Q 01/05

San Marino is entirely surrounded by which country?

A) France

B) Italy

C) Switzerland

D) Austria

Answer · why

B) Italy

It sits on the slopes of the Apennines about 10 km from the Adriatic coast.

Q 02/05

San Marino ranks where among the world's countries by area?

A) Smallest

B) Fifth-smallest

C) Tenth-smallest

D) Second-smallest

Answer · why

B) Fifth-smallest

Just over 61 square kilometres; Vatican City is the only other microstate on the Italian peninsula.

Q 03/05

The capital, the City of San Marino, sits atop which mountain?

A) Monte Cimone

B) Monte Titano

C) Monte Carpegna

D) Monte Nerone

Answer · why

B) Monte Titano

Its summit at 749 metres is the country's highest point and carries the Three Towers.

Q 04/05

San Marino's largest settlement is not the capital but which border town?

A) Serravalle

B) Dogana

C) Borgo Maggiore

D) Domagnano

Answer · why

B) Dogana

It lies in the municipality of Serravalle where the San Marino Highway crosses into Italy as the SS72.

Q 05/05

By tradition, San Marino was founded in AD 301 by a stonemason saint fleeing which Adriatic island?

A) Hvar

B) Rab

C) Corfu

D) Krk

Answer · why

B) Rab

Marinus and his friend Leo had come to Rimini as masons; he built a small church on Monte Titano and 3 September, his feast, is the national day.