Kazakh Chronicles
Charged Questions
Artsy Matters
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Mind Maze
100

Which Kazakh poet and philosopher is considered the father of Kazakh written literature?

Abai Qunanbaiuly  

100

Which part of an electrochemical cell loses electrons?

Anode

100

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Leonardo da Vinci

100

Which movie features the line: “I’ll be back”?

Terminator

100

What comes next in the sequence: 1, 3, 7, 15, __?

31

1*2+1=3

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15*2+1=31


200

 What major body of water does Kazakhstan share with several other countries?

Caspian Sea

200

What is the term for the minimum potential at which an electrocatalyst begins to drive a significant current in a redox reaction, often used to compare catalytic activity?

Overpotential

200

Which artist is known for cutting off part of his own ear?

Vincent van Gogh

200

Which movie series features a character named Frodo Baggins?

The Lord of the Rings

200

A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 run away. How many are left?

9

All but 9 ran away

300

What is the traditional Kazakh beverage made from fermented mare’s milk?

Shubat

300

Which art movement is Salvador Dalí associated with?

Surrealism

300

Which film franchise includes the fictional African nation of Wakanda?

Black Panther

300

Which number completes the pattern:
1 = 5, 2 = 25, 3 = 325, 4 = 4325, 5 = ?

54325

Each result starts with the current number, followed by the previous result.

400

In which Kazakh region is the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the world’s first and largest space launch facility, located?

Kyzylorda

400

What is the selectivity of a gas sensor?

The ability to recognize the target gas among a mixture of gases.

400

Which artist is famous for painting water lilies in his garden at Giverny?

Claude Monet

400

Which film won Best Picture at the 2020 Academy Awards, making history as the first non-English language film to do so?

Parasite

400

You see a boat filled with people. It hasn’t sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on board. Why?

All the people were married

500

What is the name of the ancient Kazakh script discovered in the Orkhon Valley, used before the Arabic alphabet was adopted?

Runic Turkic

500

Which painter is known for her self-portraits and was married to Diego Rivera?

Frida Kahlo

500

Who directed the science fiction film Inception (2010)?

Christopher Nolan

500

A guard stands before a gate. A man walks up, and the guard says “12.” The man replies “6” and is let in. Another person comes, the guard says “6,” they reply “3” and are let in.
You come forward. The guard says “10.” What should you say?

3

The answer is the number of letters in the number. “Twelve” = 6 letters, answer was 6. "Ten" = 3


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