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What composer died in Vienna at the age of 35 in 1791?
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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What classic musical film is set in the city of Salzburg?
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The Sound of Music
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What muscular Austrian served as the 38th Governor of California?
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Who is considered to be the founder of psychoanalysis?
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Sigmund Freud
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What royal house ruled Austria from 1278 until 1918?
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Habsburg
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Who was the only female ruler of the above?
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Maria Theresa
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What daughter of the above was married to the King of France, but was guillotined in 1793?
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Marie Antoinette
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What empire's expansion into Europe was halted and reversed by the 1683 Battle of Vienna?
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Ottoman Empire
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What royal heir was assassinated in 1914, sparking World War One?
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Franz Ferdinand
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What noble rank was held by the above?
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Archduke
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Who was the longest-reigning ruler in Austrian history?
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Franz Joseph
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What people established the city of Vienna during the 1st century?
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The Romans
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What was the currency of Austria before Euro was introduced in 1999?
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Schilling
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What country was Austria joined with between 1867–1918, forming an empire composed of two technically equal countries under the same king?
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Hungary
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What country was "partitioned" between Austria, Prussia and Russia starting in 1772?
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Poland
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Which Austrian city has hosted the Winter Olympics twice?
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Innsbruck
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What Austrian territory was annexed by Italy in 1918 as a result of WWI?
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South Tyrol
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In 1864, an Austrian royal named Maximillian accepted an invitation to become the emperor of what New World country? (He lasted 3 years before getting executed by firing squad)
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Mexico
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What symbolist painter painted "The Kiss"?
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Gustav Klimt
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What book was published in 1952 by Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer?
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Seven Years in Tibet
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