How much do you know about Denmark? What do you know about its people? We give you 10 questions, each divided into 3 parts. And we give you 6 answers. Make your choice and write down your answers. For every correct answer you get 1 point. If you answer correctly on all 3 parts of the same question you get 1 extrapoint, that is 4 points on that question.

All set? Good luck!

Question  1: What is the significance of the following words?

A: kirke		1: happy
B: uge		2: closed
C: lukket		3: sight
		4: week
		5: church
		6: young

Question  2: Which three of the following islands belong to Denmark?

	1: Gotland
	2: Bornholm
	3: Memmert
	4: Amager
	5: Lolland
	6: Texel

Question  3: The Danish counting is a little complicated. How much is this?

A: halvtreds		1: 4
B: femten		2: 15
C: firs		3: 20
		4: 40
		5: 50
		6: 80

Question 4: Which year belongs to the following incidents?

A: Denmark lost Schleswig-Holstein to Prussia/Austria		1: 1397
B: The Union of Kalmar was realised		2: 1438
C: The union with Norway was dissolved		3: 1646
		4: 1722
		5: 1814
		6: 1864

Question 5: Which three places of interest are a World Heritage Site?

	1: The open-air museum in Lyngby
	2: The runes and the church of Jelling
	3: The cathedral of Roskilde
	4: The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen
	5: The Wiking's fortress in Trelleborg
	6: Kronborg Castle near Helsingör

Question 6: What was the Christian name of the following famous Danes?

A: the fairy-tale writer Andersen		1: Søren
B: the astronomer Brahe		2: Jens Peter
C: the philosopher Kierkegaard		3: Hans Christian
		4: Peer
		5: Frederik
		6: Tycho

Question 7: When is the celebration of what?

A: St. Martin (Mortens aften)		1: May, 5th
B: national holiday		2: June, 5th
C: St. John's Eve (Johannisaften)		3: June, 23rd
		4: August, 20th
		5: November, 10th
		6: December, 13th

Question 8: Which three cities are situated on Zealand?

	1: Roskilde
	2: Esbjerg
	3: Copenhagen
	4: Ringsted
	5: Odense
	6: Randers

Question 9: What is the name of

A: the Queen		1: Frederik
B: the Prince Consort		2: Ingrid
C: the Crown Prince		3: Alexandra
		4: Joakim
		5: Margarethe
		6: Henrik

Question 10: Who is the author of the following novels?

A: the Jade Cat		1: Karen Blixen
B: Out of Africa		2: Herman Bang
C: The Woman and the Ape		3: Lars Bonnevie
		4: Bodil Bredsdorff
		5: Suzanne Brøgger
		6: Peter Høeg

© Bernhard Kauntz, 2004

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