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Try to spend no more than 20 seconds for each answer - this is exactly how much time is given to connoisseurs for reflection.
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At full gallop, the rider took off onto the platform, abruptly stopped the horse at its edge and held the stallion for a moment. Why did he do it and what was the result?
When the rider abruptly stopped the horse, he reared up. The sculptor Etienne Falconet was watching what was happening. He made sketches for The Bronze Horseman, a monument to Peter I, which can be seen on Senate Square in St. Petersburg.
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In the middle of the twentieth century, a cannon was invented that shoots chicken carcasses. What did you check with it?
Aircraft windshields. The cannon helped to find out if they could withstand a collision with the birds.
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Poet Valentin Yastrebtsev in one poem compared himself to "a doll that pulls the thread." What event did he describe?
Skydiving.
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"A metal snake sewn from multi-colored scales, now and then freezing in thought, crawled sluggishly." What is described in the novel "The Seal of the Twilight" by Sergei Lukyanenko and Ivan Kuznetsov?
Traffic jam.
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From November 1970 to September 1971, the Lunokhod-1 self-propelled vehicle explored the lunar surface. On what day did the operators make the rover move along a trajectory resembling an infinity sign?
It was March 8th. This is how the operators of Lunokhod-1 congratulated the ladies on International Women's Day.
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In 18th century London, a unicorn's horn was hung over a pharmacy, and a bucket of nails was hung over a hardware store. Over which shop were Adam and Eve depicted?
Over fruity. This is a reference to the Old Testament story about the fall of Adam and Eve, who ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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“This day will not be remembered, it is so empty. What they were doing? - nothing. Where did you go? - nowhere. What did you talk about? Yes, it seems to be about nothing. Only emptiness and brevity, and dim light, and precious idleness, and sweet lethargy, and sweet yawns, and confused thoughts, and deep early sleep will be remembered. What day did the writer Tatyana Tolstaya describe in this way?
January 1st.
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Once Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko was late for a rehearsal of the play. Entering the hall, he said that he was in the People's Commissariat for Education, where he was informed about the closure of the theater. What performance did the actors of the Moscow Art Theater rehearse?
"Inspector". Director Nemirovich-Danchenko was deliberately late and invented shocking news in order to achieve a natural silent scene.
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A stone in Uzbek is tosh, a frog is baqa. Who is called toshbaqa in Uzbekistan?
Turtle.
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In Tel Aviv, there is an installation with a horse made from thousands of parts of computers and mobile phones. What, according to the authors, is it warning?
The installation Cyber Horse was created as a kind of version of the Trojan horse. As conceived by the authors, it should remind people of the need to protect themselves from computer viruses and the dangers of cyberattacks.
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A customer in a store noticed that 40 is more than 50. How can this be?
Clothing sizes are often denoted in Latin letters. The same letters also denote Roman numerals. XL is not only the size, but also the number 40, and L is 50. So it turns out that 40 is more than 50.
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In 1879, the Russian peasant Fyodor Blinov invented "a wagon with endless rails for the transport of goods." What is the name of his invention today?
Blinov's tracked tractor.
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Why in the Netherlands are drivers encouraged to open the door with their right hand before getting out of the car?
There are many cyclists in the Netherlands. Opening the door with his right hand, the driver involuntarily looks back. This way he can notice the cyclist if he is nearby, and will not hit him when getting out of the car.
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Why are Filipino children asked to pass this test: with the right hand over the head to reach the left ear?
Not all children can reach the ear, small ones lack the length of the arms. In the Philippines, it is believed that this is a reliable criterion for determining the age of a child. If the test is passed, you can send to school.
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What rehearsal in French theaters is called colonel, which means "colonel"?
That rehearsal that goes before the general.
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The questions for this collection are taken from the TV show “What? Where? When?.
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