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  San Marino: The Ancient Republic   best quiz  
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San Marino is a country that is small in size but large in history. The republic entered the 21st century as the oldest sovereign state in the world. Come inside and discover something of its long history.
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  The First Country I Know is San Marino    
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You are a statue that can recount the entire history of San Marino, which became the first country back in 301 A.D., in an age of empires. See how much you know about this ancient republic. Good luck!
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San Marino History Trivia Questions
1. It was 297 A.D, and your country's founding father, Saint Marinus, was fleeing discrimination. He was trying to set up a new city-state. What mountain did he set San Marino up on?

From Quiz The First Country I Know is San Marino

Answer: Monte Titano

Saint Marinus was persecuted because he was a Christian. In order to flee the discrimination from the Romans, he went to Monte Titano, set up a church, and eventually created the Republic of San Marino as we know it today. Monte Titano is 2,425 feet high and today is the highest point in San Marino.

2. San Marino has an enviable record of peace and harmony throughout most of its existence. This harmonious history is reflected in the full official title of the republic. What is the full name?

From Quiz San Marino: The Ancient Republic

Answer: The Most Serene Republic of San Marino

The serenity of San Marino has only been interrupted briefly over the course of its long history. One such instance came at the start of the 16th century when Valentino Borgia tried to establish his own kingdom and set up a new capital at Serravalle. Borgia was evicted from the republic after just six months when pressure was put upon him by Pope Julius II. The title of "Most Serene" is traditionally used to indicate that the nation is a sovereign state.

3. "Being a tiny nation was no easy task during the 1600s," you thought to yourself, "when a country that small was at risk of getting invaded at any time." To counter this, San Marino signed a treaty of protection with what Pope in 1602?

From Quiz The First Country I Know is San Marino

Answer: Pope Clement VIII

Pope Clement VIII is best known for setting up the Congregatio de Auxiliis, which was set up to debate free will and grace among Dominicans and Jesuits. Although he signed the Treaty of Protection with San Marino in 1602, it was not put into force until 1631, 26 years after Clement VIII's death.

4. "Oh no!" you thought as you saw an army on the horizon. San Marino's sovereignty was being threatened and the year was 1797. What European power was forcing San Marino to arrest Monsignor Vincenzo Ferretti or face being invaded?

From Quiz The First Country I Know is San Marino

Answer: France

Napoleon's army first reached San Marino in 1797. When he issued the ultimatum, San Marino stated that they would do the best they could to arrest the Monsignor, while in reality they helped him flee. Due to their ingenious diplomatic relations with the French, however, they retained their sovereignty and became friends with them.

5. The year was 1915 and World War I was raging throughout Europe. You saw the mass destruction happening in neighboring Italy. Italy had just declared war on Austria-Hungary, but what did San Marino do?

From Quiz The First Country I Know is San Marino

Answer: Stayed neutral

Despite pressure from Italy to join the Allied Powers, San Marino remained neutral during the entirety of World War I. This came at a price, however, as Italy suspended telephone communications with San Marino during the war. Despite San Marino's neutrality, twenty Sammarinese people joined the Allied side as volunteers for Italy.

6. World War I came to a close, and you saw the Sammarinese people rejoicing peace again. San Marino had successfully maintained its sovereignty for over 1600 years. After World War I, what political ideology did your government embrace?

From Quiz The First Country I Know is San Marino

Answer: Fascism

The Sammarinese Fascist Party was led by Giuliano Gozi, one of the twenty World War I veterans from San Marino. The party dominated Sammarinese politics for twenty years, but was dissolved in 1944. After their decline, the Communist-Socialist party of San Marino took power.

7. San Marino declared itself neutral at the outbreak of World War I. However, in the course of the war Austria broke off diplomatic relations with the republic. Why?

From Quiz San Marino: The Ancient Republic

Answer: 10 Sammarinese operated a Red Cross field hospital on the Italian front

Though 10 Sammarinese did volunteer for the Italian army, it was the presence of the field hospital that got Austrian backs up. San Marino had adopted a stance of neutrality throughout the war but this was viewed with suspicion by both sides. The Italians tried to force the republic's hand by cutting lines of communication and supply but San Marino's government stood firm. The breaking off of diplomatic relations for such a trivial reason therefore, came as something of a blow.

8. After the years of Fascist rule, San Marino finally had a general election at the end of World War II. What political first could San Marino lay claim to as a result of the election of 1945?

From Quiz San Marino: The Ancient Republic

Answer: It had the world's first democratically elected Communist government

As the continent attempted to recover from the ravages of Nazism and Fascism and the damage done by six years of war, much of Europe's population voted in left-leaning governments. The Sammarinese went a step farther than most. Whilst Communism soon spread across much of Europe, only in San Marino was a Communist government chosen by the people rather than imposed upon them. The Communists remained in power for ten years. It was another three years before a coalition of Christian and Social Democrats introduced a law that gave the vote to the women of the republic.

9. In 2004, you watched with glee as San Marino's national football (soccer) team won its first game ever. Against what other European microstate was this win?

From Quiz The First Country I Know is San Marino

Answer: Liechtenstein

San Marino defeated Liechtenstein 1-0. Andy Selva was the man who scored the winning goal for San Marino. No yellow or red cards were given in that game. Unfortunately, this game was a friendly match, so it didn't count in the standings.

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