Q 01/05

Copenhagen sits mainly on which island, Denmark's largest?

A) Funen

B) Lolland

C) Bornholm

D) Zealand

Answer · why

D) Zealand

The city spreads across Zealand, Amager and the little islet of Slotsholmen, where Christiansborg Palace stands.

Q 02/05

How many islands make up the Danish archipelago beyond the Jutland peninsula?

A) 178

B) 406

C) 843

D) 1,419

Answer · why

B) 406

Only about seventy of them are inhabited, and no spot in the whole country is more than 52 km from the sea.

Q 03/05

Denmark's highest natural point, Møllehøj, rises to roughly what height?

A) 171 m

B) 259 m

C) 344 m

D) 512 m

Answer · why

A) 171 m

For years the title was thought to belong to nearby Yding Skovhøj until a 2005 survey found Møllehøj was nine centimetres higher.

Q 04/05

Denmark shares its only land border with which country?

A) Sweden

B) Netherlands

C) Germany

D) Poland

Answer · why

C) Germany

The border runs just 68 km across the base of Jutland; everything else is coastline.

Q 05/05

No point in Denmark is farther from the coast than about how far?

A) 52 km

B) 85 km

C) 120 km

D) 160 km

Answer · why

A) 52 km

That is roughly a one-hour drive, which helps explain why Danes have been sailors, traders and Vikings for a thousand years.