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1 Composer?   2 Title to the symphony?

                                          Antonín Dvořák


                                          Opera: Rusalka



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                     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?

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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











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