Q 01/05

Austria is a federation of how many states?

A) Seven

B) Twelve

C) Nine

D) Sixteen

Answer · why

C) Nine

Vienna is unique in being both a city and a state.

Q 02/05

Ostarrîchi, the name of Austria first recorded in 996, was the eastern frontier march of which duchy?

A) Saxony

B) Bavaria

C) Swabia

D) Franconia

Answer · why

B) Bavaria

Bavaria lost the march in 1156, when Emperor Barbarossa made Austria a duchy of its own to compensate its margrave for giving up Bavaria itself.

Q 03/05

Which tiny European country is one of Austria's eight neighbors?

A) Luxembourg

B) Liechtenstein

C) Andorra

D) San Marino

Answer · why

B) Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein's princes long ruled it from afar; Franz Joseph II, who succeeded in 1938, was the first to make the country his main home.

Q 04/05

Which is Austria's highest mountain?

A) Zugspitze

B) Grossglockner

C) Wildspitze

D) Dachstein

Answer · why

B) Grossglockner

Grossglockner's High Alpine Road was revived during the Depression to create jobs for thousands of unemployed Austrians, and opened in 1935.

Q 05/05

Which Austrian ski town hosts the Hahnenkamm races on its steep Streif course?

A) St. Anton

B) Kitzbühel

C) Ischgl

D) Schladming

Answer · why

B) Kitzbühel

Kitzbühel honors every Hahnenkamm downhill winner by putting their name on a cabin of the gondola that climbs the mountain.