What is the most expensive musical instrument in the world?
(A violin, known as the 'Hammer', made in 1707 by Antonio Stradivari sold for $3.5 million at Christie's, New York, USA on 15 May, 2006)
100
THE MOST POPULAR SPORT IN THE WORLD
What is football?
100
THE MOST VIEWED PAINTING IN THE WORLD
What is the Mona Lisa?
(About 6m people view it every year)
100
THE CHEETAH
What is the fastest animal on land?
(120km/h)
200
GERLACHOVSKY STIT
What is the highest peak in Slovakia?
200
THE BIGGEST SELLING ALBUM OF ALL TIME.
What is "Thriller" by Micheal Jackson?
(42.4m certified sales, 2014)
200
THE MARATHON
What is the longest (Olympic) foot race?
(42km)
200
THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH
What is the oldest book/story in the world?
(Oldest complete version 1500 – 1200 BC)
200
THE SECOND LONGEST EUROPEAN RIVER
What is the Danube?
(2860km)
300
BRATISLAVA
What is the biggest city in Slovakia?
300
THE TRUMPET
What is the loudest instrument (in an orchestra)?
300
THE FASTEST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Who is Usain Bolt?
(2013, 100m in 9.72s)
300
The Card Players, by Paul Cézanne
What is the most expensive painting ever sold?
($250m,2014)
300
COAST REDWOOD (Sequoia sempervirens)
What is the tallest tree in the world?
(115.7m)
400
The Tatras National Park (TANAP)
What is the oldest national park in Slovakia?
400
A FLUTE
What is the oldest musical instrument ever found?
(35 000 years old, made from animal bone, in Germany)
400
GARETH BALE
Who is the most expensive footballer in the world?
(£86m, 2013)
400
"JESUS WEPT"
What is the shortest verse in the bible?
(John, 11:35)
400
BRAZILIAN WANDERING SPIDER
What is the most venomous spider in the world?
Its venom is so potent that only 0.006 mg
is enough to kill a mouse.
500
40.3°C recorded in Hurbanovo on July 20, 2007.
What is the warmest temperature ever in Slovakia?
500
Symphony No 1 (Gothic) by Havergal
What is the longest symphony ever written?
(115 minutes)
500
6.16 metres
What is the highest jump in sport?
(World pole vault record Feb, 2014)
500
HERODOTUS
Who was the earliest (first) historian?
(484 – c. 420 BC, Halicarnassus, "Father of History")
500
THE MARIANA TRENCH
What is the deepest part of the world's oceans?
(11km)