Don't Let Knowledge Fall Down! Quiz

Answer: Joseph Fuqua

The film was released in 2003, based on the novel with the same name, written by Jeffrey Shaara. It was directed by Ronald Maxwell and starred Stephen Lang as Lieutenant-General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (CSA), Robert Duvall as General Robert E. Lee (CSA) and Jeff Daniels as Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain(USA).

It covers the last two years of Stonewall Jackson's life, from Virginia's secession until his death after the Battle of Chancellorsville.

Answer: Diamonds in the Mine

"Diamonds in the Mine" was recorded in 1970 in Nashville, Tennessee. It was released at the same year, with the album "Songs of Love and Hate", along with other masterpieces like "Famous Blue Raincoat", "Avalanche" and "Joan of Arc".

Answer: Zaire

From 1877 until 1908, the country was named Congo Free State. Subsequently, the name changed to Belgian Congo until 1960, and in 1971 it was renamed Zaire.

Answer: Kostis Palamas, Greek

The hymn was first performed in 1896, at the first modern Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and was adopted as the official hymn by the International Olympic Committee. The lyrics, translated in English, say:

"O Ancient immortal spirit, pure father
Of beauty, of greatness and of truth,
Descend, reveal yourself and flash like lightning here,
within the glory of your own earth and sky.

At running and at wrestling and at throwing,
Shine in the momentum of noble contests,
And crown with the unfading branch
And make the body worthy and ironlike. (twice)

Plains, mountains and seas glow with you
Like a white-and-purple great temple,
And hurries at the temple here, your pilgrim, (twice)
O ancient immortal spirit, every nation. (twice)"

Answer: Captain Haddock

Captain Haddock made his first appearance in the adventure "The Crab With The Golden Claws" comic, which was first published in 1941. Since then, Haddock accompanied the young reporter in all his adventures.

Answer: Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc was born in 1412 in northeastern France. Under her superb leadership, the French Army accomplished many victories against the English during the Hundred Years' War, including the Siege of Orleans. She was burned at the stake, accused of heresy in 1431, when she was 19 years old. She was canonized in 1920.

Answer: Antoine Lavoisier

Lavoisier proposed the Law of Conservation of Mass, which implies that "for any system closed to all transfers of matter and energy (both of which have mass), the mass of the system must remain constant over time, as system mass cannot change quantity if it is not added or removed".

During the French Revolution, Jean-Paul Marat claimed that Lavoisier was engaged in illegal business, such as selling adulterated tobacco. This resulted in Lavoisier being guillotined in 1794.

Answer: pupazzo di neve

As for the other answers:

"Tempesta di neve" is the translation of "snowstorm".
"Fiocco di neve" is the translation of "snowflake".
"Nevicata" is the translation of "snowfall".

Answer: Treaty of Westphalia

The treaty was, in fact, a series of peace treaties, written and ratified by the belligerents of the Thirty Years' War in 1648. The treaty guaranteed religious freedom to all people, recognized the Dutch Republic as independent from Spain, and Switzerland from the Holy Roman Empire, which was in fact dissolved.

Answer: House of God

The name comes from the Bible and specifically from Genesis. Bethel was the place where Jacob, having escaped from his older brother Esau, slept and dreamed of a ladder from Heaven to Earth, and angels of the Lord climbing it back and forth. When he awakened, he named the place Bethel, House of God.