Q 01/05

Which Northern European city is the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state?

A) Helsinki

B) Reykjavík

C) Tórshavn

D) Mariehamn

Answer · why

B) Reykjavík

Reykjavík sits at 64°08′ N, about four kilometres south of Greenland's Nuuk, which misses the title because Greenland is not an independent state.

Q 02/05

Which Danish toy company takes its name from a phrase meaning "play well"?

A) Lego

B) Brio

C) Playmobil

D) Meccano

Answer · why

A) Lego

Lego is a contraction of the Danish words leg godt. Founder Ole Kirk Christiansen was a carpenter, and the company made wooden toys before it made pla...

Q 03/05

Which wireless standard is named after a 10th-century king who united the tribes of Denmark?

A) Zigbee

B) Infrared

C) Wi-Fi Direct

D) Bluetooth

Answer · why

D) Bluetooth

Bluetooth honours King Harald Bluetooth, and its logo merges the runes for his initials, H and B.

Q 04/05

Which Icelandic volcano's 2010 ash cloud closed most of Europe's airspace for nearly a week?

A) Grímsvötn

B) Bárðarbunga

C) Eyjafjallajökull

D) Tindfjallajökull

Answer · why

C) Eyjafjallajökull

Eyjafjallajökull sits directly under the jet stream, which carried its ash over the continent. About 20 countries shut their skies, affecting roughly ...

Q 05/05

Which furniture retailer did 17-year-old Ingvar Kamprad found as a Swedish mail-order business?

A) JYSK

B) Habitat

C) BoConcept

D) IKEA

Answer · why

D) IKEA

IKEA joins its founder's initials to those of Elmtaryd, the family farm, and Agunnaryd, his home village in southern Sweden.