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200
This gate was built by the Prussians to symbolise peace and victory
What is the Brandenburg Gate?
200
The periodic symbol for gold
What is AU?
200
Though this soviet leader never won it, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 and 1948 for his efforts to end World War II
Who is Joseph Stalin?
200
At his funeral in St. Petersburg in February 1907 AD, students of this charismatic professor from the St. Petersburg Technological Institute and the St. Petersburg State University carried a large copy of the periodic table behind the hearse. A fitting tribute to the man who discovered the periodic laws and devised that table.
Who is Dmitri Mendeleev?
200
This great writer, if he existed at all, wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who is Homer?
400
Approximately this percentage of the highways in Germany (Autobahn) have no speed limit
What is 65%?
400
The U.S. abandoned the gold standard in this year to curb inflation and prevent foreign nations from overburdening the system by redeeming their dollars for gold
When was 1971?
400
The first president of Russia after the fall of the C.C.C.P
Who is Boris Yeltsin?
400
This scientist held some 350 patents by the time of his death, had founded several successful companies (most of which manufactured armaments), and had built laboratories in more than 20 countries .
Who is Alfred Nobel?
400
The writer of War and peace and Anna Karenina, Charlie Brown reffered to him as "Leo's Toy Store"
Who is Leo Tolstoy?
600
Germany adopted DST in this year
What is 1916?
600
This Shakespearean comedy involves Theseus, king of Athens
What is a Midsummer Night's Dream?
600
During the Cold War, the USSR was able to tell a Soviet passport was a forgery because these in real soviet passports would corrode due to the poor quality of metal.
What are staples?
600
In the year 416 AD, a mob of Christian radicals stormed a carriage in the streets of Alexandria, dragged the women within into a nearby church, where they beat her with roofing tiles. Thus died this great scientist, the first great female scholar of mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy
Who is Hypatia?
600
Having been jailed, tortured, released, and forbidden from any active role in politics, this writer's empty days gave him the opportunity to read Roman history, ponder the political success of the Borgias , and write political treatises, most notably 'The Prince.
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli?
800
In the Medieval ages this city in Germany was the center of brass instrument production(trumpets, trombones), it is also the second largest city in Bavaria after Munich
What is Nuremberg?
800
The amount of atoms in the nucleus of gold
What is 79?
800
In Soviet Ukraine, on April 26, 1986, the fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded and the result was catastrophic. Even though the explosion was on Soviet territory, the regime did not publicly acknowledge it. Within days, the radioactive plume triggered this nation's radiation alarm, which forced the U.S.S.R to finally admit that there had been an incident.
What is Sweden?
800
This great scientist is today considered the “father” of both theoretical computer science and of artificial intelligence. His 1936 paper “On Computable Numbers” proving that a universal algorithmic method of determining mathematical truths cannot exist –laid the foundations for his proposal of the “Universal (his last name) Machine,” capable of computing anything that is computable.
Who is Alan Turing?
800
This great writer wrote the Canterbury Tales, it contains this passage
A knyght ther was, and that a worthy man,
That fro the tyme that he first bigan
To riden out, he loved chivalrie,
Trouthe and honour, freedom and curteis
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
1000
When JFK visited Berlin, he infamously said “Ich bin ein Berliner,” which also translates to this sweet phrase
What is “I am a jelly donut.”?
1000
In the Tempest by Shakespeare, this magician uses magic to conjure a storm and torment the survivors of a shipwreck, including the King of Naples and his treacherous brother, Antonio.
Who is Prospero?
1000
The Soviets made “The Hobbit” movie in this year with the full name “The Fairytale Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit.” The full movie is now available on Youtube
When was 1985?
1000
This french scientist translated Newton’s new 'Principia,' adding her own commentary including completion and expansion of some of the Brit’s key hypotheses. Upon publication, the latter became the definitive edition across Europe.
Who is Emilie Du Châtelet?
1000
The author of A Bird Came Down
"A Bird came down the Walk—
He did not know I saw—
He bit an Angleworm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw."
and Success is Counted Sweetest
"Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need."
Who is Emily Dickinson?