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What historical kingdom is sometimes known as the Czech Kingdom?
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Bohemia
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What empire was that kingdom an imperial state of between 1002–1806?
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Holy Roman Empire
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Who was the first king of that kingdom to become the emperor of the above?
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Charles IV
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What country did Czech Republic "divorce" in 1992?
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Slovakia
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What disturbing novel, by Franz Kafka, revolves around a man who one morning wakes up to find himself transformed into a huge insect?
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The Metamorphosis
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What country invaded Czech Republic in 1968?
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Soviet Union
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What term, about throwing someone out of a window, was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year 1618?
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Defenestration
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What country was Czech Republic part of between 1867–1918?
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Austria-Hungary
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In what city did the Bavarian brewer, Josef Groll, create a type of beer in 1842?
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Plzeň
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In what sport were Czech athletes, Ivan Lendl and Martina Navrátilová, once the world number ones?
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Tennis
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What writer was the last President of Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic's first?
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Václav Havel
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What agreement allowed Germany to annex German-speaking parts of Czechoslovakia?
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Munich Agreement
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What was the name of those parts?
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Sudetenland
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During what revolution was the Communist government overthrown in 1989?
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Velvet Revolution
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What German-speaking Czech scientist is considered to be the founder of the modern science of genetics?
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Gregor Mendel
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What historical name is given to much of eastern Czech Republic?
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Moravia
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What Czech-German industrialist was subject to a 1993 Steven Spielberg movie?
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Oskar Schindler
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What auto-making company was founded by Václav Laurin & Václav Klement in 1895?
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Škoda
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What composer is famous for his symphony "From the New World"?
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Antonín Dvořák
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Which two movies, that were directed by Miloš Forman, won the Oscars for Best Picture in 1976 and 1985? (name either)
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest / Amadeus
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