60 free Czech Republic trivia questions with answers — geography quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Czech Republic trivia quiz covers Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia from Great Moravia and Good King Wenceslas to the Hussites, the defenestrations, Charles IV's Prague, the Velvet Revolution and the Velvet Divorce. It also gets into what Czechs gave the world: the pilsner, the word robot, the sugar cube, soft contact lenses, Semtex, Škoda, Dvořák and Smetana, Kafka and Kundera, Navratilova and Jágr. The first questions suit anyone who has crossed the Charles Bridge; the last ones test people who know which Olympic treble Zátopek pulled off and how many bones hang in the Sedlec chandelier. Every question is multiple choice with a short explanation after you answer. Every answer has been checked against a primary source, and each question links to the page that confirms it.
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Q 01The landlocked Czech Republic borders Germany, Slovakia and which two other countries?
Austria and Poland
Austria lies to the south; the capital and largest city, Prague, sits in the western land of Bohemia.
Q 02By what short name did the Czech foreign ministry recommend the country be called in English?
Czechia
The UN, EU, NATO, the CIA and Google Maps have all adopted it, though many English speakers still say Czech Republic.
Q 03The peaceful 1993 split of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia is nicknamed what?
The Velvet Divorce
The name echoes the bloodless Velvet Revolution that had ended communist rule in 1989.
Q 04The 1989 events that ended communist rule in the country are known as what?
The Velvet Revolution
It brought the dissident playwright Václav Havel to the presidency within weeks.
Q 05Which playwright and dissident became the first president of the Czech Republic?
Václav Havel
He was also the last president of Czechoslovakia, and Prague's international airport now carries his name.
Q 06The Czech Republic holds which world record related to beer?
Highest consumption per person
Pale lagers of the pilsner type dominate, though average consumption has slipped in recent years.
Q 07The world's first pale lager was brewed in 1842 in which Czech city?
Plzeň
Pilsner Urquell was copied so widely that 'pils' became a style; the brewery has belonged to Japan's Asahi since 2017.
Q 08The Czech brewery Budweiser Budvar has fought a century-long trademark battle with which company?
Anheuser-Busch
As a result its beer is sold as Czechvar in some countries; brewing rights in the town date to 1265.
Q 09The country is traditionally divided into three historical lands: Bohemia, Moravia and which other?
Czech Silesia
It is the small south-eastern corner of historic Silesia, most of which now lies in Poland.
Q 10The word 'robot' was introduced to the world by which Czech writer's 1920 play R.U.R.?
Karel Čapek
It comes from robota, meaning forced labour or drudgery.
Q 11The 1618 Defenestration of Prague, in which two royal governors were thrown from a window, sparked which war?
The Thirty Years' War
The men survived the 21-metre fall; Protestant pamphleteers later claimed they landed on a dung heap.
Q 12The victims of the 1618 defenestration survived a fall of roughly how far?
21 metres
Catholics credited angels or the Virgin Mary; the dung-heap story was probably invented later to counter claims of divine intervention.
Q 13Charles University, the first university in Central Europe, was founded in which year?
1348
Its founder, Emperor Charles IV, also began the Charles Bridge in 1357.
Q 21The Czech Republic leases a plot in which port city's docks so goods shipped down the Elbe can reach the sea?
Hamburg
The 30,000-square-metre Moldauhafen was granted to landlocked Czechoslovakia by the Treaty of Versailles.
Q 22The Czech Republic joined the European Union in which year?
2004
NATO membership came first, on 12 March 1999.
Q 23The Czech Republic's 30% share of convinced atheists is third in the world behind which two countries?
China and Japan
About three-quarters of residents declare no religion at all in surveys.
Q 14Charles Bridge in Prague crosses which river?
Vltava
Until 1841 it was the only way across, linking the castle to the Old Town; Smetana's famous symphonic poem is named after the river.
Q 15The mechanical clock and astronomical dial of Prague's Orloj date to which year?
1410
It was built by clockmaker Mikuláš of Kadaň and mathematician Jan Šindel, and first recorded on 9 October 1410.
Q 16Per Guinness World Records, the hilltop seat of Czech presidents in Prague is the world's largest what?
Ancient castle
It covers almost 70,000 square metres and runs about 570 metres long.
Q 17The 1968 Prague Spring was crushed by an invasion of forces from which alliance?
The Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union, Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary and Poland moved in on 21 August 1968 to end Alexander Dubček's reforms.
Q 18Czechoslovakia added a blue triangle to its flag in 1920 because the white-over-red design matched which country's?
Poland
The Czech Republic kept the flag unchanged after the 1992 split, while Slovakia adopted its own.
Q 19What is the currency of the Czech Republic?
Koruna
The country is legally bound to adopt the euro eventually but has not set a date.
Q 20The country's highest peak, Sněžka, rises to about what height?
1,603 m
It stands in the Krkonoše, or Giant Mountains, on the Polish border, where the average temperature is below freezing.
Q 24Which composer wrote the 'New World' Symphony while directing a conservatory in New York?
Antonín Dvořák
He also wrote his 'American' string quartet on holiday in Spillville, Iowa, in 1893.
Q 25Smetana's symphonic cycle Má vlast has a title meaning what?
My Fatherland
The cycle portrays the history, legends and landscape of the composer's native Bohemia.
Q 26The author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial was born in Prague in 1883 and wrote in which language?
German
Franz Kafka came from a German-speaking Jewish family in what was then the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.
Q 27Milan Kundera, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, went into exile in which country in 1975?
France
His Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979 and Czech citizenship restored only in 2019.
Q 28Czech-born Martina Navratilova holds the record for Wimbledon singles titles with how many?
Nine
She reached the final twelve times, including nine years running from 1982 to 1990.
Q 29Emil Zátopek is the only person to win which three events at a single Olympics, in Helsinki in 1952?
5,000 m, 10,000 m and marathon
He entered the marathon at the last minute, having never run one before.
Q 30Czech gymnast Věra Čáslavská remains the only gymnast to have done what?
Won Olympic gold in every individual event
Her seven individual golds were the most by any female Olympian until Katie Ledecky passed her in 2024.