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The Blue Danube Trivia Quiz

This is quite a tricky quiz on the regions and cities of the famous river Danube which gives its name to the song 'The Blue Danube' though maybe the river isn't so blue anymore.

A multiple-choice quiz by boltonw. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
boltonw

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
54,019

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
1460

Last 3 plays: Guest 124 (1/15), Guest 88 (0/15), benjovi (3/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. In which German state is the source of the river Danube? Hint

Thuringia

Bavaria

Baden-W�rttemberg

Saxony

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Question 2 of 15

2. What is the German name for the River Danube? Hint

Danubius

Donau

Danubach

Main

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Question 3 of 15

3. Name the major river which joins the Danube at the city of Passau?

Answer: (One word, this river gives its name to the capital of the Austrian Tirol)

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Question 4 of 15

4. Apart from Vienna through which major Austrian city does the Danube flow? Hint

Linz

Graz

Salzburg

Radstadt

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Question 5 of 15

5. What is the name of the large lake on the Austrian Hungarian border which lies about 30km south east of Vienna ? Hint

Neusiedler See

Lake Constance

Bodensee

Lipno

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Question 6 of 15

6. The Danube flows through the Slovakian capital Bratislava, what is the German name for Bratislava? Hint

Pressburg

Mailand

Bratsburg

Oststein

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Question 7 of 15

7. Recently Slovakia has completed a major hydroelectric project on the Danube, what is the name of the project? Hint

Gabcikovo

Slovakomagyar

Bratislava

Komarno

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Question 8 of 15

8. The Hungarian capital Budapest was formed by the joining of two cities on opposite banks of the Danube , what were the names of these two cities?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 9 of 15

9. The Danube receives water from lake Balaton via which tributary? Hint

Drava

Sio

Tisza

Raab

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Question 10 of 15

10. The Danube flows through the Vojvodina agricultural region of Serbia. Which of these is a city of this region? Hint

Novi Sad

Pirot

Nis

Split

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Question 11 of 15

11. At Belgrade the Danube is joined by the River Sava, in which country is the source of the Sava located? Hint

Austria

Macedonia

Bosnia

Slovenia

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Question 12 of 15

12. What is the name of the narrow gorge through which the Danube flows to enter Romania? Hint

Srbska Udol

Velke Reka

Iron Gates

Gorge of Nis

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Question 13 of 15

13. Only one bridge crosses the Danube between Romania and Bulgaria. At which Bulgarian town is this bridge found? Hint

Sofia

Ruse

Varna

Calafat

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Question 14 of 15

14. Seagoing ships may navigate the Danube as far upstream as which Romanian town? Hint

Brasov

Constanta

Bucharest

Galati

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Question 15 of 15

15. What is the name of the only Ukranian port on the river Danube? Hint

Lvov

Odessa

Ismail

Sevastopol

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In which German state is the source of the river Danube?

Answer: Baden-W�rttemberg

The Danube begins as a small mountain stream deep in the Black Forest near Donaueschlingen, not far from the French border.

2. What is the German name for the River Danube?

Answer: Donau

3. Name the major river which joins the Danube at the city of Passau?

Answer: Inn

The Inn is actually a larger river than the Danube at this point and gives its name to the Austrian city of Innsbruck

4. Apart from Vienna through which major Austrian city does the Danube flow?

Answer: Linz

Linz is famed for its delicious Linzer pastries sold throughout central Europe

5. What is the name of the large lake on the Austrian Hungarian border which lies about 30km south east of Vienna ?

Answer: Neusiedler See

Neusiedler See is an important area of pristine marshland and lake

6. The Danube flows through the Slovakian capital Bratislava, what is the German name for Bratislava?

Answer: Pressburg

Many towns in central Europe, Bratislava included were once part of the German or Austro-Hungarian empires

7. Recently Slovakia has completed a major hydroelectric project on the Danube, what is the name of the project?

Answer: Gabcikovo

This project has resulted in the loss of important Danube wetlands

8. The Hungarian capital Budapest was formed by the joining of two cities on opposite banks of the Danube , what were the names of these two cities?

Answer: Buda Pest

9. The Danube receives water from lake Balaton via which tributary?

Answer: Sio

Lake Balaton is the largest lake in Central Europe

10. The Danube flows through the Vojvodina agricultural region of Serbia. Which of these is a city of this region?

Answer: Novi Sad

Although in Serbia, Vojvodina is home to a large Hungarian population.

11. At Belgrade the Danube is joined by the River Sava, in which country is the source of the Sava located?

Answer: Slovenia

The Sava begins high in the Julian alps of Slovenia

12. What is the name of the narrow gorge through which the Danube flows to enter Romania?

Answer: Iron Gates

The gorge has now been dammed so the famous Iron Gates rapids no longer exist.

13. Only one bridge crosses the Danube between Romania and Bulgaria. At which Bulgarian town is this bridge found?

Answer: Ruse

There are plans to build a second bridge at Calafat over the Danube when funding is available

14. Seagoing ships may navigate the Danube as far upstream as which Romanian town?

Answer: Galati

15. What is the name of the only Ukranian port on the river Danube?

Answer: Ismail

Ismail lies within the Danube delta the point at which the river empties into the Black Sea

Source: Author boltonw

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