Czech Trivia
This all comes from http://www.myczechrepublic.com/basics/trivia, http://members.shaw.ca/stauderm/html/czech_trivia.html, and http://www.princeton.edu/~slavic/Czech/Czech%20Webpage%20Files/facts.html
...that the soft contact lens was invented in Czechoslovakia by professor Otto Wichterle in 1961.
.....that the word "robot" comes from the Czech language ("robota" = "work", "hard work" in some dialects) and was first introduced in Josef and Karel Capek's science-fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots).
.... The origin of the sugar cube can be traced to the Czech town of Dačice.
Alphonse Mucha, Franz Kafka, Ivan Lendl.
Did you further know?
...that Czech astronomers have named an asteroid "Dominik" after Dominik Hasek to thank the goalie for his contribution in the 1998 Winter Olympics.
...that Sigmund Freud was born in and spent the first years of his life in what is now the Czech Republic?
...the Czechs have been drinking beer since time immemorial. The secret of Czech beer is that agricultural conditions are ideal for growing hops, and chronicles establish their cultivation in Bohemia as early as 859 A.D., while the first evidence of their export dates back to 903. Bohemian hops were so prized that King Wenceslas ordered the death penalty for anyone caught exporting the cuttings, from which new plants could be grown.
Population Facts
Population StatisticsTotal Pop: 10,249,216 people
(51.3% female, 48.7% male)
22.8% under the age of 19
13.8% over the age of 65
81.2 % Czech
13.2% Moravian
3.1% Slovak
39.8% atheist
39.2% Roman Catholic
4.6%, Protestant
3%, Orthodox
13.4% Other
Geography
Area: About 30,450 sq miles (78,866 sq km), slightly smaller than South Carolina
Climate: The average annual temperature ranges between 5.5°C (42°F) and 10°C (50°F), but temperatures are lower in the mountains.
The average annual rainfall is 693 mm (27 inches). The normal summer temperature varies between 23°C (73°F) and 29°C (84°F), and the normal winter temperature varies between -11°C (12°F) and 0°C (32°F).
The highest peak, Snežka, in the western mountains, has an annual average snowfall of 130 days.
3 comments:
Too bad there aren't more Czech related questions in Trivial Pursuits, you might rule...maybe you rule anyway!
The Czech Republic is also considered one of Earth's Shakras.
On average Czech peoples daily beer intake is higher then any other nation.
The Czech Rpublic is the least smily country in Europe. Not warm and fuzzy at all.
Miss Belguim does not understand Dutch.
And.....you can say fuck on the radio!
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