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1.What was the first prop used on a Eurovision stage?
Notebook
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Vinly's Discs
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Telephone
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Puppet
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In 1957, the German representative Margot Hielscher performed her song "Telefon, telefon", with a telephone.
2.What was the first country to release their 2024 song?
Slovenia
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Czechia
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France
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Albania
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Slimane's "Mon amour" was released on 8th November 2023.
3.In which year was introduced the televoting?
2023
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2005
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1997
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1999
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While most countries used the juries, in 1997, the UK, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland and Germany used the televoting system for the first time.
4.Which of these countries was relegated at least once?
Norway
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Malta
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Croatia
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Sweden
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Norway was relegated in 2001 after finishing joint last with Iceland. In contrast, Malta, Sweden and Croatia are the only countries that were never relegated.
5.What was the first former Soviet country to win Eurovision?
Ukraine
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Latvia
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Russia
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Estonia
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Estonia's only victory was in 2001, Latvia won in 2002, Russia in 2008 and Ukraine acheived the gold medal in 2004, 2016 and 2022.
6.Complete the lyrics: "At Waterloo, [..] did surrender"
Napoleon
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Genghis
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Caeser
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Alexander
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7.What is the name of the famous interval act of the 2016 ESC grand final?
Love Peace Peace Love
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Peace Love Love Peace
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Love Love Peace Peace
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Peace Peace Love Love
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8.How many points separated Switzerland and the UK in 1988?
19 points
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10 points
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1 point
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65 points
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9.How many times did Ireland sing in Irish?
Only Once
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Never
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10 Times
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Every Single Time
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In 1972, Sandie Jones sang the only song of the history of ESC with the lyrics in Irish. The name of the song was "Ceol An Ghrá" and it came 15th out of 18 with 72 points.
10.What previous competing Yugoslav band did backing vocals for Toto Cutugno in 1990?
Srebrna krila
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Ambassadori
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Novi fosili
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Pepel in kri
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The band "Pepel in kri" represented Yugoslavia in 1975. They finished 13th out of 19 with 22 points.
11.After a tiebreak, which country qualified over Bulgaria in 2012?
Denmark
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Sweden
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Finland
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Norway
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Despite both Norway and Bulgaria finished with 45 points, Norway qualified over Bulgaria due to receive points from a greater amount of countries than Bulgaria. Norway received points from 11 countries, while Bulgaria only received points from 10 countries.
12.When was Morocco's only appearance in the contest
1976
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2005
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1977
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1980
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Samira Bensaïd performed "Bitaqat Hob" and finished 2nd to last.
13.In 1993, there was a qualifing round which allowed three countries to debut in Eurovision. Which of these countries didn't qualify?
Slovenia
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Croatia
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Bosnia & Herzegovina
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Slovakia
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Slovakia would debut on the following year (1994).
14.How many times was Eurovision hosted in Dublin?
Three
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Ten
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Six
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None
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In 1971, 1981, 1988, 1994, 1995 and 1997 the Eurovision was hosted in Ireland's capital city.
15.What was the only country that sung in an Imaginary Language twice?
Germany
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Norway
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The Netherlands
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Belgium
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In 2003 and 2008, Belgium's entries were sung in an Imaginary Language.