Q 01/05

The landlocked Czech Republic borders Germany, Slovakia and which two other countries?

A) Ukraine and Austria

B) Hungary and Poland

C) Austria and Switzerland

D) Austria and Poland

Answer · why

D) Austria and Poland

Austria lies to the south; the capital and largest city, Prague, sits in the western land of Bohemia.

Q 02/05

By what short name did the Czech foreign ministry recommend the country be called in English?

A) Bohemia

B) Czechia

C) Czechland

D) Moravia

Answer · why

B) Czechia

The UN, EU, NATO, the CIA and Google Maps have all adopted it, though many English speakers still say Czech Republic.

Q 03/05

The peaceful 1993 split of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia is nicknamed what?

A) The Bohemian Break

B) The Silk Separation

C) The Quiet Parting

D) The Velvet Divorce

Answer · why

D) The Velvet Divorce

The name echoes the bloodless Velvet Revolution that had ended communist rule in 1989.

Q 04/05

The 1989 events that ended communist rule in the country are known as what?

A) The Velvet Revolution

B) The Prague Spring

C) The Orange Revolution

D) The Singing Revolution

Answer · why

A) The Velvet Revolution

It brought the dissident playwright Václav Havel to the presidency within weeks.

Q 05/05

Which playwright and dissident became the first president of the Czech Republic?

A) Miloš Zeman

B) Václav Klaus

C) Alexander Dubček

D) Václav Havel

Answer · why

D) Václav Havel

He was also the last president of Czechoslovakia, and Prague's international airport now carries his name.