Q 01/05

In which city was Greta Thunberg born in 2003?

A) Stockholm

B) Gothenburg

C) Malmö

D) Uppsala

Answer · why

A) Stockholm

She began her solo school strike outside the parliament there the summer she turned 15.

Q 02/05

How old was Thunberg when she began her school strike in 2018?

A) 15

B) 16

C) 17

D) 18

Answer · why

A) 15

She had just started ninth grade and stayed out for three weeks.

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

After the September 2018 election she kept striking, but only on Fridays.

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

Grounding herself for Greta's sake meant abandoning her international career.

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

The Week noted that with an actor father and singer mother, an unusual name was no surprise.