Q 01/05

What is the capital and largest city of Lithuania?

A) Kaunas

B) Vilnius

C) Klaipėda

D) Riga

Answer · why

B) Vilnius

It is the most populous city in the Baltic states, and its Old Town has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1994.

Q 02/05

Who united the Lithuanian lands and was crowned the first and only King of Lithuania in 1253?

A) Mindaugas

B) Vytautas

C) Jogaila

D) Gediminas

Answer · why

A) Mindaugas

He was crowned a Catholic king on 6 July, still celebrated as Statehood Day; after his assassination in 1263 Lithuania returned to paganism.

Q 03/05

By the 14th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania held what distinction?

A) Only republic in Europe

B) Largest country in Europe

C) Richest country in Europe

D) First Protestant state

Answer · why

B) Largest country in Europe

It grew to about 650,000 km2 by absorbing East Slavic lands after the Mongol invasions weakened Kievan Rus'.

Q 04/05

Which grand duke is credited with founding the capital after dreaming of an iron wolf on a hill?

A) Algirdas

B) Mindaugas

C) Kęstutis

D) Gediminas

Answer · why

D) Gediminas

He ruled from about 1316 to 1341, and his Gediminid dynasty went on to rule Poland, Hungary and Bohemia.

Q 05/05

At which 1410 battle did Polish–Lithuanian forces under Jogaila and Vytautas crush the Teutonic Order?

A) Grunwald

B) Legnica

C) Poltava

D) Vienna

Answer · why

A) Grunwald

Lithuanians call it Žalgiris; Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen died on the field.