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chgk_74eca95c5e | A character by Viktoria Tokareva reflects that abroad, the individual comes first, and then the country. In the USSR, it's the opposite. Meanwhile, the character mentions IT. IT has a flap. Name IT. | [Postal] envelope. | 5 | Tokareva's heroine reflects on the order of filling out a postal address. In the USSR, it differed from the pan-European standard, but now the European standard is adopted in Russia. | null | [
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chgk_1bc4a8479f | In Frankfurt am Main, it's worth going in October—for the books. In Milan at Christmas, they say, you can find everything. In Zagreb in May, you can see how blacksmiths, potters, and other craftsmen worked in old times. In Basel, they advise going in autumn and paying attention to the wines. And what was organized in 1... | The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. | 5 | Listed are some of the cities where major international fairs are held. Teams from such cities initially participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. | Not accepted: UEFA Cup (this tournament only appeared in the 1971/72 season) | [
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chgk_0b66e2db2e | Alexandre Dumas, père compared THEM to several bell towers. Edward Dunsany compared IT to a pierced helmet. Name THEM and IT. | Bowling pins, bowling ball. | 5 | The quotes are arranged in the likeness of the arrangement of pins and the ball in bowling. Bullet holes in a British helmet resemble finger holes. | Pins, ball. | [
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chgk_6f19fb0fa8 | In the creation of this still life, peridot, jasper, crystal, silver, and amber were used. As you can see, not only do THEY exist, but also SHE. Name HER with two words. | Fabergé egg. | 5 | A table decoration made by Fabergé in 1905 depicts a "typical Russian still life." | null | [
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chgk_cfc284c42a | The program on the radio "Kommersant FM" about events in the field of art, including those that have occurred and are factual, is called "CUPS AND GRAIL." What three words did we replace with "CUPS AND GRAIL"? | "Art and facts." | 5 | The word "fact" comes from the Latin "factum" — something that has occurred. The Holy Grail is a well-known artifact. | null | [
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chgk_6704d9f870 | As is known, a cocktail of rum and cola is called "Cuba Libre," meaning "Free Cuba." The witty friends of the question's author call a cocktail of Transnistrian cognac and cola "Free Transnistria." If this same cocktail is drunk with ice, they call it X. X is related not only to Transnistria. Name X in two words. | Frozen conflict. | 5 | The term "frozen conflict" refers to conflicts that have ended without the signing of a peace treaty. Besides Transnistria, this term can describe the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, etc. | Frozen conflict. | [
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chgk_320458bf09 | In the film "Captain Blood's Odyssey," the leader of the Spaniards, without engaging in arguments with the townspeople, declares: "If 150 thousand pesos are not delivered to my ship by tomorrow morning, I will turn your wonderful city into a heap of ashes." The phrase spoken by the leader before this is known from anot... | "[I think] bargaining is inappropriate here." | 5 | This phrase by the leader of the Spaniards is better known as the phrase of Vorobyaninov, the leader of the nobility. | null | [
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chgk_d9a49a1302 | At the core of counterculture lie two ideas — the idea of freedom and the idea of youth. It is believed that the spirit of counterculture was most accurately expressed by the 1969 film by Dennis Hopper "Easy Rider": freedom is the road, a motorcycle, free love, rock and roll, and drugs. In the same year, 1969, another ... | "The Bremen Town Musicians". | 5 | null | null | [
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chgk_ae8489afe5 | In one educational animated image dedicated to physics, HE draws petals on a compass rose. Name HIM with two words. | Foucault pendulum. | 5 | Source(s): 1. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Foucault_pendulum_animated.gif 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault_pendulum | null | [
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chgk_49c154b5db | Attention, there are substitutions in the question. In Christopher Marlowe's play about Tamerlane, it is said that he holds the spear of Mars in his hands. Meanwhile, the conqueror promises to overthrow kings and put in their place his supporters, currently unknown paupers. Answer, which three words did we substitute ... | Wheel of Fortune. | 5 | By destroying some and rewarding others, he will thus turn the wheel of Fortune. In the question, it was substituted with "spear of Mars." | null | [
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chgk_f5f675d822 | In a novel, a meteorologist named GOrgis KatafalAki, while making a forecast, imagined he was placing bets on THEM. The name of one of THEM is PIroy. Name THEM in three words. | Horses of Helios. | 5 | The name and surname of the character hint at Greece, and the bets hint at horses. The character made weather forecasts and then checked if his bet on sunny weather paid off. :-) The name of the horse comes from the Greek "pIros" — fire. | Horses of Apollo; horses of Phoebus. | [
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chgk_c6021febb6 | Ian Stewart writes: "If a tall building cannot be constructed from brick and mortar, engineers use steel reinforcement and reinforced concrete. No one became famous for proving that bricks are unsuitable." In this context, Stewart mentions the FIRST and the SECOND. Name the FIRST and the SECOND. | Compass and straightedge. | 5 | Mathematicians had to prove that certain constructions cannot be accomplished using a compass and straightedge. | null | [
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chgk_5e206a286f | The peace-loving hero of Sergey Lobachev's miniature, reasoning about IT, claims that he does not want to work as a cook, let alone a waiter. Name IT. | Revenge. | 5 | An allusion to the phrase "Revenge is a dish best served cold." | null | [
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chgk_0b277280e0 | In the English Wikipedia article about X, there is an Arabic word meaning "thing, object." Name X. | X. | 5 | This refers to the letter used in mathematics to denote the unknown. The Spanish transcription of the word "thing" begins with the letter "X," which is why we use X. z-checkdb: In fact, the custom of denoting an unknown quantity with the letter "x" did not appear in the 12th century, but much later — it was intro... | X. | [
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chgk_8e71de438b | Even in the case of failure in solving major mathematical problems, many side results emerge that have important theoretical and practical significance. Therefore, when David Hilbert was asked why he never attempted to prove Fermat's theorem, he mentioned HER. SHE is the main character of a famous work. What is her nam... | Ryaba. | 5 | Hilbert was confident he could prove Fermat's theorem but said he had no desire to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. The golden egg, as is known, was laid by the hen Ryaba. | The Hen Ryaba. | [
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chgk_f3a71473dd | A character in a film, admiring the sunset, notes: "The guy upstairs is quite the X!" Perhaps this character soon saw X above. What word did we replace with "X"? | Painter. | 5 | The character compares God to a painter. The constellation Painter was designated in the 18th century. z-checkdb: The action takes place in the Northern Hemisphere, and the constellation Painter can only be seen in the Southern Hemisphere. | Not accepted: Artist | [
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chgk_c97970afaa | Gyula Grosics was the first football goalkeeper to use a certain tactical maneuver, and in articles about him, THIS WORD is often mentioned. THIS same WORD is the name of a newspaper whose editorial office was targeted by the "Red Brigades." Write THIS WORD. | Libero. | 5 | Grosics started to come far from the goal and play as a libero, the last defender; "Libero" is an Italian right-wing ("liberal") newspaper, whose editorial office was targeted by left-wing radicals. | Libero. | [
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chgk_e85a9b2343 | Attention, in the question the word "X" replaces two words. Milo Radulovich claimed that before his dismissal from the American army, which occurred in the 1950s, the command labeled him with X. Write the first and last name that can be found next to X since 1909. | Johnnie Walker. | 5 | X is "red label." In the era of the "witch hunt," a character of Slavic origin was dismissed on suspicion of ties with communists. "Red Label" is a popular brand of "Johnnie Walker" whiskey. | Johnnie Walker. | [
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chgk_311c54f8e8 | Ilf and Petrov talk about one of the factors affecting the price of housing in New York and conclude that it is traded in the city. IT is mentioned in a famous work after the description of a fantastic landscape. Name IT. | Silence. | 5 | Apartments in quiet areas of the booming metropolis are (at least, were in the times of Ilf and Petrov) more expensive. The work is "The Elusive Avengers": "He looked around: a coffin with a corpse flies over the crosses, and along the road, the dead with scythes stand. And silence!..". | null | [
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chgk_74ce6455b3 | The TV report about the spring cleanup in Moscow's forests and parks, during which they had to deal with the aftermath of the autumn hurricane and heavy snowfalls, was titled "Moscow CHAINSAW." The more famous CHAINSAW had the slogan "You can't escape." What two words are replaced by the word "CHAINSAW"? | Chainsaw Massacre. | 5 | null | null | [
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chgk_c3e101422e | Lev Landau assumed that in the mirror world, THEY are engaged in physics. The President of the Academy of Sciences, Anatoly Alexandrov, after calculating how many "against" votes some candidates for academicians receive, concluded that there are only seventeen real THEM in the academy. Name THEM. | Antisemites. | 5 | Landau proposed the principle of combined parity, according to which the mirror-reflected world is an anti-world. In the anti-world, according to Landau, physics is done by antisemites. Alexandrov calculated the smallest number of votes cast against any Jewish candidate. | null | [
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chgk_c3760d7b94 | In Rick Riordan's book, ancient mythological characters are featured. When one negative heroine is asked, "Are you like an anteater?", she admits to hating a certain country. Name this heroine. | Echidna. | 5 | A monster, mother of the Nemean Lion, the Lernaean Hydra, Cerberus, etc. "I stared at her. The only thing I could think of was to blurt out: — Are you like an anteater? Echidna howled, her reptilian face turning from brown to green with rage. — I can't stand it when people say that! I can't stand Au... | Echidna. | [
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chgk_b98535f76a | In 2003, in Kamensk-Uralsky, the festival "Two Drops of Happiness" took place. Which group of objects gave the name to a similar festival in Dnepropetrovsk? | The constellation Gemini. | 5 | null | null | [
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chgk_482eba798b | It was mentioned by journalist Dmitry Rozman while talking about the "Basel" vs. "Barcelona" match. Describing a painting by a Russian artist created in the early 1870s, journalist Artem Sadovsky also mentioned it. Name it in three words. | Pile of heads. | 5 | In the football match, "Barcelona" defeated "Basel" 5:0. In Vereshchagin's painting "Presenting the Trophies," which Artem Sadovsky commented on, a pile of severed heads is depicted. However, if "The Apotheosis of War" helped you give the correct answer, we inform you that it was intended that way. | Mountain of heads. | [
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chgk_8bef577332 | The concept "SUCH" is associated, for example, with Yakutsk or Irkutsk. One tourist used the concept "SUCH" for a bun and two pieces of cheese and sausage. Answer precisely: what SUCH? | Sharply continental. | 5 | A sharply continental climate is characterized by large temperature fluctuations and low precipitation in winter and summer. A continental breakfast is considered lighter than in Britain. The tourist, offended by the meager menu in a European hotel, called the specified set a sharply continental breakfast. | Sharply continental. | [
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chgk_3d1b669b8c | To combat THEM, sometimes the height of telegraph poles in open areas was artificially increased by half a meter. The origin of THEIR name is associated with hunting small birds. Name THEM. | Snipers. | 5 | This word is an abbreviation of "snipe shooter," meaning "shooter at snipes." A sniper would make significant errors in estimating distance based on the height of a standard pole. | null | [
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chgk_ba2ddd7e3c | The plot of an ethnic dance revolves around a person observing four guys dancing with four girls. After some time, a blue cover disappears from the stage. Name the small country where this dance originated. | Armenia. | 5 | The person in the center is Noah, who watches the couples. The disappearance of the cover symbolizes the receding of the waters. | null | [
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chgk_9429d117cb | In a well-known work consisting of five parts, the fourth part is "opera," while the others are not, although the third part is etymologically related to an operatic voice. Name this third part. | tenet. | 5 | This refers to the famous Latin phrase "sator arepo tenet opera rotas." The word "tenet" and the name of the voice tenor originate from the same root. | null | [
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chgk_6d553c75c9 | The main entertainment for the characters of Louis-Ferdinand Céline, who lived for a long time in tropical Africa, was a competition in the size of THIS, with measurements taken in the evenings to increase the indicators. Name THIS with a word of Latin origin. | Temperature. | 5 | Almost all of them were suffering from various tropical fevers and competed with each other in the size of their temperature. Measurements were logically taken in the evenings, when fever attacks usually occurred, and the temperature rose. | null | [
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chgk_0cae0e6be0 | From the press, one can learn that in the 20th century, a certain category of people, due to the fear of getting caught in a traffic jam, resorted to a method known since antiquity. Name this method in two words. | Pigeon post. | 5 | Pigeon post was used by newspaper reporters of the Reuters agency. The birds delivered mail to the editorial office faster than a car could, getting stuck on the streets during rush hours. | null | [
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chgk_027af7c43c | Tom Stoppard once said that if he were offered a choice between THIS and immortality, he would choose immortality. Name THIS. | Smoking. | 5 | And since no one offers immortality, he calmly continues to smoke. | null | [
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chgk_037d42163d | In Lilliput, according to commentators, a red thread corresponded to IT. According to Sheridan, chimney sweeps wore IT only on holidays. Name IT. | The Order of the Bath. | 5 | It is believed that Lilliput is a satire on Britain. Thus, the red thread awarded to some courtiers in Lilliput corresponds to the Order of the Bath, which has a red ribbon. Chimney sweeps were clean only on holidays. | null | [
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chgk_4e318af659 | In one work, many journalists try to reach a miraculously surviving person to interview him. The reporter who succeeded can be called by two words, somewhat opposite to the title of a 17th-century work. Reproduce the title of this work. | "The Imaginary Invalid." | 5 | The reporter sneaked into the hospital disguised as a doctor. | null | [
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chgk_24d8b3f483 | One HE is famous for his silence, in some cases THERE are seven of THEM, and in the films of 1977 and 2006 THEY have an unusual anatomical feature. Name them. | Hills. | 5 | Silent Hill translates to "Silent Hill," the seven hills of Rome and Moscow are known, as well as the films "The Hills Have Eyes." | null | [
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chgk_a749c91273 | In her refusal to perform in front of the colony's administration, the prisoner Lidia Ruslanova mentioned HIM. Name two characters from different works by the same author who used HIM as a gift. | The Emperor of Japan, the Swineherd. | 5 | Ruslanova refused to sing in captivity, claiming that a nightingale does not sing in a cage. In H.C. Andersen's fairy tale "The Nightingale," the Emperor of Japan gave a nightingale to the Emperor of China, just as in his fairy tale "The Swineherd," the main character gave a nightingale to a girl. | null | [
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chgk_1805486586 | Aira Robbins writes that the use of IT should not be punished, referring, strangely enough, to freedom of speech. While writing this question, the author used it 36 times. Name IT in two words. | Middle finger. | 5 | In the USA, there have been cases of punishment for showing the middle finger, for example, by drivers. Aira Robbins argues that these cases are a violation of freedom of speech. When typing by touch typing, the middle finger presses the keys y, v, s, sh, l, b. | null | [
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chgk_0873fe3703 | The heroine of an American novel says about her lover that under the sheet he is a great magician. What long noun does she use in this context? | Ku Klux Klansman. | 5 | The head of the Ku Klux Klan holds the title of Grand Wizard, which translates to "Great Sage" or "Great Magician." Ku Klux Klansmen wear white robes. | Ku Klux Klan (in any spelling). | [
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chgk_86a91d1bbd | Moses urged to leave this place, Napoleon gave speeches for its prosperity. The action of the eponymous fairy tale takes place there. Name its author. | Orwell. | 5 | "Animal Farm"; Moses and Napoleon are characters in the fairy tale. | null | [
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chgk_3cba5a584c | Speaking about the radical reinterpretation of the Gospel by modern culture, Kirill Yeskov notes that THEY become the Pilates of France and Bulgakov, the Judases of Leonid Andreyev and Dombrovsky, the Jesuses of Pasolini and Scorsese. The world is also IT. Name IT with a word of Greek origin. | Homonym. | 5 | Yeskov believes that in artistic interpretations, Gospel characters turn into completely different people while retaining their names. The word "world" is also a homonym in the meanings of "absence of hostility" and "universe." | null | [
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chgk_80d73d56bd | The artificial archipelago off the coast of Dubai, whose islands' outlines mimic the shapes of continents, will not solve the problems of the growing metropolis, and therefore the giant "Palm Deira" is already being created. It is no coincidence that an article about this in the magazine "Around the World" was titled w... | [James] Bond. | 5 | The archipelago is called "The World," so the article was titled "The World Is Not Enough." The phrase "Orbis non sufficit" was mentioned as the Bond family motto in the novel "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." | null | [
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chgk_f41aa08a14 | Edward Berry became an admiral in 1821. Researcher Peter Stone calls Captain Edward Berry HER. Name HER in three words. | Nelson's right hand. | 5 | Even Nelson himself, after being wounded, said that he had a right hand in the person of then-Captain Berry. | Nelson's right hand, Nelson's right arm. | [
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chgk_2f428568f6 | Lawyers and programmers often deal with X. And according to one humorous definition, X is an ancient primitive means of fighting vampires. Name X. | Protocol. | 5 | null | null | [
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chgk_804b1ffc6f | Strangely enough, only in 1949 did its components finally become dark cherry instead of blue. Name it. | "Red Arrow." | 5 | Only then did the carriages match the color of the express's name. | null | [
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chgk_c1b3968c6c | Attention, there is a substitution in the question. The author of the question rephrased the self-justification of War Minister Shugaev, about whom a rumor was spread in 1916 that he was a German spy. We are not asking you what resulted in the end. Name the person we replaced with two words in this question. | [Pavel] Milyukov. | 5 | We replaced Milyukov with the words "author of the question." Pavel Nikolaevich Milyukov is the author of the question "What is this — stupidity or treason?". As eyewitnesses recounted, the old General Shugaev was extremely outraged by the accusations, walked around the ministry, and said: "I may be a fool, but I am no... | null | [
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chgk_c3cabf4300 | Alexander Markov notes that after the elections to the Russian parliament, which recorded unexpectedly high turnout at some polling stations, the FIRST appeared on the SECOND. The FIRST with the SECOND equals the shift coefficient. What did we replace with the FIRST and the SECOND? | Mode, normal distribution. | 5 | Mode is the value of a random variable that occurs most frequently; for a random variable with a normal distribution, the mode equals the shift coefficient. | Mode, Gaussian distribution. | [
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chgk_984cf3dfda | Listen to a fragment from a poem by Charles Baudelaire: "At first the song is barely heard, — In quiet bass modulations, Impatient and grumbling, It is almost mysterious. Then it streams joy Into the depths of my thoughts, Resembling a melodious verse, An intoxicating potion." The poet... | Murr. | 5 | In the poem "The Cat," Charles Baudelaire writes about a cat's purring. For his talents in this area, a character in the book by E.T.A. Hoffmann, who was born in Königsberg, received his name. | null | [
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chgk_850e10db2c | In the engraving "The Battle of Heiligerlee," created in the mid-16th century, in addition to cannons and other firearms, you can see at least THEM. Speaking of THEM, an old name of a millionaire city is often mentioned. Name THEM in two words. | Six spades. | 5 | Of course, many more pikes are depicted in the engraving, but the words "at least" are a hint, as this is the lowest contract in preference. The order for "six spades" is often called "Stalingrad." | null | [
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chgk_2d965c0cc4 | At first, he thought it was still day. Then, looking around and seeing that it was already dark, he added something. According to one version, thanks to this, a film got its name. Write this name. | "A Hard Day's Night." | 5 | Ringo Starr recalled: "I suddenly said, still thinking it was day outside: 'It's been a hard day,' and then, looking around and seeing it was already dark, added '... night' ('... a hard day's night'). Incidentally, the song of the same name was recorded after the film was shot. We hope your game day today wasn't ... | "Hard day's night" (minor spelling errors are allowed). | [
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chgk_dd3af021fd | Gustave Flaubert believed that close contact with a loved one damages the AURA. In Flaubert's time, people who worked with AURA often died from poisoning. What word did we replace with "AURA"? | Gilding. | 5 | Flaubert believes that the thin layer of gold, which we ourselves apply to a loved one, turning them into an idol, begins to crumble upon contact. Gilding at that time was done by heating gold dissolved in mercury until the mercury completely evaporated. Workers often got poisoned by these fumes. | null | [
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chgk_65f2b62baf | Apparently, David Livingstone was praying. Therefore, in his case, there was a very unusual variant. This variant is not mentioned in the well-known phrase, but from it, one can infer that it is the worst. Describe this variant in three words. | Die on knees. | 5 | Livingstone was found dead by the bed, kneeling. The famous phrase by Dolores Ibarruri is known: "It is better to die standing than to live on your knees." | null | [
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chgk_aac9bf6159 | The hero of Alexander Etoev describes a strange-looking structure: a large pole with something like a garage on top. When the hero was asked what it was, he, recalling the unfortunate SCHRÖDINGER'S CAT, made up a story, and, strangely enough, he was believed. What two words did we replace with SCHRÖDINGER'S CAT? | Münchhausen's horse. | 5 | He replied that they had built the garage in winter, and in spring the snow melted... | null | [
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chgk_024e8143ac | In his notes on traveling through Andalusia, Washington Irving mentions a man "hoping that the harvest would bring the necessary income." Name the profession of this man. | Barber. | 5 | Seville is the capital of Andalusia, and Irving sometimes even refers to Andalusians as Sevillians. Not only Beaumarchais wrote about the barbers of Seville. | Barber, hairdresser. | [
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chgk_ce17fdbd26 | In the English language, there is a verb meaning "to do wrong, to fail." The surname from which it is derived is borne by, for example, a famous actor. Write this surname. | Murphy. | 5 | Murphy's Law essentially states that if something can go wrong, it will. The surname Murphy is borne by, for example, Eddie Murphy. | Murphy, Murphey, Murphie. | [
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chgk_940db246b7 | Once, King Henry IV boastfully declared that he was going to have breakfast with his army in Milan and dinner in Rome. To this, he was told that then he would make it... Complete the phrase as accurately as possible. | To Sicily for vespers. | 5 | A biting reference to the "Sicilian Vespers" — the massacre of the French in 1282. | By the mention of Sicily and vespers. | [
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chgk_8b13d260bb | One. Three. Six. Nine. Eleven. Phenomena approximately corresponding to these numbers can be observed throughout the plot of a well-known childhood work. Name this work. | "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish." | 5 | If you compare the description of the Beaufort scale with Pushkin's lines, it turns out approximately like this. "So he went to the blue sea; He sees, — the sea is slightly agitated." 1 point. Light wind. Ripples, no foam on wave crests. "So he went to the blue sea, (The blue sea became cloudy.... | null | [
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chgk_a8613e19dd | Not long ago, the coach of the Irish national football team, Giovanni Trapattoni, stated that he wants to compete with his team at Euro 2012 in Ukraine and Poland, but not stop there. The words of the famous Italian coach could well be accompanied by a song from a 1981 Soviet film, which is an adaptation of a work by a... | Hedgehog and Tortoise. | 5 | Giovanni Trapattoni said he wants to coach his team at the 2014 World Cup, which, as is known, will take place in Brazil. "I want to go to Brazil" are words from the song by Berkovsky and Sinelnikov (performed by Tatyana and Sergey Nikitin) "On the Distant Amazon." This song begins the cartoon "Hedgehog plus Tortoise,"... | Hedgehog and Tortoise (in any order). | [
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chgk_3d9f40adcb | The story of Prince Arthur, which became known to the world in 2002, is in many ways similar to the fate of Smeagol, who succumbed to the Ring of Power. Guessing which two letters we replaced in the question, restore the original word. | Arthas. | 5 | Prince Arthas in the computer game "Warcraft III" obtained the sword Frostmourne, which, however, led to the gradual disintegration of his personality and submission to the power of the Lich King. | Arthas. | [
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chgk_c5b85af07f | In Kevin Willmott's film, an alternate reality is depicted where the Confederate States of America are formed. In this country, the film "Northern IT" is popular. Name IT with one word. | Wind. | 5 | The story is alternate, so the film refers to another hit dedicated to the Civil War, the film "Gone with the Wind." | null | [
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chgk_2ee0d509bf | In Kafka's unfinished novel "America," it is described how a ship with emigrants approaches New York Harbor. Moreover, the Statue of Liberty holds a sword instead of a torch. One researcher believes that this is not a mistake, but an intentional reference to the third chapter. The third chapter of what? | [The Book of] Genesis. | 5 | After the expulsion of Adam and Eve, the Lord placed a cherubim with a flaming sword at the gates of Eden. Kafka, in this interpretation, hints that emigrants will not see paradise. | null | [
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chgk_1da0a839c0 | A character from Terry Pratchett is advised that his metal armor has quite good conductivity. Answer with one compound word: what did he do immediately before this? | Blasphemy. | 5 | A hint that he might be struck by lightning for such words. | null | [
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chgk_d8f2508671 | In the computer game "Fallout: New Vegas," you can find a memo for employees of a secret American enterprise. In the explanation of why you shouldn't talk about your work with friends, it is stated that you never fully know if they are friends or THEM. What word did we replace with the pronoun "THEM"? | Comrades. | 5 | The memo is an irony about Americans' fear of communists. | null | [
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