Q 01/05

What is the capital and largest city of Montenegro?

A) Podgorica

B) Cetinje

C) Kotor

D) Nikšić

Answer · why

A) Podgorica

The Old Royal Capital, seat of the president, is a different town.

Q 02/05

Montenegro's coastline lies on which sea?

A) The Aegean

B) The Ionian

C) The Black Sea

D) The Adriatic

Answer · why

D) The Adriatic

Its coastal towns include Kotor, Budva, Herceg Novi and Ulcinj.

Q 03/05

What does the name Montenegro literally mean?

A) Green Mountain

B) Mountain of the Sea

C) Black Mountain

D) Iron Mountain

Answer · why

C) Black Mountain

It is a Venetian rendering of Crna Gora, after the dark forests of Mount Lovćen.

Q 04/05

Which of these countries does NOT border Montenegro?

A) Bosnia and Herzegovina

B) North Macedonia

C) Albania

D) Croatia

Answer · why

B) North Macedonia

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo complete the list of neighbours.

Q 05/05

Montenegro declared independence in June 2006 following what?

A) A civil war

B) A referendum

C) A UN resolution

D) A royal decree

Answer · why

B) A referendum

The vote for independence narrowly cleared the 55 percent threshold set by the European Union.