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Thanks to the guys for getting this great new site up and running and here is a brand new quiz thread. You know the rules. Please don't post your answers before the quizzer does. Don't forget to post your scores.  

Nordic Countries Quiz

1.  Which country has the largest population in the Nordic Region?

2.  What is the Finnish name for 'Finland'?

3.  What's the name of the off-centre cross found on the flags of both Norway and Denmark?

4.  The Oresund bridge connects the Danish capital of Copenhagen with which Nordic city?

5.  The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in which city?

6.  Which Norwegian artist is best known for The Scream?

7.  Which country is nicknamed 'the land of fire and ice'?

8.  Nuuk is by far the largest town in which country?

9.  What word means a long strip of sea between steep hills, found especially in Norway?

10.  Which Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter directed such films as Cries and Whispers, Face to Face and Fanny & Alexander?

11.  Which famous Swedish actress won three Academy Awards including Best Supporting Actress for her role in Murder on the Orient Express (1974)?

12.  The inaugural World Athletics Championships were held in 1983 at the Olympic Stadium in which city?

13. Which Norse explorer is described in Icelandic sagas as having founded the first settlement in Greenland? 

14.  True or false. Norway is the world's most successful nation at the Winter Olympic Games?

15.  Which three letter acronym represents Scandinavian Airlines?

16.  Which city, the second largest in Sweden, is now the largest port in Nordic countries?

17.  Back in 1991 from which Danish team did Manchester United sign Peter Schmeichel from?

18.  Which peninsula forms the continental portion of Denmark?

19.  What's the two word name of the winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping?

20.  Can you name the four members of Swedish band ABBA as they are popularly known?  Point for first names and bonus point for surnames. It’s Friday so I’ll accept any dodgy spelling!

 

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Answers a tad early as I have to pop out.  Swiss is correct, rabbit or hare on yesterdays question so let me know if you need an added point for hare!

Spain Quiz

1. What is the capital of Spain? 
Madrid

2.  Who is the current head of the State of Spain? 
King Felipe VI

3.  What does ‘siesta’ mean?
an afternoon rest sleep or nap

4.  What type of small appetizer is served with beer or wine in Spain? 
Tapas

5.  Who is the current Prime Minister of Spain?
Pedro Sánchez

6.  Barcelona is the capital of which region? 
Catalonia

7.  On which Spanish island is Mount Teide? 
Tenerife

8.  Who is actress Penélope Cruz’s husband? 
Actor Javier Bardem

9.  Which fruit is eaten at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Spain? 
Grapes

10.  What colour is the top stripe of the flag of Spain? 
Red

11.  The capital city of Peru was founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro. What is the name of this city? 
Lima

12.  In which city does the festival ‘Las Fallas’ take place? 
Valencia

13.  What is the smallest island in the Canary Islands? 
El Hierro

14.  What is the name of the mountains which run the length of the north coast of Majorca?
The Tramuntana mountains or Serra de Tramuntana

15.  Madrid has three main football clubs, Real Madrid, Atletico de Madrid and which other? 
Rayo Vallecano

16.  What group of people from Africa invaded Spain and stayed there for several centuries?
The Moors

17.  Which beautiful Spanish city on the Mediterranean coast is the third largest in area? It is also the traditional home of paella.
Valencia

18.  Situated in the northern province of Navarra, the 'Running of the Bulls' is held where every year?
Pamplona

19.  "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain" is a famous lyric from what classic Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe?
My Fair Lady

20.  There is a very small (180 square miles) landlocked sovereign country between France and Spain with a population of approximately 75,000. Believed to have been created by Charlemagne, what is the name of this country?
Andorra


 

Spain I got 15. 

On Germany I would have got 19. Only the Castle I didn't know. Also I would have put hare not rabbit for 10 which is more correct. 

Starting yiu off with an easy one, and no mention of free kicks!

Spain Quiz

1. What is the capital of Spain? 

2.  Who is the current head of the State of Spain? 

3.  What does ‘siesta’ mean?

4.  What type of small appetizer is served with beer or wine in Spain? 

5.  Who is the current Prime Minister of Spain?

6.  Barcelona is the capital of which region? 

7.  On which Spanish island is Mount Teide? 

8.  Who is actress Penélope Cruz’s husband? 

9.  Which fruit is eaten at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Spain? 

10.  What colour is the top stripe of the flag of Spain? 

11.  The capital city of Peru was founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro. What is the name of this city? 

12.  In which city does the festival ‘Las Fallas’ take place? 

13.  What is the smallest island in the Canary Islands? 

14.  What is the name of the mountains which run the length of the north coast of Majorca?

15.  Madrid has three main football clubs, Real Madrid, Atletico de Madrid and which other? 

16.  What group of people from Africa invaded Spain and stayed there for several centuries?

17.  Which beautiful Spanish city on the Mediterranean coast is the third largest in area? It is also the traditional home of paella.

18.  Situated in the northern province of Navarra, the 'Running of the Bulls' is held where every year?

19.  "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain" is a famous lyric from what classic Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe?

20.  There is a very small (180 square miles) landlocked sovereign country between France and Spain with a population of approximately 75,000. Believed to have been created by Charlemagne, what is the name of this country?



 

17 today thanks zico and I fell for the Oktoberfest trap.

Schloss Neuschwanstein is as mad as mad King Ludwig II was himself but I'd love to go there.
The cost of building it ended the Bavarian monarchy and King Ludwig himself.
Ludwig was arrested for refusing to pay the debts he had racked up getting the place built and ejected from the castle. He died in very suspicious circumstances a couple of days later.
 

These quizzes are good. Thanks!

Would have been interested in a question like : "When did Germany actually become a country?" or "What is the unofficial currency of Bavaria?"...

Not complaining, though.

15 today.

Cheers Zico 

15 - and I put October for Q.4 !!


Thanks Zico

17 Danke Zico

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Germany Quiz

1.  In which year was the German reunification of East and West Germany?
1990

2.  Which German boxer and sporting icon was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932?
Max Schmeling

3.  In the British comedy-drama TV programme Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, the men live and work on a building site in which German city?
Dusseldorf

4.  Name the world's largest Volksfest held annually in Munich? And in which month of the year does this always start?
Oktoberfest. Starts in September – point for each

5.  What is the only non-EU country to share a border with Germany? 
Switzerland

6.  What is the largest wooded area in Germany? 
The Black Forest

7.  Which river forms the border between France and Germany
The Rhine

8.  Which German artist sang “99 Red Balloons”?
Nena

9.  What is a wurst? 
A sausage

10.  What type of meat is used to make a Hasenpfeffer? 
Rabbit

11.  How many times has Germany won the World Cup? 
Four times (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)

12.  Which former world No. 1 Tennis player won three Wimbledon’s, two Australian Opens and one US Open? 
Boris Becker

13.  What currency was used in Germany before the Euro?
Deutschmark

14.  Which famous composer was born in the city of Bonn, Germany?
Ludwig van Beethoven

15.  Which German scientist is famous for formulating the three laws of planetary motion?
Johannes Kepler

16.  What is the name of the German electronic music band known for hits like "Autobahn" and "Trans-Europe Express"?
Kraftwerk

17.  What German gate and monument was built on the orders of Prussian King Frederick William II in the 18th Century, after the temporary restoration of order during the Batavian Revolution?
The Brandenburg Gate

18.  Which city served as the capital of West Germany from 1949 until 1990 and was the seat of government for reunified Germany until 1999?
Bonn

19.  How are the academics and authors Jacob and Wilhelm better known?
The Brothers Grimm

20.  Which castle in Bavaria, Germany, served as the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle?
Neuschwanstein Castle
 

Decent scores fellas.  Moving next door.

Germany Quiz

1.  In which year was the German reunification of East and West Germany?

2.  Which German boxer and sporting icon was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932?

3.  In the British comedy-drama TV programme Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, the men live and work on a building site in which German city?

4.  Name the world's largest Volksfest held annually in Munich? And in which month of the year does this always start?

5.  What is the only non-EU country to share a border with Germany? 

6.  What is the largest wooded area in Germany? 

7.  Which river forms the border between France and Germany

8.  Which German artist sang “99 Red Balloons”?

9.  What is a wurst? 

10.  What type of meat is used to make a Hasenpfeffer? 

11.  How many times has Germany won the World Cup? 

12.  Which former world No. 1 Tennis player won three Wimbledon’s, two Australian Opens and one US Open? 

13.  What currency was used in Germany before the Euro?

14.  Which famous composer was born in the city of Bonn, Germany?

15.  Which German scientist is famous for formulating the three laws of planetary motion?

16.  What is the name of the German electronic music band known for hits like "Autobahn" and "Trans-Europe Express"?

17.  What German gate and monument was built on the orders of Prussian King Frederick William II in the 18th Century, after the temporary restoration of order during the Batavian Revolution?

18.  Which city served as the capital of West Germany from 1949 until 1990 and was the seat of government for reunified Germany until 1999?

19.  How are the academics and authors Jacob and Wilhelm better known?

20.  Which castle in Bavaria, Germany, served as the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle?

 

12 for me thanks

17 today thanks zico.
My French grandmother will be gently shrugging beyond the grave.
Pfft!

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Cheers Zico 

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17 Merci, Zico.

To this day, finishing third in a Petanque competition in France is up there with my greatest sporting achievements

France Quiz

1.  Which French queen is associated with the phrase ‘Let them eat cake’?
Marie-Antoinette

2.  In which French city can you find the Louvre Museum?
Paris

3.  What animal is the national symbol of France?
Gallic rooster – will accept just rooster

4.  Which river is the longest in France?
The Loire

5.  Which mountain range forms a natural border between France and Spain?
The Pyrenees

6.  Which French city is known for its annual film festival?
Cannes

7.  Which island is a French territory located in the Mediterranean?
Corsica

8.  Which famous French general led the Free French Forces during World War II?
Charles de Gaulle

9.  In which French palace did the Sun King reside?
The Palace of Versailles

10.  What is the French name for the English Channel?
La Manche

11.  What is the French celebration on July 14th called? 
Bastille Day

12.  In which century did Joan of Arc live?
15th century

13. Which French city is famous for its perfume industry? 
Grasse

14. What is the French sport similar to bowling? 
Pétanque

15.  What was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg?
La Marseillaise

16.  Which French President formally opened the Channel Tunnel with Queen Elizabeth II?
President Mitterrand (in May 1994)

17.  What title was given to the heir apparent to the throne of France from 1350 to 1791?
Dauphin of France

18.  Which city advertises itself as the 'Capital of the Alps', due to its size and its proximity to the mountain range?
Grenoble

19.  Which artist founded the Impressionist movement?
Claude Monet – Full point for Monet.

20. Best known for his book Les Propheties, in which century did Nostradamus live? 
16th Century (1503 – 1566)