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 $100 Question from H1
There is a tradition of creating
horse monuments.
If the horse has both its front legs
in the air, the person died in the
battle. If the horse has one front
leg in the air, the person died as
the result of the wounds received
in the battle.

What, do you think, it means if

the horse has all four legs on
the ground?
 
 $100 Answer from H1

It meant that the person died of natural reasons.

 $200 Question from H1
The first policewoman
was Alice Stebbins Wells
(pictured) who joined the
LAPD in 1910. There
was one problem with
her duties that she had to
solve herself. And she
did solve it. What was
the problem?
 $200 Answer from H1

There was no uniform for women and so, Alice designed one for
herself, herself.
 $300 Question from H1
During the time of the
Spanish Inquisition, Pope
Innocent VIII condemned
cats as evil and thousands of
cats were burned. What did
these action lead to?
 $300 Answer from H1

These actions led to the spreading of rats and further

plague epidemic
 $400 Question from H1
What ancient Egyptian city was home
to a famous library that was mostly
destroyed in a fire?
 
a) Alexandria
b) Cairo
c) Saqqara
d) Giza
$400 answer from H1

Alexandria
 $500 Question from H1
Despite the terrible nature of and damage caused by the
1666 Great Fire of London (13500 houses were burnt
completely), only few people were killed. How many
victims were there?
$500 Answer from H1

There were only 8 victims.

 $100 Question from H2

What is the name of this painting and

what do you know about the author?
 $100 Answer from H2

“The water lilies” by Claude Monet.

Monet's father disapproved of his
painting. He wanted him to be a grocer.
 $200 Question from H2

What is the name of this painting and what do

you know about the author?
 $200 Answer from H2

“Guernica” by Pablo Picasso. Pablo Picasso was

considered a suspect in the theft of Mona Lisa in
1911. He was arrested and questioned, but later
cleared and released.
 $300 Question from H2
What is the name of this painting and what do
you know about the author?
 $300 Answer from H2
“Wheat Field with Cypresses” by
Vincent Van Gogh. Vincent Van Gogh
produced more than 2,000 works
during his life: 900 paintings and 1,100
drawings and sketches. He only sold
one painting while he was alive.
 $400 Question from H2
What is the name of this painting and what
do you know about the author?
 $400 Answer from H2
“Hunters in the snow” by Peter Breguel. Pieter Bruegel
was a Flemish Renaissance painter, who lived from
about 1525 to 1569. He is well known for his paintings
of peasants and landscapes. Hunters in the Snow is one
of Pieter Bruegel’s most famous paintings. It was one of
a series of 6 paintings showing the different seasons,
which a wealthy merchant requested.
 $500 Question from Art

What is the name of this painting and what do you

know about the author?
 $500 Answer from Art

“Persistence of memory” by Salvador Dali. Salvador Dali was

kicked out of art school in Madrid. He believed he was his dead
brother's reincarnation, who was also named Salvador. He set his
bedroom on fire.
 $100 Question from H3
What is the
name of this
piece of art
and what do
you know
about the
artist?
 $100 Answer from H3

“For the love of God” by Damien Hirst. He likes to use

death on most of his works. You can find that many dead
animals become his subject. He preserves the cow, shark,
dog and sheep using the formaldehyde.
$200 Question from H3
What is the name of this piece of art and
what do you know about the artist?
$200 Answer from H3

“Number 8” by Jackson Pollock. Jackson Pollock

once had a job cleaning statues for the Emergency
Relief Bureau. He also worked as a janitor with
his brother at a children's school. Perhaps, his
style originates from the riot against the tidiness
and order everywhere?
 $300 Question from H3
What is the name of this piece of art and what do you know about
the artist?
 $300 Answer from H3
“Fountain” by Marcel Duchamp. This
object is interesting as the new principle of
art objects creating was formed by the
artist: art is what I name art.
 $400 Question from H3
What is the name of this piece of art
and what do you know about the artist?
 $400 Answer from H3
“Campbell’s soup” by Andy Warhol.
This artist wanted to make art into
something owned by mass market,
mass media and a regular user. He
is considered to be one of father
founders of pop-art.
 $500 Question from H3
What is the name of this piece of art and
what do you know about the artist?
 $500 Answer from H3
“Whaam” by Roy Lichtenstein. The
main interest is that this painter used
the graphics natural for comics and
printing and used it in paintings, thus
creating a very strange feeling
 $100 Question from H4
The Arabs invented caramel, but it
wasn’t used as a dessert. Nevertheless,
it was designed for women in a harem.
So, why did women in harem need
caramel?
 $100 Answer from H4

The caramel was used in

harems for depilation.
 $200 Question from H4
Walt Disney gave his very own voice in the cartoon
“Steamboat Willy” to a very popular cartoon character.
 
What is the name of this cartoon character?
 $200 Answer from H4

Walt Disney gave his own

voice to Mickey Mouse.
 $300 Question from H4
All British tanks have been equipped
with this facility since 1945. Guess,
what facility can it be?
$300 Answer from H4

Tea making facility

 $400 Question from H4

What young Jewish

girl kept a now-
famous diary while in
hiding from the Nazis
during World War II?
 
a) Emily Dons
b) Anne Frank
c) Rosa Parks
d) Clair Hilton
$400 Answer from H4

It was Anne Frank.

 $500 Question from H4
Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd was one of Great Depression-
era bank robbers who managed to become a public hero.
How?
a) he gave money to the poor;
b) he destroyed mortgage
papers;
c) he never killed a single
person.
 $500 Answer from H4

Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd was

destroying mortgage papers in all
banks that he robbed, thus giving
freedom of their debts to many
people
 $100 Question from H5
Alexander the Great was
the first Greek ruler to put
his own face on that object.
Previously, those objects
had shown the face of a
god or goddess.
What object was changed
to honor Alexander the
Great?
 $100 Answer from H5

Alexander the Great was

the first ruler to use his
image on coins.
 $200 Question from H5
The 10th president of the USA,
John Tyler (1790-1862) is
famous for a really strange
fact.
What was it? 
a) he got a Nobel Prize;
b) he had a child
at the age of 63;
c) he composed
the first national
anthem.
 $200 Answer from H5
John Tyler had a child at the age
of 63, named Lyon. Lyon also had
children at 71 and 75. That
means that the grandchildren of
the president who lived in 19th
century are still alive.
 $300 Question from H5
The same man, Felix
Hoffmann (1868 – 1946), the
same year (1897) invented
both heroin and a medicine
used till nowadays as the first
aid if you have a headache.
What medicine did Felix
Hoffmann invent?
$300 Answer from H5

Felix Hoffmann invented aspirin.

$400 Question from H5

Which country joined the

eurozone on 1 January 2011?
$400 Answer from H5

Estonia
$500 Question from H5

What documents do you need

For travelling within the EU?
 $500 Answer from H5

No frontier controls at the borders

between 22 EU countries. Bulgaria,
Cyprus, Ireland, Romania and the
United Kingdom are not Schengen-
Members and therefore you need to
present a valid passport or ID card to
travel to those five countries.