______, as Lensky in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Oneg…
  65. Complete the sentence about Peter Dvorský with the correct year: A year later, he won the national singing contest named after Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský at Trnava in ______.
  66. Complete the sentence about Peter Dvorský with the correct year: In ______, he won the first prize at the international Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
  67. Complete the sentence about Peter Dvorský with the correct year: In ______, he won first place in the singing contest at the Geneva International Music Competition.
  68. Complete the sentence about Lucia Poppová with the correct year: In ______, Herbert von Karajan invited her to join the Vienna State Opera, where she debuted as Barbarina in Mozart's The Marriage of F…
  69. Complete the sentence about Lucia Poppová with the correct year: Popp had strong ties to the Vienna State Opera throughout her career, and in ______ was named an Austrian Kammersängerin.
  70. Complete the sentence about Lucia Poppová with the correct year: In ______, she began a long relationship with Peter Jonas, who was then artistic administrator of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
  71. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Popp died of brain cancer in ______ in Munich, Germany, at the age of 54.
  72. Complete the sentence about Elán with the correct year: Elán is a Slovak pop rock band founded in ______ by elementary school classmates Jožo Ráž, Vašo Patejdl, Juraj Farkaš, and Zdeno Baláž.
  73. Complete the sentence about Elán with the correct year: Elán performed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships ______ in Liberec, Czech Republic, as part of the championship's entertainment festivit…
  74. Complete the sentence about Elán with the correct year: The group became known to the general public in ______ after winning the silver prize with the song "Kaskadér" at Bratislavská lýra.
  75. Complete the sentence about Elán with the correct year: A significant change in the band's direction was the arrival of Ján Baláž, previously with Modus, in ______.
  76. Complete the sentence about Marika Gombitová with the correct year: The second solo single by Gombitová, "Študentská láska," was issued in ______.
  77. Complete the sentence about Miro Žbirka with the correct year: In ______, he rose to fame by winning the annual Zlatý slavík award for the best male singer in Czechoslovakia.
  78. Complete the sentence about Tina with the correct year: Tina co-hosted the ______ edition of Czech/Slovak television series SuperStar alongside Leoš Mareš.
  79. Complete the sentence about Ivan Mládek with the correct year: Born in Prague, He started his career in the mid-1950s, and moved to Paris in ______, before returning to his homeland in the early 1970s…
  80. Complete the sentence about Ivan Mládek with the correct year: In ______ Mládek emigrated to France to pursue his music career in Paris.
  81. Complete the sentence about Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest with the correct year: Slovakia has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest seven times, debuting in ______.
  82. Complete the sentence about Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest with the correct year: In the first three finals that Slovakia participated in, it placed no better than 18th, which it achieved in…
  83. Complete the sentence about Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest with the correct year: Karel Gott, one of the most popular Czechoslovak artists, represented Austria in the ______ contest, held in…
  84. Complete the sentence about Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest with the correct year: Furthermore, the Prague Theatre of Illuminated Drawings from the Czech capital performed as interval act in t…
  85. Complete the sentence about Dežo Ursiny with the correct year: In ______, he joined the Beatmen, who had formed shortly before, as lead guitarist and vocalist.
  86. Complete the sentence about Dežo Ursiny with the correct year: In December ______, they performed at the first Czechoslovak Beat Festival, held at Lucerna, in Prague, winning first place in a contest…
  87. Complete the sentence about Dežo Ursiny with the correct year: In ______, Ursiny formed the New Soulmen, with Ján Lehotský on keyboards, Fedor Letňan on bass, and Peter Mráz on drums.
  88. Complete the sentence about Sisa Sklovská with the correct year: Slovak president Ivan Gašparovič attended her wedding to Juraj Lelkes in January ______.
  89. Complete the sentence about Slovak film with the correct year: The first Slovak full-length feature movie was Jaroslav Siakeľ's Jánošík in ______.
  90. Complete the sentence about Slovak film with the correct year: Martin Frič's Jánošík of ______ was released internationally, including in Italy and Germany, and was shown in Slovak-American communitie…
  91. Complete the sentence about Slovak film with the correct year: The Communist Party, which valued the propaganda potential of cinema, took power in Czechoslovakia in the coup d'état of ______.
  92. Complete the sentence about Juraj Herz with the correct year: Herz was born in ______ in Kežmarok, in modern-day Slovakia, to Jewish parents.
  93. Complete the sentence about Juraj Herz with the correct year: In ______, it won the Festival de Cine de Sitges Best Film award, as well as awards for Hrušínský and cinematographer Stanislav Milota.
  94. Complete the sentence about Juraj Herz with the correct year: Herz's ______ film Day for My Love, a drama about the death of a child, was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.
  95. Complete the sentence about Ján Kadár with the correct year: Kadár returned to finish the latter one from the United States, where he immigrated in November ______.
  96. Complete the sentence about Jozef Murgaš with the correct year: After priestly ordination in ______, Murgaš worked as a curate.
  97. Complete the sentence about Jozef Murgaš with the correct year: In ______, he received his first two US patents: the Apparatus for wireless telegraphy and The way of transmitted messages by wireless t…
  98. Complete the sentence about Ján Bahýľ with the correct year: In ______ he graduated from the Mining Academy of Banská Štiavnica with a diploma in technical drawing.
  99. Complete the sentence about Ján Bahýľ with the correct year: The new assignment allowed Bahýľ to study at the Vienna Military Academy, where he graduated in ______ and was commissioned as a lieutenant…
  100. Complete the sentence about Wolfgang Kempelen with the correct year: In ______, he published a book containing his nearly twenty years of speech research, Mechanismus der menschlichen Sprache Nebst Be…

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