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  1. Complete the sentence about Cypriot Greek with the correct year: In ______, it was reported that 38% of the Turkish Cypriots were able to speak Greek along with Cypriot Turkish.
  2. Complete the sentence about Cypriot Greek with the correct year: A general overview of the phonology of Cypriot Greek has ever been attempted only once, by Newton ______, but parts of it are now conte…
  3. Complete the sentence about Cypriot Greek with the correct year: The table below, adapted from Arvaniti ______, p. 4, depicts the consonantal inventory of Cypriot Greek.
  4. Complete the sentence about Cypriot Arabic with the correct year: Traditionally bilingual in Cypriot Greek, as of some time prior to ______, all remaining speakers of Cypriot Arabic were over 30 years…
  5. Complete the sentence about Languages of Cyprus with the correct year: The earliest known Cypriot Greek inscription dates to c. ______ BC.
  6. Complete the sentence about Languages of Cyprus with the correct year: CG has a literary tradition that flourished before the Ottoman conquest of ______.
  7. Complete the sentence about Languages of Cyprus with the correct year: Kormakitis was a long-time stronghold of the language, but most Maronites relocated to the south and spread after ______, fuellin…
  8. Complete the sentence about Souvlaki with the correct year: The first known use of the word souvlaki in English was in ______.
  9. Complete the sentence about Meze with the correct year: Palestinian ethnographer Tawfiq Canaan described mezze in ______ as fruits, nuts, and bread that accompany spirits.
  10. Complete the sentence about Zivania with the correct year: Since ______, zivania has been protected under EU regulations as a name for grape marc produced in Cyprus.
  11. Complete the sentence about Commandaria with the correct year: In ______ Cyrus Redding in his book "A history and description of modern wines" makes reference to the wine of the "Commandery".
  12. Complete the sentence about Cypriot wine with the correct year: In ______, well after Dr Dikaios' death, the chemical signatures of 18 of these were examined by a team of Italian archaeologists led by…
  13. Complete the sentence about Lefkara lace with the correct year: In ______, it was added to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
  14. Complete the sentence about Painted Churches in the Troodos Region with the correct year: The Church of Panagia Chrysokourdaliotissa in Kourdali, Spilia, was submitted as a potential further extension…
  15. Complete the sentence about Cypriot literature with the correct year: The Assizes were translated into Italian by ______ and remain the largest collection of surviving medieval laws.
  16. Complete the sentence about Cypriot literature with the correct year: In ______ her novel Secret History of Sad Girls was banned in the TRNC and Turkey and she received multiple threats from Turkish n…
  17. Complete the sentence about Kyriakos Charalambides with the correct year: In ______, he has been elected by the Senate of the University of Cyprus to serve on its Council.
  18. Complete the sentence about Kyriakos Charalambides with the correct year: In ______ he was awarded the Costa and Eleni Ourani Award by the Athens Academy for his entire work in poetry.
  19. Complete the sentence about Kyriakos Charalambides with the correct year: In ______, he was awarded the Literary, Arts and Sciences Prize of the Republic of Cyprus.
  20. Complete the sentence about Costas Montis with the correct year: In ______ his 21-year-old brother George died of tuberculosis, and his brother Nikos died even younger, at the age of 16, of leukaemia.
  21. Complete the sentence about Costas Montis with the correct year: Instead he got a job in ______ in the Accounting Office of the Greek Mining Company in Nicosia.
  22. Complete the sentence about Costas Montis with the correct year: In ______ the mines were closed because of the Second World War, and Costas Montis worked as a teacher at a school of accounting in Mor…
  23. Complete the sentence about Costas Montis with the correct year: In ______ Costas Montis got engaged to his sweetheart, 19-year-old Ersi, daughter of Pantelis Constantinou and Maria Gabrielidou from M…
  24. Complete the sentence about Anna Vissi with the correct year: In ______, her family moved to Athens, where she was able to pursue her studies at the National Conservatory.
  25. Complete the sentence about Michalis Hatzigiannis with the correct year: In ______, Forbes listed him as the most popular Cypriot male singer in Cyprus and 22nd most powerful and influential celebrity…
  26. Complete the sentence about Michalis Hatzigiannis with the correct year: Hatzigiannis was born in Nicosia on 5 November ______, to his parent, Giannis and Rena.
  27. Complete the sentence about Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest with the correct year: Cyprus has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 42 times since its debut in ______.
  28. Complete the sentence about Eleni Foureira with the correct year: Foureira signed a solo contract with Universal Music Greece and released her self-titled debut album in ______.
  29. Complete the sentence about Cypriot cinema with the correct year: Since ______, Cypriot co-productions have been eligible for funding from the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund.
  30. Complete the sentence about Cypriot cinema with the correct year: In ______, Cypriot film production received a boost with the establishment of the island's Cinema Advisory Committee.
  31. Complete the sentence about Cyprus International Film Festival with the correct year: The International Film Festival of Cyprus has operated since ______ as an independent non-profit organisation.
  32. Complete the sentence about University of Cyprus with the correct year: Since September ______, the university credit point system is based on European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System.
  33. Complete the sentence about University of Nicosia with the correct year: In September ______, Intercollege became the University of Nicosia, Cyprus.
  34. Complete the sentence about European University Cyprus with the correct year: Ioannis Gregoriou in ______ founded the first Business College in Cyprus under the brand name "Cyprus College".
  35. Complete the sentence about European University Cyprus with the correct year: The college later developed into the current European University Cyprus in ______, following a change in the law to allow…
  36. Complete the sentence about European University Cyprus with the correct year: In ______, the university announced a planned expansion of the Frankfurt campus's academic curriculum.
  37. Complete the sentence about Saint Neophytos with the correct year: After much ado, the marriage contracts were broken and Neophytos went back to the monastery as a novice, becoming a tonsured monk in…
  38. Complete the sentence about Saint Neophytos with the correct year: In ______, however, Neophytos was allowed to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
  39. Complete the sentence about Cyprus national football team with the correct year: Cyprus' first international victory was a 3–1 win over Greece on 27 November ______ in a friendly.
  40. Complete the sentence about Cyprus national football team with the correct year: Four years later, in the Euro ______ qualification, Cyprus recorded their first ever point achieved in an away match, a…
  41. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______ they drew 1–1 with France in the World Cup qualifying match.
  42. Complete the sentence about APOEL FC with the correct year: In ______, there was a disagreement between Trust and Anorthosis Famagusta on the organisation of the fourth unofficial league.
  43. Complete the sentence about Omonia Nicosia with the correct year: Along with other left-wing teams such as Nea Salamina, Alki Larnaca and Orfeas Nicosia, Omonia helped create the Cyprus Amateur Footba…
  44. Complete the sentence about AC Omonia with the correct year: On 14 June ______, the football department of AC Omonoia became a professional for-profit football company, and is since known as Omonoia F…
  45. Complete the sentence about Anorthosis Famagusta with the correct year: Anorthosis was one of the founding clubs of the Cyprus Football Association in ______.
  46. Complete the sentence about Anorthosis Famagusta with the correct year: After the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in ______, they were forced to relocate to Larnaca where they now play their home matches a…
  47. Complete the sentence about Anorthosis Famagusta with the correct year: Thus, on 23 September ______, the Cyprus Football Association was established, with Anorthosis and 7 other clubs as the founding…
  48. Complete the sentence about AEL Limassol with the correct year: The club was founded on 4 October ______, with Stavros Pittas serving as the club's first president.
  49. Complete the sentence about AEL Limassol with the correct year: The football section of the club competed in its first game on 6 January ______ against PSC, winning 6–1 in Limassol.
  50. Complete the sentence about AEL Limassol with the correct year: AEL fans had to wait 12 years until tasting title success again, as the club finally became champions of Cyprus again in ______.
  51. Complete the sentence about AEK Larnaca with the correct year: The club was formed in ______ after a merger of two historical Larnaca clubs, EPA Larnaca and Pezoporikos.
  52. Complete the sentence about AEK Larnaca with the correct year: After several decades, in ______, the two clubs were merged and created AEK Larnaca.
  53. Complete the sentence about Apollon Limassol with the correct year: Founded in ______, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Division and has won the championship title four times, the cup n…
  54. Complete the sentence about Apollon Limassol with the correct year: On 14 April ______, the general assembly of these members with leader Mr Christakis Pavlides proposes the foundation of an athletic…
  55. Complete the sentence about Cypriot First Division with the correct year: Anorthosis Famagusta FC was founded in ______, after which many other clubs were established.
  56. Complete the sentence about Cypriot First Division with the correct year: In ______, the annual Cypriot Championship began, at first unofficially.
  57. Complete the sentence about Cypriot First Division with the correct year: The first Champions of Cyprus were Trust in ______, but the club folded three years later.
  58. Complete the sentence about Cypriot First Division with the correct year: From ______, the champions of Cyprus could compete in the European Cup and the Cup winners in the European Cup Winners Cup.
  59. Complete the sentence about Cyprus at the Olympics with the correct year: Cyprus officially made its debut in ______ and has participated in every Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games.
  60. Complete the sentence about Cyprus at the Olympics with the correct year: Cypriot athletes first participated in the modern Olympic Games during the inaugural ______ Athens Olympics.
  61. Complete the sentence about Cyprus at the Olympics with the correct year: At the ______ Berlin Olympics, she competed in the 100 meters and the 80 meters hurdles.
  62. Complete the sentence about Pavlos Kontides with the correct year: Kontides won the Laser competition at the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships in ______.
  63. Complete the sentence about Kyriakos Ioannou with the correct year: Due to an injury, he didn't start in the qualifying rounds at the ______ World Championships in Daegu where he was one of the favour…
  64. Complete the sentence about Kyriakos Ioannou with the correct year: In ______, still injured, he arrived to qualifying to the Olympic final in London where he finished 12th with 2.20 m.
  65. Complete the sentence about Kyriakos Ioannou with the correct year: Ioannou competed at the ______ Commonwealth Games, winning the silver medal with a SB of 2.28 m.
  66. Complete the sentence about Marcos Baghdatis with the correct year: On 28 January ______, he received an exemption from the otherwise mandatory Cypriot national service so that he could concentrate on…
  67. Complete the sentence about Cyprus Open with the correct year: The tournament, promoted by International Sports Management, was the first of two back-to-back Cyprus based events on the European Tour c…
  68. Complete the sentence about Cyprus Rally with the correct year: The Cyprus Rally is a rallying competition held yearly in Cyprus since ______.
  69. Complete the sentence about Cyprus Rally with the correct year: The Cyprus Rally rejoined the WRC in ______, taking advantage of the new regulations to become the only mixed surface event.
  70. Complete the sentence about Cyprus national basketball team with the correct year: Cyprus joined FIBA in ______, where the team has mostly competed in smaller competitions such as the Games of the Sma…
  71. Complete the sentence about Cyprus national basketball team with the correct year: Cyprus made its first appearance on the international scene in qualification for EuroBasket ______.
  72. Complete the sentence about Cyprus national basketball team with the correct year: For qualification to EuroBasket ______, Cyprus was placed into Group A during the qualifiers; although the team would…
  73. Complete the sentence about Cyprus Olympic Committee with the correct year: Cyprus' best placing in the Commonwealth Games came in ______ at Delhi, India, when the island was 10th among 75 nations in…
  74. Complete the sentence about Cyprus Olympic Committee with the correct year: Since ______, six individuals have served as President of the Cyprus Olympic Committee.
  75. Complete the sentence about GSP Stadium with the correct year: During the World Cup ______ qualifying round it was used as home for all matches of Cyprus.
  76. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______ the east stand was named the 'Quality Stand' after the club's main sponsor.
  77. Complete the sentence about Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation with the correct year: CyBC was partially funded by a tax on electric bills, a practice which ended on 1 July ______; CyBC is currently fund…
  78. Complete the sentence about Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation with the correct year: CyBC began as the Cyprus Broadcasting Service, with its first radio broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday, 4 October ______.
  79. Complete the sentence about Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation with the correct year: CyBC was admitted as an associate member of the European Broadcasting Union on 1 January ______, becoming an active m…
  80. Complete the sentence about Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation with the correct year: On 1 July ______ all analogue television transmissions ended, and CyBC broadcasts on its own DVB-T network.
  81. Complete the sentence about Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation with the correct year: Events simulcast in HD by CyBC in ______ included Formula 1 auto racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racing, the Eurovision…
  82. Complete the sentence about Phileleftheros with the correct year: From ______ and for many years, Christakis Katsampas served as chief editor.
  83. Complete the sentence about Phileleftheros with the correct year: Following Pattichis's death in ______, his son Christophoros N.
  84. Complete the sentence about Cyprus Mail with the correct year: Established in ______, it is published every day except Monday, and most of the local articles are available on its website.
  85. Complete the sentence about Cyprus Telecommunications Authority with the correct year: Branded as miVision then, Cyta entered in ______ the digital and interactive television market.
  86. Complete the sentence about Flag of Cyprus with the correct year: In ______, Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities separated because of Cypriot intercommunal violence.
  87. Complete the sentence about Coat of arms of Cyprus with the correct year: The coat of arms of the Republic of Cyprus was adopted after the island became an independent republic in ______.
  88. Complete the sentence about Coat of arms of Cyprus with the correct year: Below the dove appears the year "______", marking the year of Cypriot independence from British rule.
  89. Complete the sentence about Coat of arms of Cyprus with the correct year: Official descriptions specify the colour of the shield as copper, Pantone ______ C, referring to Cyprus's ancient association…
  90. Complete the sentence about Coat of arms of Cyprus with the correct year: In heraldic terminology, the arms have been blazoned as: "Or a dove rising proper in its beak argent an olive branch proper; i…
  91. Complete the sentence about Coat of arms of Cyprus with the correct year: The coat of arms of the Republic of Cyprus depicts a dove carrying an olive branch, symbolizing peace, over "______", the year…
  92. Complete the sentence about Coat of arms of Cyprus with the correct year: In March ______, a slight change to the layout of the arms was made.
  93. Complete the sentence about Ochi Day with the correct year: As a result, Ohi Day has been commemorated annually since ______ on October 28.
  94. Complete the sentence about Vraka with the correct year: By the year ______ most of the Orthodox families returned to Montenegro and Serbia.
  95. Complete the sentence about Vraka with the correct year: In ______ most of the minority community of Vraka went to Montenegro.
  96. Complete the sentence about Cypro-Minoan with the correct year: The term "Cypro-Minoan" was coined by Arthur Evans in ______ based on its visual similarity to Linear A on Minoan Crete, from which CM i…
  97. Complete the sentence about Cypro-Minoan with the correct year: An unusual find was copper ingots recovered in ______ from a Bronze Age shipwreck by underwater archaeologists near Cape Gelidonya.
  98. Complete the sentence about Cypro-Minoan with the correct year: The earliest known CM inscription of any real length was a clay tablet discovered in ______ at the ancient site of Enkomi, near the east…
  99. Which place completes this sentence about Costas Montis? In 1940 the mines were closed because of the Second World War, and Costas Montis worked as a teacher at a school of accounting in ______.
  100. Which place completes this sentence about Costas Montis? In 1942 Costas Montis got engaged to his sweetheart, 19-year-old Ersi, daughter of Pantelis Constantinou and Maria Gabrielidou from ______.

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