Q 01/05

Which city on the River Aare, said to be named after a bear, is the seat of Switzerland's government?

A) Zurich

B) Geneva

C) Bern

D) Lucerne

Answer · why

C) Bern

Bern was made the federal city in 1848 and is the capital in practice, although several other Swiss cities are larger.

Q 02/05

Which furniture chain's name joins its founder's initials to those of a farm and village in Sweden?

A) IKEA

B) JYSK

C) Habitat

D) Wayfair

Answer · why

A) IKEA

IKEA was founded in 1943, when Kamprad was 17, and its last two letters stand for Elmtaryd, the farm where he was born, and Agunnaryd, his home villag...

Q 03/05

Which currency does Switzerland share with neighbouring Liechtenstein, having stayed outside the euro?

A) Krona

B) Zloty

C) Pound

D) Franc

Answer · why

D) Franc

Franc notes and coins are also legal tender in Campione d'Italia, an Italian exclave that is entirely surrounded by Swiss territory.

Q 04/05

Which Swedish pop quartet won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton with a song named after a battle?

A) Roxette

B) ABBA

C) Europe

D) Aqua

Answer · why

B) ABBA

ABBA won with Waterloo, sung in English instead of Swedish, and went on to sell more than 150 million records.

Q 05/05

Which block-building game, first written by Swedish programmer Markus Persson, did Microsoft buy for $2.5 billion?

A) Roblox

B) Lego Worlds

C) Minecraft

D) Terraria

Answer · why

C) Minecraft

Minecraft is developed by the Swedish company Mojang Studios, and Persson, known to players as Notch, wrote the first version in the Java programming ...