Q 01/05

Albania has coastlines on the Adriatic and which other sea?

A) The Aegean

B) The Ionian

C) The Tyrrhenian

D) The Black Sea

Answer · why

B) The Ionian

The Ionian Sea washes Albania's southern coast below the Bay of Vlorë; the Strait of Otranto, between Italy's heel and Albania, marks where it meets t...

Q 02/05

What is the capital and largest city of Albania?

A) Durrës

B) Vlorë

C) Shkodër

D) Tirana

Answer · why

D) Tirana

Tirana became Albania's capital in 1920 and is by far its largest city, with well over 400,000 residents, several times the population of second-place...

Q 03/05

Albanians call their country Shqipëri, widely interpreted to mean what?

A) Land of the Mountains

B) Land of the Eagles

C) Land of the Sea

D) Land of the Free

Answer · why

B) Land of the Eagles

Shqipëri is popularly read as Land of the Eagles, linked to shqipe, the Albanian word for eagle; Albanians accordingly call themselves Shqiptarë.

Q 04/05

The Albanian flag shows what black emblem on a red field?

A) A rearing wolf

B) A rampant lion

C) A crescent and star

D) A double-headed eagle

Answer · why

D) A double-headed eagle

It was the coat of arms of Skanderbeg's Kastrioti family, adapted from the Byzantine imperial flag.

Q 05/05

Which ancient people, including the Taulantii and Ardiaei, dominated Albania before Macedon rose?

A) The Thracians

B) The Illyrians

C) The Dacians

D) The Etruscans

Answer · why

B) The Illyrians

The name Albania is linked to the Illyrian tribe of the Albani mentioned by Ptolemy.