Inferno and Budapest Uprising

Question 1

Which river flows through the European capitals Vienna, Bratislava and Belgrade?

Accepted Answer

Danube

Answer

Elbe

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Rhine

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Vistula

Question 2

Which gas from the air is consumed as a candle burns?

Accepted Answer

Oxygen

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Argon

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Carbon dioxide

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Nitrogen

Question 3

Which British rock band recorded the 1972 song Smoke on the Water?

Accepted Answer

Deep Purple

Answer

Led Zeppelin

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Pink Floyd

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Black Sabbath

Question 4

Which spice gives traditional Hungarian goulash its characteristic red colour?

Accepted Answer

Paprika

Answer

Cayenne pepper

Answer

Sumac

Answer

Annatto

Question 5

On which Mediterranean island would you find the active volcano Mount Etna?

Accepted Answer

Sicily

Answer

Corsica

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Crete

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Sardinia

Question 6

How many players per side begin a standard water polo match in the pool?

Accepted Answer

Seven

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Eight

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Six

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Nine

Question 7

Which director adapted Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 for cinema in 1966?

Accepted Answer

François Truffaut

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John Frankenheimer

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Sidney Lumet

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Stanley Kubrick

Question 8

Which English poet wrote The Marriage of Heaven and Hell?

Accepted Answer

William Blake

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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John Keats

Question 9

Which Soviet leader delivered the 1956 Secret Speech denouncing Stalin's personality cult?

Accepted Answer

Nikita Khrushchev

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Leonid Brezhnev

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Vyacheslav Molotov

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Georgy Malenkov

Question 10

Which printed product inspired László Bíró's use of quick-drying ink in ballpoint pens?

Accepted Answer

Newspapers

Answer

Banknotes

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Postage stamps

Answer

Playing cards