"Spin the drum!": 15 difficult questions from the capital show "Pole miracles"

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Answer without mistakes, do not upset Leonid Arkadyevich.

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Once in the famous French prison Bastille, not a person was imprisoned, but a certain edition. Which? (12 letters)

Encyclopedia.

The Prisoner of the Bastille was the Encyclopedia, or Explanatory Dictionary of Sciences, Arts and Crafts, edited by Denis Diderot and Jean Leron D'Alembert. The book was accused of harming religion and public morality.

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In South Africa, there is one rare attraction - a bar inside a huge baobab tree, which can accommodate 15 people at a time. And what were baobabs used for in the 19th century in Australia? (6 letters)

Prison.

The most famous place of imprisonment of this type is considered to be a large baobab growing 40 km from the Australian city of Wyndham. In 1890, the police carved a hollow chamber in a tree.

The inmates were kept inside for no longer than one night, and then transferred to the city court for sentencing. In the early 1900s, the baobab tree became a tourist attraction.

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At the end of the 19th century, a charcoal iron with more functions was invented in Germany. They could not only iron linen, but also chop nuts or crush garlic. And what else was it used for? (9 letters)

Mousetrap.

The lower part of the iron was opened, placed on a spacer, and bait was put inside. When the mouse got close to the treat, the spacer fell, and the iron slammed shut.

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Turnip has very small seeds. There are more than a million of them in a kilogram, so planting this plant by hand is problematic. In the old days, there were special turnip sowers who were highly respected. What was their profession called? (10 letters)

Spitter.

People of this profession knew how to control the force of spitting and calculate the optimal amount of seeds for a certain area of land. They were hired to plant huge turnip fields.

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The delphinium flower is blue. In the Middle Ages, it was believed that this color has a beneficial effect on a person's tired eyes. Therefore, the flowers of the delphinium were hung in the rooms where they usually did … What? (9 letters)

Embroidery.

Moving their gaze to the blue flowers, the craftswomen gave their eyes a rest.

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American writer Mark Twain was a great joker. Once he complimented a lady, admiring her beauty. She was not a fan of Twain and replied: "Unfortunately, I can not say the same about you." To which the writer wisely remarked: "And you do as I do …". What was she supposed to do? (7 letters)

Lie.

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The Swedish scientist Karl Linnaeus once noticed an interesting property of flowers. Thanks to this feature, in 1720 in the city of Uppsala, he created the world's first flower … What? (9 letters)

Clock face.

Linnaeus's flower clock consisted of a set of herbaceous plants, the flowers of which bloomed and closed at certain times of the day.

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In Russia, censorship extended not only to books, but also to fine arts. Thus, the Moscow Patriarch Joachim forbade the dissemination of religious drawings engraved on linden boards. What kind of art are we talking about? (5 letters)

Splint.

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Polish writer Stanislaw Lem wrote a collection of short stories entitled "Absolute Emptiness". This collection includes book reviews. Which? (11 letters)

Fictional.

And the authors of these fictional books were non-existent prose writers.

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The ancient Egyptians considered the cat to be a sacred animal. When a pet died, it was a great grief for people. As a sign of mourning, they got rid of … What? Give your answer in the plural. (5 letters)

Brows.

Here is what the ancient Greek scientist Herodotus wrote about this ritual of the Egyptians: “If a cat dies in the house, then all the inhabitants of the house shave off only their eyebrows. The corpses of cats are taken to the city of Bubastis, embalmed and buried there in the sacred chambers."

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In 1899, a miniature book with the poem "Eugene Onegin" was published in Warsaw on the centenary of the birth of Alexander Pushkin. The book was 28 × 18 mm in size and fit in a medallion. What was in the middle of the lid of this medallion? (5 letters)

Lens.

She was magnifying.

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History shows that the first private newspaper ad was published in the 17th century in England. What was it about? (6 letters)

Search.

King Charles II of England and Scotland has posted a private announcement about the loss of his beloved dog.

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In their numbers, clowns often perform a false slap in the face. At the moment when one artist hits another in the face, he claps his hands imperceptibly. What is the circus term for such a slap in the face? (4 letters)

Apache.

The word comes from the German patsch - slap.

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Until the 18th century, milk in Russia could only be bought from peasants in the markets, but even then the quality of the goods was checked. This was the job of the city guards. How did they check? (6 letters)

Blade.

The guards dipped the blade into a jar of milk. If the drink dripped slowly down the blade, then it was greasy, undiluted and of high quality.

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The soldiers under Peter I were recruited mainly from the peasants. In order to keep the cloth from which the uniforms were sewn for longer, the tsar issued a decree: to sew buttons on the front side of the sleeves so that the soldiers could not … Do what? (9 letters)

Wipe off.

The buttons did not allow the soldiers to wipe their mouths with their sleeves after eating, and their nose in case of a runny nose.

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