Q 01/05

What is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria?

A) Sofia

B) Plovdiv

C) Varna

D) Bucharest

Answer · why

A) Sofia

Sofia, at the foot of Vitosha mountain, has been Bulgaria's capital since 1879 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 Black Sea washes Bulgaria's entire eastern coast, home to resorts such as Sunny Beach and Golden Sands and the port of Burgas.

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

The Danube forms about 470 km of Bulgaria's northern border with Romania; the Danube Bridge links Ruse with Giurgiu.

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

Cyrillic was devised in the 890s by disciples of Cyril and Methodius in the First Bulgarian Empire and became the EU's third official script in 2007.

Q 05/05

Which First Bulgarian Empire capital's literary school developed the alphabet that replaced Glagolitic?

A) Pliska

B) Ohrid

C) Preslav

D) Tarnovo

Answer · why

C) Preslav

Preslav, capital under Simeon I, housed the literary school where the script that replaced Glagolitic was devised; his reign is remembered as the Gold...