20 questions from the Weakest Link TV program to warm up the brain
Recreation / / December 29, 2020
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Which film is L. AND. Gaidai was "Smugglers"?
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"The Diamond Arm". Yakov Kostyukovsky and Maurice Slobodskoy worked on the script. They were inspired by a true story from the press about smugglers who tried to transport jewelry in plaster. Hence the working title.
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How many checkers does each player have in the starting position of the game of Russian Checkers?
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In the starting position, each side has 12 checkers.
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Volcano Etna - extinct or active?
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Acting. It is located on the east coast of Sicily and erupts quite often.
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Which European country is the queen named Sonya?
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Norway. She ascended the throne on January 17, 1991, together with her husband, King Harald V.
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What the odometer measures: blood pressure or the number of wheel revolutions?
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The number of wheel revolutions. The device measures the distance covered by the vehicle. And to determine the pressure, different types of tonometers are used.
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What building in the palace of the Crimean khans was included in the title of the poem by A. FROM. Pushkin?
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Bakhchisarai fountain. Pushkin wrote the poem of the same name under the impression of visiting the palace.
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Is Celesta a wind instrument or a keyboard instrument?
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Key. This is a metallophone that looks like a small piano. The sound of the instrument is similar to the ringing of bells.
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What was the name of Hamlet's mother from the tragedy of William Shakespeare?
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Her name was Gertrude.
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How in circus called the ceremonial entry into the arena of all the performance artists?
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Parade alle. It is usually held before the start of the performance.
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What building on the Palace Square in St. Petersburg is decorated with an arch with a chariot of the goddess Nike?
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General Staff Building. The triumphal arch, above which the chariot is located, just connects its two wings.
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What household item is a type of Dewar vessel?
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Dewar vessels are designed for long-term storage of substances at elevated or low temperatures. To maintain the temperature of food and drinks, their household type is used - thermoses.
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Who was older in the painting by V. IN. Pukireva "Unequal Marriage": Bridegroom or Bride?
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The groom. In the 19th century, women without dowry were quite often given in marriage to rich old men against their wishes.
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What is the name of the low barrier running along the proscenium and hiding the lighting devices from the theater spectators?
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Ramp. Its lights illuminate the stage, the artists and the scenery.
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Which island in 2012 was connected to Vladivostok by cable bridge?
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Russian island. By the way, the bridge is called the same.
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Which layer of the atmosphere is closer to the Earth: the stratosphere or the troposphere?
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The troposphere is the lowest and most studied layer of the Earth's atmosphere. The stratosphere is located above it.
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Thanks to the shoemakers or the sappers, the expression "quietly" appeared?
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Previously, saps were called trenches that were dug in secret from the enemy. Military sappers undermined the enemy fortifications, and then blew them up. Later, the expression "quietly" entered the everyday lexicon. Its meaning is as follows: sneak, walk slowly, unnoticed, penetrate somewhere.
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What word was borrowed by English from Russian in 1957?
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On October 4, 1957, the world's first artificial Earth satellite was launched into orbit from the Baikonur cosmodrome. The significance of this launch was so great that the word sputnik entered the languages of other peoples of the world without any changes.
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What is the word heard from the father-politician, the boy in V. IN. Nabokov's “Quinoa” understood this way: “gatherings at which, probably, everyone is in tailcoats”?
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Fraction.
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What order USSR was the only one that was not made at the mint, but at a jewelry-watch factory?
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Order "Victory". This is the highest military order of the USSR, made of precious stones and metals. It was awarded to senior officers of the Red Army for the successful conduct of military operations in scale of one or several fronts, as a result of which the situation radically changed in favor of the Red army.
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In which picture K. P. Bryullov portrayed himself with a box of brushes and paints on his head?
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"The last day of Pompeii". In this way, the artist wanted to demonstrate that he was allegedly an accomplice in the depicted event.
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The article uses questions from release dated March 6, 2020.
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