Souvenirs from the Baltic Trivia Quiz

Answer: a watchtower

At the beginning of the 16th century, it was believed that the northern approach to Tallinn was too vulnerable, resulting in the massive Fat Margaret Tower being built for protection.

Answer: winter palace

The Hermitage was originally built for one of Peter the Great's daughters, but she died before it was completed. Completed in 1762, it was the winter home of the Russian Czars before the revolution of 1917. It now houses the Hermitage Museum, which has one of the greatest art collections in the world.

Answer: motherhood

In old Russia the female name Matryona was a popular name among female peasants. This name also came from the Latin root "mater" meaning "mother". These dolls symbolize a robust, portly woman brooding over her large family.

Answer: Poland

It is commonly believed that vodka originated in Poland during the Middle Ages, and the name is a diminutive of the Russian word "voda" (water). In these early days, the spirits were used mostly as medicines.

Answer: llama

The alpaca is smaller than the llama, and are mainly bred for its fiber. Alpaca fleece is warm, lustrous and silky, and bears no lanolin, which makes it hypoallergenic.

Answer: red

Traditionally a dalarna horse is painted bright red with details and patterns. It usually has a harness in white, green, yellow and blue.

Answer: Pippi Longstocking

All over the world, Pippi Longstocking (Långstrump) has encouraged generations of girls to have fun and to believe in themselves. In the process, she has done wonders for equality between the sexes.

Answer: bellows through pipes

Two small pipes are attached to the tops of two air-driven bellows that make alternating high and low pitched whistles that mimic the sound of the cuckoo. Each hour, as the cuckoo clock's iron weights and swinging pendulum cause the clock's wheels to turn, the cuckoo is released and the bellows are activated sending alternating puffs of air into each pipe.

Answer: troll

From old Norse tales, trolls are ugly, powerful and generally dangerous human-like creatures, but stupid and naive, so sly peasants would successfully trick them. Trolls lived to be hundreds of years old, but would die and turn into stone if the sun caught them.

Answer: drain the polder

The 19 Kinderdijk windmills, ranging in date between 1722 and 1761, are the largest surviving concentration of windmills in the Netherlands. The windmills, originally used to drain the polders, were placed on the list of UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997.