Europe Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge about Europe and the different European languages across the
continent with this quick trivia quiz to celebrate the European Day of Languages! European Day
of Languages

Part 1:
Tick the correct answers to these questions:

1. In which European country are both Flemish and 7. Italy, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Germany and
French spoken? which other country were the founding members of
the European Union?
a) Switzerland
a) United Kingdom
b) The Netherlands
b) Luxembourg
c) Belgium
c) Austria
2. The currency used in the United Kingdom is called
8. Which European country is known as Suomi in its
a) Pound
own language?
b) Shilling
a) Finland
c) Euro
b) Latvia
c) Slovenia
3. With a population of 82 million, which is
the largest country in the European Union by
population? 9. How many countries are currently in the EU?
a) Germany a) 28
b) France b) 26
c) Spain c) 21

4. Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is located in which 10. Which city is the furthest north?
famous European museum?
a) Copenhagen, Denmark
a) Rijksmuseum
b) Vilnius, Lithuania
b) The Louvre
c) Edinburgh, Scotland
c) Musée d’Orsay
11. Which three colours make up the Lithuanian flag?
5. Which European country is bordered by Romania,
a) White, blue, red
Slovakia, Ukraine, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, and
Austria? b) White, green, red,

a) Bulgaria c) Yellow, green, red

b) Hungary
12. What is the name of the river you see from
c) Lithuania
Paris’ most famous landmark the Eiffel Tower?
a) Rhine
6. What is the capital city of Romania?
b) The Seine
a) Riga
c) River Tyne
b) Zagreb
c) Bucharest
Europe Trivia Quiz
Test your knowledge about Europe and the different European languages across the
continent with this quick trivia quiz to celebrate the European Day of Languages! European Day
of Languages

Part 1 (continued): Part 2:

Tick the correct answers to these questions: Below are words without any direct
translations in English. Match the word to
the correct language.
13. With 7 victories, which of the following
countries has won Eurovision the most number of
Tartle – ______________________
times?
a) Ireland the act of hesitating while introducing someone because
you’ve forgotten their name
b) Greece
c) Sweden
Fernweh – _____________________

14. Which of the three Baltic States is the only feeling homesick for a place you’ve never been
country in the world to have its own national
fragrance?
Hygge –______________________
a) Lithuania
b) Latvia a pleasant, intimate and comforting feeling, often
associated with sitting around a fire in the winter with
c) Estonia close friends

15. Which country is the famous playwright Henrik Mangata – ____________________

Ibsen (1828-1906) from?
a) Finland the road like reflection of moonlight on water

b) Malta
Prozvonit – ___________________
c) Norway
to call a mobile phone and only have it ring once so that
the other person will call back and allow the caller to avoid
Score: /15
spending money on minutes

Scots German
Czech
Danish Swedish

Score: /5

Total score: /20

German, Hygge - Danish, Mangata – Swedish, Prozvonit – Czech

a) Lithuania, 15. c) Norway Part 2 - Tartle – Scots, Fernweh –
11. c) Yellow, green, red, 12. b) The Seine, 13. a) Ireland, 14.
Luzembourg, 8. a) Finland, 9. a) 28, 10. c) Edinburgh, Scotland,
4. c) The Louvre, 5. b) Hungary, 6. c) Bucharest, 7. b)
Answers: Part 1 - 1. c) Belgium, 2. a) Pound, 3. a) Germany,