Q 01/05

What is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria?

A) Sofia

B) Plovdiv

C) Varna

D) Bucharest

Answer · why

A) Sofia

Known as Serdica in Roman times, it sits at the foot of Vitosha mountain and is famous for its mineral springs.

Q 02/05

Which sea forms Bulgaria's eastern coastline?

A) Black Sea

B) Adriatic Sea

C) Sea of Marmara

D) Aegean Sea

Answer · why

A) Black Sea

The coast runs 354 km and includes resorts like Sunny Beach and Golden Sands.

Q 03/05

Which river forms most of Bulgaria's northern border with Romania?

A) Iskar

B) Danube

C) Maritsa

D) Struma

Answer · why

B) Danube

Bulgaria's own great rivers, the Iskar, Maritsa and Mesta, all rise near Musala in the Rila mountains.

Q 04/05

Which alphabet was developed in the First Bulgarian Empire and is now used by some 250 million people?

A) Greek

B) Glagolitic

C) Cyrillic

D) Armenian

Answer · why

C) Cyrillic

It was created in the 890s, probably by disciples of Cyril and Methodius, and became the EU's third official script in 2007.

Q 05/05

The Early Slavic alphabet was developed at a literary school in which First Bulgarian Empire capital?

A) Pliska

B) Ohrid

C) Preslav

D) Tarnovo

Answer · why

C) Preslav

Tsar Simeon I's reign there is remembered as the Golden Age of Bulgarian culture.