Q 01/05

Skopje's giant bronze 'Warrior on a Horse' is understood to depict whom?

A) Justinian I

B) Alexander the Great

C) Pyrrhus of Epirus

D) Skanderbeg

Answer · why

B) Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great. Officially the statue was only ever a 'warrior': the ancient king's legacy was one of the sore points in the quarrel with the cou...

Q 02/05

Which country shares North Macedonia's northern border with Serbia?

A) Kosovo

B) Montenegro

C) Croatia

D) Romania

Answer · why

A) Kosovo

Kosovo. North Macedonia has five neighbours, and this is the newest: Skopje recognised Kosovo's independence in October 2008, months after it was decl...

Q 03/05

Goran Pandev, North Macedonia's record goalscorer, won the Champions League in 2010 with which Italian club?

A) AC Milan

B) Juventus

C) AS Roma

D) Inter Milan

Answer · why

D) Inter Milan

Inter Milan. Pandev arrived in early 2010 and won the league, cup and Champions League within months; a decade later his goal against Georgia sent Nor...

Q 04/05

Which 2018 agreement, named after a lake, saw Macedonia add 'North' to its name?

A) Rambouillet

B) Prespa

C) Dayton

D) Bled

Answer · why

B) Prespa

Prespa. The two foreign ministers signed it in June 2018 in a border village on the lake's shore, with both prime ministers looking on; the new name t...

Q 05/05

Which country's objections drove the long dispute over the name Macedonia?

A) Turkey

B) Greece

C) Serbia

D) Albania

Answer · why

B) Greece

Greece has a northern region of its own called Macedonia and saw the name as a claim on it; in 1994 it went as far as a trade embargo on its new neigh...