50 free Liechtenstein trivia questions with answers — geography quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Liechtenstein is a country you can walk across in a day, doubly landlocked, ruled by a prince who can veto laws, using another country's currency and another country's diplomats. It abolished its army after 80 men marched off to a war and 81 came back, discovered at the 1936 Olympics that its flag was Haiti's, gave women the vote in 1984, and has won more Olympic medals per head than anyone, all of them on skis. This Liechtenstein trivia quiz covers all of it. Forty-three questions run from geography (Vaduz, Schaan, the Rhine, Grauspitz, the eleven municipalities, Malbun) through history (Roman Raetia, the Walsers, the purchase of Schellenberg and Vaduz, 1719, the Confederation of the Rhine, 1866, the army of 1868, the Swiss customs treaty of 1923, the Anschluss scare, the Beneš decrees, the 2003 referendum, the 2008 tax affair) to politics and culture (Hans-Adam II and Alois, the Landtag, the flag and crown, the anthem, German dialects, Catholicism, Hilti, LGT, FC Vaduz, the Wenzels). Roughly a third are easy, a third medium, and the rest are for people who really know the Alps. Every answer has been checked against encyclopaedia and official pages, so the dates, numbers and names are ones you can rely on.
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Q 01What is the capital of Liechtenstein?
Vaduz
The town of about 5,700 people is home to parliament and the castle where the prince lives; Schaan is the largest municipality.
Q 02Liechtenstein lies between which two countries?
Switzerland and Austria
It is the world's smallest country to border two others.
Q 03Liechtenstein and which other country are the world's only two doubly landlocked states?
Uzbekistan
Doubly landlocked means every neighbour is itself landlocked.
Q 04Which river forms Liechtenstein's entire western border?
Rhine
It runs about 27 km along the country and supplies its water; the first bridges across it to Switzerland were built in 1886.
Q 05What is Liechtenstein's highest point, at 2,599 m?
Grauspitz
It sits in the Rätikon range on the Swiss border; the lowest point is the Ruggeller Riet at 430 m.
Q 06Liechtenstein covers just over 160 km2, making it what in Europe?
The fourth-smallest country
Only Vatican City, San Marino and Monaco are smaller; worldwide it ranks sixth-smallest.
Q 07Into how many municipalities is Liechtenstein divided?
11
Five lie in the Unterland and six, including Vaduz and Schaan, in the Oberland.
Q 08The Principality of Liechtenstein was created in 1719 by decree of which Holy Roman Emperor?
Charles VI
He united the lordship of Schellenberg and the county of Vaduz, bought by the family in 1699 and 1712.
Q 09Why did the Liechtenstein family buy the tiny territories of Schellenberg and Vaduz?
They were held directly from the emperor, giving a seat in the Empire
The family's vast lands in Moravia and Austria were all held through intermediate lords, so carried little imperial standing.
Q 10The Liechtenstein family takes its name from a castle south of which city?
Vienna
They held Liechtenstein Castle in Lower Austria from at least 1140 and acquired estates in Moravia, Silesia and Styria.
Q 11Liechtenstein became fully independent in 1866 upon the dissolution of what?
The German Confederation
It had joined that confederation in 1815 after being a vassal of Napoleon's Confederation of the Rhine from 1806.
Q 12How many soldiers did Liechtenstein send to the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, its last military campaign?
80
They saw no fighting and famously came home 81 strong, having picked up an Italian liaison officer; the army was abolished in 1868.
Q 13Liechtenstein's army was disbanded on 12 February of which year?
1868
Andreas Kieber, the last soldier to serve under its colours, died in 1939 aged 94.
Q 21Liechtenstein's national anthem, "Oben am jungen Rhein", shares its melody with which other anthem?
God Save the King
It is the last national anthem still using the tune since Switzerland dropped its version in 1961.
Q 22What is the official language of Liechtenstein?
German
Most people speak an Alemannic dialect, and Triesenberg preserves the Walser German of settlers who arrived around 1300.
Q 23Which mountain village keeps a distinctive Walser dialect, brought by settlers from Valais around 1300?
Triesenberg
Before about 1100 the predominant language of the region was Romansh.
Q 14In which year did Liechtenstein sign its customs and monetary treaty with Switzerland?
1923
Economic ruin after World War I forced the switch away from Austria; the Swiss franc has been the currency since.
Q 15What is the currency of Liechtenstein?
Swiss franc
The country is also in a customs union with Switzerland and one of the few nations with no public debt.
Q 16Who became Prince of Liechtenstein in 1989?
Hans-Adam II
He handed day-to-day duties to his son, Hereditary Prince Alois, as regent in 2004.
Q 17A 2003 referendum gave Liechtenstein's prince which powers, making it Europe's 'only absolute monarchy'?
To dismiss the government, veto laws and rule by decree
Voters reaffirmed the powers in 2012, when 76% rejected limiting the princely veto.
Q 18How many members sit in Liechtenstein's parliament, the Landtag?
25
Fifteen come from the Oberland and ten from the Unterland, elected for up to four years.
Q 19In which year did Liechtenstein become the last country in Europe to grant women the vote?
1984
Men-only referendums had rejected it in 1968, 1971 and 1973; the 1984 vote passed with just 51%.
Q 20Liechtenstein added a crown to its flag in 1937 after finding at the 1936 Olympics it matched which country's?
Haiti
The blue-and-red bicolour had been in use since 1852; the crown also marks the country's status as a principality.
Q 24What is Liechtenstein's most recognisable company and largest employer, based in Schaan?
Hilti
Founded in 1941 by brothers Martin and Eugen Hilti, it makes anchoring systems and high-end power tools.
Q 25Which princely-owned Liechtenstein bank was at the centre of a 2008 German tax-fraud scandal?
LGT Bank
Germany had paid a former employee for stolen client data, prompting Crown Prince Alois to accuse Berlin of trafficking in stolen goods.
Q 26What were the Liechtenstein entities used to hide ownership of foreigners' assets called?
Stiftungen
The "foundations" made the country a favourite tax haven until reforms after 2008; the OECD had listed it alongside Andorra and Monaco in 2007.
Q 27By the 2018 Winter Games, Liechtenstein had won ten Olympic medals, all in which sport?
Alpine skiing
That gave it more medals per capita than any nation, and through 2018 it was the only country with Winter but no Summer medals.
Q 28Which skier won Liechtenstein's first two Olympic gold medals, at Lake Placid in 1980?
Hanni Wenzel
She took the slalom and giant slalom and silver in the downhill; her daughter Tina Weirather won Super-G bronze in 2018.
Q 29What is Liechtenstein's only ski area?
Malbun
As an Alpine country, winter sport is its main sporting arena.
Q 30In which competition did FC Vaduz, Liechtenstein's most successful club, play in 2024–25?
The Swiss Challenge League
FC Vaduz, the most successful cup winner, played in the Swiss Challenge League and represents the country in Europe.