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Vorarlberg Trivia Quiz

A quiz on Austria's second smallest Bundesland. I lived in Vorarlberg for a year and I thought it was a shame nobody else had created a quiz on it so I decided to be the first.

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

Author
beee

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
253,502

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
391

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which is the largest city in Vorarlberg? Hint

Feldkirch

Bregenz

Dornbirn

Bludenz

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which famous writer once attended a boarding school in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg? Hint

James Joyce

Charles Dickens

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Roald Dahl

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the name of the castle in Feldkirch? Hint

Schaanburg

Schloss Feldkirch

Schloss Vorarlberg

Schattenburg

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Question 4 of 10

4. A Vorarlberg ticket will allow you to travel around the whole state using trains and buses. You can also travel to three other countries with this ticket. Which countries are these? Hint

Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein

Germany, Italy, Switzerland

Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein, Italy, Germany

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the name of the famous lake that Bregenz is built on the shores of? Hint

Bodensee

Attersee

Koenigssee

Mondsee

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Question 6 of 10

6. There are five cities in the state of Vorarlberg. Four of them are Feldkirch, Bregenz, Dornbirn and Bludenz. What is the fifth? Hint

Egg

Schruns

Rankweil

Hohenems

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is "Fohrenburger"? Hint

A type of chocolate

A kind of Austrian cow

A castle

A type of beer

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the highest mountain of Vorarlberg? Hint

Karren

Muttersberg

Piz Buin

Piz Linard

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Question 9 of 10

9. The world's biggest Rolls Royce museum is located in Vorarlberg. Where abouts is it? Hint

Dornbirn

Bludenz

Hohenems

Feldkirch

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Question 10 of 10

10. There is a tower in Feldkirch named the 'Cat's Tower'

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which is the largest city in Vorarlberg?

Answer: Dornbirn

Although Dornbirn is the largest city in Vorarlberg it is not its state capital - the capital of Vorarlberg is Bregenz.

2. Which famous writer once attended a boarding school in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg?

Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Conan Doyle was a pupil at the Stella Matutina, a Jesuit boarding school. The school was closed by the Jesuits in 1977 and the building is now the Landeskonservatorium f�r Vorarlberg - a music school.

3. What is the name of the castle in Feldkirch?

Answer: Schattenburg

The Schattenburg was built by Hugo I of Montfort in the 12th century. Today the castle belongs to the city of Feldkirch and contains a museum and a restaurant. The restaurant is home to the "Schattenburg Schnitzel" - a Wiener Schnitzel big enough to take up an entire plate!

4. A Vorarlberg ticket will allow you to travel around the whole state using trains and buses. You can also travel to three other countries with this ticket. Which countries are these?

Answer: Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein

With a Maxi Vorarlberg ticket you can travel everywhere in Vorarlberg and also to Buchs (Switzerland), Lindau (Germany) and to Liechtenstein.

5. What is the name of the famous lake that Bregenz is built on the shores of?

Answer: Bodensee

The English name of the Bodensee is Lake Constance

6. There are five cities in the state of Vorarlberg. Four of them are Feldkirch, Bregenz, Dornbirn and Bludenz. What is the fifth?

Answer: Hohenems

The other three places mentioned are all in Vorarlberg but Hohenems is the only one of them that is a city.

7. What is "Fohrenburger"?

Answer: A type of beer

Fohrenburger beer is brewed in Bludenz.

8. What is the highest mountain of Vorarlberg?

Answer: Piz Buin

Piz Buin is one of the highest mountains in the Silvretta mountain range. the highest mountain of this range is Piz linard which is in the Swiss Alps. The Muttersberg is in Bludenz and the Karren in Dornbirn.

9. The world's biggest Rolls Royce museum is located in Vorarlberg. Where abouts is it?

Answer: Dornbirn

The museum opened in 1999 in the 150 year old building of a former spinning mill

10. There is a tower in Feldkirch named the 'Cat's Tower'

Answer: True

In German it's the Katzenturm. It was named of the cannons ('cats') that were stored there - nothing to do with the animal!

Source: Author beee

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