Q 01/05

In which city was Greta Thunberg born in 2003?

A) Stockholm

B) Gothenburg

C) Malmö

D) Uppsala

Answer · why

A) Stockholm

Stockholm. She did not have to travel to start her protest: the Swedish parliament whose steps she sat on in 2018 stands in her home city.

Q 02/05

How did Thunberg spend the first day of her school strike?

A) With classmates

B) With friends

C) With her parents

D) By herself

Answer · why

D) By herself

By herself. She had tried to bring other young people with her, but no one was interested; on the second day, she says, people started joining her.

Q 03/05

Thunberg's strike inspired which worldwide youth movement?

A) Extinction Rebellion

B) Fridays for Future

C) Sunrise Movement

D) Just Stop Oil

Answer · why

B) Fridays for Future

Fridays for Future. Once her daily sit-in ended she went back to class four days a week and kept the fifth for the parliament steps, a routine student...

Q 04/05

Thunberg's mother, Malena Ernman, is famous as what?

A) A television chef

B) A politician

C) A figure skater

D) An opera singer

Answer · why

D) An opera singer

An opera singer, one of Sweden's most celebrated. Malena Ernman gave up her international career, and the air travel it depended on, after her daughte...

Q 05/05

Thunberg's middle name Tintin echoes the creation of which cartoonist?

A) Albert Uderzo

B) Peyo

C) Jean Giraud

D) Hergé

Answer · why

D) Hergé

Hergé. Her full name is Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg; the cartoonist's own name was invented too, from his initials reversed, R.G., said alou...