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THIS EXPRESSION was first formulated in two messages from the end of 1523 - beginning of 1524 by the elder of the Pskov Eleazar Monastery Philotheus, who equated Vasily III with Emperor Constantine.
"Moscow is the third Rome."
100
THIS future marshal, a Pole by origin, got a doubled consonant in his surname because of a regimental clerk when he settled in the USSR.
Konstantin Rokossovsky. The second "s" was added to the foreign surname Rokossovsky when the future marshal began serving in the USSR.
100
THAT was the length of the war between Israel and the Arab countries in 1967.
6 days. Also known as the "Six-Day War".
100
THIS is Carrie Bradshaw's favourite drink.
Cosmo (Cosmopolitan cocktail)
100
How many squares are there on a chessboard?
64
200
It is believed that in practice IT can be achieved already at 16.65 kilometers per second relative to the Earth. However, no one has been able to verify this practice yet.
Third cosmic velocity.
200
Monica is Ross's sister in a famous sitcom 'Friends'. What's their surname?
Geller
200
An episode of THIS WAR, which lasted 16 years, was the defense of Syracuse, in which the Romans were confronted by the technical genius of Archimedes.
The Second Punic War.
200
THIS is a traditional English dessert.
English Trifle
200
That's EXACTLY THAT MANY dots/pips on two standard dice.
42
300
One of the formulations of THIS is also Planck's postulate: the entropy of an ideal crystal at absolute zero temperature is zero.
Third law of thermodynamics.
300
The founder of this shoe brand is Gianvito. The designer began his career in the company of his father and founder of the legendary brand Sergio. The special feature of both brands of shoes has always been a combination of elegance, modern trends and femininity of silhouettes. These three elements are the basis of philosophy. What is the last name of Gianvito and Sergio?
Rossi
300
In Vladimir Sverzhin's novel, Empress Catherine II, commenting on the inexpediency of THIS WAR, noted that a tenth of the money spent would have been enough to buy the English parliament and force it to make the necessary decision.
The American War of Independence.
300
THIS is one of the ocean's most impressive animals. It is the largest known arthropod in the world and is the biggest one that lives in the waters around Japan.
The Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)
300
How many letters are in the Roman numeral for 2024?
6 (MMXXIV)
400
According to the plan, in IT the main character was supposed to end up in Siberia.
Third volume of "Dead Souls".
400
The small shrimp of the genus Odontonia have densely covered limbs with bristles. THIS surname with a double consonant is present in its full name.
Baggins. "Odontonia Bagginsie" received a "hobbit" name because of its small size and hairy legs.
400
IT was caused by mass complaints from farmers about the colossal number of individuals attacking wheat crops in the Campion district of Western Australia.
"The War with Emu". After World War I, thousands of soldiers recruited by the government to help settle lands moved to Western Australia. Tens of thousands of emus then migrated there in search of food in the dry, sparsely rained areas. Along the way, they trampled the settlers' crops. The government's response was swift: it sent soldiers with machine guns and assault rifles to kill more than 20,000 emus. But instead of a war, it turned into a ridiculous battle, which was later called the "Great Emu War".
400
HE is considered to be one of the most controversial fictional characters.
Alex DeLarge - 'A Clockwork Orange' by Anthony Burgess
400
How many black keys (sharps and flats) does a piano have?
36
500
Artist Natalia Orlova lamented that she allowed herself to use the appearance of her husband and her daughter to create the characters' images - the situation was too ambiguous. WHAT WORK did Natalia Orlova work on?
The cartoon "The Mystery of the Third Planet".
500
"I imagined the Great Wall of China to be more solid than it actually turned out to be. What I saw was an insignificant clay rampart with towers at some distance from each other; it is unlikely that the Chinese still believed that this wall could protect the state." Here is an excerpt from the diary of a Russian expedition in the early 20th century. The author of the diary?
Carl Gustaf Mannerheim. Baron, Finnish statesman and military leader, Marshal of Finland (1942). He made a career in the Russian Imperial Army, participating in the Russo-Japanese War and on the Eastern Front of World War I, and rising to the rank of lieutenant general by 1917. From 1931 - Chairman of the National Defense Council, from 1939 - Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Army. He carried out the reorganization and rearmament of the Finnish army and secured funding for the second stage of construction of a system of defensive fortifications on the Karelian Isthmus, called the Mannerheim Line.
500
After THIS battle, crocodiles were jokingly classified as "allies" of the British.
Battle of Ramree Island (Operation Matador). A battle during the Burma Campaign of World War II that took place over six weeks from 14 January to 22 February 1945 between the emus on Ramree Island, located off the coast of Burma. The British victory over the Japanese besieged on the island had little strategic significance, but it went down in history because of the mass attack of saltwater crocodiles on Japanese soldiers making their way through the swamp. Of the more than a thousand Japanese soldiers who were on the island, the British captured only 20, who were in a state of shock. 1,215 people were torn alive by crocodiles while trying to cross the island's swamps.
500
THIS native Mexican dog breed is one of the oldest in the worls.
The Xoloitzcuintle (or Xoloitzquintle, Xoloitzcuintli, or Xolo)
500
A standard baseball has THIS many stitches.
108