Q 01/05

Which other capital city lies only about 50 km up the Danube from Bratislava?

A) Budapest

B) Vienna

C) Prague

D) Ljubljana

Answer · why

B) Vienna

Vienna is so close that a fast catamaran, the Twin City Liner, carries passengers down the river from one capital to the other in about 75 minutes.

Q 02/05

Bratislava is the only national capital in the world with what geographic distinction?

A) No river running through it

B) Land borders with two other countries

C) An active volcano within city limits

D) A coastline on two separate seas

Answer · why

B) Land borders with two other countries

Land borders with two other countries meet at the city's edge: both frontiers run past Bratislava's own suburbs, and some Slovaks live in a village ju...

Q 03/05

What is Slovakia's second-largest city, the main centre of the country's east?

A) Zilina

B) Kosice

C) Presov

D) Nitra

Answer · why

B) Kosice

Kosice has staged its Peace Marathon since 1924, when a local sports fan inspired by that year's Paris Olympics organised the first race; no marathon ...

Q 04/05

What is the highest peak in Slovakia and in the whole Carpathian range?

A) Krivan peak

B) Gerlachovsky stit

C) Dumbier peak

D) Lomnicky stit

Answer · why

B) Gerlachovsky stit

Gerlachovsky stit changed names with the regimes: it became Legionnaires Peak in the 1920s and Stalin Peak in 1949 before its old name, taken from a v...

Q 05/05

Which emblem stands on three blue hills in Slovakia's coat of arms?

A) Double cross

B) Crowned eagle

C) Two-tailed lion

D) Linden leaf

Answer · why

A) Double cross

A double cross tops hills said to stand for three ranges, the Tatra, Fatra and Matra, although the Matra range itself lies outside today's Slovakia.