Q 01/05

What is the capital and largest city of Croatia?

A) Ljubljana

B) Split

C) Rijeka

D) Zagreb

Answer · why

D) Zagreb

It has the dual status of a county and a city, and its central square is named after Ban Josip Jelačić.

Q 02/05

Croatia's coastline lies on which sea?

A) Adriatic Sea

B) Aegean Sea

C) Ionian Sea

D) Black Sea

Answer · why

A) Adriatic Sea

The coast makes up the country's entire southwest border and draws most of its tourists in July and August.

Q 03/05

Croatia declared independence from which country in 1991?

A) Czechoslovakia

B) Austria-Hungary

C) Yugoslavia

D) The Soviet Union

Answer · why

C) Yugoslavia

The declaration came on 25 June 1991 and was followed by a war of independence that lasted until 1995.

Q 04/05

Which menswear item derives from a garment worn by 17th-century Croatian mercenaries in France?

A) The necktie

B) The waistcoat

C) The bowler hat

D) The cufflink

Answer · why

A) The necktie

The French word for Croats, Croates, gave the world the word cravat; International Necktie Day is 18 October.

Q 05/05

The cravat spread from Croatian mercenaries serving in France during which war?

A) Thirty Years' War

B) Hundred Years' War

C) Napoleonic Wars

D) War of the Spanish Succession

Answer · why

A) Thirty Years' War

The word cravat comes from the gap between the Croatian Hrvati and the French Croates.