Q 01/05

What is the capital and largest city of Norway?

A) Oslo

B) Bergen

C) Trondheim

D) Stavanger

Answer · why

A) Oslo

It spent three centuries as Christiania, named for a Danish king who rebuilt it after a 1624 fire, and only got its old name back in 1925.

Q 02/05

Norway shares its longest land border, 1,619 km, with which country?

A) Finland

B) Sweden

C) Russia

D) Denmark

Answer · why

B) Sweden

The short 196 km stretch with Russia in the far northeast is the one that makes headlines.

Q 03/05

Norway's population is roughly how large?

A) 2.5 million

B) 5.6 million

C) 9 million

D) 14 million

Answer · why

B) 5.6 million

More Americans identified as Norwegian-American in the 2006 census than there were ethnic Norwegians in Norway.

Q 04/05

What is Norway's highest mountain, at 2,469 metres?

A) Snøhetta

B) Glittertind

C) Galdhøpiggen

D) Store Skagastølstind

Answer · why

C) Galdhøpiggen

It is also the highest point in Scandinavia and all of Northern Europe, and sits in the Jotunheimen range.

Q 05/05

Which fjord is the world's longest at 204 km, and its second deepest?

A) Hardangerfjord

B) Geirangerfjord

C) Lysefjord

D) Sognefjord

Answer · why

D) Sognefjord

Urnes Stave Church, on its inner reaches, is a UNESCO World Heritage site.