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Quiz about The Czech Republic
Quiz about The Czech Republic

The Czech Republic Trivia Quiz


Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe with an interesting and varied past. Here we look primarily at its geographical features...

A photo quiz by EnglishJedi. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
EnglishJedi
Time
4 mins
Type
Photo Quiz
Quiz #
361,070
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
1129
Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (7/10), Guest 86 (7/10), Guest 42 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. The Czech Republic is made up of three historical territories. Which of these is NOT one of those three? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which of these is a major city in the Czech Republic? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. With which country does the Czech Republic share its longest land border? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. With an area of 30,450 square miles, the Czech Republic is the world's 116th largest country. Which of these countries is smaller than the Czech Republic? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which cathedral, the largest and most important in the country, is located within the grounds of Prague Castle? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The official language is Czech, but the Czech Republic also recognizes fourteen other "official minority languages". Which of these is not one of those fourteen? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which major European river rises in the Krkonose Mountains of northern Czech Republic before making a 680-mile journey to the North Sea? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Peaking at 5,256 feet, Snìzka is the highest point in the Czech Republic. Which of these can NOT be found at the top of the mountain? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "Kde domov mùj?" is the Czech national anthem. What does the title mean in English? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What is the name of the Czech Republic's major international airport? Hint



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1. The Czech Republic is made up of three historical territories. Which of these is NOT one of those three?

Answer: Styria

The odd one out is Styria, which is a region of central Austria. Its capital and largest city is Graz.

Formed in the late 9th-century as a small duchy around the city of Prague, the Czech state was originally called Bohemia. In 1212, Bohemia was elevated to a kingdom and over the following two centuries it expanded its territory to well beyond the borders it has today. The historic territory of Moravia occupies the eastern part of modern day Czech Republic. Co-operation between the Margraviate of Moravia and the Duchy of Bohemia (and later the Kingdom of Bohemia) stretches back more than a millennium. The historic territory of Silesia lies mostly in Poland, with small parts in Germany and the Czech Republic. Czech Silesia lies on the northeastern (Polish) border of the Czech Republic, incorporating the cities of Ostrava and Opava.

The photo shows the Arms of Bohemia.
2. Which of these is a major city in the Czech Republic?

Answer: Brno

According to the 2011 census, Brno was home to 385,000 people and was the second-largest city by population in the Czech Republic (after Prague). It is also a historically important city, having previously been the capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. The photo shows the Brno skyline.

The alternatives are all the second-largest city in a European country: Banja Luka is the second-largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina (after the capital, Sarajevo); Debrecen is second only to Budapest in the list of the largest Hungarian cities; and Maribor is about half the size of Slovenia's capital, Ljubljana.
3. With which country does the Czech Republic share its longest land border?

Answer: Germany

You would have to drive a total of 1,276 miles to travel in a complete circle of the Czech Republic. The longest section of this journey would be along the Czech border with Germany, which is 506 miles in length. The border with Poland is 411 miles long. That with Austria runs 225 miles. The shortest border is with Slovakia -- just 134 miles.

The photo shows the nearest major German city to the Czech border, Dresden.
4. With an area of 30,450 square miles, the Czech Republic is the world's 116th largest country. Which of these countries is smaller than the Czech Republic?

Answer: Sri Lanka

With an area of just 25,330 square miles, Sri Lanka is less than 85% of the size of the Czech Republic. The other three are all larger: Jordan has an area of 34,495 square miles, Iceland 40,000, and Cuba 42,4236 square miles.

The photo shows Sri Lanka as seen from space.
5. Which cathedral, the largest and most important in the country, is located within the grounds of Prague Castle?

Answer: St Vitus Cathedral

Dating back to 925, its full name is St. Vitus, St. Wenceslas and St. Adalbert Cathedral, although it is popularly known simply as St Vitus. Home to the tombs of numerous Bohemian kings and Holy Roman Emperors, it also houses the national crown jewels. For me, the highlight of any visit to Prague Castle is the stained-glass windows in St Vitus (pictured) -- well worth the trip to see these.
Of the alternatives, St. Ansgar's Cathedral is in Copenhagen, Denmark; St. Olav's Cathedral is in Oslo, Norway; and St. Peter and St. Paul's Cathedral is in Tallinn, Estonia.
6. The official language is Czech, but the Czech Republic also recognizes fourteen other "official minority languages". Which of these is not one of those fourteen?

Answer: English

Czech, a West Slavic variation from the Indo-European language family, is the both the official and the majority language the country, with around 12 million native speakers worldwide. Czech and Slovak are mutually intelligible languages, with Polish a close cousin.

In addition, the Czech Republic has fourteen other officially recognized languages: Slovak, German, Polish, Belorussian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, Hungarian, Romani, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.
If you were tempted by Vietnamese, then perhaps the photo of fish and chips, the quintessentially English food, should have dissuaded you.
7. Which major European river rises in the Krkonose Mountains of northern Czech Republic before making a 680-mile journey to the North Sea?

Answer: Elbe

The River Elbe rises almost 5,000 feet up in the Krkonose ("Giant Mountains") in northwester Czech Republic. It them flows across northern Czech Republic and into Germany, where it passes through Dresden, Wittenberg, Dessau, Magdeburg and Hamburg before emptying into the North Sea at Cuxhaven.

The photo shows the The Dolní Zleb Ferry in the Czech Republic. This is the southernmost of the 24 ferries that cross the Elbe between its source in Czech Republic and Hamburg in Germany.
8. Peaking at 5,256 feet, Snìzka is the highest point in the Czech Republic. Which of these can NOT be found at the top of the mountain?

Answer: Internet Cafe

Snìzka stands in the Krkonose mountains in the extreme northwest of the Czech Republic, right on the border with Poland. In 1974, the Polish built the disc-shaped observatory and meteorological office seen in the photograph. In the same building is a restaurant. Also on the Polish (north) side of the mountain is the St Lawrence Chapel.

A chairlift carries visitors up the Czech side of the mountain from the town of Pec pod Snìzkou. Having made it to the top, you can send postcards home from what may well be Europe's highest Post Office -- a surprisingly-large new Post Office building was constructed here in 2004.

There is, though, no internet café at the top of the mountain.
9. "Kde domov mùj?" is the Czech national anthem. What does the title mean in English?

Answer: Where Is My Home?

Written by composer Frantisek Skroup and the playwright Josef Kajetán Tyl in the 1830s, "Where Is My Home?" was adopted as the first verse of the Czechoslovakian anthem when the country was formed in 1918. The second verse was part of the Slovak song "Nad Tatrou sa blýska" ("Lightning over the Tatras" in English). When the two countries divided in 1993, the anthem was also split, with each of the two countries taking as their new anthem one verse from their former combined anthem.

Of the alternatives: "Mila Rodino" ("Dear Native Land") is the Bulgarian national anthem; "Boze pravde" ("God of Justice" is the Serbian anthem); and "Lijepa nasa domovino" ("Our Beautiful Homeland") is the Croatian anthem.
One additional clue that I couldn't avoid giving you here was that the Czech anthem is the only one in Europe that is followed by a "?". If you spotted that, well done.
10. What is the name of the Czech Republic's major international airport?

Answer: Václav Havel Airport

Located six miles west of the centre of Prague, Václav Havel Airport was previously known as Prague Ruzynì International. Opened in 1937, it was renamed in 2012 to honour the first President of the Czech Republic, who had died the previous year. Handling more than ten million passengers annually, Václav Havel is the busiest airport in any the states that joined the European Union in the 2004 expansion. Václav Havel is also a film star -- scenes in the 2006 James Bond film "Casino Royale" that were purported to take place at Miami International were actually filmed at Václav Havel Airport.

The alternatives all rank in Europe's 100 busiest airports: Domodedovo International Airport serves Moscow, Russia; Sabiha Gökçen Airport serves Istanbul, Turkey; and Henri Coandã International Airport serves Bucharest, Romania.
Source: Author EnglishJedi

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