CZECH PATRIOTIC QUIZ Flag of the Czech Republic Oslavan, a.s. Pin Badges Fahne, Flag, blue, flag png thumbnail LISTEN TO THIS MUSICAL PIECE AT AN AMERICAN ARMY FUNERAL: A Final Salute: Know The Symbolism Behind Military Funerals 1 Composer? 2 Title to the symphony? Antonín Dvořák Opera: Rusalka Bedřich Smetana - Přemysl Pražák | Databáze knih 3 WHAT IS THE RIVER Vltava CALLED IN GERMAN AND ENGLISH? 3a Explain the difference between ‘MOTIVE and MO’TIF dove of peace? 3b On which occasion was the piece played in 2002? 4 What is the original Czech title to Smetana’s opera THE BARTERED BRIDE? 5 Who is the best known Moravian composer whose organ school turned museum still resides in Kounicova Street? Leoš Janáček, Různí interpreti – Janáček: Scény z oper MP3 | Srovnanicen.cz 6 What are the original Czech titles to Janáček’s operas THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN and JENUFA? 7 WHICH SONG CONTAINS THESE LYRICS? Water roars across the meadows, Pinewoods rustle among crags, The orchard is glorious with spring blossom, Paradise on earth it is to see. And this is that beautiful land… 8 Which play by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov features the word ORCHARD in its title? 9 Compare the national anthems of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the U.K. and the U.S. 9a What is the European Union anthem? /R. Atkinson/ 10 What is a hymn? 11 Can you sing the hymn “Closer, my God, to Thee“ as presented in the Titanic? BEST-KNOWN CZECH WRITERS (OPEN TO DEBATE) 12 A 19-century female writer, free and unrestricted in her views and behaviour, very much ahead of her time, “the Czech George Sand“ Celoživotní hledačka lásky: Emancipovaná Božena Němcová řešila život s tyranem milostnými pletkami – G.cz Božena Němcová 13 A visionary and humanist journalist and writer who “had his heart pierced by Chamberlain’s umbrella“ Karel Čapek | Spisovatele.cz Karel Čapek 14 CZECH WORDS IN ENGLISH: · Robot · Dollar · Pistol · Polka, polka-dotted · Howitzer 15 WHO INVENTED / 16 DISCOVERED · Lightning conductor · Fingerprints, heart fibres and brain cells · Sugar cube · Arc lamp · Ship’s screw propeller · Soft contact lenses Zlaté české ručičky: Kteří naši vynálezci udělali díru do světa? | 100+1 zahraniční zajímavost 17 Jakub Kryštof Rad, 18 Josef Ressel, 20 Otto Wichterle Netypický farář: Krotitel blesku Václav Prokop Diviš | 100+1 zahraniční zajímavost 21 Václav Prokop Diviš 22 Jan Evangelista Purkyně - Jarmila Psotníčková | Databáze knih , 23: PPT - František Křižík PowerPoint Presentation, free download - ID:4175644 BRNO SCIENTISTS 24 Radio Prague International 25 A New Biography of Kurt Gödel, Whose Brilliant Life Intersected With the Upheavals of the 20th Century - The New York Times