50 free Serbia trivia questions with answers — geography quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Fifty questions on Serbia, the landlocked heart of the Balkans that has been a medieval empire, an Ottoman province, a kingdom, a Yugoslav republic and, since 2006, an independent state again. Geography covers Belgrade at the confluence of the Sava and Danube, Vojvodina and the Pannonian Plain, Midzor, the Iron Gates and Djerdap, Novi Sad and Nis, and the plum orchards that make Serbia the world's second-largest producer. History runs from Vinca and Lepenski Vir, the Nemanjic dynasty and Dusan's empire, the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, Ottoman rule and the Great Migration, Karadjordje and Milos Obrenovic's uprisings, the Congress of Berlin, the Balkan Wars, the 1914 telegram, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Tito's partisans, the Non-Aligned summit, Milosevic and the 1999 NATO bombing, the fall of Milosevic in 2000, Djindjic's assassination, Montenegro's exit and Kosovo's declaration. Culture and sport cover Cyrillic and Latin digraphia, slava, slivovitz and rakija, cevapi and pljeskavica, Studenica and the White Angel, Ivo Andric's Nobel, Kusturica's two Palmes d'Or, Exit and Guca, Nikola Tesla, Djokovic's 24 majors, Red Star's 1991 European Cup and Serbia's water polo golds. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the country, its cities, rulers, artists and athletes, and the sentence that establishes it is quoted under each explanation. Suits a pub quiz, a Balkan history class or a Danube cruise.
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Q 01Belgrade sits at the confluence of the Danube and which other river?
The Sava
The Celtic Scordisci built their capital Singidunum there; the city holds nearly a fifth of Serbia's population and is four times the size of the second city.
Q 02How many countries border Serbia, not counting the disputed frontier with Albania through Kosovo?
Seven
Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and one more to the southwest; the country is landlocked.
Q 03Which dynasty ruled Serbia from 1166 to 1371 and raised it to a kingdom in 1217 and an empire in 1346?
The Nemanjic
Stefan Dusan was the emperor; Stefan Nemanja, the founder, retired to build a monastery.
Q 04The Battle of Kosovo in 1389 pitted Prince Lazar's army against which invading power?
The Ottoman Empire
Both Lazar and Sultan Murad I died; the battle became the central myth of Serbian identity.
Q 05Who led the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottomans in 1804?
Karadjordje Petrovic
Serbia was free for almost a decade before the Ottomans returned; Milos Obrenovic's second uprising in 1815 won autonomy by compromise.
Q 06Serbia's independence was formally recognised at which 1878 gathering?
The Congress of Berlin
The same settlement handed Bosnia to Austro-Hungarian occupation, blocking Serbia from uniting with other Serb regions.
Q 07Which two royal houses alternated on the Serbian throne through the 19th century?
Obrenovic and Karadjordjevic
The Obrenovic ruled from 1815 to 1903 apart from a 16-year Karadjordjevic interlude; Prince Milan proclaimed the kingdom in 1882.
Q 08On 1 December 1918 Prince Regent Alexander proclaimed a new state in Belgrade. What was it called?
Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
The southern neighbour's Podgorica Assembly had deposed its own dynasty five days earlier to join; the name Yugoslavia came later.
Q 09Which 1941 liberated territory in western Serbia is called the first liberated territory in WWII Europe?
The Republic of Uzice
Tito's Partisans held it briefly that autumn; Tito himself said Serbs made up the vast majority of his fighters.
Q 10Belgrade hosted the first summit of which international grouping in September 1961?
The Non-Aligned Movement
Tito's Yugoslavia was a founder; the city also hosted the first big OSCE follow-up meeting in 1977-78.
Q 11Europe's last major smallpox outbreak since World War II struck Kosovo and Serbia in which year?
1972
Mass vaccination and quarantine stamped it out within weeks.
Q 12Which Serbian leader rose to power in 1989 and was later tried in The Hague, dying in his cell in 2006?
Slobodan Milosevic
He conceded defeat after half a million protesters filled Belgrade on 5 October 2000.
Q 13The 1998-99 Kosovo War ended after which alliance intervened militarily?
NATO
The bombing left toxic damage at refineries and factories and remains the chief reason Serbs reject joining the alliance.
Q 21What is the name of the cold, squally southeasterly wind that is a signature of Serbia's climate?
Kosava
It blows hardest in the Danube valley; the record low of minus 39.5 C was set on the Pester plateau in 1985.
Q 22Serbia is the world's second-largest producer of which fruit, behind only China?
Plums
Nearly 600,000 tonnes a year, much of it distilled into brandy; it is also second in raspberries behind Poland.
Q 23What is Serbia's national drink?
Slivovitz
The plum rakija is served as an aperitif and at every slava; Serbia is its largest exporter and claims to be rakija's birthplace.
Q 14Which reformist Serbian prime minister was assassinated in 2003 in a plot by organised crime?
Zoran Djindjic
He had led the DOS coalition that toppled the old regime and extradited its leader to The Hague.
Q 15Serbia became an independent state again in 2006 after which partner left their union?
Montenegro
The referendum passed with 55.4 percent, just over the 55 percent threshold; Serbia declared itself legal successor on 5 June.
Q 16On what date did Kosovo unilaterally declare independence from Serbia?
17 February 2008
Serbia recalled ambassadors from recognising states; the ICJ gave a non-binding opinion in 2010 and EU-mediated talks followed in Brussels.
Q 17Serbia's parliament formally proclaimed what stance in December 2007?
Military neutrality
It cooperates with the Atlantic alliance's Partnership for Peace and is a CSTO observer, but has no intention of joining any bloc.
Q 18What is Serbia's highest peak outside Kosovo, at 2,169 metres in the Balkan Mountains?
Midzor
The lowest point is just 17 metres, by the Danube at Prahovo.
Q 19The Danube's largest tributary entirely within Serbia, 493 km long, is which river?
The Great Morava
About 21 percent of the Danube's length runs through Serbia; almost every river drains to the Black Sea except the Aegean-bound Pcinja.
Q 20Serbia's biggest lake, Djerdap, is a reservoir on the Danube behind a dam at which famous gorge?
The Iron Gates
The 163 square kilometres on the Serbian side is shared with Romania; Djerdap is also one of five national parks.
Q 24Serbian is unique among European languages for regularly using which two alphabets side by side?
Cyrillic and Latin
Vuk Karadzic standardised the Cyrillic in the 19th century on strict phonemic principles.
Q 25Serbs are described as the world's westernmost predominantly what?
Orthodox ethnic group
Eastern Orthodoxy accounts for 81 percent of the population; Catholics are mostly Hungarians and Croats.
Q 26Slava, inscribed by UNESCO as intangible heritage, is the Serbian veneration of what?
A family's patron saint
Kolo dancing, gusle singing, Zlakusa pottery, slivovitz-making and Kovacica naive painting are the other five listings.
Q 27Which 12th-century monastery, founded by Stefan Nemanja after abdicating, is a Serbian World Heritage Site?
Studenica
Its Crucifixion fresco and Mileseva's White Angel rank among the finest Byzantine art; Serbia has five World Heritage listings.
Q 28Which Serbian writer won the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature for works such as 'The Bridge on the Drina'?
Ivo Andric
The bridge in question is the Ottoman span at Visegrad; Andric was born in Bosnia and served as a Yugoslav diplomat.
Q 29Besides 'When Father Was Away on Business', which film won Emir Kusturica the Palme d'Or?
Underground
Time of the Gypsies won him Best Director at Cannes instead; Zelimir Zilnik took Berlin's Golden Bear.
Q 30The Exit festival, one of Europe's biggest, is staged at the Petrovaradin Fortress in which city?
Novi Sad
It draws around 200,000 people; a rival festival in a small town is the world's largest brass-band gathering.