Q 01/05

What is the capital and largest city of Latvia?

A) Jelgava

B) Daugavpils

C) Riga

D) Liepāja

Answer · why

C) Riga

It holds about a third of the national population and is the second-largest city in the Baltics.

Q 02/05

Latvia is one of the three Baltic states, together with Lithuania and which country to its north?

A) Estonia

B) Finland

C) Sweden

D) Belarus

Answer · why

A) Estonia

It also borders Russia and Belarus and shares a maritime boundary with Sweden.

Q 03/05

Latvia's capital was founded in which year?

A) 1201

B) 1180

C) 1120

D) 1050

Answer · why

A) 1201

Bishop Albert's city joined the Hanseatic League in 1282, and its historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Q 04/05

Latvia's capital lies at the mouth of which river?

A) Daugava

B) Lielupe

C) Gauja

D) Venta

Answer · why

A) Daugava

The river is 1,005 km long in total, with 352 km on Latvian soil; the Gauja is the longest river entirely within the country.

Q 05/05

Which is the longest river lying entirely within Latvia, at 452 km?

A) Salaca

B) Gauja

C) Daugava

D) Venta

Answer · why

B) Gauja

It gives its name to the country's oldest national park, created in 1973.