A protest in Hviezdoslav (“hv’YAYZ-daw-slahv”) Square in this city occurred on the same day as another seeking the release of Ján Čarnogurský (”yahn char-naw-GOOR-skee”). For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this city where the political movement Public Against Violence was founded with members like Milan Kňažko (“k’NYAHZH-kaw”) and Vladimír Mečiar (“MAY-ch’yar”) as a counterpart to another city’s Civic Forum.
ANSWER: Bratislava [or Pressburg or Pozsony]
[10e] The activism of Bratislava’s Public Against Violence and Prague’s Civic Forum helped bring about the end of Czechoslovakia’s Communist regime and the election of this Czech writer as the country’s first president.
ANSWER: Václav Havel (“VAHT-slahv HAH-vel”)
[10h] Drahomíra Dražská (“drah-ho-MEE-rah DRAHZH-skah”) invented the story of this fake Czech student’s death during a protest in Prague. Radio Free Europe broadcast his death as a true story, rallying support for the anti-communist cause.
ANSWER: Martin Šmíd (“shmeed”)
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