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Game "Unite the Nations"

Questions
Arts
Norway

1. Who painted "Vampyr (Vampire)"?

  1. Edvard Munch
  2. Odd Nerdrum
  3. Jacob Widemann
  4. Kristian Krogh

2. Which Norwegian film won an Oscar award for best foreign film?

  1. Sondagsengler (The other side of Sunday)
  2. Veiviseren (Ofelas/Pathfinder)
  3. Bundbringeren (Jump mail)
  4. Hodet over vannet (Head above water)

3. Who wrote "Sofies Verden" (Sophies World)?

  1. Jostein Gaarder
  2. Erlend Loe
  3. Halvard Flatland
  4. Kjell Magne Bondevik


Greece

4. What was the real name of the famous painter "El Greco"?

  1. Theotocopoulos
  2. Theodoridis
  3. Theophanopoulos
  4. Theodoropoulos

5. Who was the Greek Writer who composed the plays "Antigone" and "Electra"?

  1. Sophocles
  2. Aeschylus
  3. Pericles
  4. Euripides

6. Who was the Greek poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?

  1. Ritsos
  2. Papadiamantis
  3. Samarakis
  4. Sepheris

 

Indonesia

7. From the following list of music, which ones come from West Java:

  1. Saron
  2. Angklung
  3. Tifa
  4. Gamelan

8. Where is the kecak dance from?

  1. Bali
  2. Sumatra
  3. Java
  4. Lombok

9. Where is "Karapan Sapi" (cow race) from?

  1. Madura
  2. Bali
  3. East Java
  4. Irian Jaya


Sweden

10. Who wrote the popular children ‘s book "Pippi Longstocking"?

  1. Wilhelm Moberg
  2. Astrid Lindgren
  3. Elsa Beskow
  4. Peter Joback

11. Who was Carl Larsson?

  1. a painter
  2. a singer
  3. a dancer
  4. a politician

12. What’ s the name of the director of "Fanny and Alexander"?

  1. Bo Widerberg
  2. Steven Spielberg
  3. Ingmar Bergman
  4. Jan Troell


Croatia

13. Marko Marulic was a Croatian writer that wrote:

  1. Osman
  2. Dubravka
  3. Judita
  4. The Bible

14. Which Croatian film is nominated for Oscar 1998?

  1. Red dust
  2. Transantlantic
  3. Mondo Bobo
  4. Titanic

15. Who wrote the first Croatian opera?

  1. Zajc
  2. Lisinski
  3. Bach
  4. Runjanin


Argentina

16. In 1974, the cinema actor and director, Sergio Renán, make the movie La Tregua (The Truce), that tells the story of a clerk who falls in love with a young woman? Which were the main actors in this movie?

  1. Hector Alterio/Soledad Silveyra
  2. Ana Maria Picchio?Alberto Mendoza
  3. Norma Leandro/Lautaro Murua
  4. Hector Alterio/Ana Maria Picchio

17. In 1984, first years of the democracy in Argentina, it’ s presented for the first time the movie Camila. The movie tells the tragic story of Camila Ogorman during the government of Rosas. The main characters of the movie are Susú Pecoraro, Imanol Arias and Héctor Alterio. Which director produced the film?

  1. Adolfo Aristarian
  2. Ricardo Wullicher
  3. Maria Luisa Bemberg
  4. Héctor Olivera

18. One of the most important Spanish speaker producers all over the world, Leopoldo Torres Nilsson, loved two women, Pilar Barcos, and a second one who wrote the book La casa del ángel ("The angel house" ). Who is this mythic woman?

  1. Victoria Ocampo
  2. Lita Stonick
  3. Marta Mercader
  4. Beatriz Guido

 

Canada

19. What Canadian female singer was born in Charlemagne, Quebec, and made music for a huge hit movie released in 1997?

  1. Anne Murray
  2. Celine Dion
  3. Barbra Streisand
  4. Holy Cole

20. Which Canadian singer founded Lilith Fair?

  1. Paula Cole
  2. Shania Twain
  3. Sarah McLaughlan
  4. Lisa Lord

21. Which Canadian born movie was known as America’s sweatheart?

  1. Michael J. Fox
  2. Mary Pickford
  3. Dan Ackeroyd
  4. Shirley Temple

 

USA

22. Which movie did Madeline Kahn win a Tony for?

  1. "Paper Moon"
  2. "The Sister’s Rosenweig"
  3. "Young Frankenstein"
  4. none of the above

23. Which singer expressed their feeling in the song "I will survive"?

  1. Aretha Franklin
  2. Patti LaBelle
  3. Gloria Gaynor
  4. None of the above

24. What movie did Woody Allen write and act in?

  1. "Antz"
  2. "What’s New Pussycat?"
  3. "Take Money and Run"
  4. "New Yorker"

 

United Kingdom

25. We like all sorts of pop music – Cher, Five, All Saints and 911. Who sings the song called ‘Girlfriend’?

  1. Spice Girls
  2. Cher
  3. Five
  4. Billie

 

Bulgaria

26. Which of these dances is a Bulgarian folk one?

  1. Walz
  2. Ring dance
  3. Belly-dance

27. What is "The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices"?

  1. A book on folklore
  2. A folk-song group
  3. A musical comedy

28. Who do we call the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature?

  1. Ivan Vasov
  2. Aleko Konstantinov
  3. Lybomir Levchev

 

Russia

29. Where is the great Russian poet A. Pushkin buried?

  1. Novodevichie cemetery , Moscow
  2. Svyatogorsky monastery, Pskov region
  3. Zimni Palace, St. Petersburg
  4. Ippatiev monastery, Kostroma

 

Lithuania

30. Who wrote the words and the music for the country anthem of Lithuania?

  1. A. Brazauskas
  2. B. Krisciuniene
  3. V. Kudirka

31. What is the Lithuanian stringed instrument?

  1. Guitar
  2. Violin
  3. Kankles
  4. Drums

32. What grand duke’s monument is in the Cathedral’s square in Vilnius?

  1. Vladimir
  2. Gediminas
  3. Egidijus

 

Macedonia

33. Which is the national Macedonian instrument?

  1. Guitar
  2. Trumpet
  3. Shepherd’s pipe
  4. Piano

34. What is the name of the Macedonian movie, which was nominated for the Oscar in 1995 in the foreign film category?

  1. Across the lake
  2. Before the rain
  3. Gypsy magic
  4. Powder keg

35. Who wrote the famous poem "Longing for the south" (T’ga za jug)?

  1. Konstantin Miladinov
  2. Grigor Prlicev
  3. Rajko Zhinzifov
  4. Blazhe Koneski

 

Finland

36. Who is Eino Leino?

  1. a poet
  2. a president
  3. an athlete

37. Who composed Finlandia?

  1. Martti Ahtisaari
  2. Jean Sibelius
  3. Esa-Pekka Salonen

38. When did Kalevala appeared first time?

  1. 1792
  2. 1807
  3. 1835
  4. 1868

 

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