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- Czech History & Culture Quiz
- Questions:
- 1. Which Christmas carol character is Czech?
- 2. In 1519, a silver mine owner minted his own coins and called them "Joachimsthaler Groschen" or "Thaler" for short. Which English word is derived from "Thaler"?
- 3. What process of printing from a plain surface was developed in 1798 in Bohemia, one of the regions of the Czech Republic?
- 4. Who first coined the term ‘robot’?
- 5. Charlotte Garrigue, a direct descendent of the Mayflower Pilgrims, married which important Czech statesman?
- 6. Antonin Dvorak, composer of "New World Symphony," stayed in which Iowa town?
- 7. Which Chicago mayor, a descendent of Czech immigrants, was killed by an assassin’s bullet intended for President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
- 8. Which Czech-born, Oscar winning director graduated from the renowned Prague Film Academy?
- 9. A number of world-class tennis players are Czech. Can you name three of them?
- 10. What is Capt. James A. Lovell, Jr., a Czech-American, known for?
- 11. Czech scientist Otto Wichterle invented what common vision related technology?
- 12. Why did Ray Kroc, a Czech-American, deserve a break?
- 13. Founded in 1348, what was the first university in Central Europe?
- 14. Which Moravian native was the founder of modern genetics?
- 15. Which famous psychoanalyst was born in the Czech Lands?
- Answers:
- 1. King Wenceslas.
- 2. Dollar.
- 3. Lithography.
- 4. Czech author and playwright Karel Capek in his play "R.U.R." which stands for Rossum’s Universal Robots.
- 5. Czechoslovakia’s first president, Thomas G. Masaryk.
- 6. Spillville.
- 7. Anton Cermak.
- 8. Milos Forman, director of "One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest," "Hair," "Amadeus," and "The People vs. Larry Flynt."
- 9. Ivan Lendl, Mandlikova, Sukova, Martina Navratilova, Korda, Jana Novotna, and Martina Hingis (who was named after Navratilova).
- 10. He is an American astronaut who commanded Apollo 13.
- 11. Contact lenses.
- 12. He was the founder of the McDonald’s restaurant empire.
- 13. Prague’s Charles University. Prague’s Technical University was the first of its kind in the world as well.
- 14. Gregor Mendel.
- 15. Sigmund Freud.