Quiz on European countries

1. What is the capital of Austria?
a) Berlin
b) Vienna
c) Salzburg

2. Who was the so-called "Turk of Purbach"?
a) A host worker who settled in a small village in the most eastern Austrian province.
b) A Turkish soldier who wanted to flee through a chimney at the time of the Turkish invasion.
c) A restaurant serving Turkish food.

3. What is the Giant Wheel?
a) A landmark of Vienna
b) The wheel of a supersize bike
c) A shop selling bikes and motorbikes

4. Where was the Austrian State Treaty signed in 1955?
a) In Schoenbrunn Castle
b) In the Auersperg Palace
c) In the Upper Belvedere

5. Which of the following persons is the Austrian president at the moment?
a) Karl Renner
b) Thomas Klestil
c) Franz Jonas

6. How many provinces has Austria got?
a) 6
b) 10
c) 9

7. Bregenz is the capital of...
a) the Tyrol
b) Vorarlberg
c) the Burgenland

8. Which of the following bridges is not located in Austria?
a) Karlsbruecke
b) Reichsbrücke
c) Europabruecke

9. Which of the following towns has hosted the Olympic Games in 1964?
a) Graz
b) Salzburg
c) Innsbruck

10. Which is the capital of England?
a) Glasgow
b) London
c) Cardiff

11. Choose a group of English cities!
a) Midhurst, Southport, Blackpool, Bolton, Oldham
b) Sheffield, Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester, Brighton
c) Belfast, Glasgow, Dublin, Cardiff, Newport

12. Choose a group of British politicians!
a) Jack Straw, Gordon Brown, Robin Cook, Charles Clarke, David Blunkett
b) Andy Stirling, Clive Bates, Peter Maxwell, Andrew Muir, Colin Hines
c) Sidney Holt, Ian McCartney, Kevin Allardyce, Joseph Keegan, Henry Kirkland

13. Choose a group of English footballers!
a) Dwight Yorke, David Weir, John Hartson, Neil McCann, John Watson
b) Peter Dyer, Chris Dunham, Alan Partridge, Billy McEwan, John Gregory
c) Sol Campbell, Gaty Neville, Joe Cole, Kevin Phillips, Rio Ferdinand

14. Choose a group of English counties!
a) Sussex, Yorkshire, Kent, Hamshire, Somerset
b) Bradford, Chelsea, Tottenham, Charlton, Fulham
c) Bristol, Luton, Plymouth, Rochdale, Coventry

15. Choose a group of English painters!
a) Elizabeth Thompson, Thomas Gainsborough, Walter Crane, Joshua Reynolds
b) Ian Rowlandson, Frederick Turner, Henry Lawrence, James Nevison
c) Gwen John, Augustus John, Thomas Faed, Allan Ramsay, Rudolf Ackermann

16. What is the capital of Estonia?
a) Tallin
b) Riga
c) Vilnius

17. Where is Estonis situated?
a) west of Russia
b) south of Finland
c) north of Sweden

18. What are the three colours of the Estonian flag?
a) blue, black and white
b) red, white and blue
c) green, yellow and blue

19. Compare the territories of Estonia and Belgium!
a) Estonia is smaller
b) Estonia is bigger
c) they are of the same size

20. Estonian is the mother tongue of Estonians. It is similar to
a) Russian
b) Latvian
c) Finnish

21. What is the capital of Lithuania?
a) Riga
b) Tallin
c) Vilnius
d) Kaunas
e) Elblag

22. What is one of the border countries of Lithuania?
a) Estonia
b) Latvia
c) Sweden
d) Finland

23. When did Lithuania become an independent country?
a) 1985
b) 1991
c) 1998
d) 2002

24. When was Lithuania invited to become a member of the NATO?
a) 1992
b) 1978
c) 2002
d) 1998

25. What is the population of Lithuania?
a) 10,5 mln
b) 17 mln
c) 3,5 mln
d) 9 mln

26. What is the capital of Finland?
a) Helsinki
b) Helsingborg
c) Helsingoer
d) Hiroshima

27. Finland has got about .... inhabitants
a) 10 000 000
b) 6 000 000
c) 8 000 000

28. The Independence Day of Finland is on Dec 6th. It became independent in
a) 1718
b) 1871
c) 1917
d) 1971

29. The capital of Finland was founded by King Gustav Vasa in
a) 1850
b) 1650
c) 1550

30. The President of Finland is
a) Urho Kekkonen
b) Tarja Halonen
c) Mauno Koivisto
d) Mikka Häkkinen
e) Martti Ahtisaari

31. The two official languages of Finland are
a) Finnish
b) Russian
c) Estonian
d) Swedish
e) Lithuanian

32. The capital of Greece is
a) Sofia
b) Athens
c) Istanbul

33. Greece is full of
a) woods
b) mountains
c) campaigns

34. Greek language is continously written for
a) 1500 years
b) 2800 years
c) 550 years

35. Greece has common borders with
a) Spain and Italy
b) Spain and France
c) Italy and Turkey

36. Significant persons in Greek history were
a) Socrates and Alexander the Great
b) Julius Cesar and Mr Tervantes
c) Peter the Great and Jean dÁrc

37. Olympics in ancient times took place in Greece every 4 years. Nowadays they:
a) Took place in Athens in 1896 and they will again in 2004
b) took place in Athens in 1996
c) didn´t take place in Athens ever

38. The capital of Latvia is...
a) Tartu
b) Tidaholm
c) Riga

39. Where is Latvia situated?
a) in the north-east of Europe
b) in the west of Europe
c) on an island

40. What are the colours of the Latvian flag?
a) brown and blue
b) greeen and white
c) red and white

41. The President of Latvia is
a) Karlis Ulmanis
b) Janis Chakste
c) Vaira Vike - Freiberga

42. Which sports in Latvia have the strongest ssupport of fans
a) football
b) ice-hockey
c) bobsleigh

43. Which representative of Latvia won the first prize in "Eurovision" contest?
a) Brainstorm
b) Marie N.
c) Kaspars Kambala

44. The capital of Malta is...
a) Sliema
b) Victoria
c) Mdina
d) Valletta

45. The national language of Malta is...
a) English
b) Italian
c) Maltese
d) Arabic

46. Which of these is not a Maltese island?
a) Lipari
b) Comino
c) Fifla
d) Gozo

47. The colours of the Maltese flag are...
a) red and white
b) white and red
c) yellow and green
d) green and white

48. The number of islands in the Maltese Archipelage is...
a) 3
b) 5
c) 6
d) 7

49. Which is the capital of Spain?
a) Bilbao
b) Barcelona
c) Madrid
d) Milano
e) Pamplona

50. Choose a group of Spanish cities!
a) Sevilla, Barcelona, Oporto, Valencia, Madrid, Bilbao
b) Bilbao, Santiago de Compostela, Madrid, Segovia, Barcelona, Valencia
c) Tarragona, Toledo, Toulouse, Léon, Granada, Palma de Mallorca

51. Choose agroup of Spanish politicians and historical personages!
a) Philip II., Pablo Picasso, Javier Solana, Francisco Franco
b) Gaudi, Matisse, Jose Maria Aznar, La Pasionaria
c) La Pasionaria, Dali, Felipe González, Romano Prodi

52. Choose a group of Spanish sportspeople!
a) Raúl, Figo, Severiano Ballasteros, Miguel Indurain
b) Guardiola, Fernando Hierro, Arancha Sanchez Vicario, Zidane
c) Miguel Indurain, Severiano Ballesteros, Raúl, Guardiola

53. Choose a group of Spanish regions!
a) Castile, Galicia, Basque Country, Andalucia
b) Catalonia, Languedoc, Andalucia, Valencia
c) Madrid, Piemonte, Algarve, Andalucia

54. Choose a group of Spanish painters!
a) Velásquez, Goya, Murillo, Dali, Picasso
b) Picasso, Miró, Caravaggio, Goya, Velasquez
c) Murillo, El Greco, Monet, Dali, Picasso

55. What is the capital of Portugal?
a) Oporto
b) Madrid
c) Lisbon

56. Which of these islands are Portuguese?
a) Azores
b) Canaries
c) Corsica

57. The Roca Cape is the extreme latitude in the European continent.
a) to the east
b) to the west
c) to the north
d) to the south

58. Which country has a larger population?
a) Austria
b) Finland
c) Portugal

59. The Belém Tower is a monument related with
a) The Portuguese navigation of the XVI
b) The Lisbon earthquake in 1775
c) The Portuguese participation in World War I

60. Which place occupies Portuguese in the more spoken languages in the world?
a) 20th
b) 1st
c) 8th
d) 11th

61. Which is the capital of Belgium?
a) Brugge
b) Brussels
c) Antwerp
d) Amsterdam

62. Who is Prime Minister of Belgium?
a) Louis Michel
b) Jean-Luc Dehaene
c) Guy Verhofstadt

63. Which famous city in Belgium was cultural capital of Europe in 2002?
a) Brugge
b) Antwerp
c) Gent

64. Belgium has 3 "officially spoken" languages! Which are they?
a) Dutch, French, English
b) French, Dutch, German
c) Dutch, English, Arabic

65. What is a famous "dish" in the Flemish part of Belgium?
a) Couscous
b) Spaghetti
c) Gentse waterzooi

66. The capital of Romania is...
a) Budapest
b) Bukarest
c) Barcelona

67. In Romania there are the mountains called:
a) Carpathians
b) Alpes
c) Himalaya

68. The most important river, that forms the southern border of Romania is:
a) Don
b) Danube
c) Ron

69. The last communist dictator of Romania, bethrown in 1989 was:
a) Erich Honecker
b) Nicolae Ceausescu
c) Tudor Jivkov

70. Romania has been invited to become a member of NATO in the year
a) 2000
b) 1989
c) 2002
d) 1991

71. The capital of Sweden is:
a) Stockholm
b) Gothenburg
c) Uppsala
d) Malmoe

72. Who is Prime Minister of Sweden?
a) Bert Carlsson
b) Goran Persson
c) Anna Lindh

73. Name the largest animal in the Swedish forests!
a) Reindeer
b) Elk
c) Deer

74. Which of the following cars are made in Sweden?
a) Fiat
b) Toyota
c) Volvo

75. Which country is the largest?
a) Sweden
b) Italy
c) England

76. The capital of Turkey is:
a) Ankara
b) Istanbul
c) Antalya

77. Modern Republik of Turkey was founded in 1923 by:
a) Ataturk
b) Ozal
c) Erdogan

78. The strait which runs through Instanbul dividing the city into two is called:
a) Dardanelles
b) Bosphorus
c) Gibraltar

79. Name the home country of tulips!
a) Netherlands
b) Finland
c) Turkey

80. St Nicholas lived in:
a) Turkey
b) Finland
c) Austria

81. Which is the capital of Germany?
a) Bremen
b) Bonn
c) Berlin
d) Brandenburg

82. Who is not German?
a) Heinrich Kleist
b) Friedrich Duerrenmatt
c) Heinrich Boell
d) Bert Brecht

83. Which river is not in Germany?
a) Saale
b) Rhein
c) Elbe
d) Rhone
e) Mosel

84. Which group of cities is German?
a) Bremen, Freiburg, Colmar, Basel
b) Stuttgart, Ulm, Muenchen, Kiel
c) Stettin, Schwerin, Schweinfurt, Koeln

85. Which river doesn´t flow into the North Sea?
a) Rhein
b) Elbe
c) Donau
d) Weser

86. Which country is not a neighbour of Germany?
a) Belgium
b) Italy
c) Austria
d) France
e) Poland

87. What is the second city in France?
a) Brive
b) Lille
c) Marseille
d) Lyon
e) Nantes

88. What is the most important river in France?
a) La Seine
b) Le Rhin
c) La Corrèze
d) La Loire

89. Who is NOT a french painter?
a) Monet
b) Gauguin
c) Degas
d) Von Gogh
e) Renoir

90. Which of the following persons is the French president at the moment
(2003)?
a) Lionel Jospin
b) François Mitterrrand
c) Jacques Chirac
d) Robert Schuman
e) Valéry Giscard D'Estaing

91. When did France entered in the EEC?
a) 1957
b) 1973
c) 1981
d) 1986
e) 1995

92. How many people visit France each year?
a) 30 million
b) 50 million
c) 80 million
d) 100 million
e) 120 million

93. What is the french national anthem?
a) Ode to joy
b) La Marseillaise
c) La Javanaise
d) L'école est finie
e) Ave Maria



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