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Estonia, The Baltic Republic Trivia Quiz

This is a simple quiz on Estonia, the most northerly of the Baltic Republics. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by pia_fraus. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
pia_fraus

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
88,322

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

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1255

Last 3 plays: Guest 109 (8/10), Guest 184 (4/10), Guest 92 (4/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which country is Estonia's northern neighbour, found across a body of water? Hint

Sweden

Latvia

Norway

Finland

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Question 2 of 10

2. Lake Peipsi (3555 sq km) is situated on the Estonian-Russian border and is the biggest transboundary lake in Europe. True or false?

True

False

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the biggest city in Estonia? Hint

Narva

Tartu

Tallinn

P�rnu

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Question 4 of 10

4. There is a legend connected to Estonia about how this foreign country got its flag. Hint

Denmark

Lithuania

Finland

Germany

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Question 5 of 10

5. This bird is Estonia's national bird. Hint

sparrow

barn swallow

blue crane

whooper swan

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the well-known Estonian, Arvo P�rt, by profession? Hint

a politician

a scientist

an artist

a composer

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is approximately the population of Estonia? Hint

1.5 million

15 million

0.5 million

150 million

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Question 8 of 10

8. When did Estonia gain independence from Soviet Union? Hint

1985

1991

1989

1990

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Question 9 of 10

9. The Estonian language belongs to which group of languages? Hint

Romance

Germanic

Slavonic

Finno-Ugric

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Question 10 of 10

10. Estonian flag has three equal horizontal bands. What colour are these bands? Hint

blue-black-white

yellow-red-green

green-yellow-green

red-white-red

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which country is Estonia's northern neighbour, found across a body of water?

Answer: Finland

Estonia is separated from its Northern neighbour by the Gulf of Finland. Other neighbours are Russia on the eastern side, Latvia in the south and Sweden in the west which lies across the Baltic Sea.

2. Lake Peipsi (3555 sq km) is situated on the Estonian-Russian border and is the biggest transboundary lake in Europe. True or false?

Answer: True

It is also the fourth largest of all lakes in Europe, the biggest being Lake Ladoga in Russia.

3. What is the biggest city in Estonia?

Answer: Tallinn

Tallinn, the historic capital of Estonia, which has had several names including Koluwan, Lindanise and Reval during its history, has a very well preserved Medieval Old Town. One of Tallinn's many churches, the Gothic Oleviste Church, was once (in 16th century) the tallest building in the world at 159 metres.

4. There is a legend connected to Estonia about how this foreign country got its flag.

Answer: Denmark

In 1219 the Danish King Waldemar II was trying to conquer Northern Estonia. It seemed that the Estonians were going to win, but, according to the legend, an ensign - a white cross on the red field - was then bestowed from the Heavens. When the Danes saw it, they took courage and won the battle.

The same flag - Dannebrog - is used up to this day as the flag of Denmark (it's the oldest national flag in the world).

5. This bird is Estonia's national bird.

Answer: barn swallow

The national flower is corn-flower and the national tree is oak.

6. What is the well-known Estonian, Arvo P�rt, by profession?

Answer: a composer

Arvo P�rt was born in 1935 in Paide, which is a little Estonian town. He emigrated to Austria in 1980. One year later he moved to Berlin, Germany, where he still lives. At the age of 61, P�rt was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

7. What is approximately the population of Estonia?

Answer: 1.5 million

About 65% of the population are Estonian, about 28% Russian.

8. When did Estonia gain independence from Soviet Union?

Answer: 1991

The exact date was August 20, 1991. It was called 'the singing revolution' - victory without bloodshed.

9. The Estonian language belongs to which group of languages?

Answer: Finno-Ugric

Estonian is considered a very difficult language. It has fourteen different cases! Other Finno-Ugrian languages include Finnish and Hungarian.

10. Estonian flag has three equal horizontal bands. What colour are these bands?

Answer: blue-black-white

These colours are said to symbolize the skies, earth and peace.
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Source: Author pia_fraus

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