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They Come From A Land That's Gone Quiz

Most of these people were born in countries that don't exist anymore.

A multiple-choice quiz by zlajamilivojev. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
zlajamilivojev

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
398,724

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
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Question 1 of 10

1. Which French fashion model published a book entitled "Je viens d'un pays qui n'existe plus" in 2014? Hint

Adriana Karembeu

Carla Bruni

Laetitia Casta

Adriana Lima

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Question 2 of 10

2. This Croatian pianist was born in Belgrade in 1958. He won the Casagrande Competition in Terni, Italy, in 1978 and the Montreal International Musical Competition in 1980. What's his name? Hint

Kemal Gekic

Ivo Pogorelic

Ksenija Zecevic

Marina Arsenijevic

3. This Serbian American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist was born in Uzice in Axis-occupied Yugoslavia in 1942. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1979 for the film "Breaking Away". What's his name? Hint

Charles Simic

Peter Bogdanovich

Steve Tesich

Karl Malden

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Question 4 of 10

4. This French comic book creator, comics artist and film director was born in Belgrade in 1951. He is best known for the Nikopol trilogy. What's his name? Hint

Alejandro Jodorowski

Bruno Blum

Milo Manara

Enki Bilal

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Question 5 of 10

5. This Croatian comic book artist was born in Sarajevo in 1972. He is most famous for his work for the Marvel Comics publishing house. He gained international acclaim and commercial success working on the Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe series in 2012. What's his name? Hint

Darko Macan

Dalibor Talajic

Igor Kordic

Goran Parlov

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Question 6 of 10

6. This Croatian-American actor was born in Sibenik in 1972. He is best known for his role as Dr. Luka Kovac on the NBC television series ER. What's his name?
Hint

Rade Serbedzija

Goran Visnjic

Zeljko Ivanek

Sergej Trifunovic

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Question 7 of 10

7. Emir Kusturica's comedy-drama film "Underground" won the Palme d'Or at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. It is also known by its subtitle "Bila jednom jedna zemlja". What does that mean in English? Hint

Invasion of the Space Aliens

I Wish I Was Dead

How I Won the War

Once Upon a Time There Was This Country

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Question 8 of 10

8. This man was Yugoslav tennis player and a coach of the Yugoslav Davis Cup team. In 1992 he stated on Yugoslav TV that Andre Agassi would NEVER win Wimbledon, just one week before Agassi did exactly that and proved him wrong. What's the name of that tennis expert? Hint

Radmilo Armenulic

Goran Ivanisevic

Novak Djokovic

Slobodan Zivojinovic

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Question 9 of 10

9. This Serbian performance artist, writer, and art filmmaker was born in Belgrade in 1946. In 2010 in MoMA she performed "The Artist Is Present", a 736-hour and 30-minute static, silent piece, in which she sat immobile in the museum's atrium while spectators were invited to take turns sitting opposite her. What's her name? Hint

Laurie Anderson

Monika Seles

Marina Abramovic

Melanija Trump

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which NBA player was born in Sombor in 1995? (he shares his nickname with famous tennis player Novak Djokovic, and with a character from the Batman movies) Hint

Vlade Divac

Nikola Jokic

Nemanja Bjelica

Toni Kuko�

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which French fashion model published a book entitled "Je viens d'un pays qui n'existe plus" in 2014?

Answer: Adriana Karembeu

Adriana Karembeu was born in Czechoslovakia, Laetitia Casta in France, Carla Bruni in Italy, and Adriana Lima in Brazil. Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.

2. This Croatian pianist was born in Belgrade in 1958. He won the Casagrande Competition in Terni, Italy, in 1978 and the Montreal International Musical Competition in 1980. What's his name?

Answer: Ivo Pogorelic

Kemal Gekic was born in Split, Ksenija Zecevic and Marina Arsenijevic are ladies. All of them were born in Yugoslavia.

Answer: Steve Tesich

Peter Bogdanovich and Karl Malden were born in America. Steve Tesich and Charles Simic in Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia.

4. This French comic book creator, comics artist and film director was born in Belgrade in 1951. He is best known for the Nikopol trilogy. What's his name?

Answer: Enki Bilal

Enki Bilal was born Enes Bilalovic to a Bosnian father, and a Slovak mother. Jodorowski was born in Argentina, Milo Manara in Italy.

Answer: Dalibor Talajic

I actually never heard of Dalibor Talajic before reading an interview with him in a Serbian newspaper. His mother was Ljiljana Molnar Talajic was a well-known opera singer in former Yugoslavia. He himself studied music arts in Zagreb. Although he graduated from the Music Academy and taught the clarinet for some time, his true vocation was as a comic book artist.

6. This Croatian-American actor was born in Sibenik in 1972. He is best known for his role as Dr. Luka Kovac on the NBC television series ER. What's his name?

Answer: Goran Visnjic

Rade Serbedzija was born in Vinkovci, Sergej Trifunovic in Mostar, and Zeljko Ivanek in Canada.

Answer: Once Upon a Time There Was This Country

In Kusturica's opinion, Yugoslavia was a fairy tale country that couldn't exist in the real world. The film tells the story of several people who hide underground for decades believing the WWII is still raging. When they finally emerge, they learn that Yugoslavia is gone!

Answer: Radmilo Armenulic

Radmilo Armenulic believed that in order to win Wimbledon, one must be a serve-and-volley type of player. The fact that Bjorn Borg did it five times didn't change his opinion.

Answer: Marina Abramovic

Monika Seles is a tennis player that was stabbed in her back by an unstable Steffie Graf fan. Laurie Anderson is American.

10. Which NBA player was born in Sombor in 1995? (he shares his nickname with famous tennis player Novak Djokovic, and with a character from the Batman movies)

Answer: Nikola Jokic

Nemanja Bjelica was born in Belgrade, Vlade Divac in Prijepolje, Toni Kukoc in Split. Nikola Joki�'s nickname is the Joker.

Source: Author zlajamilivojev

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