Danish Geography Trivia Quiz

Answer: Esbjerg

Esbjerg is the fifth biggest city in Denmark. It has a population of 80,000 citizens. It was the city of the year in 1997 and 2006.

Answer: Ebeltoft

The "nose" of Denmark is located in the middle-east of Jutland. It is home to the amusement park "Djurs Sommerland", which is quite fun and enjoyable.

Answer: Southwest Jutland

Ribe is over 1100 years old and it is home to Scandinavia's oldest high school: Ribe Kathedral School. Students still attend this school, which is over 1000 years old.

Answer: Ebeltoft

There's a distance of about 30 km between the three cities. The city of Jelling is placed in the middle of the triangle. It is a famous tourist attraction, because it has existed since the time of the vikings.

Answer: North

Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark. It has just over one million citizens and is home to the queen. There's a statue called The Little Mermaid, which Copenhagen is known for. You will also find two of the most famous amusement parks in Denmark there: Tivoli and Bakken.

Answer: Sweden

Queen Margrethe is half Danish and half Swedish. Her mother Queen Ingrid was a Swedish princess, until she married crown prince Frederik of Denmark back in 1935. They had three daughters Margrethe, Benedikte and Anne-Marie. Margrethe later became the queen of Denmark, Benedikte married a man named Richard and Anne-Marie married the Greek King Konstatin and resigned herself from being an heir to the Danish throne.

Answer: Princess Isabella

The Danish line of kings goes like this: Christian, Frederik, Christian, Frederik, Christian, Frederik and so on. As crown prince Frederik will be king one day and his firstborn son will get the throne after him, he had to name his firstborn son Christian.

But when his second-born was a girl, they could choose which ever name they wanted. Crown prince Frederik's younger brother, Prince Joachim, married Chinese Alexandra Christina Manley in 1995. They had two sons, in 1999 and 2002. As Prince Joachim is the next one to get the throne, they could also choose what ever names they wanted for their children as long as they had the names Frederik or Christian in them. So they were named Prince Nikolai William Alexander Frederik and Prince Felix Henrik Valdemar Christian.

Answer: West

Newl and e' Gaf are actually called Nr. Nebel and Nymindegab. They are located in the far west of Jutland with a distance of seven km between them. They are huge tourist sites. Especially the Germans like to visit them. There are actually high numbers of summerhouses over there owned by Germans. You might find some of the best beaches there like: Henne Beach, Houstrup Beach, Gammelgab Beach and Nymindegab Beach.

It's always worth going there.

Answer: DSB

DSB is the biggest train company in Denmark. Arriva are normally just used in Jutland and since Copenhagen is on one of the Islands, Arriva doesn't go there. The Newl Pig is ONLY traveling between two stations: Nr. Nebel and Varde. Bent Thykjaer isn't a train company, it's a bus company.

Answer: Copenhagen

Christiania is a 'freetown', located in Copenhagen and has existed since the 1970's. It was made by a group of people, who were mad at the government and didn't feel that they needed to live by their rules so, they made a home for themselves. Later Christiania became famous for Pusher Street. Pusher Street was the place where they sold drugs to each other.

A few years ago it was broken down by the police force of Copenhagen.