Q 01/05

Besides Denmark proper and Greenland, what is the third constituent part of the Danish kingdom?

A) The Faroe Islands

B) Iceland (until 1944)

C) Bornholm island

D) Svalbard archipelago

Answer · why

A) The Faroe Islands

Greenlanders are Danish citizens and therefore EU citizens, even though Greenland itself is not part of the EU.

Q 02/05

What is Greenland's capital and largest city?

A) Ilulissat

B) Sisimiut

C) Nuuk

D) Qaqortoq

Answer · why

C) Nuuk

With about 20,000 people, more than a third of the whole territory, it is one of the world's smallest capitals.

Q 03/05

Geographically, Greenland is part of which continent?

A) It is its own continent

B) Europe

C) North America

D) Asia

Answer · why

C) North America

Politically it was tied to Norway from 986 and later to Denmark, but it sits east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

Q 04/05

Greenland shares a 1.2 km land border with Canada on which tiny piece of land in Nares Strait?

A) Ellesmere Island

B) Kaffeklubben Island

C) Hans Island

D) Baffin Island

Answer · why

C) Hans Island

The 'whisky war' over the island ended in 2022 when the two countries agreed to split it roughly in half.

Q 05/05

Which Norse explorer, exiled from Iceland, gave Greenland its name in the hope of attracting settlers?

A) Bjarni Herjólfsson

B) Harald Fairhair

C) Leif Erikson

D) Erik the Red

Answer · why

D) Erik the Red

The Saga of Erik the Red says he chose it 'as he said people would be attracted there if it had a favourable name'.