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Czech Mate Trivia Quiz

A few questions about famous folks from the Czech Republic (or the former Czechoslovakia) and their spouses - Czech Mates! (Title inspired by an Author Challenge).

A multiple-choice quiz by Larry1624. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Larry1624

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
378,542

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
255

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Question 1 of 10

1. Businessman and television personality Donald Trump was formerly married to a Czech athlete and model whose maiden name was Zeln��kov�. What is her first name? Hint

Ivanka

Ivana

Marla

Melania

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Question 2 of 10

2. Julia Lemigova is a Russian-born businesswoman and former model who married which Czech expatriate and nine-time Wimbledon women's single title winner in 2014? Hint

Jana Novotn�

Anna Kournikova

Maria Sharapova

Martina Navratilova

3. There is a long and storied history of rock musicians and supermodels pairing up, but those relationships aren't always long-lasting. Bucking the trend, Czech supermodel Paulina Porizkova has been married to her rock star husband since 1989! Who is this dedicated fellow and lead vocalist of The Cars? Hint

Rick Emmett

Rick Derringer

Rik Ocasek

Rick Astley

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Question 4 of 10

4. Now this doesn't seem fair: Czech actress Jana Brejchov� was married to one of her country's most famous film directors, but he never cast her in one of his movies! He did cast her sister Hana in a small role in his 1984 biopic "Amadeus". Who is this Oscar-winning filmmaker? Hint

Milos Forman

Jan Svankmajer

Ji�� Menzel

Karel Reisz

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Question 5 of 10

5. She was born in Prague in 1937 as Marie Korbelov�. She changed her first name while in school in Switzerland. She took the last name of her American publisher husband. Oh yeah, and she later became the first female Secretary of State of the USA! Who is this incredibly accomplished woman? Hint

Hillary Clinton

Madeleine Albright

Condaleeza Rice

Elizabeth Dole

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Question 6 of 10

6. Romance bloomed at the 1956 Summer Olympic Games in Melbourne when Olga Fikotova, gold medalist in the Women's Discus Throw, fell in love with a fellow gold medalist. Who was this dashing American hammer thrower? Hint

Koji Murofushi

Hal Connolly

Sergey Litvinov

Heinz Weis

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Question 7 of 10

7. In 1906, Maruska Chytilov� married a Czech artist who had made a name for himself painting theatre posters, advertisements and fine art in Paris. Who was this master of Art Nouveau? Hint

Gustav Klimt

Jan Toorop

Aubrey Beardsley

Alfons Mucha

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Question 8 of 10

8. This Czech composer fell in love with one of his piano students, but she married another man. The story has a happy ending, though, as he ended up marrying her younger sister, Anna �erm�kov�. Who is this family man and composer of the "New World Symphony"? Hint

Leos Jan��ek

Bed�ich Smetana

Anton�n Dvo��k

Johannes Brahms

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Question 9 of 10

9. During the dark days of the Communist era, Olga Spl�chalov� was a prominent dissident. She married a fellow dissident and they were key figures in the struggle to free Czechoslovakia from Soviet control. Who was her husband, a playwright who ended up becoming the first President of the Czech Republic? Hint

V�clav Havel

Ferdinand Van�k

V�clav Klaus

Petr Ne�as

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Question 10 of 10

10. Olga Scheinpflugov� was an actress and writer whose career lasted from the 1920s to the 1960s. Her husband was a playwright and novelist who was a pioneer of science fiction. Who was Olga's husband, credited with the invention of the word "robot" in his play "R.U.R."? Hint

Issac Asimov

Stanis�aw Lem

Franz Kafka

Karel �apek

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Businessman and television personality Donald Trump was formerly married to a Czech athlete and model whose maiden name was Zeln��kov�. What is her first name?

Answer: Ivana

Ivana was married to The Donald until 1992 and they were fixtures in the New York tabloids. Ivanka is the name of their daughter. Marla and Melania are the names of Trump's second and third wives, neither of whom is Czech.

2. Julia Lemigova is a Russian-born businesswoman and former model who married which Czech expatriate and nine-time Wimbledon women's single title winner in 2014?

Answer: Martina Navratilova

Navratilova won the Wimbledon women's single title nine times, six of those consecutively. But that's just a small subset of the 167 singles titles she won in her extraordinary career! No wonder "Tennis" magazine named her the greatest female player of her era.

Answer: Rik Ocasek

Ocasek and Porizkova met during the filming of The Cars' music video "Drive" and married five years later. Porizkova has also acted in film and television, and is the author of both a children's book and a novel.

Answer: Milos Forman

All of the answers are Czech-born directors, but of them only Forman has won the Academy Award for Best Director. And he's won it twice: for "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" in 1975, and for "Amadeus" in 1985.

Answer: Madeleine Albright

In addition to her years of public service, Albright has also been a university professor, the author of several books, and a guest star on "Gilmore Girls."

Answer: Hal Connolly

Unfortunately, the marriage ended in 1975. But Fikotova and Connolly passed their athletic genes down to their kids: one of their sons was an accomplished decathlete and one of their daughters was a member of the U.S. national volleyball team!

7. In 1906, Maruska Chytilov� married a Czech artist who had made a name for himself painting theatre posters, advertisements and fine art in Paris. Who was this master of Art Nouveau?

Answer: Alfons Mucha

While in Paris, Mucha had been commissioned by the great actress Sarah Bernhardt to paint many of her theatre posters. When he returned to Prague he began work on his "Slav Epic", a collection of twenty giant canvases depicting the history of the Slav people. He also designed stamps and banknotes for Czechoslovakia when it gained its independence after World War I.

Answer: Anton�n Dvo��k

Smetana and Jan��ek were also prominent Czech composers; Brahms was German, and one of the most famous composers in history. Despite the fact that Brahms was a superstar in his own lifetime, but was so impressed with Dvo��k's music that he offered to proofread the younger composer's works as a token of his respect.

Answer: V�clav Havel

The Czech name V�clav is often translated into "Wenceslas" in English, and is also the name of the Czech Republic's patron saint. V�clav Havel (1936-2011) may not have achieved sainthood, but he received an extraordinary number of international accolades in his lifetime, including U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom and the French L�gion d'honneur Grand Cross.

Answer: Karel �apek

"R.U.R." stands for "Rossum's Universal Robots" and was written in 1920. It tells the story of a rebellion by synthetic humanoids who have been exploited as labourers. Perhaps �apek was inspired by the Prague-based legend of the Golem, another synthetic humanoid which turned on its masters.

Source: Author Larry1624

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